Sherlock Holmes Wins Guinness World Record
Written by Dan Malone on Sunday, May 20th, 2012Sherlock Holmes has been declared the most portrayed literary character in television and film, as recognized by the Guinness World Records. Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed 254 times with the next most portrayed character being Shakespeare’s Hamlet at 206 times. (more…)
Orion Signs For Two More Crais Novels
Written by Dan Malone on Sunday, May 20th, 2012Orion has signed Robert Crais for two more novels, as the author’s eBooks have been selling exceptionally well.
Deputy publisher Jon Wood purchased the UK/Commonwealth rights from Caspian Dennis. The novels are set to be released in 2013 and 2014. (more…)
TNT To Develop King & Maxwell and Tom Clancy TV Series
Written by Dan Malone on Sunday, May 20th, 2012TNT is developing 11 new series, the station announced on Wednesday. As you can imagine, several of the shows are related to popular authors. (more…)
Fleming Wanted Hitchcock To Direct Bond
Written by Dan Malone on Saturday, May 19th, 2012A secret telegram has been found that revealed that James Bond creator Ian Fleming had a preference for a director for the first Bond film (which at the time was going to be Thunderball). (more…)
Charlaine Harris Announces End of Sookie Stackhouse Series
Written by Dan Malone on Saturday, May 19th, 2012Charlaine Harris has announced the end date for her popular Sookie Stackhouse series. She posted on Facebook said that the final book in the series, Dead Ever After will be released on May 2, 2013. (more…)
Order of The Chronicles Of Narnia Books
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of children’s fantasy novels by Irish author C.S. Lewis. The series has sold over 100 million copies in 47 different languages. The series is set in a magical place called Narnia, a fictional realm where animals talk and good battles evil. The series contains many different Christian themes and characters are borrowed from various mythologies. (more…)
Order of C.S. Lewis Books
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) was an Irish author who was best known for writing The Chronicles of Narnia. He wrote fantasy and sci-fi books and plenty of non-fiction. His books were largely targetted at children. His work would contain several Christian themes. Lewis was a close friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, as they served on the faculty together at Oxford. Lewis died on the same day as John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley – November 22, 1963. (more…)
Order of Arcane Society Books
The Arcane Society is a series of romance novels by prolific American author Jayne Ann Krentz under multiple pen names, including her real name, Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle. The series is about the Arcane Society for the psychically gifted, with each hero and heroine having a psychic power. Each book has a mystery to solve while they must deal with their psychic powers. The Arcane Society series consists of a root series and two sub-series – The Dreamlight Trilogy and The Looking Glass Trilogy. (more…)
Order of Curtain Worlds Books
Curtain Worlds is a series of futuristic/paranormal romance novels by prolific American author Jayne Ann Krentz, writing under her birth name of Jayne Castle. The series is broke up into three sub-series – Futuristic World of St. Helen’s, Futuristic World of Harmony: Ghost Hunter and Futuristic World of Harmony: Rainshadow. (more…)
Order of Jayne Ann Krentz Books
Jayne Ann Krentz is an American romance novelist. She writes under her real (married) name as well as her birth name of Jayne Castle, Amanda Quick, Jayne Taylor, Jayne Bentley, Stephanie James and Amanda Glass. Nowadays, she uses Amanda Quick for historical romance novels and Jayne Castle for paranormal/futuristic romance novels. She is one of the foremost romance novelists in the industry. (more…)