Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor and professor. Her novels are famous for their epic themes, vivid dialogue and richly detailed black characters.

 

Sidney Sheldon, famous American screenwriter and novelist. His first novel The Naked Face which earned him the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writer's of America.

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Isaac Adamson

Isaac Adamson

Isaac Adamson, born in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1971, is the American author of a series of mystery novels set in Japan and featuring journalist and amateur detective Billy Chaka. Adamson currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. He is married to Chee-Soo Kim.

After graduating from Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Adamson attended UCLA briefly before graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Film Studies. 

All four of his Billy Chaka novels were published by HarperCollins. None of them are in print anymore.

Adamson's first novel, Tokyo Suckerpunch, is being made into a film by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The film, scheduled to be released in 2010, will star Tobey Maguire in the role of Billy Chaka. 

List of Books

  • Tokyo Suckerpunch: A Billy Chaka Adventure (2000)
  • Hokkaido Popsicle (2002)
  • Dreaming Pachinko (2003)
  • Kinki Lullaby (2004)

 

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2010 nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa
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1901 nobel prize winner Sully Prudhomme
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1938 nobel prize winner Pearl Buck
1938 - Pearl Buck
2007 nobel prize winner Doris Lessing
2007 - Doris Lessing
 
 

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