

She used to work with a blue pencil, but then she got distracted and went on to try different career paths.Īs of today, she has written and published a total of three books and has hosted a number of radio comedy dramas.

Before going on to work as a journalist and writer, author Lynne started her professional career as a literary editor. The series was directly inspired from the bestselling book by author Lynne, titled as ‘Eats, Shoots, and Leaves’. It was known as ‘Cutting A Dash’ and was related to punctuation.

Apart from these, author Lynne also hosted a radio series for BBC Radio 4. The list was made public by The Guardian in the run up of the September referendum on the issue. In the year 2014, she was included in the list of 200 prominent public figures who became signatories to a letter given to The Guardian for opposing the Scottish Independence. Author Lynne was born on May 31, 1955, in Kingston, England, The United Kingdom. Apart from being a successful author, Lynne is also a well known journalist in England. She is particularly famous for writing down the successful books titled ‘Approach To Punctuation’, ‘Eats, Shoots, and Leaves’, and ‘Cat Out Of Hell’. The story also offers encouragement: No matter how boring you find your department's next seminar, at least you aren't clinging to an ice floe in the Weddell Sea while being attacked by a sea leopard.Lynne Truss is one of the award winning novelists from The United Kingdom who has written a few famous novels based on the nonfiction genre. Much like grad school, Endurance is a tale of optimists embarking blithely on a mission of discovery for discovery's sake, then becoming hopelessly entrenched in a situation that overwhelms them. When their ship becomes stuck in pack ice, they decide to camp until the spring thaw, only to watch the boat get crushed rather than released. In 1914, a party of 28 men led by Sir Ernest Shackleton (including Perce Blackborow, who should be celebrated as history's unluckiest stowaway) sails for Vahsel Bay, planning to make the first overland crossing of Antarctica. In Endurance, Alfred Lansing tells the true story of one such group. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic By Alfred Lansing, paperback 282 pages, Carroll & Graf, list price: $14.95ĭuring your multi-year slog toward an advanced degree, you'll need the reassurance that others have undertaken far riskier missions and somehow survived.
