Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Harris is a self-taught bass player. His first bass was a copy of a Fender Precision Bass that cost

Harris is a self-taught bass player. His first bass was a copy of a Fender Precision Bass that cost him £40 when he was 17 years old. He went on to use a signature Lado "Unicorn" model and an early 1970s Fender Precision with RotoSound strings. He now uses his own signature RotoSound flatwound bass strings. The strings that Harris uses, SH77, have a brightness not usually associated with flatwound strings. The Bass has no Tone control and Steve taps his head or body to cue the tech for treble or bass adjustments.

A British author and journalist, currently President of a free-market Brussels-based think tank, the

A British author and journalist, currently President of a free-market Brussels-based think tank, the Centre for the New Europe. He writes columns for several publications including The Times and the Daily Mail and maintains a lively Spectatorblog. He is an alumnus of John Lyon School and Mansfield College, Oxford.Pollard is an advocate of market-based based public service reforms.He is a biographer of David Blunkett.Formerly a journalist and leader-writer on the Daily Express, he left that paper in 2001 soon after it was taken over by Richard Desmond, a publisher of pornographic magazines, who began implementing radical cutbacks. His last leader for the paper, on the problems of the British farming industry, turned out to contain the words "Fuck you Desmond" spelt out with the first letter of each sentence. Sadly modern morals hadn't collpased quite as far as he belived and the job he had lined up at The Times was withdrawn as they considered this to be unacceptable and insulting.[

Is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist. He earned his bachelor's degree from T

Is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist. He earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and master's degree from Kent State University. He currently resides in New Mexico.

Is a British songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive r

Is a British songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970. Hackett remained with the band for eight albums before leaving in 1977 to pursue a solo career.

Is a British songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive r

Is a British songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970. Hackett remained with the band for eight albums before leaving in 1977 to pursue a solo career. In 1986, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with another progressive guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes and Asia. The group released a self-titled album that year, which peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded.

Was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-le

Was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, The Devil and

Was an African-American professor, author of works on folklore, poetry and literary criticism, and a

Was an African-American professor, author of works on folklore, poetry and literary criticism, and a poet. He was interested chiefly in black culture of the Southern United States.

Was the most popular Serbian composer of the first half of the 20th century, remembered best for his

Was the most popular Serbian composer of the first half of the 20th century, remembered best for his technically cultivated compositions in the Neoromanticist, veristic, and Romanticist-Impressionist styles.

Was a Filipino novelist and short-story writer in the English language. He is also known as Esteban

Was a Filipino novelist and short-story writer in the English language. He is also known as Esteban Javellana.

Was a Serbian realist and comedy writer.He spent his early childhood in the city of his birth, and m

Was a Serbian realist and comedy writer.He spent his early childhood in the city of his birth, and moved to study in Belgrade after his parents died. After his education was complete, he became a teacher, working in this profession for the rest of his lif

Is one of the most famous Serbian composers and music educators of the nineteenth century. His work

Is one of the most famous Serbian composers and music educators of the nineteenth century. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.

Is a German composer and musician. A well-recognized member of the Berlin underground music scene, B

Is a German composer and musician. A well-recognized member of the Berlin underground music scene, Binetti has performed with numerous rock and roll and blues groups and has recorded both solo and collaborative music recordings. Binetti has played in the bands "Hard Pop", "This Pop Generation", and "B.R.O.N.X." Selected recordings of his works with these groups have been published in compilation albums by the former East German alternative record label die anderen bands. Binetti has performed with numerous musicians of GDR-era fame, including most notably Paul Landers (Rammstein), Christian Lorenz (Rammstein), Steven Garling, Conny Bauer, Klaus Selmke, Peter Hollinger and Frank Neumeier.

Is a Taiwanese composer and singer. He started singing and composing in 1989 and has written a varie

Is a Taiwanese composer and singer. He started singing and composing in 1989 and has written a variety of well known Chinese songs sung by famous singers and himself.

Is an American journalist and a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes.Kroft joined CBS News in 1980

Is an American journalist and a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes.Kroft joined CBS News in 1980 as a reporter in its Northeast bureau, based out of New York City. The next year, he was named a correspondent and the network soon moved him to its Southw

A television executive and entertainemnt reporter for The Daily Buzz, which he joined as VP of Marke

A television executive and entertainemnt reporter for The Daily Buzz, which he joined as VP of Marketing in January 2006, as well as VP of Promotions[1] for Acme Communications.

Is a writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician. He is married to autho

Is a writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician. He is married to author Tananarive Due. The couple live in Los Angeles. Barnes has a daughter, Lauren Nicole (born March 16, 1986) from his first marriage and a son, Jason, from his current marriage.

An Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied at La Trobe University. He ha

An Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied at La Trobe University. He has taught English at secondary school level, and drama at RMIT. He has been Drama Critic for The Sunday Age newspaper in Melbourne. He is now a full time writer living in Melbourne with his partner and their son.

Is a theatre director and writer. Born in South Africa, he moved to London in 1984 and studied at th

Is a theatre director and writer. Born in South Africa, he moved to London in 1984 and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.His production of La Cava (book by Dana Broccoli, lyrics by John Claflin, music by Laurence O'Keefe and Stephen Keeling) transferred from the Churchill Theatre, Bromley to the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, in 2000, transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre in 2001.[2]

An Australian poet. Writing mainly free verse, Herrick has published more than ten books of poetry f

An Australian poet. Writing mainly free verse, Herrick has published more than ten books of poetry for adults, young adults and children.Herrick was born the youngest of seven children. His first published poem, written at age eighteen, was called Love is Like a Gobstopper.[1] He studied poetry at university, and gained his B.A. from the University of Queensland in 1982.[2]He regularly visits schools throughout Australia where he talks with students about poetry and soccer, which he has loved since childhood.[3] He has also toured the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Singapore.

The Vladimir Taltos series is set on another world (possibly another planet), in an Empire mostly in

The Vladimir Taltos series is set on another world (possibly another planet), in an Empire mostly inhabited and ruled by the Dragaerans, who are humanoid but have such differences as greatly extended lifespans and heights averaging about 7 feet. Referred to as "elfs" by some humans, they refer to themselves as "human". The Dragaeran Empire controls the majority of the landmass on the planet, and does not greatly concern itself with the rest. Vlad Taltos is one of the human minority, which exists as a lower class in the Empire (known by Dragaerans as "Easterners").

Is an African American author, poet, and educator. He is a divorced father who currently resides in

Is an African American author, poet, and educator. He is a divorced father who currently resides in Calumet City, Illinois.

Was a English poet and novelist.She wrote three novels, the first of which, Novel on Yellow Paper, w

Was a English poet and novelist.She wrote three novels, the first of which, Novel on Yellow Paper, was published in 1936. All her novels are lightly fictionalised accounts of her own life, which got her into trouble at times as people recognised themselve

S an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.

S an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.

Was a Swedish author and journalist.Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors duri

Was a Swedish author and journalist.Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s. In the course of five years, 1945-49, he enjoyed phenomenal success with four novels, a collection of short stories, a book about postwar Germany, five plays, hundreds of poems and satirical verses, several essays of note and a large amount of journalism.

Is a Danish writer. He is the author of 47 literary works of all kinds, mostly novels and plays of w

Is a Danish writer. He is the author of 47 literary works of all kinds, mostly novels and plays of which several have been translated or staged internationally. His works include I count the hours, a monologue for a woman in Sarajevo (1993) (staged in 12 countries), The Dream, play (premiered in New York 1999 starring Ingmar Bergman actress Bibi Andersson, since then staged in Moscow and Lódz), Two Days in July (a 2004 novel about the German officers' rebellion against the Nazi regime on July 20, 1944),