21.   Q. While staying at a spa in Texas, a co-worker of mine went to a book fair where famous authors read their works.

22.   Say it sold to Hollywood and made me a famous author overnight!

23.   Several famous African authors, such as Nobel laureates Wole Soyinka and Nadine Gordimer, protested the banning.

24.   The dinner this year starred Larry King as master of ceremonies and famous authors David Halberstam and Frank McCourt reading from their books.

25.   The latest ripple was the appearance last month of a tourist trolley plying the literary trail of homes of famous authors from Boston through Cambridge to Concord.

26.   The most famous author in Russia is not a novelist or a poet.

27.   The trendiest person I know in town is Robert Plunket, famous author and columnist for Sarasota magazine.

28.   These active tours include such extras as concerts, homestays and the opportunity to meet famous authors and scholars.

29.   Throughout their relationship, however, Fukushima used the respectful term sensei, translatable as teacher or master, to refer to the famous author.

30.   William Faulkner, the famous Mississippi author, understood mules.