What’s wrong with this sentence?
“An award-winning author, her books have ranged from autobiographies to cookbooks.”
The quoted sentence has a dangling modifier. The introductory modifier an
award-winning author is dangling. Her books cannot be an award-winning
author. To correct the sentence, recast the main clause and change the subject to
she.
An award-winning author, she has written books ranging from
autobiographies to cookbooks.
