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Karen Elizabeth Gordon

Karen Elizabeth Gordon is an American author known for her comic language and grammar handbooks.

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Born 17 March 1947

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  • Cover of: The deluxe transitive vampire: the ultimate handbook of grammar for the innocent, the eager, and the doomed
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    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The new well-tempered sentence: a punctuation handbook for the innocent, the eager, and the doomed
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    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The ravenous muse: a table of dark and comic contents, a bacchanal of books
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    First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed
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    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: My dear mother: stormy, boastful, and tender letters from distinguished sons--from Dostoevsky to Elvis
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    First published in 1997 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The disheveled dictionary: a curious caper through our sumptuous lexicon
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    Cover of edition disheveleddictio00gord_0 First published in 1997 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The well-tempered sentence: a punctuation handbook for the innocent, the eager, and the doomed
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    First published in 1983 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The new well-tempered sentence: a punctuation handbook for the innocent, the eager, and the doomed
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    Cover of edition newwelltempereds00gord First published in 2003 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Torn wings and faux pas: a flashbook of style, a beastly guide through the writer's labyrinth

    First published in 1997 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Intimate apparel: a dictionary of the senses
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    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Out of the loud hound of darkness: a dictionarrative

    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Paris out of hand
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    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Torn Wings and Faux Pas Bookmarks: A Flashback of Style, a Beastly Guide Through the Writer's Labyrinth

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  • Cover of: The garden of eternal swallows: a natural foods cookbook
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    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The red shoes and other tattered tales

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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Born 17 March 1947

Subjects

English language, English language, punctuation, Grammar, Handbooks, manuals, Punctuation, Usage, Adaptations, American wit and humor, travel, Anecdotes, Anglais (Langue), Artists, Artists, correspondence, Arts, Context, Cookery (Natural foods), Cooking (Natural foods), Correspondence, English language -- Punctuation., English language, glossaries, vocabularies, etc., English language, grammar, English language, sentences, Fairy tales, Fiction, short stories (single author), Food, Glossaries, vocabularies

Places

France, Paris, Paris (France)

Time

20th century

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ID Numbers

  • OLID: OL218452A

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July 31, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author Bio
July 31, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
September 7, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import