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But Maryanne Wolf, author of the book Reader Come Home, says that this isn't true.

Take Brazilian author José de Alencar’s 1865 novel “Iracema.”

Linda Tuhiwai Smith, author of a book on how to decolonize research, explained it like this: “When Indigenous peoples become the researchers and not merely the researched, the activity of research is transformed.”

Pharmaceuticals also began sponsoring ghostwriting services and media training workshops, turning psychiatrists into renowned authors and speakers at the top medical schools around the world.

But did you know that their creator Beatrix Potter was a scientist as well as an author?

The longest novel in the world is widely thought to be by French author Marcel Proust, a book which, when translated into English, means Remembrance of Things Past.

JEFFREY BROWN: She remained a prolific writer, a bestselling author, and prominent public speaker for much of her long life, advocating for women's rights internationally, opposing apartheid, and campaigning prominently for Democrats, including Hillary Clinton.

Truthfully, I was just hanging out with James because, you know, he's one of the top-selling authors in the world and I wanted to learn from him.

A 2024 study found sources containing page numbers that didn't exist, and even attributions of a paper to an author who died long before the publication date.

JEFFREY BROWN: The opening lines of the prologue to Richard Russo latest novel, "Under the Falls,' about a man who leaves behind a hometown fallen on hard times, but finds he can't quite escape it, like the author himself.