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Art Beat talks to Phillip Hoose, who last week won the National Book Award for young people's literature for "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice."
It began with a 2am email. A Harvard undergraduate emailed author Ben Mezrich – who was fresh from the Hollywood success of Bringing Down the House, his book about six MIT students who took Vegas for millions – to tell him about his friend, Eduardo Saverin. A friend, he said, who had helped found Facebook, now a multi-billion pound company, with Mark Zuckerberg. But one that no-one had heard of.
'Under the Dome' Author: Stephen King Data: Scribner, 1,074 pages, $35 read more
British author Hilary Mantel, who won the 2009 Booker Prize, also has been nominated for the Costa Book Award for her novel Wolf Hall, a fictional telling of the life of Thomas Cromwell.
AUSTRALIAN poet, author and TV personality Clive James is in the running for a prestigious 2009 Costa Book Award.
Prosecutors want a Canadian publisher who penned a book about Drew Peterson to stop playing reporter.
An entertaining novel, but definitely not Brown's best work.
Fictional writer Richard Castle offers a real-life book that ties in nicely with ABC's Castle.
Thousands of songs have been written. There are thousands of stories to tell.
Cindy Hudson gives readers a how-to guide on starting and maintaining mother-daughter book clubs
EDMONDS, Wash.----At a time when most women are thinking about giving to everyone but themselves, Dr. Gregory L. Jantz is giving something to women. Over the next 30 days this best-selling author is giving away 300 signed copies of his new book that can help busy, stressed-out women sail through the hectic holiday season and other stressful times throughout the New Year.
Holiday sales of hardcovers are the latest chapter in the nation’s culture wars, with corporate giants accused of trying to push political agendas.
Fort Wayne -- Craftline Graphics, a children's activity book publisher, is expanding its printing operations in Fort Wayne, adding 75 jobs by 2012.
Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It, by Susan Wells (Running Press; 208 pages; $35). The movie "Amelia" flopped, but this book by Wells, a San Francisco author, delivers. Packed with photos and memorabilia illustrating Earhart's daredevil life and mysterious...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota author has won a National Outdoor Book Award.
McCann's novel, Let the Great World Spin , won the National Book Award. He tells Steve Inskeep that his book — set in New York on the day a man walked on a tight-rope between the towers of the World Trade Center — is an attempt to reconstruct an event to find moments of grace and understanding in history.
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