The Dos Passos Prize, named for the author of the U.S.A. Trilogy, was established in 1980. Previous winners include Graham Greene, John Edgar Wideman, Annie Proulx, Ruth Ozeki, Karen Tei Yamashita, ...

While horror movies can be fun to watch, I feel like they just can’t compare to reading about things that go bump in the night. Why is that? I personally believe it’s because ...

How Chuck Hogan stumbled on a fascinating real-life cold case and wrote his first (and last?) nonfiction book.

Life is busy, and writing is time-consuming. Unless you’re one of the very few people who make enough money to live solely ...

Jeff Hiller will serve as the host of this year’s National Book Awards.

Gwyneth Paltrow has harsh words for the author of a recent unauthorized biography of her. In an interview with British Vogue, the actor and celebrity influencer blasted Amy Odell, author of Gwyneth: ...

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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Laufey will make her literary debut with a children’s book coming in 2026, the Associated Press reports.

Paramount Television Studios is developing the series adaptation, which will star Biel ( The Rules of Attraction, Total Recall) as the gender-swapped protagonist, Erica Ambler. Jason Horwitch ( ...

Katie Yee has won the 2025 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, given annually to an outstanding debut book, for her novel, Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor looks back to her childhood—and forward to her legacy—in her new picture book, Just Shine!