Author Melanie Crowder makes her powerful middle-grade debut with Parched (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013), this poignant story told in spare, almost poetic prose. The book has already stirred talk of awards and annual best-of lists as the critical kudos pour in
Blood transcends man-made barriers and calls to its own. The ties that bind extend well into adulthood for a sister and a brother, pulled apart by a father’s necessity and a couples’ greed.
Writer and poet Oscar Wilde lived a flamboyant, extravagant life, right up until he was sentenced to two years of hard labour in her majesty’s gaol for gross indecency, or what is now termed homosexuality. During this time, Wilde suffers on small portions of skilly, long days of picking oakum, and unbearable hours of staring into nothing but the inky blackness of his own cell without the mental stimulus which had intoxicated him in his previous life.
In her book Seduction, M. J. Rose uses themes of reincarnation, the afterlife and satanic possession to stir the reader’s curiosity and anticipation for what will come next.
Writing a Scene as if You Were Auditioning for the Reader Rerun in June 2013 by popular demand Watch for Rochelle Jewel Shapiro's insights every month on Authorlink "The Book...
The Lonely Writer’s Companion Where Have All the Bookstores Gone? "I was so stunned by what greeted me." —Lenard-Cook I needed a new Rand McNally Road Atlas, having recycled my circa 1999 edition when we moved last summer. So off I headed to the...
“If you think it’s tough being the Supreme Overlord of the Universe, try being his son. Or, more precisely, his seventh son.”
So laments young Joss, narrator of award-winning author Wendy Mass’s latest novel for tweens, Pi in the Sky (Little, Brown, 2013).
Thrill-seekers, puzzle investigators and paranormal lovers, there is no way to say it better than: THIS is the book you’ve been dying to read.
A character that has grown popular all over the world – Annika Bengtzon comes back to prove she is the hard-headed, dedicated reporter who will solve a crime no matter what it takes.
Acclaimed thriller author Adam Mitzner returns with the gripping tale of a high-profile attorney recovering from a personal tragedy who’s drawn back into the courtroom—and a media firestorm— in the biggest murder trial in a decade.
