An American writer has become the first self-published author to sell a million eBooks.
John Locke from Kentucky writes westerns and crime thrillers.
American writer sells a million
22 Wednesday Jun 2011
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A hat-trick of wins for Michael Morpurgo
13 Monday Jun 2011
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It’s a hat-trick of wins for Michael Morpurgo.
His novel Shadow has won this year’s Red House children’s book award.
He’s become the only author to win the prize three times in the awards history.
The book tells the story of boy who is befriended by an army sniffer dog in Afghanistan.
Tiger’s wife author scoops Orange Prize
09 Thursday Jun 2011
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Tea Obreht has won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction.
It’s been awarded for her debut novel The Tiger’s Wife.
The 25-year-old was praised by the judges as a “truly exciting new talent”.
The annual award recognises the work of fiction written in the English language by women.
Lilian Jackson Braun passes away
08 Wednesday Jun 2011
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Lilian Jackson Braun has died aged 97.
She was the author of “The Cat Who..” books about a crime-solving journalist and cat owner.
Her first book was published in 1966.
She passed away in a hospice in South Carolina.
Tributes to Jennifer Worth
08 Wednesday Jun 2011
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Best-selling author Jennifer Worth has passed away aged 75.
The writer who lived in Buckinghamshire wrote the popular Call the Midwife trilogy and died after a short illness.
Her books were based on her own experiences of being a nurse in the east end of 1950s London.
Each book sold almost a million copies.
Denny Bradbury Books 