Hoban, Russell

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Occupation: Author

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Russell Hoban has a diverse portfolio with masterpieces in mainstream fiction, science fiction, and poetry as well as children's fiction and nonfiction. A skilled illustrator who became an author, Hoban imagines fascinating characters, settings, and events, bringing them all alive with creative language in an offbeat tone and engaging style. Though descriptive and dialogue-rich, his plots develop quickly and smoothly: full of action, drama, and thought-provoking issues. Often witty and gritty in his adult work, funny and upbeat in children's stories, Hoban always demonstrates a pithy insight into human nature. Start with: Riddley Walker (Adults); Bedtime for Frances (Younger Kids)
Russell Hoban has a diverse portfolio of masterpieces in children's fiction and nonfiction. A skilled illustrator who became an author, Hoban imagines fascinating characters, settings, and events, bringing them all alive with creative language in an offbeat tone and engaging style. His stories are funny and upbeat. Start with: Bedtime for Frances

Gender: Male

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American
British
English

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Description

Russell Hoban has a diverse portfolio with masterpieces in mainstream fiction, science fiction, and poetry as well as children's fiction and nonfiction. A skilled illustrator who became an author, Hoban imagines fascinating characters, settings, and events, bringing them all alive with creative language in an offbeat tone and engaging style. Though descriptive and dialogue-rich, his plots develop quickly and smoothly: full of action, drama, and thought-provoking issues. Often witty and gritty in his adult work, funny and upbeat in children's stories, Hoban always demonstrates a pithy insight into human nature. Start with: Riddley Walker (Adults); Bedtime for Frances (Younger Kids)
Russell Hoban has a diverse portfolio of masterpieces in children's fiction and nonfiction. A skilled illustrator who became an author, Hoban imagines fascinating characters, settings, and events, bringing them all alive with creative language in an offbeat tone and engaging style. His stories are funny and upbeat. Start with: Bedtime for Frances

Tone

Writing style

trueWitty

Character

trueAnthropomorphic

Illustration

Gender: Male

Birth place

Nationality

American
British
English

Occupation: Author

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Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"

Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.

Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.

Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.

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The person Hoban, Russell represents an individual (alive, dead, undead, or fictional) associated with resources found in Noble County Public Library.
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Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books because of the characters.

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