Born February 11, 1917, Sidney Sheldon refined the architecture of the modern page-turner. His lean, cinematic prose prioritized speed, suspense, and clarity, shaping commercial English fiction worldwide. By perfecting cliffhangers and momentum-driven chapters, he engineered narrative as propulsion—storytelling calibrated for global readability and relentless anticipation.
Birth of Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007) – The Architect of Commercial Narrative Velocity
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