Fiction

A Look at Vera Caspary's 'Laura' (1943)

M.J. Rose | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Crime Fiction, Film Noir, Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Books, Fiction, Thriller, Classic Movies, Movies, Laura, Vera Caspary, Books News

Vera Caspary wrote thrillers -- but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered -- the psycho thriller.

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'He Was The Love Of My Life -- But I Didn't Know Him'

| Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Short Stories by Teens, Teen Fiction, Teen Short Story, Young Adult Fiction, Fiction, Figment Fiction, Teen News

This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young p...

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Georgina Harding, Author of Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlisted Painter of Silence (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Author, Orange Prize for Fiction, Fiction, Writer, Travel, Ceausescu, Stalism, London, Novel, Painter of Silence, Georgina Harding, Communism, Eastern Europe, Romania, crane.tv, Book, World War, Video, Arts News

Painter of Silence, Georgina Harding's third novel -- recently shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction -- is set in Romania in the early fifties ...

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"Men's Fiction" vs. "Mommy Porn"

Ester Bloom | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Esquire Magazine, Social Media, Books, Literary Fiction, Literary Prizes, Fiction, Sexism, Masculinity, Vida, Culture, Books News

Gender distinctions in literature are arbitrary and often ass-backwards. Can women, for example, write "men's fiction"? Why not?

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Fiction in Flux

Warren Adler | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: The Serpent's Bite, Publishing, Writers, Books, Writing, Fiction, Ebooks, Books News

For fiction writers in search of a publishing outlet, these are the best of times. For fiction writers in search of readers, this is the worst of times. For fiction writers in search of monetary rewards it is, for most, a disaster.

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Major Literary Prize Loses Its Main Sponsor

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Book Prizes, Orange, Fiction, Tigers Wife, Novelists, Orange Prize, Bel Canto, Fiction Prizes, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Culture News

One of the longest running cultural partnerships in the U.K. broke up for good Tuesday, threatening a major suporter of female novelists worldwide if ...

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Chasing Shadows In Paris

M.J. Rose | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Authors, Paris, Perfume, France, Writing, Books, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Travel, Writing a Novel, Travel News

She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.

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Poetry Is Different

John Malik | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Poetry, Love and Relationships, Jessica Kristie, Tragedy, Dreaming in Darkness, Fiction, Books News

Jessica Kristie has the ability to soften and hone the edges of harsh reality and turn even the darkest of life's moments into beauty. Powerful, honest, evocative and achingly beautiful, Dreaming of Darkness is a stunning collection.

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Are We Ever Too Old to Be Called "Promising?"

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Inventors, Poets and Writers, Ecco, Innovations, Writing, Ben Fountain, Fiction, Brief Encounters With Che Guevara, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Success, Publishing, Technology Review, Steven Tyler, Novels, Harpercollins, American Idol, Books News

It's not like writers are ballerinas who can't do splits without injuring ourselves after a certain age, or even football players too fat to run. Is it?

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Meet The 16-Year-Old Book Reviewer

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Teen Books, Book Critic, Brad Listi, Robby Auld, Book Criticism, Teens, Fiction, Book Reviews, High School, Young Adult Books, Books, Justin Bieber, Caroline Leavitt, Publisher's Weekly, Teenagers, Books News

Robby Auld came onto my radar when he reviewed my book for The Nervous Breakdown, writing one of the most thoughtful assessments of my memoir to date. I couldn't help wanting to know more about the kid who cracked the literary scene.

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Nell Freudenberger On The Woman Who Inspired Her Novel

The Huffington Post | Lori Fradkin | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Books, Nell Freudenberger the Dissident, Fiction, Nell Freudenberger New Yorker, Novels, Nell Freudenberger Lucky Girls, Nell Freudenberger the Newlyweds, The Newlyweds, Nell Freudenberger Newlyweds, Nell Freudenberger, Women News

"I need to kind of trick myself into thinking I’m not writing about myself," said Nell Freudenberger, author of the short-story collection "Lucky Gi...

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In the Garden of Good and Evil: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: I Am Forbidden, Marriage, Religion, Anouk Markovits, Books, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Holocaust, Satmar, Orthodox Judaism, World War II, Judaism, Books News

By avoiding the easy cliché of the cold arranged marriage, Markovits intensifies the emotional heft of the story -- and forces the reader to be moved by the characters' fates.

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The Mystery of a Book Bus Tour

M.J. Rose | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Authors, Publishing, Book Publishing, Publishing Industry, Book Marketing, Books, Independent Bookstores, Fiction, Bookstores, Social Media Marketing, Books News

The Atria Mystery Bus tour took off April 12th. I think that what made the strongest impression on me was much we all love books. The authors on the tour. The amazing booksellers who hosted us. And the readers who came out to see us.

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"Keep Your Book Warm" and Other Tips for Fighting Writer's Block

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Creativity, Story, Story Board, Homer Simpson, Fiction, Narrative, Point of View, Nonfiction, Descriptive Writing, Plot, Editing, Writer's Block, Reading, Rituals for Writing, Writing Tips, Books News

No matter how long you've been writing, you've probably experienced that panic-induced paralysis known as writer's block. If you want to tame the symptoms of this debilitating condition, here are some home remedies to try.

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'Mom Wrote A Book'

Jennifer Handford | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Daughter, International Adoption, Daughters for a Time, Infertility, Mother, Writing, Fiction, Novels, Jennifer Handford, Cancer, Writing a Novel, Mother and Daughters, Women's Fiction, Novel, Adoption, Dream Job, Parents News

At this moment in time, I'm an author, a job title as inspired and dreamy as a veterinarian, fire fighter, plumber, or Dolly Madison truck driver.

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The Pulitzer Judges Were Dead Wrong

Warren Adler | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Authors, Publishing, Judges, Books, Writing, Fiction, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize 2012, Pulitzer Prizes, Books News

Not one book was worthy? Does it follow that, in the opinion of the judges, the reading public last year was short-changed on the quality of what was on offer?

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Why One Aging Hippie Mom Loves Twitter

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: match.com, Book Marketing, Kim Kardashian, Children, Writing, The New York Times, Fiction, Novels, Marketing, Twitter, Tweeting, Sleeping Tigers, The Daily Beast, Moms, Hippies, Twitter Nation, Justin Bieber, Books News

I love Twitter -- especially for the friendships it has brought me.

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Book Review: Monday Mornings

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Monday Mornings, New Releases, Sanjay Gupta Book, Book Reviews, Spoilers, Fiction, Novels, Healthy Living Health News, Sanjay Gupta, Book Review, Books News

When this book was released, as a great fan of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, I immediately marched down to my local Barnes and Noble and picked up a copy of his novel. Yes, a novel -- not a medical guidebook.

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That Chipped Teacup Feeling: Life After Breast Cancer

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Lymphoma, Cancer, Fear, Colon Cancer, Fiction, Healing, Travel, Breast Cancer, Mindful Living, Grace, Health, Grief, Emphysema, Sleeping Tigers, Chronic Illness, Spirituality, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

No matter how short your life might be, or how deliciously long, why not cram in as much as you can? Sure, live in the moment, but glory in your past and plan for the future, too.

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Let's Hear it for the Self-Published Author

Warren Adler | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Book News, Warren Adler, Publishing, Writers, Writing, Fiction, Self-Publishing, Novelists, Author, Books News

"Self-publishing" is now a reasonably respectable process that allows anyone who writes a book to be digitally "shelved" alongside authors published by traditional routes.

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The Irish Irish vs. The Irish Americans... in San Francisco

Terence Clarke | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Fiction, San Francisco, Books, Ireland, Literature, Irish, Iridhamericans, Culture News

As any real Irishman who has met one of his American counterparts will tell you, the Americans are different. The American Irish seldom use their accent to elaborate a story or to make it pleasing.

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What's Next After The Hunger Games: 10 Young Adult Dystopias Coming Out 2012

Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Dystopian Fiction, Young Adult Literature, Dystopia, Books, Young Adult Books, New Books, The Hunger Games, Young Adult Fiction, Teen Fiction, Fiction, Upcoming Books, Fantasy, Teenagers, Books News

The number of dystopian-themed books is at its highest since the 1960s. What Young Adult dystopians are you looking forward to reading this year?

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Wrestling With Point of View in Your Writing

Holly Robinson | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Third Person Point of View, Protagonist, Writing, Fiction, Character Development, Point of View, Roald Dahl, Sleeping Tigers, Author Omniscient, Creative Writing, Reading, First Person, Books News

Sometimes it takes several drafts before you get the point of view that works for a particular story.

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Major Fiction Award Winner Announced

AP | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Video, The Buddha in the Attic, PEN/Faulkner, Julie Otsuka, Fiction, Bhudda in the Attic, Budda in the Attic, PEN/Faulkner Prize, Buddha in the Attic, Books News

NEW YORK — Julie Otsuka's "The Buddha in the Attic," a brief, poetic novel about young Japanese women who emigrate to the U.S. and marry men the...

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LiePad: Why Nonfiction Writers Must Never Change the Facts

Brandt Goldstein | Posted 05.21.2012

Can a writer working in the realm of nonfiction ever change the facts because he's Making Art or Delivering an Important Message? The view of basically every respected journalist is Hell No. But a new book takes the opposite view.

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