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Comment I see a NYFA award and one Kirkus review; the other sources don't look as strong. Is this all? BTW the last AfD had exactly two legit keep !votes, and some socking. -
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18:46, 5 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Weak delete. When reviewing authors, it's worth taking a look to their book reviews. Even if his books do not warrant separate articles, multiple reviews across several books makes the author article at least into a place to aggregate those reviews. I wouldn't give trade pubs like PW much credit for paragraph-long articles but there are several external reviews
[1][2] that put the author on the cusp of notability. Only reviews in
Book Review Index are Kirkus and PW. I'd look for at least three reviews from non-trade pubs. Ping me if you find more? I wouldn't give much credence to the 2017 discussion, which lacked sources. czar17:37, 11 October 2020 (UTC)reply
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Comment I see a NYFA award and one Kirkus review; the other sources don't look as strong. Is this all? BTW the last AfD had exactly two legit keep !votes, and some socking. -
Bri.public (
talk)
18:46, 5 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Weak delete. When reviewing authors, it's worth taking a look to their book reviews. Even if his books do not warrant separate articles, multiple reviews across several books makes the author article at least into a place to aggregate those reviews. I wouldn't give trade pubs like PW much credit for paragraph-long articles but there are several external reviews
[1][2] that put the author on the cusp of notability. Only reviews in
Book Review Index are Kirkus and PW. I'd look for at least three reviews from non-trade pubs. Ping me if you find more? I wouldn't give much credence to the 2017 discussion, which lacked sources. czar17:37, 11 October 2020 (UTC)reply
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