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Fiction
August 16, 2019
Paule Marshall, novelist of diverse influences, dead at 90
Paule Marshall, an exuberant and sharpened storyteller who in fiction such as "Daughters" and "Brown Girl, Brownstones" drew ...
Nicholas Sparks
August 16, 2019
Novelist Sparks: Ex-school head started fires he put out
The private Christian school that novelist Nicholas Sparks founded in his North Carolina hometown was gripped by one small ...
Nicholas Sparks
August 15, 2019
Author Sparks denies lawsuit claims that he defamed educator
Author Nicholas Sparks was balancing his entertainment career with overseeing the private Christian school he founded in his ...
August 12, 2019
T. Jefferson Parker tells latest tale in tight, vivid prose
"The Last Good Guy: a Novel" (G.P. Putnam's Sons) by T. Jefferson Parker Twenty-eight-year-old Penelope Rideout takes a seat ...
August 12, 2019
Review: Plot unfolds at rapid pace in 'The Bitterroots'
"The Bitterroots: A novel" (Minotaur Books), by C.J. Box After losing her job as a North Dakota sheriff following a ...
Austin Zajur
August 08, 2019
Review: 'Scary Stories' is a likable Frankenstein of a movie
"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" is, likably, a Frankenstein of a movie that stitches together tales from the cultishly ...
August 07, 2019
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Sula" ...
Toni Morrison
August 06, 2019
World mourns the death of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Song ...
August 05, 2019
Review: 'A Dangerous Man' is suspenseful, tightly written
"A Dangerous Man: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Robert Crais Joe Pike is about to climb into his ...
August 05, 2019
Review: 'Lost You' is psychological thriller
"Lost You: a Novel" (Crown), by Haylen Beck Surrogacy — in which a woman agrees to carry a baby for another person or couple ...
Julia Alvarez
July 30, 2019
New Julia Alvarez novel, 'Afterlife,' coming next April
Million-selling novelist Julia Alvarez's next book is a story of identity and immigration that she felt compelled to write.
July 29, 2019
Review: 'The Russian' is a preposterous thriller
"The Russian: a Novel" (St. Martin's Press), by Ben Coes When two American politicians are assassinated by the Russian mafia, ...
July 24, 2019
Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood on Booker Prize list
Booker Prize winners Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are contenders again for the coveted fiction trophy. Rushdie, who won ...
July 19, 2019
The moon landing was a giant leap for movies, too
In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope. "He got ...
July 17, 2019
'The Chain' is a mid-life hit for novelist Adrian McKinty
With his novel "The Chain" headed for publishing best-seller lists and summer packing lists, Adrian McKinty can now laugh as ...
July 16, 2019
Comic-Con at 50: Bigger than ever, but at what cost?
No one expected their culture would ever become mainstream when a few hundred comic book and science fiction enthusiasts and ...
July 15, 2019
'This Side of Night' is suspenseful, thought-provoking
"This Side of Night" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by J. Todd Scott In Texas' Big Bend country, Sheriff Chris Cherry, the protagonist ...
July 13, 2019
Correction: Moon Landing-Movies story
In a story July 12 about moon-landing movies, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the filmmaker behind the ...
July 12, 2019
Burglars target church where author Stephen King spoke
A 214-year-old church where Stephen King once spoke has been the victim of mysterious thefts. The leader of the Durham ...
July 12, 2019
'Buzz Books' e-book offers free excerpts of romance fiction
Romance fiction from Sabrina Jeffries and Julia London will be among more than a dozen excerpts from a free e-book ...
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