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The Visitor (Arena Album)
Visitor, in English and Welsh law, is an academic or ecclesiastical title. Visitor, The Visitor or Visitors may also refer to: Geography * Visitor (mountain), a mountain in eastern Montenegro * Lake Visitor, a mountain lake in eastern Montenegro Literature * ''Visitor'' (novel), a 2016 novel by C. J. Cherryh * ''Visitors'' (''Buffy'' novel), a 1999 novel by Laura Anne Gilman and Josepha Sherman * ''Visitors'' (Card novel), a 2014 novel by Orson Scott Card * ''Visitors'' (play), a 2014 play by Barney Norris * ''The Visitor'' (Applegate novel), a 1996 novel by K. A. Applegate, the second installment in the ''Animorphs'' series * ''The Visitor'' (Child novel), a 2000 novel by Lee Child * "The Visitor" (short story), a 1965 short story by Roald Dahl * ''The Visitor'' (play), a 1993 play by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt * ''The Visitors'' (novel), a 1980 novel by Clifford D. Simak * ''The Visitors'' (play), a 1961 play by Joe Orton * ''Visitors'', a 1997 novel by Anita Brookner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visitor
A visitor, in English and Welsh law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution, often a charitable institution set up for the perpetual distribution of the founder's alms and bounty, who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution. Those with such visitors are mainly chapters, chapels, schools, colleges, universities, and hospitals. Many visitors hold their role ''ex officio'', by serving as the British sovereign, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Chief Justice, or the bishop of a particular diocese. Others can be appointed in various ways, depending on the constitution of the organization in question. Bishops are usually the visitors to their own cathedrals. The King usually delegates his visitatorial functions to the Lord Chancellor. During the reform of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the 19th century, Parliament ordered visitations to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Meynell
Laurence Walter Meynell (9 August 1899 – 14 April 1989) was the English author of over 150 books, who wrote also as Valerie Baxter, Robert Eton, Geoffrey Ludlow and A. Stephen Tring. Life Meynell was born in Wolverhampton, the youngest son of Herbert Meynell, chairman of a brass-founding firm, and his wife Agnes Mary Sollom. He was sent to the oldest Catholic boarding school in the country, St Edmund's College, Ware, and then served in the artillery in the First World War. He worked for a time as an estate agent and as a schoolmaster before becoming a professional writer in the 1920s. A contemporary satire, ''Mockbeggar'' (1924), won him the Harrap Fiction Prize. Meynell wrote juvenile literature as Valerie Baxter and A. Stephen Tring. His story for boys, ''The Old Gang'', was particularly well received. He also wrote detective fiction, with a recurring private-eye character, Hooky Hefferman. Meynell was twice married, his second wife was the actress Joan Henley from 1956 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Harrison (playwright)
Jane Harrison is an Aboriginal Australian playwright, novelist, literary festival director, and researcher. She is known for her 1998 play '' Stolen'', which received critical claim and has toured nationally and internationally, and ''The Visitors'', first produced in 2020. ''The Visitors'' has been developed as an opera and as a novel. Early life and education Jane Harrison is a descendant of the Muruwari people of New South Wales, from the area around Bourke and Brewarrina. She grew up in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria with her mother and sister, and began her career as an advertising copywriter. Plays ''Stolen'' ''Stolen'' premièred in 1998 at Playbox (now Malthouse Theatre) in Melbourne, directed by Wesley Enoch. It was followed by seven annual seasons in Melbourne, plus tours to Sydney, Adelaide, regional Victoria, Tasmania, the United Kingdom (twice), Hong Kong and Tokyo, with readings in Canada, New York City, and Los Angeles. In Sydney, it was performed at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Keeffe (writer)
Patrick O’Keeffe (born 1963 in Limerick) is an Irish American novelist and short story writer. Life He grew up in County Limerick, on a farm with his 9 brothers and sisters, but moved to the United States in his 20s to pursue writing. He graduated from the University of Kentucky, and from the University of Michigan with an MFA. He taught at the University of Michigan, University of Cincinnati, and Colgate University. He currently teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Ohio University. Awards * 2006 Whiting Award * 2005 Story Prize The Story Prize is an annual book award established in 2004 that honors the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction with a $20,000 cash award. Each of two runners-up receives $5,000. Eligible books must be written in English and first ... Works * * References External linksPatrick O'keeffe, personal web site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Beauman
Sally Vanessa Beauman (''née'' Kinsey-Miles, 25 July 1944 – 7 July 2016). an English journalist and writer, was the author of eight widely translated and best-selling novels. Early life and career Beauman was born in Totnes, Devon, England. She was educated at Redland High School in Bristol and Girton College, Cambridge. She worked for two years as a critic and contributing editor for ''New York'' magazine, for which her first assignment was interviewing Norman Mailer. She was the first recipient of the Catherine Pakenham Award in 1970 for journalism, and at the age of 24 edited ''Queen'' magazine, also becoming the arts editor of ''The Sunday Telegraph Magazine''. She worked as an investigative journalist, interviewer and critic for many leading publications in Britain and the US, including ''The New Yorker''. It was an article about the work of Daphne du Maurier in this magazine that eventually led to her writing '' Rebecca's Tale'', her companion novel to du Maurier's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Benchley
Nathaniel Goddard Benchley (November 13, 1915 – December 14, 1981) was an American author from Massachusetts. Early life Born in Newton, Massachusetts to a literary family, he was the son of Robert Benchley (1889–1945), a noted American writer, humorist, critic, and actor and one founder of the Algonquin Round Table in New York City, and Gertrude Darling. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College. Benchley enlisted in the U.S. Navy prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served as a public relations officer, and on destroyers and patrol craft for North Atlantic convoy duty during the Battle of the Atlantic, and was transferred to the Pacific Theater in 1945. Career After the war Benchley worked for the weekly magazine ''Newsweek'' as an assistant drama editor. Harcourt, Brace published Benchley's first book in 1950, ''Side Street'', a novel featuring "hilarious activities of two New York City families living in the East Sixties"—that is, living on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrick McKissack
Fredrick Lemuel "Fred" McKissack, Sr. (August 12, 1939 – April 28, 2013) was an American writer, best known for collaborating with his wife, Patricia C. McKissack, on more than 100 children's books about the history of African-Americans. The McKissacks jointly received the biennial American Library Association Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2014 (after Fredrick's death). Biography McKissack was born in 1939 to a prominent family of African-American architects in Nashville, Tennessee— McKissack & McKissack, "widely regarded as the oldest African-American-owned architectural and construction firm in the United States". After high school, McKissack joined the United States Marines, before earning a degree in civil engineering from Tennessee State University. He was active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, participating in sit-ins to end segregation. In 1964, McKissack and Patricia Leanna Carwell married, eventually having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack (''née'' Carwell; August 9, 1944 – April 7, 2017) was a prolific African-American children's writer. She was the author of more than 100 books, including Dear America books '' A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl;'' ''Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love'', ''The Great Migration North''; and ''Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl''. She also wrote a novel for The Royal Diaries series: '' Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba''. Notable standalone works include '' Flossie & the Fox'' (1986), '' The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural'' (1992), and '' Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?'' (1992). ''What is Given from the Heart'' was published posthumously in 2019. McKissack lived in St. Louis. In addition to her solo work, McKissack co-wrote many books with her husband, Fredrick, with whom she also co-won the Regina Medal in 1998. Fredrick died in April 2017 at the age of 73. Patricia McKis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyneth Jones (novelist)
Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an England, English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam. Biography and writing career Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 ''Divine Endurance'', a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid. She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences. Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards, BSFA Award, BSFA short story award, Dracula Society#Children of the Night Award, Children of the Night Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane R
Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name including list of persons and characters with the name * Jane (surname), related to the given name including list of persons and characters with the name Film and television * ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama film starring Lee Min-ji * ''Jane'' (2017 film), an American documentary film about Jane Goodall * ''Jane'' (2022 film), an American psychological thriller directed by Sabrina Jaglom * Jane (British TV series), an 1980s British television series * Jane (American TV series), an educational adventure television series Music * ''Jane'' (album), an album by Jane McDonald * Jane (American band) * Jane (German band) * Jane, unaccompanied and original singer of "It's a Fine Day" in 1983 Songs * "Jane" (Barenaked Ladies song), 1994 * "Jane", a song by Ben Folds Five from their 1999 album ''The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Mess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Wick
Lori Wick is an American author of Christian Romance novels. She writes a combination of historical and contemporary inspirational romance novels. Many of her books are published by Harvest House. Wick won the 2005 Christian Retailing's Best—Women's Fiction, and INSPY listed her as one of the "Authors who Brought Inspirational Fiction into the 21st Century." She is a four-time finalist for the ECPA Gold Medallion Award. According to ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Fiction: From C.S. Lewis to Left Behind'', "ickclearly believes that marriage is the ideal condition and that the family is not complete with children." Wick lives in Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ... with her husband and three children. Bibliography Place Called Home series # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheri S
Sheri is a female given name, from the French for ''beloved'', and may refer to: * Sheri Anderson, American TV writer * Sheri Everts, American academic * Sheri Forde, Canadian reporter * Sheri Krams, American immunologist and academic administrator * Sheri Graner Ray, video game specialist * Sheri L. Dew (born c. 1954), Latter-day Saint leader * Sheri Moon (born 1970), American actress * Sheri Reynolds, author * Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016), American author * Sheri Sam (born 1974), American professional basketball player Sheri is also a term appearing in older documents for Sharia law. It, along with the French variant ''Chéri'', was used during the time of the Ottoman Empire, and is from the Turkish şer’(i).info page on bookat Martin Luther University) // Cited: p. 39 (PDF p. 41/338) // "“Chéri” may sound ambiguous in French but the term, used in our context for Islamic law (Turkish: şer’(i), is widely used in the legal literature at that time." See also Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
