Tag: Author

Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff dies aged 98

Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant king and presided over its rise to a global franchise, has died at the age of 98. De Brunhoff, a Paris native who moved to the US in the 1980s, died on Friday at his home in Key West, […]

‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ Author, Robert Kiyosaki, Predicts Catastrophic ‘Baby Boomer Bust’ Is Looming — ‘Biggest Bubble In History Will Wipe Out Baby Boomers’ — Is There Any Truth To His Claims?

“Rich Dad Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki recently sounded the alarm about a looming crisis for baby boomers’ retirement savings. In a social media post, he warned that the “biggest bubble in history will wipe out baby boomers” because they are “the first generation with flimsy 401(k)s.” Kiyosaki advised his followers to “buy real assets: […]

Irish author Paul Murray wins top prize at inaugural Nero Book Awards

Booker prize shortlisted author Paul Murray has been awarded the top gong at the inaugural Nero Book Awards. The Dublin-born author took home the book of the year prize and £30,000 (€35,000) for his fourth novel The Bee Sting, which follows an Irish family facing financial and emotional troubles following the 2008 banking crisis. He […]

U-46 has a Golden Apple finalist, 12 ISBE honorees; mobile DMV event coming to Dundee Township center Wednesday; ‘Marguerite, Misty, & Me’ author coming to at Elgin library

U-46 has a Golden Apple finalist, 12 ISBE honorees Nine School District U-46 teachers, a principal and two school social workers have been recognized in the Illinois State Board of Education’s annual Those Who Excel program and Aimee Legatzke, a teacher at Fox Meadow Elementary School in South Elgin, is among the finalists for the […]

Author Mitch Albom evacuated from Haiti amid gang violence and unrest

American author Mitch Albom was evacuated from Haiti amid ongoing gang violence and unrest. Albom, 65, was visiting his orphanage Have Faith Haiti when he found himself stranded. “The airports were closed, the ports were closed, the roads were closed and suddenly we had no way out,” the “Tuesdays with Morrie” author said. Albom was […]

Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China? That’s the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit that has driven a debate about nationalism in China in recent weeks. Patriotic campaigns have become more common in recent years in China, […]

Author Wendy Mitchell dies after years documenting dementia battle, family say

Author Wendy Mitchell has died after spending years documenting her battle with dementia, her family said. A letter published posthumously on the 68-year-old’s blog on Thursday said “if you’re reading this, it means this has probably been posted by my daughters as I’ve sadly died”. Mother-of-two Ms Mitchell, from Yorkshire, was diagnosed with early onset […]