Nov 20th, 2008 · Children's author Jon Scieszka has written two dozen fantastical books, including The Stinky Cheese Man and the Time Warp Trio series, but his most recent work is an autobiography geared toward children.
Nov 11th, 2008 · By the time she was 16, Janis Ian already had a Grammy and a permanent place in the American consciousness. Her new autobiography shares the sometimes shocking stories behind her life and music. In a session from Folk Alley, she performs a cross section of her songs.
Nov 6th, 2008 · Every Monday, a motley crew of actors and comics takes the stage in a Manhattan cabaret to read, in a less-than-reverent way, from the memoirs of other stars. (Including, yes, Motley Crue.)
Nov 6th, 2008 · Belgian-born action star Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to his home country, looking for the respect he's not earning in the U.S. Soon, though, he's caught up in ... a docudrama? A fictionalized autobiography?
Oct 16th, 2008 · Celebrated jazz singer Anita O'Day experienced both the "high times and hard times" — as her autobiography is so aptly titled. Despite drug addiction that interfered with her potential for super-stardom, she made a profound impact with her exceptional range, improvisation and skillful interpretion of lyrics.
Oct 5th, 2008 · There probably isn't a major symphony orchestra in the U.S. — or abroad — that hasn't played the music of John Adams. His distinctive sound has made Richard Nixon sing and won a Pulitzer Prize. His new autobiography, Hallelujah Junction, reveals an American composer's history.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · As the first African-American attorney in Selma, Ala., J.L. Chestnut Jr. campaigned to free jailed Civil Rights activists in the 1960s — an effort he detailed in his autobiography, Black In Selma. Chestnut died of kidney failure on Sept. 30; he was 77.
Sep 16th, 2008 · More than 13 hours of audio tapes recorded by Agatha Christie have been discovered by her grandson. The reel-to-reel tapes are notes that the famed mystery author took while preparing to write her autobiography.