Stephen King used a stanza to begin his novel, The Stand.

Doyle began his first novel in 1994.

Soon afterward he began his first novel.

And if inspiration comes from beauty, I should certainly be able to begin my great Canadian novel here.

McCaffrey then wrote two more "Ship" stories and began her first novel.

He began his first novel, about himself and his father, around the time he left the church, at seventeen.

Krauss, who started writing when she was a teenager, wrote and published mainly poetry until she began her first novel in 2001.

Lewis began his first novel at the age of fourteen with writing partner Derek Benz.

In doing research and beginning her novel, Nia goes on an unexpected journey into her personal identity.

Cook began his first novel, Blood Innocents, while he was still in graduate school.