Sidney Sheldon; was an Academy Award - winning American novelist. Sheldon's first novel, The Naked Face was sold to William Morrow after being turned down by five different publishers. A critical success, it was described by the New York Times as "the best mystery novel of the year". His second novel, The Other Side Of Midnight was a huge hit and firmly established him as a best-selling author. Each of his successive novels, A Stranger In The Mirror, Bloodline, Rage Of Angels, Master Of The Game, If Tomorrow Comes,Windmills Of The Gods, The Sands Of Time, Memories Of Midnight, The Doomsday Conspiracy, The Stars Shine Down, Nothing Lasts Forever, Morning, Noon & Night,The Best Laid Plans, Tell Me Your Dreams, The Sky Is Falling and Are You Afraid Of The Dark? have been bestsellers in both hardcover and paperback. He also wrote a memoir,The Other Side Of Me.
Sheldon has written around 21 novels and an autobiography The Other Side Of Me (2005).He has also written works for around 8 films which have been nominated for academy awards & some have also been won.
A master storyteller, Sheldon regarded his becoming a writer as something of a miracle. "I was born in Chicago during the Depression and both my parents were third grade drop-outs," he recalled. "My father never read a book in his life and I was the only one in the family to complete high school."
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