Mar 17th, 2010 · Turkish novelist Elif Shafak's new novel, The Forty Rules of Love, takes us into the life of a middle-aged Jewish woman from central Massachusetts, who as a reader for a literary agent, has just picked up a copy of a novel by a modern Sufi mystic.
Mar 4th, 2010 · Split Image, the final book in the Jesse Stone series by the late detective novelist Robert B. Parker, debuts at No. 4.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · When American writers write about people with money, the results have often been spectacular. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says New York novelist Jonathan Dee's new book The Privileges gives every one of his predecessors a run for their money. He also says that award-winning story writer Adam Haslett's Union Atlantic is just as terrific to read.
Feb 19th, 2010 · Novelist and playwright Dan Fante writes about alcoholism, drug addiction and failed attempts at literary success — all of which he has experienced himself. He discusses his novel, 86'd, battling his own emotional demons, and the process of reliving his past on paper.
Feb 5th, 2010 · In the complicated, often gory films of The Red Riding Trilogy, a serial killer and a rogue police force are both terrorizing a disillusioned Yorkshire town. Pat Dowell speaks with a director, the screenwriter and the novelist behind a startling cinematic epic — one based on a story that's entirely too true.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · Once asked to write a full story in six words, legend has it that novelist Ernest Hemingway responded: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." In this spirit, Smith Magazine invited writers "famous and obscure" to distill their own life stories into a single sentence. It All Changed in an Instant is the third collection of six-word memoirs from the magazine.
Jan 20th, 2010 · Two best-selling writers have died. Mystery novelist Robert Parker passed away Monday in Boston. He is best known for a nearly 40 volume series with the character of Spenser, a tough and witty Boston private detective. On Sunday, Erich Segal died of a heart attack in his London home. He wrote Love Story which was made into a hit movie starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw.
Jan 19th, 2010 · We salute the author of a tag line that became a cultural touchstone — and confused many a narcissist-romantic boomer.