The Book That Changed My Life: Discover the Must-Read Books that Transformed 65 Remarkable Authors - Hardcover

 
9781592402106: The Book That Changed My Life: Discover the Must-Read Books that Transformed 65 Remarkable Authors

Synopsis

Sixty-five concise and lively essays by some of today's most successful writers identify the books that proved pivotal to the shaping of their careers, in a volume that includes Harold Bloom on Little, Big, Nelson DeMille on Atlas Shrugged, and Sebastian Junger on Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

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About the Author

Roxanne Coady, founder of R. J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Connecticut, won the Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the Year Award in 1995. In 1996, Coady founded the Read to Grow Foundation, which, in partnership with urban hospitals throughout Connecticut, has provided books and literacy information to tens of thousands of children and families.

Joy Johannessen has been an editor/executive editor at Grove Press, Oxford University Press, HarperCollins, and Delphinium Books. Among the writers she has worked with are Dorothy Allison, Harold Bloom, Michael Cunningham, Nien Cheng, and Arthur Miller.

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9781592403172: The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them

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ISBN 10:  1592403174 ISBN 13:  9781592403172
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2007
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