The graphic novel illustrator makes her prose debut with ‘House of the Beast’ (Harper Voyager, Aug.), a dark fantasy about a ...

Harkin’s stark prose and unsentimental view of history will remind readers of fellow English author Hilary Mantel, best-known ...

A novelist credits Virginia Woolf for showing her how to write historical fiction without being overwhelmed by the facts.

"Prose to the People," edited by Katie Mitchell, chronicles the legacy of past and present Black bookstore's throughout the country. NPR spoke with five booksellers profiled in the vast collection.

Participants at the Thursday event will be invited to read original poetry, a selection from a favorite author, spoken word ...

Back at the end of the last century, I and many other readers around the world were bowled over by “The Voyage of the Narwhal” (1998), Andrea Barrett’s fictional account of a band of ...