Stella Gibbons "she applied her versatility as a writer to every subject under the sun bar cookery, which was the province of a certain Mrs Peel." At the same time she began work on the novel that would become "Cold Comfort Farm"; her colleague and friend Elizabeth Coxhead recorded that Gibbons "neglected her duties disgracefully" to work on this project. In her time with "The Lady", Gibbons established a reputation as a caustic book reviewer, and was particularly critical of the then fashionable "loam and lovechild" rural novels. Novelists such as Mary Webb and Sheila Kaye-Smith had achieved considerable popularity through their
Jorge Franco (writer) was released in January 2008 with a musical score directed by renowned Colombian singer Fonseca. In March 2014 Franco won the XVII edition of the international Alfaguara prize with his work "El mundo de afuera" (The world from outside). Gabriel García Márquez has stated about the artist that he "is one of the Colombian writers to whom I wish to pass the torch." Jorge Franco (writer) Jorge Franco Ramos (born 1962 in Medellín) is a writer from Colombia, known primarily for his novel "Rosario Tijeras," which has been adapted for film and television. Son of Olga Stella Ramos and Humberto