Question: What American author is famous for writing the book The Development?
Context: Tom Standage (born 1969) is a journalist and author from England.  A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked as a science and technology writer for "The Guardian", as the deputy editor at "The Economist", has been published in "Wired", "The New York Times", and "The Daily Telegraph".  A consistent approach of his is the use of historical analogy in science, technology and business writing.  He has published a collection of articles and surveys from "The Economist" and six books, including "The Victorian Internet".  This book explores the historical development of the telegraph and the social ramifications associated with this development.  Tom Standage also proposes that if Victorians from the 19th century were to be around today, they would be far from impressed with present Internet capabilities.  This is because the development of the telegraph essentially mirrored the development of the Internet.  Both technologies can be seen to have largely increased the speed and transmission of information and both were widely criticised by some, due to their perceived negative consequences.  Tom's most recent work is "Writing on the Wall" (2013). Todd Klick is an American author, screenwriter, director and producer based in Los Angeles.  His book, "Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know" became a #1 bestseller on Amazon.com for Screenwriting and Writing Skills.  It is also a bestseller for his publisher, Michael Wiese Publications.  Klick is also the author of the eBook "The Screenwriter's Fairy: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories (a very brief fable)", which has also been #1 on Amazon for Screenwriting., and is a contributing author for the #1 bestselling Tarcher-Penguin book, "Now Write!  Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today’s Best Writers and Teachers".  Klick leads seminars at screenwriting conferences and symposiums and is a contributor to The Huffington Post and MovieMaker Magazine. Judith Saint George (February 26, 1931 – June 10, 2015) was an American author, most famous for writing "So You Want to Be President? " Author and illustrator David Small was awarded the 2001 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book.  She has written more than 40 books, most being historical fiction.  Ms. St. George was born in Westfield, NJ and is a graduate of Smith College.  She was a resident of Connecticut at the time of her death on June 10, 2015. Susan Eloise Hinton (better known as S. E. Hinton) is an American author who is best known for writing young adult fiction. " The Outsiders" was Hinton's first published book in 1967; Hinton wrote the book at the age of seventeen.  Hinton based the characters, the Greasers and the Socs, off of teenage gangs and alienated youth in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s.  "The Outsiders" has sold over fourteen million copies since it was published.  In 1983, "The Outsiders" became a movie, and was later released onto DVD.  After experiencing a writer's block and going into a state of depression, Hinton met somebody in her freshmen biology class, who inspired her to continue writing. In the Night Room is a 2004 horror-thriller novel by American author Peter Straub and a sequel to his 2003 book "Lost Boy, Lost Girl".  The work was first published in hardback on October 26, 2004 through Random House and it won the 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Novel.  Straub encountered some difficulties while writing "In the Night Room" and had written several different passages for the work before growing bored with each version before writing it using the same technique he used for its predecessor in which he "reached down inside the book and turned it inside out." Jeff Edwards (born 1959) is an American author of bestselling military thrillers.  He has published an assortment of articles and opinion columns, mostly on Military.com, and in various military newspapers.  The majority of his published work, fiction and non-fiction, pertains to the U.S. military.  Collectively, his novels have won the "Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction" from the "Military Writer's Society of America", the "American Author Medal" from the American Author's Association, the "Clive Cussler Grandmaster Award for Adventure Writing", the "Reader’s Choice Award", and the "Silver Medal for Military/Wartime Fiction" from the Independent Publishers of America. The Development is a book of interrelated short stories by American writer John Barth, published in 2008.  The stories are set in the Heron Bay Estates gated community for the elderly in Maryland Tidewater. Andrew Christopher Branham (born October 27, 1975) is an American author and business executive who resides in Jackson, Michigan.  He was born in Lorain, Ohio and graduated from Bowling Green State University.  He is the author of both fiction and non-fiction with his first memoir debuting in 2015 and his first fiction book in 2016.  In 2015, after enduring a terrifying same-sex adoption with his long-time partner, he released his first book entitled, "Anything for Amelia."  The book detailed their 206-day journey through what many called one of the most difficult adoptions in the United States.  The book received a warm reception and was featured on many websites, blogs, and talk shows.  The book has been credited as being one of the first to highlight many flaws in the U.S. adoption system.  In 2016, after a year of writing, Andrew released his first fiction book called, "Parched."  The post-apocalyptic and dystopian novel was inspired by the extreme drought conditions that occurred while the family resided in Livermore, California.  Andrew wanted to create a story that opened up discussion about climate change in a mainstream novel.  "Parched" received rave reviews on many top websites and received a glowing review by "Kirkus Reviews."  In May 2016, "Parched" became a top 10 best seller in the post-apocalyptic category on several major book sellers.  In addition to publishing two novels, he has also contributed to many websites, newspapers, and publications.  He is married to his long-time partner, David and the couple has a young daughter.  Together the family resides on a 40 acre ranch in Blackman township in Jackson County, Michigan. John Simmons Barth ( ; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer, best known for his postmodernist and metafictional fiction. Madonna: An Intimate Biography is a book by American author J. Randy Taraborrelli, chronicling the life of American singer Madonna.  The book was released in April 2001 by Sidgwick & Jackson in the United Kingdom, and in August 2001 by Simon & Schuster in the United States.  Taraborrelli first considered writing the book in 1990, but, realizing the project might be premature in respect to Madonna's fledgling career, set it aside.  He began writing the book in 1996, when Madonna gave birth to her daughter Lourdes.
Answer: John Barth