“The season is changing, and most chilly evenings in November I’d just like to curl up with a good book. Consider this list of authors with November birthdays if you’re looking for something new to read.” Guest blogger Lara continues with her look at author’s celebrating their birthdays in November….
November Author Birthdays – part 2
Speaking of writers who investigate time and science in fiction, Madeleine L’Engle was born on November 29. Many of us probably read A Wrinkle in Time (1962) at some point in the past. L’Engle wrote lots of other books for children and young adults, and in 2001 a collection of her musings and speeches was published, entitled Madeleine L’Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life. That volume would be excellent to curl up in an armchair with on a crisp fall evening, a gateway into a smart and inquisitive mind who contributed a great deal to literature.
Indian novelist Arundhati Royhas her birthday on November 24th. Her debut novel, The God of Small Things (1997) was a huge success around the world and won the Booker prize. Roy’s subsequent works have all been nonfiction and focus on political issues. An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire (2004) andWar Talk (2003) are among her more recent works.