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Scott Turow, Stephen King, And Alice Walker's Different Seasons

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Scott Turow, Stephen King, and Alice Walker were the three literary figures at that time period. Scott Turow wrote his first book called, Resumed Innocent. This book told a story of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague, which attracted many people in reading the book. Another thrill writer Stephen King wrote books of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, one of his books was called, Different Seasons. Different Seasons is a collection of more serious dramatic bent than the horror fiction for which King is famous. It talks about a banker who was wrongfully accused of killing his wife and her lover which caught the attention of many to read the book. The third famous writer was Alice Walker who wrote a book called, The Color
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