First, he quotes me as having said, back in 1999 or thereabouts, "We're about to enter a new age of literary celebrity!"

Every chapter or so, another literary celebrity shows up with a surprising relationship to altitude.

"Our readership may include literary celebrities, but that's a small percentage," he said.

He lives the last 20 years of his life here and he becomes a literary celebrity in Camden.

As a result of his influence the Priory soon became a rendezvous for many political and literary celebrities.

Andreyev eventually gave up his law practice, fast becoming a literary celebrity, and the two writers remained friends for many years to come.

It made its author a literary and social celebrity.

Many influential literary and cultural celebrities were guests of the Jeffers family.

So why should historical or literary celebrities - even monuments to national culture - be exempted?

A lesser figure as far as novel sales, but still important to the overall industry is the literary celebrity.