
BOOKS
Based on his experiences as a POW during the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945, 'Slaughterhouse-Five' propelled author Kurt Vonnegut, who had been largely ignored and classified as a sci-fi paperback writer, to fame and literary acclaim.
'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' is the best known book from C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. But it's not the first.
No matter which popular author you disdain, you're bound to find yourself in good company: There's no love lost between these writers.
Whether you're a wizard, squib, or just plain muggle, you're probably celebrating the Chosen One's birthday today. And what better way to do it than by examining the origins of some of the wonderful words J.K. Rowling used to create the world of the Boy W
If you’ve ever been on the Internet, chances are you’ve stumbled across a thought-provoking essay by hyperprolific writer and English professor Roxane Gay. We wanted to find out how she finds time to watch Law & Order.
“It was not my first published story, nor my last,” the writer recounted in a 1960 lecture, “but I have been assured over and over that if it had been the only story I ever wrote and published, there would still be people who would not forget my name.”
Shel Silverstein bridged the worlds of adult and children's art, while becoming wildly popular in the process.
Ditch the dry, stodgy classics and hunker down with these delightfully enticing reads from over a century ago.
Besides “God’s will” and “evil,” here are 10 ways Ambrose Pare believed that monsters like man-goats and brain scorpions were created, from his book 'On Monsters and Marvels.'
As an unproven assistant editor in her early twenties, Joëlle Delbourgo got an unwelcome message: Her boss at Bantam wanted to see her. Immediately.
Like Charles Dickens and JK Rowling, countless authors have based their famous literary characters on friends, family members, and mean teachers.
When a book’s sole purpose is to help the reader change their life, it is only a matter of time before someone finds problems or inaccuracies within the text. And where there are problems, there is comedy. Here are 11 parodies of self-help books that (sho
While these books are adored with the benefit of time and hindsight, they weren't universally loved when they were first published.
While the current box office is positively glutted with remakes, reboots, re-imaginings, and a healthy dose of adapted material, not every book is rushed to the silver screen.
All week long, Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs sit side by side at a long workbench facing their Santa Monica backyard, writing.