Ocean Vuong, poet and author of The Emperor of Gladness, loves Palaver for how it depicts “friendship, redemption, care and estrangement between mother and son” through its tale of a Jamaican mother ...

To determine the list, we considered ubiquity, literary acclaim, and financial success. An author earned bonus points for setting their work in their home state. First, we scoured stories from coast ...

When we hear the names of writers, we usually think of their work first and not of the people who wrote them. But it doesn't change the fact that these authors existed and had full-blown lives that ...

Many well-known authors use collaborators, writing teams, or official ghostwriters to keep up with demand, maintain large franchises, or continue series after their deaths. While some readers are ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, this week’s installment celebrates romantically linked authors and poets of ...

April 2 is International Children’s Book Day and Connecticut is or was home several authors and illustrators who are responsible for some of your favorites. One quite famous one was Maurice Sendak, ...

A Banned Books Week display is at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx borough of New York City on Saturday, October 7, 2023. The organization Authors Against Book Bans ...

First, we scoured stories from coast to coast to find the most famous book set in every state. Now we're hitting the books to discover the most famous author from every state. Not all the choices were ...

First, we scoured coast to coast to find the most famous book set in every state. Now we're hitting the books to discover the most famous author from every state. Not all the choices were clear. To ...