What makes an author enduring?
2007-02-23 04:52:47 · 4 answers · asked by ckm44 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Essentially, the stories they write, the characters they create and the timeless relevance of the morals and themes in the stories.
2007-02-23 04:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cry to heaven by Anne Rice....Spartacus by Howard Fast(outlawed during the Mccarthy era).....The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, who also wrote the Three Musketeers & The man in the iron mask.....The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough...brilliant book.....The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (An amazing classic) & The Good Earth by Pearl Buck, lastly A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by betty Smith.
There, many classics and page turners for you!!! I have read all of these and in some cases multiple times!!! I really hope that this helps you!!! Spartacus will blow your mind. It had to be released in England as the McCarthy era had Howard fast black balled when it was written.
I hope that you read Cry to heaven by Anne Rice...it is NOT about vampires, but about the Italian Castrati, thus it is truth intermixed with fiction, rather historical fiction....
Happy reading!!!!! I gave y usome of my top faves here!!
Thanks,
Lioncourt
2007-02-25 14:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An author who puts out and writes great books for years, even best-sellers for blockbuster movies, or keeps them coming in a series of books.
2007-02-23 04:56:59 · answer #3 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they write books that can be reread and reread....books you can reread for a lifetime and want to pass down to future generations
2007-02-23 05:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋