Alphabet of Authors' First Names

[Leslie]

A: Andrea Camilleri - Voice of the Violin

[LauraT]

B: Bianca Pitzorno - Ascolta il mio cuore and all her other books: not only for children. I recomend La bambinaia francese if you find it translated - and if you like Brontee's novels!!!!

[Leslie]

C: Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow Wallpaper

[Tweedledum]

D
Diana Gabaldon author of the Outlander series.

[Leslie]

E: Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence, House of Mirth

[B the BookAddict]

F. Scott Fitzgerald author of Tender Is the Night,
The Great Gatsby,
This Side of Paradise,
The Last Tycoon (An Unfinished Novel) together with The Great Gatsby,
The Beautiful and the Damned Volume 1
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[Leslie]

G: George Orwell - 1984, Animal Farm, Burmese Days

[Tweedledum]

H: Hugh Lofting of The Story of Doctor Dolittle fame.

[Leslie]

I: Ian McEwan - The Child in Time (didn't much care for it)

[B the BookAddict]

J: John Irving - The World According to Garp definitely a 5★ read.

[Leslie]

K: Ken Follett - Eye of the Needle, A Dangerous Fortune, Code to Zero, The Pillars of the Earth, The Third Twin, The Key to Rebecca, etc.

[Emma]

L - Louisa May Alcott ( little woman )

[B the BookAddict]

M - Marisa de los Santos - Belong to Me

[Leslie]

N: Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love

[B the BookAddict]

O: Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Leslie]

P: Peter Mayle - Hotel Pastis, A Year In Provence, The Vintage Caper

[B the BookAddict]

Q: Q - A Lesson Learned

[Emma]

R - JK ROWLING

Harry Potter of course!

[B the BookAddict]

S:Scott Turow

[B the BookAddict]

T: Tim Pears - In a Land of Plenty; loved it.

[LauraT]

U: Umberto Eco - Foucault's Pendulum and a lot of other books

[Leslie]

V: Victoria Holt - bunch of romantic suspense stories (The Shivering Sands, The Secret Women, etc.) and some historical fiction romance (Bride of Pendorric, The Curse of the Kings, etc.)

[LauraT]

W: Walter Veltroni an italian politician who wrote some nice novels, like Senza Patricio

[B the BookAddict]

X: Xavier Velasco author of Diablo Guardián

[Tweedledum]

Y Yvonne du Fresne The Bear From The North: Tales Of A New Zealand Childhood a Kiwi author I stumbled across... Through a charity bookshelf where else?

[Tweedledum]

Z
Zelda Fitzgerald
Save Me the Waltz

[Tweedledum]

Bette BookAddict wrote: "X: Xavier Velasco author of Diablo Guardián"
Have you read it Bette? And do you recommend it?

I love it when someone comes up with an author for these awkward letters!

[B the BookAddict]

Tweedledum wrote: "Bette BookAddict wrote: "X: Xavier Velasco author of Diablo Guardián"
Have you read it Bette? And do you recommend it?

I love it when someone comes up with an author f..."

No, I haven't.

[LauraT]

A
Antonio Scurati
About to start his Il padre infedele

[Leslie]

B: Barbara Cartland (since she came up in discussion on another thread recently) - but I can't find any titles that look familiar...

[Tweedledum]

Charlie Connelly
Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast

[Leslie]

D: Dorothy Dunnett - the wonderful historical fiction series, Lymond and Niccolo... Next up for me to reread is The Ringed Castle :)

[A.L.]

E - Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher

[LauraT]

F: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the starter of the futurist ovement in Italy. Le Futurisme

[Tweedledum]

G
Giovannino Guareschi the author of The Little World of Don Camillo and many sequels.

[LauraT]

Tweedledum wrote: "G
Giovannino Guareschi the author of The Little World of Don Camillo and many sequels."

Do you know it? I'm astonished!!!

[Tweedledum]

I love it! My mum introduced me to these stories 30 years ago.

[Gemma]

H-
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

[LauraT]

Tweedledum wrote: "I love it! My mum introduced me to these stories 30 years ago."

You should have a look - if you can find them - to the films with Fernandel as Don Camillo and Gino Cervi as Peppone. they are of about the 1950s and really funnny!!! I think they were french

[Tweedledum]

LauraT wrote: "Tweedledum wrote: "I love it! My mum introduced me to these stories 30 years ago."

You should have a look - if you can find them - to the films with Fernandel as Don Camillo and Gino Cervi as Pepp..."

Oh thanks for the tip, yes I will look out for them . Don Camillo and Peppone have a love hate relationship....

[LauraT]

Really typical of the Ity of the second after war period. We were a little like that, even if of course there are a lot of stereotypes there. I remember as kid another of his novels, Il destino si chiama Clotilde: Romanzo d'amore e di avventura, con una importante digressione - Duncan &Amp; Clothilda, and laughing while reading it

[Leslie]

I - Irène Némirovsky I have never read any of her books but I keep seeing people rave about her writing...

[Summerdale]

J: James Horn A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of RoanokeI love reading about Roanoke, such a mystery!

[Ron]

Deryni Rising Katherine Kurtz do I get bounus points for having the last name as a k too??

[LauraT]

L Laura Ingalls Wilder: I'm loving her books as I loved tge tv series when a kid

[Leslie]

M: Michael Innes, British mystery writer from the late 1930s to the late 60s (? not sure about the exact end date)

Ron wrote: "Deryni Rising Katherine Kurtz do I get bounus points for having the last name as a k too??"

Nice alliteration :)

LauraT wrote: "L Laura Ingalls Wilder: I'm loving her books as I loved tge tv series when a kid"

I loved those as a child - I am glad you are enjoying them. I don't know if they count as autobiographies or memoirs or what but they are nonfiction, which amazed me.

[Tweedledum]

N
Nina Bawden author of Carrie's War , The Peppermint Pig etc.

[Tweedledum]

O
Oliver Goldsmith author of The Vicar of Wakefield

[Tweedledum]

P
Philip Pullman author of His Dark Materials.

[Tweedledum]

Am I the only one playing this now? Do come and join me someone.... Anyone....