"Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an author. To keep the list manageable, only authors with estimated sales of at least 100 million are included. Authors of comic books are not included unless they have been published in book format...
Hunter S. Thompson, a Louisville, Kentucky, native, wrote almost a dozen books and is credited as the founder of gonzo journalism, a style of first-person reporting. He shot to fame with the seminal sports article " The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved ."
In 1969, she married butter baron and billionaire Al Wilsey and the next year she had her only child, best-selling author Sean Wilsey. As a society wife, Montandon "acquired a reputation for giving the best parties and round-table luncheons."
Gerry Spence and his second wife, Imaging, share their time between homes near Jackson, Wyoming, and Santa Barbara, California.
Mr. Spence did not lose a civil case from 1969 - 2010, and he has never lost a criminal case. Mr. Spence earned his law degree from the University of Wyoming Law School, graduating cum laude in 1952.
Legendary Trial Lawyer Gerry Spence is a legend among the trial bar as one of the greatest trial lawyers of our times. His civil practice and defense of those charged with crimes has gained him an international reputation for his high profile cases and record results for the poor, the injured and the damned.
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(a chemist) and Esther Sophie (a homemaker; maiden name, Pfleeger) Spence; married Anna Wilson, June 20, 1947 (divorced, 1969); married LaNelle Hampton Peterson Hawks (a designer), November 18, 1969; children: (first marriage) Kip, Kerry Spence Suendermann, Kent, Katy; Christopher Peterson Hawks, Brents Jefferson Hawks ...
Four Famous Lawyers in History Every Attorney Should KnowJoe Jamail (aka King of Torts) During his time, Joe Jamail was the richest attorney in the United States and some would argue one of the most famous prosecutors to litigate. ... Abraham Lincoln (aka Honest Abe) ... Clarence Darrow. ... Mary Jo White.
Mike graduated from Duke Law and has been a practicing attorney for nearly a decade. He is devoted to educating the public about the law through social media.
Between 1956, the year he began practicing law, and 1968 he defended 163 clients accused of drunken driving and won every case, establishing one of the longest winning streaks in legal history. In the nearly 40 capital-punishment cases he handled, none of his clients were given the death penalty.
Spence represented Brandon Mayfield, a modest Oregon attorney, against the United States in which Spence was instrumental in obtaining a federal court to hold the Patriot Act unconstitutional. He has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney.
Ann WilsonShe hoped he would be a preacher, but he went to the University of Wyoming in Laramie and studied law instead. He met Ann Wilson at a college dance and they married in 1948, when he was 19.
Happily married to his longtime wife, Imaging, Spence is the father of six children and grandfather of thirteen grandchildren....Gerry Spence Net Worth.Net Worth:$20 MillionDate of Birth:Jan 8, 1929 (93 years old)Gender:MaleProfession:LawyerNationality:United States of America
CARTER G. PHILLIPS is one of the most experienced Supreme Court and appellate lawyers in the country. Since joining Sidley, Carter has argued 79 cases before the Supreme Court, more than any other lawyer in private practice.
Welch’s first book, a collection of poetry entitled Riding the Earthboy 40 (after a family—the Earthboys—and the forty acres of land they owned) was published in 1971 .
Welch's final novel was The Heartsong of Charging Elk, after which Welch was awarded the title of a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from France. For his work as a poet and author, Welch also received the Native Writer's Circle's Lifetime Achievement award.
As his close friend and fellow Montana author Ivan Doig said, Welch wrote about what it means to be an Indian in modern American society and he wrote about the people of the West without glorification, without cliché in an honest, clear voice from an intimate perspective.
Before, Welch thought publishers wouldn’t be interested in either Indians or Montana and no one would want to read about Native Americans, the Reservation, and the landscape along the Hi-Line. Welch could not have been more wrong.
Considered a founding father of 1960s counterculture, Ken Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado, the son of dairy farmers. His works promoted drug use as a path to individual liberation, and bridged the beatnik and hippy generations.
Sunshine State-grown Carl Hiaasen is a New York Times best-selling author, mastering both the mystery thriller and children's genres. He graduated from the University of Florida, and has written for The Miami Herald since he was 23 years old. His column still regularly appears in the opinion section.
New York City native and acclaimed novelist and essayist, James Baldwin's work weaves tales of " blacks’ aspirations, disappointments, and coping strategies in a hostile society ." Baldwin was adored by critics for both his writing style and substance, and he penned now-classics like " If Beale Street Could Talk " and " Go Tell It On The Mountain ."
Ernest Hemingway found his passion for writing in the upscale Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, where he was born. In high school, he wrote for the school's newspaper and yearbook. After graduation, he left Illinois to report for The Kansas City Star.
Poet, singer, and memoirist Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou became a civil rights activist, working for Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was also the first black female director.
Born in Delaware, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first African-American woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States. Though little is known about her personal life, Dr. Crumpler authored a book of medical advice for women and children in 1883 called "Book of Medical Discourses" based on her field notes.
The lawyer for the former SEALs member, Matt Bissonnette, said the investigation was focused on whether Mr. Bissonnette had disclosed classified information in the book “ No Easy Day ,” published under a pseudonym in 2012.
Still, Mr. Luskin said Mr. Bissonnette, who rushed to release his book before Mr. Bowden’s, had apologized to officials for not letting the Pentagon vet his book, which would have delayed its publication.
Rick Nelson, a former Joint Special Operations Command official who is now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Mr. Panetta’s encouraging operators to talk to screenwriters was not an excuse. “That in no way provides justification for writing your own book,” he said.
Mr. Luskin said Mr. Bissonnette had decided to write “No Easy Day” after Leon E. Panetta, then the C.I.A. director, urged some of the members of SEAL Team 6 to cooperate with the producers of the film “Zero Dark Thirty.”. The filmmakers benefited from extensive assistance from the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.
A former member of the Navy SEALs who wrote a best seller about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is under criminal investigation for possibly disclosing classified material , according to federal officials and his lawyer.
Montana Sky - By Nora Roberts. Jack Mercy's three daughters are strangers to each other, but to inherit his huge ranch they must live there together for a year -- a year that will bring them together against a terrifying unknown enemy as well as bringing each of them someone to make their dreams sweeter. A rich, stunning story of family, death, and love.
The Horse Whisperer - By Nicholas Evans. A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path.
Set in 1920s Montana, Savage's 1967 novel introduces the Burbank brothers, whose lives are permanently altered when one falls in love with a widow and brings the woman and her son to live on their isolated ranch. Montana Sky - By Nora Roberts.
With an arid "dry-land" wheat farm as both its geographic and metaphoric center, Winter Wheat tells the story of eighteen-year-old Ellen Webb. Her Vermont-born father and Russian-born mother, married during the first World War, have come as homesteaders to Barton, Montana - a grain-elevator and general store.
The Bushwhacked Piano - By Thomas McGuane. As a citizen, Nicholas Payne is not in the least solid.
In Open Spaces - By Russell Rowland. Sibling rivalry turns sinister in Rowland's outstanding debut, which follows a Montana ranching clan as it struggles to survive the Depression, two world wars and family tragedy.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories - Just as Norman Maclean writes at the end of "A River Runs through It" that he is "haunted by waters," so have readers been haunted by his novella. A retired English professor who began writing fiction at the age of 70, Maclean produced what is now recognized as one of the classic American stories of the twentieth century.
Pat Montandon was born on December 26, 1928. The daughter of an itinerant Nazarene Church Texas minister, Charles Clay Montandon, and his wife Myrtle Taylor, she grew up in Oklahoma during the peak of the Great Depression. In the 1960s Pat was living in San Francisco, where she became a columnist and popular television host. During this time Pat became known for her talent giving themed and memorable parties. She once dated Frank Sinatra.
In 1979, Pat Montandon created the idea for the Napa Valley Wine Auction, which has become the most successful auction of its kind. She consulted with friend and vintner Robert Mondavi to present the idea to area vintners.
Montandon was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize three successive years and received the UN Peace Messenger award in 1987.
Humanitarian works. Montandon is an activist for women's rights, and in 1970 she founded The Name Choice Center to inform women of their right to keep their own name after marriage. In 1982, Montandon founded a peace group, Children as Teachers for Peace (later renamed Children as the Peacemakers).
In 1987, Montandon designed the Banner of Hope. Now, a mile-long, the red-silk memorial inscribed with the names and ages of children killed in war, was first exhibited in the Kremlin at an International Women's Congress.
Alaskan elder Sidney Huntington recounts his adventures, tragedies, and ultimate success in this dramatic autobiography, co-written with Jim Rearden.
Carl Hiaasen is a New York Times best-selling author who has mastered both the mystery thriller and children's books genres. He graduated from the University of Florida and has written for The Miami Herald since he was 23 years old. His column still regularly appears in the opinion section.
Known for: " A Kiss from Maddalena ". Christopher Castellani is a proud product of Wilmington's Little Italy neighborhood. His father's journey emigrating from Italy and pursuing the American Dream on the East Coast inspired the events in Castellani's trilogy.
But in 2001, he paid tribute to his upbringing on a farm in the coming-of-age story, "A Painted House.". There are more than 275 million John Grisham books in print worldwide, and nine of his novels have been turned into films.
Ernest Hemingway found his passion for writing in the upscale Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, where he was born. In high school, he wrote for the school's newspaper and yearbook. After graduation, he left Illinois to report for The Kansas City Star.
Coincidentally, the Salem native is the descendant of a judge who ruled in the Salem witch trials. Buy his most popular book ». Editor's Note: Being that "The Scarlet Letter" is a literary staple read by almost every high school student, Hawthorne was our pick for the state of Massachusetts.
Considered a founding father of the counter-culture movement of the 1960s, Ken Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado, to dairy farmers. His works promoted drug use as a path to individual liberation and bridged the beatnik and hippy generations.
His novels have been translated into 32 languages and, in sales, are at the top of a genre that might be called international conspiracies.
Within two years, he had published two more successful books, ''The Osterman Weekend'' (World, 1972), and ''The Matlock Paper'' (Dial, 1973), and voice-overs became a memory.
Robert Ludlum, who wrote his first novel at 42 and whose masterly, multi-tiered plots about idealistic heroes and relentless villains led his 21 books to sell more than 290 million copies, died on Monday at a hospital in Naples, Fla. He was 73.
The book was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and a best seller in both hardcover and paperback, but Mr. Ludlum hedged his bets by continuing to do voice-overs for television commercials for Tuna Helper and Plunge bathroom cleaner, among other products.
Without rival, the twentieth century's king of the genre is Louis Cha. Estimates of his book sales reach up to 300 million copies. One editor at the Far Eastern Economic Review estimated that, if one also counted the pirated copies, over 1 billion of Cha's books have been sold.
Retrieved June 13, 2019. Christie wrote 80 detective novels mostly featuring Poirot or Marple and it has been suggested that only the Bible and Shakespeare's canon have outsold an estimated 4 billion copies of her books.