If you spend time outdoors or have pets that go outdoors, you need to beware of ticks. Ticks are small bloodsucking parasites. Many species transmit diseases to animals and people. Some of the diseases you can get from a tick bite are Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. Some ticks are so small that they can be difficult to see. Ticks may get on you if you walk through areas where they live, such as tall grass, leaf litter or shrubs.
But one day several years ago, a chance encounter with an extraordinary child in front of an ice cream store made R. J. realize that the perfect time to write that novel had finally come. Wonder is her first novel.
The term one-hit wonder doesnât apply to this list of talented authors who, for a number of reasons, completed only one novel in their lifetime. These one-novel authors are Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners, authors of timeless classic novels and creators of some of the most memorable characters in literature. Here is our list of seven famous authors who only wrote one novel in the lifetime. A bookâs total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.