On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Bill Crider wrote:
> A. S. Fleischman is a great writer, though maybe not
because of his Gold
> Medal original. They're not bad, however. (I have to
admit to a great
> fondness for one of his titles: THE VENETIAN BLONDE.
I like another one
> because of the cover; it's the novelization of BLOOD
ALLEY, with John Wayne
> on the cover.) Fleischman is still around, and still
writing, but he
> writes books for kids. (Kids of all ages, I guess,
since I like them a
> lot.) He's won many awards, and some of the books
have been made into
> movies. BULLWHIP GRIFFIN comes to mind. His son,
Paul, is also an
> award-winning writer of children's books.
I answered a bit hastily (as I often seem to do), thanks Bill
for the extra info! By the way, Hubin and everyone else says
that A.S. stands for Albert S., but according to Internet
Movie Database he is Aaron! Are they different guys, or is
IMDB making a mistake? Should correct it in that case.
Juri
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