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- Danielle Steel. Speaking of all-time greats, along with Nora Robert s, Danielle Steel has had a corner on the romance book market for decades. She’s written more than 180, starting in 1973, and sold more than 800 million copies of her books—23 of which have been adapted into movies.
- John Grisham. Grisham, who’s also a lawyer and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, is a bestselling author of many legal thrillers.
- Jeff Kinney. Kinney is the author of the mega-successful children’s book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The series, which spans 18 books (so far), is written in a simple, comic-book-like structure that makes reading more accessible and fun for kids who are intimidated by long chapter books.
- E.L. James (Tie) Fifty Shades of Grey was published in 2011 and is the reason that E.L. James, quite ironically, ranks higher than Stephenie Meyer on this list.
Oct 4, 2019 · Our author interview from the September 2019 issue is with Dr. Joanna Cohen. Joanna is a Senior Lecturer in American History at Queen Mary University of London. Her article is titled “‘You Have No Flag Out Yet’: Commercial Connections and Patriotic Emotion in the Civil War North.”
Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) [1] was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley.
Reader in American History. Email: j.cohen@qmul.ac.uk. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7882 8363. Room Number: ArtsTwo 4.10. Profile. Teaching. Research. Publications. Supervision.
Feb 20, 2017 · Joanna Cohen. After the Revolution, Americans abandoned the political economy of self-denial and sacrifice that had secured their independence. In its place, they created one that empowered the modern citizen-consumer. This profound transformation was the uncoordinated and self-serving work of merchants, manufacturers, advertisers, auctioneers ...
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Apr 2, 2018 · Joanna Cohen’s Luxurious Citizens tackles these questions. Cohen argues that in the decades between the American Revolution and the American Civil War, a group of competing interest groups came together to radically redefine citizenship and political economy by embracing the middle-class white consumer as a positive figure who contributed to ...
joanna cohen is a senior lecturer in American history at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of Luxurious Citizens: The Politics of Consumption
