Tag: Bestsellers
Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing
NEW YORK — The American Booksellers Association is apologizing for sending a publication widely criticized as anti-transgender, Abigail Shrier's "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze...
Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge
NEW YORK — A. Stella Oloye, a Washington, D.C-based writer working on an Afrofuturism novel, was at a low point this spring when she...
Stacey Abrams has deal for 2 more political thrillers
NEW YORK — Nearly 20 years after self-publishing her first novels, Stacey Abrams is hitting full stride as a writer.
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US writer, feminist Gloria Steinem wins major Spanish prize
MADRID — A Spanish foundation on Wednesday awarded one of the country’s most prestigious awards to U.S. writer and activist Gloria Steinem.
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Restored Richard Wright novel hits bestseller lists
NEW YORK — More than 60 years after his death, Richard Wright is again a bestselling author and very much in line with the...
Publisher pauses release of new Philip Roth biography
NEW YORK — The publisher of a new, bestselling biography about Philip Roth has temporarily halted the book's shipping and promotion as its author,...
Angie Thomas Scholarship is awarded to aspiring writer
JACKSON, Miss. — Bestselling author Angie Thomas has surprised an incoming freshman with news that the young woman is receiving a full scholarship to...
‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown he's got what it takes to be a U.S. senator.
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John Naisbitt, author of bestseller ‘Megatrends,’ dies at 92
BERLIN — The American author John Naisbitt, whose 1982 bestselling book “Megatrends” was published in dozens of countries, has died at 92, the Austrian...
Oh, what a birthday week for Dr. Seuss books
NEW YORK — Oh, the books that sold last week by Dr. Seuss.
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