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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (novel)
''Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'' is a 2014 debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to p ... by David Shafer. Plot A pop thriller about a multinational cabal planning to subjugate humanity by privatizing all information. References Sources *Hoffert, B. 2014. "Upcoming First Novels You Shouldn't Miss, Including Adi Alsaid's Let's Get Lost, Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, Elizabeth Little's Dear Daughter, and David Shafer's Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Plus Excerpts from Indie Press Titles". ''Library Journal''. 139, no. 12: 32-36. 2014 American novels American thriller novels Mulholland Books books 2014 debut novels {{2010s-thriller-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Shafer (author)
David J.C. Shafer is an American author. His first novel '' Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'' was published by Mulholland Books on August 5, 2014. His work has appeared in ''The New York Times'', '' Salon'', ''The Irish Times'', ''The Harvard Crimson'', ''The Daily Beast'', ''Willamette Week'' and ''Portland Monthly''. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Harvard College and the Columbia School of Journalism. He has lived in Dublin and Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South .... David Shafer now lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, daughter and son. References External links A Scandal at the C.I.A. Maybe.I wish I’d loved my dog more: Teenage nostalgia, first loves, and pining for the wrong pastAmazon's Fight With Hachette Strands an Author in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little, Brown And Company
Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emily Dickinson's poetry and ''Bartlett's Familiar Quotations''. Since 2006 Little, Brown and Company is a division of the Hachette Book Group. 19th century Little, Brown and Company had its roots in the book selling trade. It was founded in 1837 in Boston by Charles Little and James Brown. They formed the partnership "for the purpose of Publishing, Importing, and Selling Books". It can trace its roots before that to 1784 to a bookshop owned by Ebenezer Battelle on Marlborough Street. They published works of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington and they were specialized in legal publishing and importing titles. For many years, it was the most extensive law publisher in the United States, and also the largest importer of standard English law a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debut Novel
A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future. First-time novelists without a previous published reputation, such as publication in nonfiction, magazines, or literary journals, typically struggle to find a publisher. Sometimes new novelists will self-publish their debut novels, because publishing houses will not risk the capital needed to market books by an unknown author to the public. Most publishers purchase rights to novels, especially debut novels, through literary agents, who screen client work before sending it to publishers. These hurdles to publishing reflect both publishers' limits in resources for reviewing and publishing unknown works, and that readers typically buy more books by established authors with a reputation than first-time writers. For this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 American Novels
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American Thriller Novels
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Mulholland Books Books
Mulholland or Mullholland ( ) is a surname. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolchalann ‘descendant of Maolchalann’, a personal name meaning ‘chief of the calends’, Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Mulholland, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager *Bob Mulholland, "senior advisor and longtime chief spokesperson" of the California Democratic Party *Clara Mulholland (1849–1934), Irish writer * Colm Mulholland, Irish Gaelic footballer *Dale Mulholland, former US professional soccer player *Frank Mulholland, Lord Mulholland PC KC (born 1959), Scottish judge *Greg Mulholland, Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom * Inez Mullholland, suffragist, labor lawyer, World War I correspondent, and public speaker * Jimmy Mulholland (born 1938), Scottish footballer * Joe H. Mulholland, American politician * Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Civil Rights / integration activist *John Mulholland (other), human name disambiguation page * Peter Mulholland (c.1953–2021), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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