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I vastly preferred Jane Eyre. Villette seemed a pale copy with a much less compelling heroine.

The author of "The Giver" is Lois Lowry.

Look in Writer's Market if you're in the US. That will provide you with a lot of information about agents who handle the type of book you've written. You can also check agentquery.com

Traditional publishing is ALWAYS a better deal for authors of fiction. The instances where self-publishing is the best path are few and far between and never work for fiction. Traditional publishing, though difficult, will result in visibility, marketing and financial pay-off that a self-pubbed...

More chick lit than cozy, but you could try Gemma Halliday's "In High Heels" mysteries. She's got a great, funny voice and they're just fun to read.

By non-novel, I assume you mean short story writers or poets? For short stories, you could read Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Ernest Hemingway, or if you really want to stretch, Jorge Luis Borges. I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with poets, though.

I could only come up with two historical romances featuring dyslexic heroines: To Pleasure a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries To Catch a Countess by Patricia Grasso Hope that helps!

Eden Bradley Sasha White Lilli Feisty (a newcomer, but ssssmokin') Anne Rice's pen name was A.N. Roquelaure Edit: All but Anne Rice are current authors.

My absolute favorite historical romance is Flowers From the Storm by Laura Kinsale. You might also try Teresa Medeiros, Lisa Kleypas, Stephanie Laurens and my newest discovery, Jennifer Ashley.

A first time author with their debut novel about a girl and her body odor issues? Or Dan Brown? Nora Roberts? John Grisham? There's quite a discrepancy between the two, I'm afraid, so there's no possible way to give an accurate answer to your question.