![]() By the time the three children of her marriage were comfortably in school most of the day, she had already achieved enough success with short stories to devote full time to writing. 1952, Todd, b.1956, and Georgeanne, b.1959.Īnne McCaffrey’s first story was published by Sam Moskowitz in Science Fiction + Magazine and her first novel was published by Ballantine Books in 1967. She married in 1950 and had three children: Alec Anthony, b. Her working career included Liberty Music Shops and Helena Rubinstein (1947-1952). She had two brothers: Hugh McCaffrey (deceased 1988), Major US Army, and Kevin Richard McCaffrey, still living.Īnne was educated at Stuart Hall in Staunton Virginia, Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey, and graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literatures. ![]() Her parents were George Herbert McCaffrey, BA, MA PhD (Harvard), Colonel USA Army (retired), and Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey, estate agent. Anne McCaffrey was born on April 1st, 1926, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Nell worries that they'll be caught, and Kitty, after the briefest of reassurances, adds: "And the proper word is isn't, not ain't. On of my favorite scenes in one in which Nell and Kitty are following a suspected murderer at night, in a creepy setting. ![]() She is a stickler for vocabulary and self-improvement, and she frequently surprises Nell with her expressed beliefs (e.g., paraphrasing: 'You want to be a nurse? Why not become a doctor?'). Though rather disagreeable (Nell refers to her in letters as "Pickled Onion"), Kitty shows herself to be an early feminist, a woman who believes that girls can do anything. ![]() Truth be told, it's Aunt Kitty who is the stronger character here, despite Nell's first-person viewpoint. The two are involved in solving various cases, including one with great historical significance and one that strikes much closer to home. But slowly, Kitty starts to allow Nell to help her in her work, to become an informal detective's assistant. ![]() Aunt Kitty blames Nell's father for the death of her husband, and this keeps a rift between woman and girl. 11-year-old Nell Warne is dumped on the doorstep of her extremely reluctant aunt by marriage, after the deaths of Nell's family members from various causes.Īunt Kitty lives in a Chicago boarding house in a time immediately prior to Abraham Lincoln's election as President. The Detective's Assistant by Kate Hannigan is historical fiction speculating on the existence of the niece of an actual historical figure, Kate Warne, the first female detective to work for Pinkerton's Agency. ![]() ![]() and then at the American Embassy in Paris, France. In 1995 he was posthumously awarded a degree.įrom 1918 to 1920, at the close of World War I, Thurber worked as a code clerk for the Department of State, first in Washington, D.C. He never graduated from the University because his poor eyesight prevented him from taking a mandatory ROTC course. During his childhood he was unable to participate in sports and activities because of his injury, and instead developed a creative imagination, which he shared in his writings.įrom 1913 to 1918, Thurber attended The Ohio State University, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. This injury would later cause him to be almost entirely blind. Because of the lack of medical technology, Thurber lost his eye. Once, while playing a game of William Tell, his brother William shot James in the eye with an arrow. ![]() Thurber had two brothers, William and Robert. Thurber described his mother as a "born comedienne" and "one of the finest comic talents I think I have ever known." She was a practical joker, on one occasion pretending to be crippled and attending a faith healer revival, only to jump up and proclaim herself healed. His father, a sporadically employed clerk and minor politician who dreamed of being a lawyer or an actor, is said to have been the inspiration for the small, timid protagonist typical of many of his stories. Both of his parents greatly influenced his work. ![]() ![]() Thurber and Mary Agnes (Mame) Fisher Thurber. ![]() Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio to Charles L. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She held up the pad, its pages blistered by layers of black ink, laced with cross-outs and insertions. I observed the neatly made daybed, the desk stacked with books, the overstuffed easy chair with white lined pad and rollerball pen perched on its wide arm. ![]() I expected an invitation to fuck off, but Christina laughed and invited me in. Are you working?” I blurted with characteristic tact. One night, summoned by the dinner bell, we met up at our studio doors. At age 38, while raising three sons, editing other people’s books, and teaching college classes, Christina had already published five books. Some colony-goers are slackers, but Google had ruled that out. Within hours, I was wondering about the absence of sound from her side. IN 2002, I met Christina Baker Kline at an artists’ colony our studios shared a wall. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As he and Elizabeth embark upon a passionate and all-consuming love affair, the secret he is keeping will soon threaten to tear them apart-destroying not only their love, but also their lives.įilled with tender romance and terrific suspense, The Lucky One is Nicholas Sparks at his best-an unforgettable story about the surprising paths our lives often take and the power of fate to guide us to true and everlasting love. Caught off guard by the attraction he feels, Thibault keeps the story of the photo, and his luck, a secret. Believing that she somehow holds the key to his destiny, he sets out on a journey across the country to find her, never expecting the strong but vulnerable woman he encounters in Hampton, North Carolina-Elizabeth, a divorced mother with a young son-to be the girl he’s been waiting his whole life to meet. ![]() Only his best friend, Victor, seems to have an explanation for his good fortune: the photograph-his lucky charm.īack home in Colorado, Thibault can’t seem to get the photo-and the woman in it-out of his mind. Soon Thibault experiences a sudden streak of luck-winning poker games and even surviving deadly combat that kills two of his closest buddies. Instead, he brings it back to the base for someone to claim, but when no one does, he finds himself always carrying the photo in his pocket. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during his third tour of duty in Iraq, his first instinct is to toss it aside. ![]() ![]() ![]() With an English mother and a Pakistani father, Karim is uncertain of his cultural identity. Karim Amir is a mixed-race 17-year-old who lives in a South London suburb during the 1970s. Unable to find distribution in America, the series was given a limited engagement screening at The Public Theater in Manhattan from December 1994 to January 1995. ![]() Its theme song, as well as other original music for the series, was written and performed by David Bowie (this work also inspired Bowie's related 'soundtrack' album of the same name). ![]() Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi, the series starred Naveen Andrews as the main character, Karim Amir. The Buddha of Suburbia is a British four-part television serial, directed by Roger Michell, originally broadcast on BBC Two in November 1993. ![]() |