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Among Thieves (other)
Among Thieves may refer to: *Among Thieves, an Australian group, best known for their 1991 single "Faith in Love". *"Among Thieves", a 1957 science fiction story by Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson ( ; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times an ..., published in ''Astounding Stories'' *''Among Thieves'', the 2009 début novel by Mez Packer *''Among Thieves'', 2011 novel by Douglas Hulick *''Among Thieves'', the 2009 David Hosp novel inspired by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft * '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'', a 2009 video game See also * Honor Among Thieves (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Anderson
Poul William Anderson ( ; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, and was nominated many more times for awards. Biography Poul Anderson was born on November 25, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Danish parents. Soon after his birth, his father, Anton Anderson, relocated the family to Texas, where they lived for more than ten years. After Anton Anderson's death, his widow took the children to Denmark. The family returned to the United States after the beginning of World War II, settling eventually on a Minnesota farm. While he was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota, Anderson's first stories were published by editor John W. Campbell in the magazine ''Astounding Science Fiction'': "Tomorrow's Children" by Anderson and F. N. Waldrop in March 1947 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mez Packer
Mez Packer is an English novelist. She is the author of ''Among Thieves'' and ''The Game Is Altered'' and lectures at Coventry University. Biography Packer was born in Essex, England and spent her early years amongst the Plymouth Brethren, in Essex. She attended Warwick University from 1984 to 1988, gaining a degree in Philosophy and literature. From the late 1990s to 2003, she worked as a web designer, BBC broadcast journalist and content producer. She continues her work in Internet media and communications. Racism is a theme central to her first novel, ''Among Thieves'', published in 2009. Cathi Unsworth of ''The Guardian'' praised it as "a highly original debut". Her second novel, ''The Game Is Altered'', in the speculative fiction genre, was published in 2012. She describes it as "a hybrid literary form". She is senior lecturer in interactive media and a visiting lecturer in creative writing, at Coventry University. In 2019, Packer obtained a PhD from the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Hulick
Douglas Hulick is an American fantasy writer. Born in Fargo, North Dakota, he obtained a B.A. in history and English at the University of Illinois, and a master's degree in medieval history at New Mexico State University. He subsequently worked odd jobs and turned to writing fantasy fiction after chancing on a dictionary of historical criminal jargon. His sword and sorcery novel, ''Among Thieves'', was a finalist for the 2011 Kitschies Golden Tentacle award for best debut novel. Works *''Tales of the Kin'' series: #''Among Thieves'', Roc Books, 5 April 2011, #''Sworn in Steel'', Roc Books Roc Books is a fantasy imprint of Penguin Group, as part of its New American Library. It was launched in April 1990 after Penguin Chairman Peter Mayer asked John Silbersack, the editor in chief of New American Library's science fiction (SF) pro ..., May 2014, External links * * References Living people 21st-century American novelists American fantasy writers American male nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hosp
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft
In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Security guards admitted two men posing as policemen responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves bound the guards and looted the museum over the next hour. The case is unsolved; no arrests have been made, and no works have been recovered. The stolen works have been valued at hundreds of millions of dollars by the FBI and art dealers. The museum offers a $10 million reward for information leading to the art's recovery, the largest bounty ever offered by a private institution. The stolen works were originally procured by art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924) and were intended for permanent display at the museum with the rest of her collection. Among them was '' The Concert'', one of only 34 known paintings by Johannes Vermeer and thought to be the most valuable unrecovered painting in the world. Also missing is ''The Storm on the Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Among Thieves
Among Thieves may refer to: *Among Thieves, an Australian group, best known for their 1991 single "Faith in Love". *"Among Thieves", a 1957 science fiction story by Poul Anderson, published in ''Astounding Stories'' *''Among Thieves'', the 2009 début novel by Mez Packer *''Among Thieves'', 2011 novel by Douglas Hulick *''Among Thieves'', the 2009 David Hosp novel inspired by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Security guards admitted two men posing as policemen responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves bound the guar ... * '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'', a 2009 video game See also * Honor Among Thieves (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
