He was an unknown writer.

他是个没有名气的作家。

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He anchored his faith to that, and was confident that the really first-class magazines would pay an unknown writer at least an equal rate, if not a better one.

他相信真正的第一流杂志是会给予一个无名作家同样的稿酬的，即使不能更多。

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An unknown writer named Currer Bell had produced Jane Eyre, a popular and 2 controversial novel.

一位名叫柯勒·贝尔的不知名作家写出了《简·爱》这部广受欢迎但又备受争议的小说。

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Still, for an unknown writer, a genre-bending book can be a hard sell.

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In October 2000 a Wexford school teacher, Eoin Colfer, won the largest advance ever paid to an unknown writer in Britain for his children's book, Artemis Fowl.

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