Gay Curmudgeon6d ago
My favorite author, Agatha Christie, at home in Greenway House, Devon. A recurring theme in her later books is the continued rise of fascism in the modern world. #agathachristie #author #mystery #mysteries #mysteryauthor #famousauthor #famousauthors #ladymallowan #marywestmacott #themurderofrogerackroyd #greenwayhouse #devon #england #brittan #brittish #writer #writers #famouswriter #christie #reknowned #famous #portrait #portraits #art #artwork #arting #artist #Fascism
Kai Alyx SarusMar 7

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I was privileged to meet P.D.James briefly when she did a talk at Goldsmiths College about the creative process and planning behind her detective novels. Her stature was small and slim. You would walk right past her in the street and think nothing of her. Yet the dogged determination to write in a genre that was male-dominated then was incredible and inspiring.
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#BruceSterlingAug 2, 2025
"Well, traditionally, "the first wife gets the children, the second wife gets the money and the third wife gets the fame" #melancholics #depressives #alcoholics #famousauthors

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A.J. AlexanderSep 21, 2023
Somerset Maugham got it right. Read more on 'Writer's Treasure Chest'. https://aurorajalexander.wordpress.com/2023/09/21/when-famous-authors-tell-the-truth/ #AJAlexander #famousauthors #authorquotes #writerstreasurechestblog #booktok
When Famous Authors Tell The Truth

Picture courtesy of Google.com First, there was the idea; then there was the plan. After that there will be the building, there is notes everywhere for that. Notes in form of cheat sheets, scribbleโ€ฆ

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CT History NewsJun 25, 2023

Today in #Connecticut History, June 25: Marilyn Monroe Takes Connecticut By Storm

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June 25: Marilyn Monroe Takes Connecticut By Storm

  Today in 1956, the small, rural, western Connecticut town of Roxbury was swarmed by reporters who had learned that the internationally famous starlet Marilyn Monroe was there visiting her fiโ€ฆ

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Today in #Connecticut History, February 11: Charles Dickens visits New Haven

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February 11: Charles Dickens visits New Haven

  On the evening of February 7, 1842, three words spread throughout the streets of New Haven like wildfire, causing crowds of people to rush toward the cityโ€™s downtown Toutine Hotel: &#8โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง"Italian pleads guilty to manuscript scam that shook literary world" #SimonAndShuster #LiteraryScam
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Italian pleads guilty to manuscript scam that shook literary world

An Italian man admitted Friday to stealing more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts, including from distinguished authors, solving a mystery that had rocked the literary world for years.Filippo Bernardini, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, federal prosecutors in New York announced in a s...

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