Frayn is that rare writer who succeeds as both a novelist and a dramatist.

He's one of those rare writers able to turn idiosyncrasies, even outright flaws, into virtues.

Ruth Rendell is one of those rare writers whose genius makes you look at the world in a different way.

He was one of those rare writers for whom life and art seem not to have overlapped at all.

In any case, West is the rare writer whose correspondence grows more compelling once she leaves behind those crucial formative years.

Vujić was one of the rare writers and cultural workers of his time who made his living by writing.

He was one of the rare writers whose approach to children's world was with an almost childish sensitivity, innocence and naivete.

Ms. Ferre, 59, is one of those rare writers who are successful in two languages.

Janet Malcolm is one of those rare writers who manages to give journalism a good name.

Throughout these eight or ten volumes he proves himself to be one of those rare writers who see what they write.