what is the name of dawn french's first novel?
Absolutely Fabulous
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 The novel was published by Sceptre , an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton . Sales were initially slow , but increased as a result of " word @-@ of @-@ mouth " publicity , with the book eventually ranking 13th on the 2009 Sunday Times bestseller list . It has also been ranked # 1 the " New York Times " bestseller list . The novel has received mixed reviews from critics . It has been praised for its focus on underlying human decency ; however , some reviewers felt its events were contrived . The two protagonists have been juxtaposed , with less sympathy evoked by Surrey @-@ born Sarah than Nigerian @-@ refugee Little Bee . The novel was nominated for the 2008 Costa Book Awards and a 2009 Commonwealth Writers ' Prize . A film adaptation is being developed , and will be produced by and star Nicole Kidman . 

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 Twilight is a series of four vampire @-@ themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer . Released annually from 2005 through 2008 , the four books chart the later teen years of Isabella " Bella " Swan , a girl who moves to Forks , Washington , and falls in love with a 104 @-@ year @-@ old vampire named Edward Cullen . The series is told primarily from Bella 's point of view , with the epilogue of Eclipse and Part II of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of character Jacob Black , a werewolf . The unpublished Midnight Sun is a retelling of the first book , Twilight , from Edward Cullen 's point of view . The novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner , which tells the story of a newborn vampire who appeared in Eclipse , was published on June 5 , 2010 , as a hardcover book and on June 7 as a free online ebook . The Twilight Saga : The Official Illustrated Guide , a definitive encyclopedic reference with nearly 100 full color illustrations , was released in bookstores on April 12 , 2011 . 

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 Following the publication of Interview with the Vampire , while living in California , Rice wrote two historical novels , The Feast of All Saints and Cry to Heaven , along with four erotic novels ( The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , Beauty 's Punishment , Beauty 's Release , and Beauty 's Kingdom ) under the pseudonym A. N. Roquelaure , and two more under the pseudonym Anne Rampling ( Exit to Eden and Belinda ) . Rice then returned to the vampire genre with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned , her bestselling sequels to Interview with the Vampire . 

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 Three novels were published on October 1 , 2002 : one by Aspect and two by Little , Brown Young Readers . The Aspect novel ( Smallville : Strange Visitors ) was written by Roger Stern , with Clark and his friends trying to uncover the truth about two religious con men who set up shop in Smallville and use kryptonite in their spiritual seminars to rob the townspeople . Little , Brown Young Readers first published Arrival by Michael Teitelbaum , chronicling the series ' pilot . The second novel ( See No Evil , by series writers Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld ) follows Dawn Mills , a young actress who wants to attend Juilliard . Dawn , who can become invisible , wants to get revenge on the people who have been talking behind her back but is stopped by Clark . See No Evil was one of the original storylines for season one 's " Shimmer " . 

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 According to the author , her books are " about life , not death " and " love , not lust " . Each book in the series was inspired by and loosely based on a different literary classic : Twilight on Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice , New Moon on Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet , Eclipse on Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights , and Breaking Dawn on a second Shakespeare play , A Midsummer Night 's Dream . Meyer also states that Orson Scott Card and L. M. Montgomery 's Anne of Green Gables series are a big influence on her writing . As for the Cullens , she based them on her own family . 
