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Barbara Rosenblat
Barbara Rosenblat is a British actress. She is best known as a prolific narrator of audiobooks, for which ''AudioFile'' named her a Golden Voice. She has also appeared on screen such as in the Netflix original series '' Orange Is the New Black'' as the character Miss Rosa. Early life Rosenblat was born in London, England and was raised in New York City in a Jewish family. She attended a Hebrew school as a child. Career After returning to London for a family wedding, Rosenblat decided to stay in England. Soon afterwards, she landed a part in a production of ''Godspell''. She continued to work in theatre, as well as various fields of entertainment in the UK such as radio, film and television. She later returned to the US, and worked at the Library of Congress narrating books for the blind for four years. On Broadway, she appeared in the musical ''The Secret Garden'' and the play ''Talk Radio''. Awards and honors ''AudioFile'' has named Rosenblat a Golden Voice narrator. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narration
Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to storytelling, convey a narrative, story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the Plot (narrative), plot (the series of events). Narration is a required element of all written stories (novels, short story, short stories, poems, memoirs, etc.), with the function of conveying the story in its entirety. However, narration is merely optional in most other storytelling formats, such as films, plays, television shows, and video games, in which the story can be conveyed through other means, like dialogue between characters or visual action. The narrative mode encompasses the set of choices through which the creator of the story develops their narrator and narration: * ''Narrative point of view, perspective,'' or ''voice'': the choice of grammatical person used by the narr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wingrove
David Wingrove (born September 1954) is a British science fiction writer. He is well known as the author of the '' Chung Kuo'' novels. He is also the co-author (with Rand and Robyn Miller) of the three ''Myst'' novels. Biography Wingrove worked in the banking industry for seven years until he became fed up with it. He then attended the University of Kent, Canterbury, where he read English and American Literature. He is married and, with his wife Susan, has four daughters: Jessica, Amy, Georgia, and Francesca. Career Between 1972 and 1982 he wrote over 300 unpublished short stories and 15 novels. He started work on a new fictional project called ''A Perfect Art''. Between 1984 and 1988, when it was first submitted, the title was changed twice, becoming first ''A Spring Day at the Edge of the World'' and then finally ''Chung Kuo'', under which title it was sold to 18 publishers throughout the world. The ''Chung Kuo'' series ran to eight of nine planned volumes before the series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackdaws (novel)
''Jackdaws'' is a World War II spy thriller written by British novelist Ken Follett. It was published in hardcover format in 2001 by Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan. It was reissued as a paperback book by Signet Books in 2002. List of Characters * Felicity "Flick" Clairet – Special Operations Executive, S.O.E. agent. She is the most experienced member of the resistance (being married to one of its leaders) and has taken more missions than any agent in S.O.E * Dieter Franck – German Army Intelligence officer working for Field marshal, FM Erwin Rommel. Unlike his colleagues he is not anti-Semitic and admires French culture, but he is still a German stereotype of efficiency; a shrewd detective and a ruthless interrogator, well versed in torture. * Hans Hesse – Franck's right-hand man. * Willi Weber – A zealous but narrow-minded Gestapo officer, Dieter's former colleague in the German police force * Percy Thwaite – Senior S.O.E. agent, Flick's longtime superior and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Simon
Kate Simon (December 5, 1912 – February 4, 1990) was a Polish-born American writer. Life and career She was born Kaila Grobsmith in Warsaw, Poland, the daughter of David Grobsmith, a shoe designer, and Lonia Grobsmith née Babicz, a corsetiere. Her Jewish family brought her to the United States when she was four, where they rejoined her father. Kate was raised in the Bronx, New York, and attended Hunter College where she earned a B.A. Her writing career began as a book reviewer for ''The New Republic'' and ''The Nation'' magazines. She worked for Book-of-the-Month Club, ''Publishers Weekly'', and as a free-lance editor for Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in .... Simon became one of America's best known travel writers; several of her guides became be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earphone Award
''AudioFile'' is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format. The focus of reviews is the audio presentation, not the critique of the written material." ''AudioFile'' is published six times a year in Portland, Maine. Launch The publication was launched in 1992 as a 12-page black & white newsletter containing about 50 critical reviews of audiobooks, focused on new releases. In 1997, it switched to a 36-page color magazine format containing about 60 reviews per issue and interviews with authors, readers, and publishers. Online In 2000, ''AudioFile'' launched an online database of past issues. Current issues were offered online beginning in 2001. Earphones Awards ''AudioFile'' bestows Earphones Awards to presentations which are deemed to excel in the following criteria: * Narrative voice and style * Vocal characterizations * Appropriateness for the audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Fairstein
Linda Fairstein (born May 5, 1947) is an American author, attorney, and former New York City prosecutor focusing on crimes of violence against women and children. She was the head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's office from 1976 until 2002. During that time, she oversaw the prosecution of the Central Park Five case, wherein five teenagers, four African-American and one Hispanic, were wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape and assault in Central Park of a white female jogger. All five convictions were vacated in 2002 after Matias Reyes, a convicted serial rapist and murderer, confessed to having been the sole perpetrator of the crime, and DNA testing showed he was the sole contributor of the DNA of the semen on the victim. After Reyes' confession in 2002, Fairstein still maintained that the wrongfully convicted teenage boys were guilty and she lauded the police investigation as "brilliant". In 2018, she insisted that the teenagers' confessions had not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. While she was best known for her mystery and suspense novels, in the 1960s she authored two books on ancient Egypt, both of which have remained in print ever since. Biography Barbara Gross was born on September 29, 1927, in Canton, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in 1947, a master's degree in 1950, and a PhD in Egyptology in 1952, having studied with John A. Wilson. She authored two books on ancient Egypt (both of which have been continuously in print since first publication), but primarily wrote mystery and suspense novels. She became a published writer in 1964. She was married to Richard Mertz for 19 years (1950–1969); the marriage ended in divorce. They had two childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of The Silent
''Lord of the Silent'' (2001) is the 13th in a series of historical mystery novels, written by Elizabeth Peters and featuring fictional sleuth and archaeologist Amelia Peabody. Plot introduction In this installment, which takes place during the 1915–1916 season, newlyweds Ramses and Nefret Emerson spend their time living on their family's dahabeeyah on the Nile, while the rest of the group remains at the house near Giza, where their excavations continue. Between the antics of Ramses' former associates in the smuggling trade, the reappearance of the Master Criminal, and yet another unknown adversary with a rich find, little time is permitted for romance...but of course, the younger Emersons make the most of it. Explanation of the novel's title The title of the book refers to Amon-Re: :"Amon, King of the Gods, Lord of the Silent / who comes at the voice of the poor ... who gives bread to him who has none ... father of the orphan, husband of the widow ... though the servant off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audie Award For Mystery
The Audie Award for Mystery is one of the Audie Awards The Audie Awards (, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from ''audiobook''), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They ... presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a mystery audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 1997. Winners and finalists 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links Audie Award winnersAudie Awards official website{{Audie Awards Mystery Awards established in 1997 English-language literary awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline (; born July 1, 1955) is an American author of legal thrillers. Life Born in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Scottoline attended Lower Merion High School and then went on to earn a B.A. in English magna cum laude (in three years) from the University of Pennsylvania, then graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She clerked for judges at the state and federal appellate courts and later became a litigator at Dechert in Philadelphia. After the birth of her daughter, she left the law firm and started writing. ''Final Appeal'' received an Edgar Award, for excellence in crime fiction. She has since written 30 bestselling novels, including ''Look Again'' and ''Don't Go'', both which reached number two on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. She has served as President of the Mystery Writers of America and won many other honors. Her novels have been translated into 30 languages and she has 30 million copies in print. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly
''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling". With 51 issues a year, the emphasis today is on book reviews. The magazine was founded by bibliographer Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliography ... Frederick Leypoldt in the late 1860s, and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name ''The Publishers' Weekly'' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audie Award For Solo Narration - Female
The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to storytelling, convey a narrative, story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deli ... by a woman released in a given year. Before 2016 the award was given as the Audie Award for Female Solo Narration. It has been awarded since 1998, when it superseded the Audie Award for Solo Narration. Winners and finalists Winners are listed first each year and are highlighted in light green. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links Audie Award winnersAudie Awards official website {{Audie Awards 1998 establishments in the United States Awards established in 1998 Best Female Narrator English-language literary awards Voice acting awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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