Nor is Zandvliet a master of character; as individuals, the Germans make scant impression, aside from a pair of supposedly inseparable twins, played by Emil and Oskar Belton, and Sebastian Louis Hofmannn), the decent conscience of the group.
Hilary Mantel is a master of character description.
Roald Dahl was a master of writing characters for children who echoed common feelings of shyness and awkwardness: Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Miss Honey in Matilda; even, sometimes, the BFG … Novels set in childhood are perfect arenas in which to explore shyness and, usually, how it can be overcome.
He's the co-star of Kroll Show and a fixture of Comedy Bang Bang and the UCB Theater as a master of bizarre characters like Bill Cosby-Bukowski and Sappity Tappity, the Drunk English Rollerblading Christmas Tree.
Winik is a master of the character study, and although his book is based almost entirely on secondary sources, he has an uncanny knack for synthesizing the work of others, then imposing his own distinctive mark.
A popular Irish actor with a long succession of credits that include the mature Brendan Behan in the 1970 production of "Borstal Boy" and films like "Ryan's Daughter" and "Far and Away," he is a master of swift character change, from thick-headed pub dwellers, cheeky caddies and canny farmers to demanding Americans, haughty Britons and angry Scots.
The Evening Standard's Nicholas de Jongh called Storey "a master of allusiveness: his characters avoid dramatic clashes, conflicts and revelations".
He's a master of the thumbnail character sketch, populating his novel with memorable supporting characters like Jacob's genial housemate, Honza; his stern landlord, Mr. Stehlik; and a gay Czech friend named Ota who favors preppy polo shirts, sometimes adorned by "a lavender wool sweater, which he wore draped over his shoulders like a lady's mink".
Among the faculty members are the Ballet Theater luminary Lupe Serrano, now 70, and Olga Dvorovenko, a Ukrainian master of character dance and the mother of the Ballet Theater principal Irina.
He finds that "Collins was a master of plot rather than of character".
