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Post by Catman on Jan 1, 2022 15:03:32 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 15:13:04 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force.
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Post by Catman on Jan 1, 2022 15:32:05 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 15:34:28 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency.
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Post by Catman on Jan 1, 2022 15:41:55 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 15:43:16 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain.
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 1, 2022 18:05:24 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 1, 2022 18:42:30 GMT
13 writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 19:20:21 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister
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Post by Catman on Jan 1, 2022 20:35:52 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 20:37:14 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 1, 2022 20:43:03 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17 Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour.
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Post by Catman on Jan 1, 2022 20:43:13 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 20:49:11 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer
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Post by Catman on Jan 1, 2022 20:51:57 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer 20. Mark Twain - steamboat pilot
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 20:59:04 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer 20. Mark Twain - steamboat pilot 21. Leslie Charteris - He wrote while working at various jobs, sailor, barman, gold prospector, pearl diver, mined for tin and worked on a rubber plantation. He also toured Britain with a carnival, and drove a bus.
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Post by Catman on Jan 1, 2022 21:13:15 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer 20. Mark Twain - steamboat pilot 21. Leslie Charteris - He wrote while working at various jobs, sailor, barman, gold prospector, pearl diver, mined for tin and worked on a rubber plantation. He also toured Britain with a carnival, and drove a bus. 22. Jack London - sailor
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Post by alfromni on Jan 1, 2022 21:15:07 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer 20. Mark Twain - steamboat pilot 21. Leslie Charteris - He wrote while working at various jobs, sailor, barman, gold prospector, pearl diver, mined for tin and worked on a rubber plantation. He also toured Britain with a carnival, and drove a bus. 22. Jack London - sailor 23. John Creasey - politician
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 1, 2022 22:45:23 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer 20. Mark Twain - steamboat pilot 21. Leslie Charteris - He wrote while working at various jobs, sailor, barman, gold prospector, pearl diver, mined for tin and worked on a rubber plantation. He also toured Britain with a carnival, and drove a bus. 22. Jack London - sailor 23. John Creasey - politician 24. Dan Brown - English teacher at Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy
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Post by Catman on Jan 2, 2022 1:06:22 GMT
13 more writers who have had other jobs outside literary or entertainment circles. War service OK but outside military.
01. Agatha Christie - nurse and apothecaries' assistant 02. Isaac Asimov - civil chemist during WWII, taught biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine 03. Somerset Maugham - Secret agent WWI 04. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - college professor 05. Daniel Defoe - general merchant, dealing at different times in hosiery, general woollen goods, and wine. He became a secret agent for William III. 06. J. K. Rowling - researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International 07. Henry Fielding - used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, in 1749, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. 08. Arthur C. Clarke - assistant editor at Physics Abstracts 09. Dorothy L. Sayers - copywriter in an advertising agency. 10. Jane Smiley - professor of English at Iowa State University 11. Noël Coward - During WWII he worked with the Secret Service to use his influence in persuading the American public and government to help Britain. 12. Dashiell Hammett -- Pinkerton Detective Agency Operative 13. John Steinbeck ... He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA.
14. John Mortimer - a barrister 15. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle - physician 16. Dick Francis - jockey 17. Stephen King - High School teacher and took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. 18. Zane Grey - dentist 19. Erle Stanley Gardner - lawyer 20. Mark Twain - steamboat pilot 21. Leslie Charteris - He wrote while working at various jobs, sailor, barman, gold prospector, pearl diver, mined for tin and worked on a rubber plantation. He also toured Britain with a carnival, and drove a bus. 22. Jack London - sailor 23. John Creasey - politician 24. Dan Brown - English teacher at Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy 25. Andre Norton - librarian
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