Template:Did you know nominations/Sherry Thomas

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:22, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Sherry Thomas

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~~... that English is not the native language of critically acclaimed historical romance author Sherry Thomas?~~

Created by Plange (talk). Self-nominated at 12:44, 30 May 2015 (UTC).

size and age ok, hook sourced and faithful to source. Not the most riveting hook in the world - I'd have thought something better about coming from China, living in Texas and writing about historical England might be snazzier....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:59, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Where is the hook fact in the article? Yoninah (talk) 23:24, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

It's the first sentence of the The Luckiest Lady in London section. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. To beef up the hook, would you consider this alt (although the NY Times bestselling part needs a source):
ALT1: ~~... that English is not the native language of New York Times bestselling historical romance author Sherry Thomas?~~ Yoninah (talk) 09:35, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

still working on source. Now I'm not sure why it was in there.plange (talk) 01:06, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

this ALT is out--she was not a NYT bestseller. Removed reference to that effect. plange (talk) 12:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, that might work too. Maybe it's just me that thought it was interesting that she's known for her lush prose and it's not her native language. How's this for an alternative?
ALT2: ~~... that critically acclaimed historical romance author Sherry Thomas was born in China, lives in Texas, and writes about Edwardian England?~~ plange (talk) 01:06, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

That's definitely better. But I don't see Edwardian England mentioned in the article. One of the sources mentions Victorian England as the setting for one of her novels. Yoninah (talk) 12:37, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

ALT3: ... that critically acclaimed historical romance author Sherry Thomas was born in China, lives in Texas, and writes about Victorian England? plange (talk) 12:19, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, that works! ALT3 hook refs verified and cited inline. However, there is close paraphrasing in this description:
Source: One great aunt, who was an anesthesiologist, sponsored several of her nieces and nephews to come to the States as students
Article: Her paternal great aunt, an anesthesiologist, sponsored several of her nieces and nephews to come to the United States as students
Yoninah (talk) 14:01, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Fixed paraphrasing... plange (talk) 14:45, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Great. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 15:07, 24 June 2015 (UTC)