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Tournament of BooksThe Whites by Harry Brandt
+20 task (on the 2016 list)
+5 combo (10.4)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 365
10.4 Popular Genre Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 340
Would Sheri Fink count? She has an MD and appears to have worked as a doctor in an int'l medical relief corps before moving to journalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheri_F...
10.7 4 Letter Names The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools? by Dale Russakoff
+10 task
+5 multiple
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)
Task Total:25
Grand Total: 325
20.6 The Bronte SistersThe Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 280
10.8 License to Write What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine by Danielle Ofri
+10 task (author is a licensed doctor)
+5 combo (10.7)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 260
10.4 Popular Genre The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 235
Matthew Reilly has an author brother, Stephen Reilly -- Matthew mentions the relationship in this interview - http://www.matthewreilly.com/in-conve....
20.5 R.K. NarayanOne Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
+20 task (approved in thread)
+5 combo (10.8 - according to her GR bio, teaches at University of Houston)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 215
20.8 A Nod to Tristram ShandyAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
(Lexile 980 and 910)
+20 task
+5 combo (20.5 - approved list, 10.8 - professor)
+10 oldies (published 1871)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 190
10.7 Four Letter NamesTrust Me, I'm Trouble by Mary Elizabeth Summer
low Lexile, no styles
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 155
10.7 Four Letter NamesTrust Me, I'm Lying by Mary Elizabeth Summer
low Lexile, no styles
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 145
10.3 Bailey's PrizeThe Bees by Laline Paull
+10 task (nominee in 2015)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 135
10.1 Square PegThe Born Frees: Writing with the Girls of Gugulethu by Kimberly Burge
+10 task
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 125
How about Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni? According to her bio she's published novels, collections of short stories, and wrote a libretto for an opera - would that work for a play?
20.10 AutobiomemWhy Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
+20 task (listed as biography in Worldcat here)
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 105
10.5 NovellasDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
+10 task (115 pages)
+15 combo (10.4, 10.7, 20.5)
+10 oldies (1936)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 65
10.4 Popular GenreThe Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 30
