Her parents were ambitious minor writers in touch with the major writers of their day.

I know an ambitious writer who received a windfall from a book that had surprised everyone by becoming a best-seller.

Greg Bear called him "one of our most ambitious writers of high-tech, hard physics science fiction."

Such small numbers leave an ambitious unknown writer struggling against large odds.

Like every ambitious writer who continuously seeks a larger field for his vision, Heaney sometimes missteps.

"I've got a fire in me," announces Jo, an ambitious aspiring writer.

Still, these are the missteps of an ambitious writer with an original perspective.

It also stands as a thoroughly original and persuasive work of art, this immensely talented young writer's most ambitious novel yet.

More than simply being better rappers, New Yorkers are also more ambitious writers.

This makes him a good model for ambitious British writers taking on the diminishing role of their empire's culture.