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How I Wrote It, with David Ewalt 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
By Robin A. Rothman It's no fluke that Of Dice and Men was an August Best of the Month pick for both the Nonfiction and the Humor & Entertainment categories. The book, which came out last week, is a...
Character Comebacks: King, Fielding, Grisham, and Doyle Catch Up With Old Favorites 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
By Robin A. Rothman They begin as strangers on the page, slowly coming to life in our minds. We picture the way they look. We imagine their mannerisms. We form opinions about their personalities. I...
Character Comebacks: Stephen King Brings Back Danny Torrance 26 Aug 2013 | 02:59 pm
By Robin A. Rothman It was 1977 when Stephen King published The Shining. Since then, he has hinted a few times at writing a new story for Danny Torrance. In one interview he went so far as to wonder...
Character Comebacks: Helen Fielding Brings Back Bridget Jones 26 Aug 2013 | 02:58 pm
By Robin A. Rothman Since the first novel, Bridget Jones's Diary, was published in 1996, our fickle protagonist's affections have swung like a pendulum between arch-rivals Mark Darcy and Daniel Clea...
Character Comebacks: John Grisham Brings Back Jake Brigance 26 Aug 2013 | 02:57 pm
By Robin A. Rothman In 1989, John Grisham was a lawyer/politician serving in the Mississippi House of Representatives, about to publish his debut novel: a legal thriller called A Time to Kill. Now, ...
Character Comebacks: Roddy Doyle Brings Back Jimmy Rabbitte 26 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
By Robin A. Rothman Roddy Doyle wrote two more books after he published The Commitments in 1987, completing what came to be known as the "Barrytown Trilogy" (named for the fictional Ireland town in ...
Warren Ellis and His "Dead Pig Collector" 24 Aug 2013 | 03:49 am
By Jeff VanderMeer Warren Ellis, creator of iconic comics and such noir-ish novels as Gun Machine, claims he's never had to dispose of a human body. As he told Amazon.com, "Only animals. And, I supp...
Carole Baron Remembers Elmore Leonard 23 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
By Editor Veteran editor and publisher Carole Baron, now at Knopf, knew Elmore Leonard for many years. She sent us this telling photo and was kind enough to share her memories of the Get Shorty auth...
YA Wednesday: Cassie Claire on "City of Bones" Movie Release 21 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
By Seira Wilson How nice for me that one of the biggest YA series in the last few years, Mortal Instruments, has it's film debut perfectly timed for a YA Wednesday post... I'm really excited to see...
Elmore Leonard Dies at 87 20 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
By Chris Schluep Elmore Leonard died Tuesday in his Michigan home surrounded by his family. He was 87 years old and had suffered a stroke three weeks ago. Leonard was a prolific author, who wrote m...
