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  • The word "secret" in the book's title refers to the author's thesis that successful women privately feel like frauds.

    Having It All, Including Doubt Melanie Kirkpatrick 2011

  • This concluding episode of the series takes us through some classic covers - including David Pelham's famous eye on Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange - right up to the intriguing recent designs by John Gray for example, Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer: its cover is almost entirely taken up by the title and author's name in sprawling, wavy letters.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Its cover features the title and author's name starkly printed in black and gray type against a white background, along with a black-and-white photo of Jobs, thumb and forefinger to his chin.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By RACHEL METZ 2011

  • Its cover features the title and author's name starkly printed in black and gray type against a white background, along with a black-and-white photo of Jobs, thumb and forefinger to his chin.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • No one closely involved with the matter believes that the person who originally posted the 250 pages had any idea that he/she was violating the author's rights, was hurting the book, etc.

    Publishers and bloggers Roger Sutton 2009

  • That makes it difficult for me to love an author's works if they are an outgrowth of someone who reveals himself or herself to be cruel, or prejudiced, or abusive.

    "What do YOU do when your favorite author turns out to be a puppy-kicker?" Roger Sutton 2009

  • And If we were discussing a true understanding of writer's creative processes and that black author's creativity shouldn't be dictated by a culture that has had centuries of writing books that would be considered the "norm" when mainstream African American children's literature is barely forty years old --- this conversation would be more balanced.

    Debating Black Books Roger Sutton 2009

  • I'm not saying that an author's personal opinions don't influence me at all.

    "What do YOU do when your favorite author turns out to be a puppy-kicker?" Roger Sutton 2009

  • Or is it wrong if I mention a book I've read about on author's website (CHevalier) or in a magazine (like Vanity Fair) or in an interview?

    Blogs and buzz Roger Sutton 2009

  • Editors don't re-shape the author's world view, they bring it into focus, so there is nothing between the writer's beliefs and the reader's view of them on the page.

    "What do YOU do when your favorite author turns out to be a puppy-kicker?" Roger Sutton 2009

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