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NEW YORK - Howell Raines, the fly-fishing, zone-flooding former executive editor of The New York Times, is a true original. The same can't be said about the title of his new memoir, "The One That Got Away," about being pushed out of the Times in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal and rediscovering himself through angling. In fact, "The One That Got Away" has been used as the name of at least eight books in the past decade, including a historical bodice-ripper, an urban love story, a Gulf War memoir and an entry in the popular pre-teen series "Sweet Valley High."
Three of the following excerpts are from Raines' book; the others are from books that share only its title. See if you can match the words with the author.
A. Howell Raines (former New York Times editor, literary memoirist and sportsman)
B. C. Kelly Robinson, sensitive African-American male novelist
C. Chris Ryan, British Gulf War veteran
D. Cathy Maxwell, historical romance writer
E. Francine Pascal, "Sweet Valley High" creator
1) "What I wish I...