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The
Rebel in the Writer
He’s a rebel, fiercely
independent, considered
to be too outspoken, and
best of all every word
he writes challengers us
to look at the world in
ways that are easier to
ignore. Marcus Blake has
been successful so far
in his career as an
Indie Writer.... |
Frank McCourt, the beloved
raconteur and former public
school teacher who enjoyed
post-retirement fame as the
author of "Angela's Ashes," the
Pulitzer Prize-winning "epic of
woe" about his impoverished
Irish childhood, died Sunday of
cancer.
Author
Dan Brown is moving to
Washington D.C. for the
follow-up to his successful
conspiracy theory novel "The Da
Vinci Code," publisher Random
House said on Wednesday.
Carleen Brice on bridging racial
divides
Author Carleen Brice is on
something of a book publishing
crusade, attempting to get the
message across to readers that
black American fiction isn't
just for black American readers.
It is for everybody.
Connelly picks up
pen, notebook in latest thriller
Michael
Connelly
headed
back to
the
newsroom
for this
latest
best-selling
thriller.
Peter Leonard
joins father in the family
business
Fresh
out of
college
with an
English
degree
in hand,
Peter
Leonard
wrote a
six-page
short
story he
liked
very
much and
asked a
famous
author
for a
few
notes.
Book
aims
bright
light on
guilty
characters
"A Bright and Guilty Place" by Richard Rayner: There must have been at least some virtuous citizens among the half million who doubled the population of Los Angeles between 1920 and 1930.
"Still Alice," written by Lisa Genova, is a novel about a 50-year-old Harvard professor's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. It's also a book, Genova was told, that nobody would want to read.
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Interviews with
Authors
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Q & A with Sharon M. Draper
Sharon M. Draper has been busy
of late, with her new Sassy
series for tween girls from
Scholastic, as well as the
release of Just Another Hero
(Atheneum, July), the final book
in her Jericho trilogy. The
former teacher now writes
fulltime, and does school visits
and appearances. PW caught up
with the author to talk about
her writing life.
Men at War with Evie Wyld
Repressed trauma trickles down
through generations of
Australian veterans, POWs and
recluses in Evie Wyld's
After the Fire, a Still Small
Voice. Think Annie Proulx
by way of North Queensland.
A Wake Up Call to the West with
Alex Dryden
Alex Dryden is the pseudonym of
a British journalist who lived
in Russia for more than 15
years. Red to Black is
his first novel, a thriller that
offers a sobering view of
Putin's Russia.
Q & A with Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Author/illustrator Jarrett J.
Krosoczka is best known for his
picture books; his latest books
are a bit of a departure, and
are his first foray into the
comic/graphic novel
format. We caught up with
Krosoczka to find out about his
latest projects, and whether or
not he has a “thing” for any
lunch ladies in particular.
Culture
clinic: Marie Helvin
Model and author Marie Helvin
submits to a little light
therapy
Allegra
Huston and her two famous dads
Allegra
Huston,
brought
up
by
the
American
film
director
John
Huston,
was
12
when
she
was
introduced
to
her
biological
father
-
the
English
historian,
John
Julius
Norwich.
"Why
should
having
one
father
preclude
having
a
second?"
she
wonders
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