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Tom Wolfe Gives a History Lesson (January 30, 2005): In today's New York Times, bestselling author and social commentator Tom Wolfe gives readers a history lesson about how the Monroe Doctrine and nation-building are alive and well in American politics.
J.K. Rowling's Baby Gets a Name (January 26, 2005): J.
Do Writers Need to Suffer to be Productive? Crain's Thinks So. (January 25, 2005): Crain's Chicago Business presents an expose about about the usefulness of the John D.
Mrs. Grisham: One Tough Editor (January 11, 2005): In a very funny appearance on The Daily Show last night, bestselling author John Grisham told Jon Stewart that his wife reads all of the drafts of his books, before he sends them off to his editor.
Arthur C. Clarke Loses Diving School (December 28, 2004): Arthur C. Clarke lost his Sri Lanka diving school in a tsunami. The school is located in Hikkaduwa.
Tom Wolfe Wins Dreaded Bad Sex Prize (December 23, 2004): Britain's Literary Review horrified bestselling author Tom Wolfe when it announced last week that Wolfe had won the award that no writer wants to win, the Bad Sex Award.
Lemony Snicket Befuddled at Success (December 20, 2004): His books are international bestsellers.
Ursula Le Guin Not Happy With SciFi's Earthsea (December 16, 2004): Novelist Ursula K. Le Guin is not happy with SciFi's adaptation of her Earthsea series.
Nobel Prize for Literature Winner is a No-Show (December 10, 2004): In an interview with New York Magazine and reported by the International Herald Tribune, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Elfriede Jelinek of Austria did not appear at the public ceremony to pick up her award.
Mom Wants Catcher in the Rye Banned (December 9, 2004): The Culture Wars are edging towards a full conflagration as a mother in Maine spearheads the effort to keep J.
Lily Tuck Wins the National Book Award for Fiction (November 20, 2004): Lily Tuck has won the National Book Award for Fiction for her book, The News From Paraguay, the fictionalized tale of Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano Lopez and his Irish mistress, Ella Lynch.
Warren Adler and the Illusory Nature of Fame (November 18, 2004): Bestselling author Warren Adler poses four test questions to readers in his latest newsletter.
Hundreds of Missing Barbara Cartland Unpublished Manuscripts Discovered (November 16, 2004): Not to put any pressure on you or anything, but it appears that romance novelist and legend Barbara Cartland is still publishing several books a year -- even though she passed away four years ago.
Major New Book Prize Announced and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Too (November 12, 2004): Think you have what it takes to win a major book prize? Well, you just got a major new prize to vie for.
Stephen King's Pet Peeves Include Paris Hilton and Donald Trump (October 27, 2004): What really gets on bestselling author Stephen King's nerves? In a recent Entertainment Weekly column, the bestselling author mentioned some of his pet peeves in life: "For every pretty, talented Elisha Cuthbert there is a Paris Hilton (and her little dog, too).
Nora Roberts Jazzed About Good Morning America (October 9, 2004): Bestselling author Nora Roberts heads off on a national tour today to promote her new book, Northern Lights.
Writers and Charity: Dirty Money? (October 3, 2004): Bestselling author Erica Jong has an interesting essay in the New York Times today about writers, money and charities.
New Hemingway Short Story Discovered: But You Won't Get to Read It (September 27, 2004): A new Ernest Hemingway short story has been discovered.
Judy Blume Wins National Book Award (September 15, 2004): Bestselling children's author Judy Blume has been named this year's winner of an honorary National Book Award for contributions to American letters.
Post-Singularity Fiction and the Struggling SF Writer (September 14, 2004): If technological advances continue at their current pace (and we're not all blown up by terrorists), some theorists believe that artificial intelligence will reach such a point that we will actually have created a "superhuman" intelligence.
