Sidney Sheldon, Academy Award-winning American writer

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Sidney Sheldon's favorite books:

1. You Can't Go Home Again
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics)
   
   "What was the book that most influenced your life or your career as a writer?
   "You Can't Go Home Again" by Thomas Wolfe. His use of the English language was magic."
   
   


2. Of Mice and Men
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics)
   
   


3. The Grapes of Wrath
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics)
   
   


4. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics)
   
   


5. Gone With the Wind
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics)
   
   


6. An American Tragedy
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics, mystery and thrillers)
   
   


7. Penrod
   
   
   (classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


8. Tom Swift
   
   
   (children books (Ages 9-12), children books, adventure, teens series, teens)
   
   


9. The Jungle
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics)
   
   



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Sidney Sheldon Who?

Best known today for his exciting blockbuster novels, Sidney Sheldon was the author of The Best Laid Plans, Nothing Lasts Forever, The Stars Shine Down, The Doomsday Conspiracy, Memories of Midnight, The Sands of Time, Windmills of the Gods, If Tomorrow Comes, Master of the Game, Rage of Angels, Bloodline, A Stranger in the Mirror, and The Other Side of Midnight. Almost all of them were number-one international bestsellers. His first book, The Naked Face, was acclaimed by the New York Times as "the best first mystery of the year" and received an Edgar Award. Most of his novels became major feature films or TV miniseries, and there are more than 275 million copies of his books in print throughout the world.

Before he became a novelist, Sheldon had already won a Tony Award for Broadway's Redhead and an Academy Award for The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. He has written the screenplays for twenty-three motion pictures, including Easter Parade (with Judy Garland) and Annie Get Your Gun. In addition, he penned six other Broadway hits and created three long-running television series, including Hart to Hart and I Dream of Jeannie, which he also produced. A writer who delighted millions with his award-winning plays, movies, novels, and television shows, Sidney Sheldon reigned as one of the most popular storytellers of all time.

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