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Herman Wouk
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Herman Wouk

Herman Wouk is the author of such classics as The Caine Mutiny (1951), Marjorie Morningstar (1955), Youngblood Hawke (1961), Don’t Stop the Carnival (1965), The Winds of War (1971), War and Remembrance (1978), and Inside, Outside (1985). His later works include The Hope (1993), The Glory (1994), and A Hole in Texas (2004). Among Mr. Wouk’s laurels are the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Caine Mutiny; the cover of Time magazine for Marjorie Morningstar, the bestselling novel of that year; and the cultural phenomenon of The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, which he wrote over a thirteen-year period and which went on to become two of the most... Read full bio

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The Lawgiver will be released on October 29, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Jun 18, 2013
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Lawgiver
May 23, 2013
The Lawgiver is now available in Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Nov 13, 2012
The Lawgiver will be released on November 13, 2012 in Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Nov 13, 2012
The Lawgiver will be released on November 13, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 13, 2012
The Lawgiver is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 13, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Lawgiver
Nov 10, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
The Lawgiver
Oct 18, 2012

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Anniston Star, May 27, 2013
Baltimore Sun, May 20, 2013
..."I always thought it was the saddest and most devastating ending," Jules says to Ash, about the Herman Wouk novel "Marjorie Morningstar." "How you could have these enormous dreams that never get met. How without knowing it you could just make yourself...
Spectator, May 2, 2013
...next project? For years and years I’ve wanted to adapt The Caine Mutiny, by the American writer Herman Wouk (pronounced Woke, by the way). I’ve often wondered why so very few works of great fiction came out of the second world war, but The Caine...
Aish, April 2, 2013
...is beautiful and up-to-date. It reminds me of the TV series "Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" (Herman Wouk, starring Robert Mitchum), and the films "Hanna's War"(Golan-Globus production) and "Exodus" (starring Paul Newman). Psalm 23. Mazel tov! ...
Telegraph, March 8, 2013
...on the Cliff by Charlotte Williams: review The Age of Doubt by Andrea Camilleri: review The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk Seduction of the Innocent by Max Allan Collins: review The only thing that slows down the pace from time to time is a tendency towards...
Pagosa Springs Sun, February 21, 2013
...River” by Linda Lael Miller is a western romance set in Montana. “The Lawgiver” by Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk tells the story of Moses via people making a movie about him today. Other new novels “The Aviator’s Wife” by Melanie...
Lake County News-Chronicle, February 21, 2013
...Wilhide; "The Intercept" Dick Wolf; "Back to Blood" Tom Wolfe; "Those We Love Most" Lee Woodruff; "The Lawgiver" Herman Wouk. New Adult Non-Fiction "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife" Eben Alexander; "Friendkeeping: A Field...
Weekly Standard, June 1, 2013
...a story of movie star vanity. In 1998, word appeared that Al Pacino had optioned the rights to Herman Wouk’s novel Marjorie Morningstar (1955). Sporadically over the next few years, reports came out linking the actor with various actresses who wished...
NewJerseyNewsroom.com, May 30, 2013
...read the names of long-lived celebrities. Do the following names surprise you? They’re celebrities 90 or over: Herman Wouk, the novelist, is 98. Kirk Douglas is 96. Zsa Zsa Gabor is also 96. Vera Lynn is 96. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the FBI man, is 94....
Anniston Star, May 29, 2013
...be noted, the couples went on to raise successful, productive families. Birthdays for May 27 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk is 98. Actor Christopher Lee is 91. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 90. Author John Barth is 83....
Anniston Star, May 28, 2013
...be noted, the couples went on to raise successful, productive families. Birthdays for May 27 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk is 98. Actor Christopher Lee is 91. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 90. Author John Barth is 83....
Anniston Star, May 27, 2013
...be noted, the couples went on to raise successful, productive families. Birthdays for May 27 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk is 98. Actor Christopher Lee is 91. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 90. Author John Barth is 83....
Cleveland Jewish news, May 27, 2013
...by Likud candidate Ehud Olmert who went on to become Prime Minister in 2006 1915:  Birthdate of Herman Wouk.  The famed novelist won a Pulitzer Prize for the Caine Mutiny.  He has written several books using Jewish themes.  His latest work...
Politico, May 27, 2013
...Commerce, is celebrating in the mountains in New York/Pennsylvania with a bunch of friends (h/t Jen Talaber) ... novelist Herman Wouk (wohk) is 98 … author John Barth is 83 … actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 77 (h/ts AP) ** A message about BP's...