The Resume

(October 16, 1919-May 26, 2003)
Born in Olivia, Minnesota
Wrote 'Forever Amber' (1944), 'Star Money' (1950), 'The Lovers' (1952), 'America with Love' (1954), 'Calais' (1979), 'Jacintha' (1984) and 'Robert and Arabella' (1986)

Why she might be annoying:

She became embittered that none of her other novels had the success of her first.
'Forever Amber' was banned in 14 states and pre-emptively condemned by the Hays Office before the film rights were even sold.
Ten days after divorcing her first husband, she married Artie Shaw, even though he had castigated his then-wife Ava Gardner for reading the 'trashy' Forever Amber.
The marriage with Shaw lasted 18 months, after which she married her divorce attorney.

Why she might not be annoying:

At 18, she made a list of her goals in life, one of which was to write a bestselling novel.
Thanks to the controversy, 'Forever Amber' sold 100,000 copies in its first week of release.
She denied writing a particularly racy novel, claiming, 'I wrote only two sexy passages and my publishers took both of them out. They put in ellipses instead. In those days, you know, you could solve everything with an ellipse.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 16]
• Hey! Look at Me, I'm Waving Hi
• I Attended University of California, Berkeley
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 83)
• I Like to Dress All in Black
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Write Bildungsroman
• I Write Pulp Fiction
• Look at Me, I'm a Woman in Shades
• Look at My Airplane
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Profiles 24251-24500 (Ranked: 24278)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1945)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying