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(Guesses are always welcome)
1) Who wrote the now-famous story in Esquire titled "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"? (answered)
2) Of the nearly 1800 poems by Emily Dickinson, how many were published during her lifetime?
(Approximately)
3) What was the name of the rock & roll magazine Cameron Crowe regularly submitted articles to while still in high school
(It was before he wrote for Rolling Stone) (answered)
4) Truman Capote's first published story won the O'Henry Award, what was it's title?
(It was published in a well-known magazine)
5) What was the original title of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
6) What was Dan Brown's occupation before "The Da Vinci Code" was released?
7) Who is the best-selling American writer still alive? (answered)
8) What sport did Tom Wolfe excel in in high school and college? (answered)
9) What award did Michael Shea win for his first novel, "Nifft the Lean"? (answered)
More unanswered American writer questions from Part 2:
https://democraticunderground.com/10181530527
FalloutShelter
(11,866 posts)Was originally titled Atticus.
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(27,802 posts)musette_sf
(10,201 posts)is probably Creem.
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3. Cream.
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CozyMystery
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(27,802 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...Stephen King and James Patterson. So I'll try guess #3--Danielle Steel? If it isn't her, than I haven't the foggiest notion...
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(27,802 posts)She's the one!
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)I sold very little Danielle Steele for the 7 years I owned a bookstore.
Not sure I ever carried any new titles from her either.
I used to order 5 copies of the latest King or Grisham to hit paperback - and they never sold.
Then there was the Horse Whisperer. I kept ordering one copy of that and it would sell in a day, then, thinking it was a fluke, I would order another, sell it in a day (or two). I should have ordered 25 copies from the start, but who knew?
I should have known about the Frank Lloyd Wright book (especially since I was in his home town). My friend laughed at me when I got ten. Took me two years to sell them, but I could have still been selling them, and when the ten were gone, I could not get any more (of that particular book). It was such a neat book, the furniture store down the street displayed one in their window.
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(He spoke two)
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(37,573 posts)LeGuin
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(915 posts)n/t
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(27,802 posts)wrote screenplays in Hollywood for nearly 20 years, and was a close friend of director
Howard Hawks (they both enjoyed drinking and hunting).
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(915 posts)(Just a guess)