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Murdle
Greg T. Karber is an American writer, best known as author of the ''Murdle'' series of murder mystery puzzle books and its accompanying website. Early life and education Karber was raised in Arkansas, the son of a judge and a civil rights attorney. His maternal grandfather worked as an FBI agent in San Francisco in the 1960s. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and English literature from the University of Arkansas, and an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Career After graduating with his MFA, Karber remained in Los Angeles and worked adapting novels into screenplays. (As of 2013, he had written five unpublished novels.) He also began making comedic YouTube videos. In 2013, he came across some 2006 comments by Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries: "In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids. Candidly, we go after the cool kids...A lot of people don't belong n our clothes and they can't belong. Are we exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Book Awards
The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by ''The Bookseller''. The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the National Book Awards from 2010 to 2014. Book award history The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of ''Publishing News''. The awards were then acquired by Agile Marketing, which renamed them the National Book Awards and called them the Galaxy (chocolate bar), Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–2011) and later the Specsavers National Book Awards (2012–2014) after their headline sponsors. There were no National Book Awards after 2014; in 2017 the awards were acquired by ''The Bookseller'' from the estate of ''Publishing News'' founder, Fred Newman, and renamed back to the British Book Awards or Nibbies. In 2018, a Specsavers National Book Awards ceremony was held on 20 November but was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
