In her new book of nonfiction, Val McDermid takes a break from the crime novels she's known for. NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with the Scottish writer about "Winter: The Story of a Season." ...

The novel titled 'Red Sonja: Consumed' will be released on November 19 in the U.S. and November 21 in the U.K Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

When his teen daughter faced a crisis, comic book writer Ethan Sacks dreamed up a hero to inspire her. Then she helped finish the story in hopes of helping others. Allison Michael Orenstein Ethan ...

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The true pleasure of literature can be found in demanding works such as Your Name Here, by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Nearly every week as I sit down to write this newsletter, I’m gripped with panic—the ...

In her new book of essays, "Sucker Punch," Slate writer Scaachi Koul examines what happens when life radically changes course and you need to chart a new path forward. Sponsor Message LEILA FADEL, ...

In the opening scene of her memoir, “What We Wished For: An Adoption Story,” Lisa Crawford Watson describes one of her adopted teenage daughters flying into a rage, cursing Watson, grabbing a Swiss ...

In 1994 I began interviewing authors on WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs. For the first ten years I conducted my interviews live. Since then they have been pre-recorded. We maintain a podcast ...

The curtain on a pop cultural mystery has finally been pulled back: the author of the novel “Argylle.” The book is a companion to the Matthew Vaughn film by the same name, allegedly written by “Elly ...

Alright folks, as if the comic book industry needed another dose of reality-twisting trauma, we've got The Writer #1 hitting stores on Wednesday, June 19th. Because who doesn't want to see a comic ...