Author Topic: Author! Author! (Read 360789 times)

deems 2 · « **Reply #1440 on:** January 09, 2011, 07:00:40 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER!!!!!

Well done, Frybabe. Particularly well done since you dislike Faulkner.

The character is Caddy. The story is really Caddy's story, but she never gets a chance to tell it herself. The book is written in four sections. Each of Caddy's three brothers narrate a section and then the fourth section is from Dilsey's point of view. Benjy narrates the first section. That is the section that Faulkner wanted to print in multiple colors. Benjy is intellectually challenged. Thus:

Macbeth:

She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 17–28

Frybabe · « **Reply #1441 on:** January 10, 2011, 01:33:13 AM »

I think I know more about the author than I know his books, except the titles. I read A Light in August and thoroughly was disliked it. I saw the movie, The Reivers, which I liked, but I suspect they lightened it up and made it more humorous than the novel. I may just read that one. My sister read and liked As I Lay Dying or was it A Rose for Emily, I forget exactly. The Sound and the Fury gets mentioned a lot.

I got side tracked watching TV tonight. So, I will post a new challenge in the morning. (If I don't forget)

Frybabe · « **Reply #1442 on:** January 10, 2011, 09:21:15 AM »

Okay, here goes:

Author: I began my career at a prestigious organization as an editor and writer.

Book: My first book is a work of non-fiction, a history of the organization I worked for.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1443 on:** January 12, 2011, 07:51:37 PM »

Author:
I began my career at a prestigious organization as an editor and writer.
After publication of my book, I left the organization and moved to New Mexico.

Book:
My first book is a work of non-fiction, a history of the organization I worked for.
It uncovers hidden treasures and sheds new light on things familiar.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1444 on:** January 13, 2011, 11:34:40 PM »

Holy cow! Another day gone by and not a peep from anyone.
It dawns on me that I probably should have picked one of the author's later works. This one may be a little too regional for some of our group. Sorry. This is an author most of you know and some have read.

Author:
  I began my career at a prestigious organization as an editor and writer.
  After publication of my first book, I left the organization and moved to New Mexico to write full-time.
  I am better known for fictional books I have written in collaboration with another writer.

Book:
A work of non-fiction, it is a history of the organization I (the author) worked for.
It uncovers hidden treasures and sheds new light on things familiar.
The story begins in 1869 in New York City.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1445 on:** January 14, 2011, 04:07:57 AM »

Sorry, Frybabe - I'm completely in the dark on this one.

roshanarose · « **Reply #1446 on:** January 14, 2011, 09:35:13 AM »

Pure obfuscation experienced here - My gut tells me it has something to do with the FBI.

PatH · « **Reply #1447 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:26:30 AM »

I'm here, just clueless.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1448 on:** January 14, 2011, 01:36:09 PM »

Me too

Rosemary

straudetwo · « **Reply #1449 on:** January 14, 2011, 10:18:13 PM »

That's true for me, too.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1450 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:11:44 PM »

Author:
I began my career at a prestigious organization as an editor and writer.
After publication of my first book, I left the organization and moved to New Mexico to write full-time.
I am better known for fictional books I have written in collaboration with another writer.
My last non-fiction book was also a collaboration and involved a true crime case in Italy.
My brother is also a best-selling author.

Book:
A work of non-fiction, it is a history of the organization I (the author) worked for.
It uncovers hidden treasures and sheds new light on things familiar.
The story begins in 1869 in New York City.
Only about 5% of my treasures are seen by the public, the rest are stored away.
The organization that the book is about was prominently featured in several of my horror thrillers.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1451 on:** January 15, 2011, 01:30:11 AM »

'Horror Thrillers' No wonder I haven't got a clue.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1452 on:** January 15, 2011, 08:44:13 AM »

BONUS CLUES:
Most of you know the author, if not the book. How many authors do you know who are half of a best-selling duo? We've talked about several of those books as well as his latest non-fiction written with some one else. At least one of his books was made into a movie, but not this one.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1453 on:** January 15, 2011, 10:39:27 AM »

Is this one of Ginny's fave writing teams Preston and Child?
If it is - I don't count because I've only heard of them through the chatter around the board - wouldn't know which one it is - or the book - or the character - as I've never read any of their work.

roshanarose · « **Reply #1454 on:** January 15, 2011, 10:45:23 AM »

I think Gum is onto something. The last one of Preston and Child's I read had something to do with a Museum of Curiosities.

Maybe the organisation was Pinkerton's?

straudetwo · « **Reply #1455 on:** January 15, 2011, 02:12:21 PM »

Frybabe, well, the Fabulously Prolific James Patterson has collaorated with more than a handful of authors.

Since I don't like blood and gore, there are no thrillers on my TBR list. I've read about James Patterson and recall know that he is now writing also for young readers (he has a teenager himself) and that, before turning to writing full-time, he was editor at the world renowned J Walter Thompson ad agency. But I cannot remember if he moved to New Mexicoo.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1456 on:** January 15, 2011, 02:50:47 PM »

Well, I looked up Douglas Preston and he does live in Santa Fe (?) I think - but again I don't count as I had never heard of him and I think looking up is cheating, isn't it? Sorry

R

Frybabe · « **Reply #1457 on:** January 15, 2011, 03:23:07 PM »

Douglas Preston it is. Yes, Preston and Child one of Ginny's favorites. I was going to do his Monster of Florence, but decided to go with his first book. Writing this first book is what brought Preston and Child together to collaborate on their Pendergast series.

Roshanarose, the book is not about Pinkerton. However you are close, thinking of a museum. It is the American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/ and the book is Dinosaurs in the Attic. http://www.prestonchild.com/solonovels/preston/dinosaurs/

I've got to run soon. Mom got sick overnight and is back in the hospital again. Hopefully, they will let her go home this evening.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1458 on:** January 15, 2011, 03:42:11 PM »

Frybabe - hope your Mum is better soon, take care

Rosemary

JudeS · « **Reply #1459 on:** January 15, 2011, 06:49:14 PM »

Started nosing around this site again after being away for over a month (trip and then this horrible pneumonia that drains me completely).
Glad this round was an author who is known to me only by his name which seems to be everywhere.I could never guess this writer since I didn't read his books.
Hope I continue to heal and can join you folks again soon.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1460 on:** January 16, 2011, 12:01:55 AM »

I hope you are better soon, too, Jude. It's not a lot of fun when you can't breathe well.

Rosemary, Mom is back from the hospital now. Thanks for your thoughts. It turns out that there are three or four others at the facility that have the same thing - what amounts to a stomach virus complete with chills and fever. I guess they weren't as sick as Mom. Apparently nobody told the EMT that there were others ill with the same thing, because the hospital went and did X-rays, couldn't find anything and then did a CT scan. I voiced my opinion that a CT scan was overkill, but my sister said "the insurance is paying for it". At least they got her rehydrated - that's important. BTW, they gave Mom some Tylenol for her fever. I was surprised that it got the fever down in 1/2 hr. That's fast.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1461 on:** January 16, 2011, 01:59:04 AM »

Frybabe: Glad your Mum is OK and out of hospital - it's worrying when older folk get that sort of bug.

Jude: I wondered where you were. Sorry about the pneumonia - take care.

Traude: Hello, good to see your happy face - there aren't any thrillers in my TBR pile either - let alone horror-thrillers - Yikes!

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1462 on:** January 22, 2011, 05:58:17 AM »

We seem to have stopped! Whose turn is it? not mine because I cheated and I really had not got a clue before that

Rosemary

PatH · « **Reply #1463 on:** January 22, 2011, 10:45:57 AM »

Rosemary, I think everyone thinks it's your turn, because no one else got it.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1464 on:** January 22, 2011, 11:28:08 AM »

Oh! OK I am off to Edinburgh now and will think about it on the journey - back late tomorrow.

R

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1465 on:** January 27, 2011, 08:37:47 AM »

Sorry for the delay - I have been thinking, promise

:

Author: Born in London

Character: I am not very good at my job.

Rosemary

straudetwo · « **Reply #1466 on:** January 27, 2011, 11:00:33 AM »

A tiny bit more, please?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1467 on:** January 27, 2011, 11:40:00 AM »

Like a lot more please

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1468 on:** January 27, 2011, 11:56:24 AM »

OK

:

Author: Was disappointed in first love

Character: I was easily fooled

straudetwo · « **Reply #1469 on:** January 28, 2011, 09:11:59 PM »

Rosemary, was the author's love unrequited, per chance?

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1470 on:** January 29, 2011, 01:59:48 AM »

Straude - no, it was not. Something else went wrong with it.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1471 on:** January 29, 2011, 08:24:55 AM »

Nothing is coming to mind yet.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1472 on:** January 29, 2011, 12:27:13 PM »

More clues:

Author: I suffered a great deal of parental disapproval

Character: Someone a great deal cleverer than me comes to my rescue

Sorry, that is two "great deals".....

straudetwo · « **Reply #1473 on:** January 29, 2011, 05:04:45 PM »

Guessing again.

Parental disapproval was likelier or more common, in the past century or two, I believe,
and voiced more strongly against a daughter's intended than a son's.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1474 on:** January 29, 2011, 05:27:08 PM »

Straude - you are on the right lines, although the parental disapproval was not only of the intended.

R

Frybabe · « **Reply #1475 on:** January 29, 2011, 06:39:45 PM »

Oh, now we might be getting somewhere. I just don't know where yet. At one time female writers were not taken seriously and many suffered the disapproval of family and society for wanting to write. That is why many, like Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) used men's pseudonyms at least at first. Of course, even now parents don't always approve of their child's career choices.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1476 on:** January 30, 2011, 02:57:58 AM »

Too true Frybabe, I had plenty of that in my own family. You are still on the right lines, but no pseudonym involved here.

R

straudetwo · « **Reply #1477 on:** January 30, 2011, 09:25:20 PM »

Another guess : Mary Shelley.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1478 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:55:32 PM »

Beatrice Potter?

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #1479 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:27:01 AM »

WELL DONE FRYBABE!!

It is Beatrix Potter. She was born in London to very repressive Victorian parents, who disapproved of her engagement to her publisher, Norman Warne,because he was a "tradesman". He unfortunately died of pernicious anaemia before they could be married. Her parents did not think she should have any sort of career, or money of her own. She was not allowed to go to school.

Beatrix was of course a brilliant artist, and very interested in fungi and lichens; she tried to join the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, but was rejected because she was a woman. She still became an authority on mycology. Her drawings of fungi are in the Armitt Museum in Ambleside, where my mother-in-law was until recently a volunteer.

Beatrix loved the Lake District, where she had spent many summer holidays as a child, and she eventually used the proceeds from her books to buy Hilltop, the farm that she lived in after the death of her fiancee. She then bought up lots of other hill farms to stop them being sold for development. She was an early and very important supporter of the National Trust in the Lake District, and left most of her property to it. Hilltop is open to the public, but you have to get there early - in summer it is mobbed, especially by Japanese tourists, who are particularly fond of BP's books.

Beatrix did eventually remarry, to William Heelis, a Lake District solicitor.

But who is the character?

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