Charles J. Shields

And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life (2011)

The writing of the biography is solid and it covers Vonnegut's whole life but your interest in delving into this lengthy biography is dependent on your interest in Vonnegut himself. Have to say that my attention waned as he became more a philanderer and I found myself more interested in what was ...

Eks ta ole. Kurt Vonnegut: elu (2014)

Well, what can I say about this biography of Mr. Vonnegut? He's always been a mystery to me, this strange, awkward man who authored rather peculiar worlds of fantasy. And he remains so. But Charles Shields lets some light through the chinks in Vonnegut's armor by describing the hell that Vonnegut...

Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee (2007)

Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee Author: Charles J. Shields ©2006Publisher: Henry Holt and CompanyISBN-13:978-0-7394-7846-2 324 PagesFifty-one years after the publication of her Pulitzer Prizewinning novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, author Harper Lee is again claiming the headlines. CBS News ...

I am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee (2008)