American writers

Biographies of American writers, novelists, and screenwriters, including authors whose books became films and TV series. Explore their early lives, major works, and literary careers.

A row of Sidney Sheldon paperback novels stands on a bookstore shelf.

American writers

Sidney Sheldon: Why He Was a Bestseller and Where to Start

Sidney Sheldon was an American writer best known for blockbuster novels such as Master of the Game and If Tomorrow Comes, but he also had a major career on Broadway, in Hollywood, and on television. He won an Academy Award for writing The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, created or