Pearl S. Buck Pearl S. Buck Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973; also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu; ) was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China. Her novel "The Good Earth" was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces". She was the first
Nicola Davies (author) Nicola Davies (author) Nicola Davies (born 3 May 1958) is an English zoologist and writer. She was one of the original presenters of the BBC children's wildlife programme "The Really Wild Show". More recently, she has made her name as a children's author. Her books include "Home", which was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, and "Poo" (2004), which was illustrated by Neal Layton, and was shortlisted for a Blue Peter Book Award in 2006; in the United States, the book is published as "". She has also written several novels for adults under the pseudonym Stevie Morgan. "Gaia Warriors"