Did you know what does  being on the ball mean?

   If you look at this English idiom  literally, it means to be either standing or sitting            on a ball—but  who would do that?

       If you’re on the ball it means that you’re very quick to understand certain things,            very   prepared for something or react quickly (and correctly) to a situation.

       For example, if you’re planning your wedding that is still one year away from now          and you’ve  almost finished with all the planning already, you’re definitely on the            ball because not many  people are that prepared!

       “Wow, you’ve already finished your assignments? There not due until next week,              you’re really on  the ball. I wish I could be more organized.”

This week we celebrate authors of the past who had birthdays in the month of September. Check them out below.

Truman Capote

(September 30, 1924- August 25, 1984)

Capote wrote favorites such as:

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Children on Their Birthdays

Agatha Christie

(September 15, 1890- January 12, 1976)

Appointed the title of “Dame” by the Queen of England, she is also the best-selling author of all time with books like:

The Labours of Hercules and Poirot: The Perfect Murders: Omnibus

Roald Dahl

(September 13, 1916- November 23,1990)

Few children’s authors have been as influential and prolific as Roald Dahl. Some of his works include:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as well as Matilda

F. Scott Fitzgerald

(September 24, 1896- December 21, 1940)

Fitzgerald captured the Jazz Age in many novels such as:

The Great Gatsby, Babylon Revisited and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories

Ken Kesey

(September 17, 1935- November 10, 2001)

Kesey gained fame for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

H.G. Wells

(September 21, 1866- August 13, 1946)

Regarded as “the father of science fiction”, Wells wrote many novels, including:

The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds