"Peter was a wonderfully graceful writer," Mr. Wirth said.

Mr. Sylvester was an able and graceful writer, spending nearly all of his mature life in journalism.

Last year our reviewer, Suzanne Berne, called the author "an adroit, graceful writer."

Thomas is an observant and graceful writer, but the details she gives in "Safekeeping" make you yearn for the ones she's withheld.

The author Joe Sharkey is neither a particularly graceful writer nor a fabulously insightful one, but he gets the job done.

It's a shame, because Mr. Stauth is a tireless reporter and a talented, graceful writer.

Ms. Simeti is a graceful writer, and her intellectual passion engages and sometimes convinces.

But Mr. Newman, a clear and graceful writer, keeps his goal in view.

A graceful writer, Raab has no interest in stylistic variation.

But Mr. Dietz is also a graceful writer, able to set up and work out his conceits with intelligent precision.