Who Wrote Chilly Scenes of Winter? The Untold Story of Ann Beattie’s Debut
A young author named Ann Beattie sat down somewhere in the middle of the 1970s to write a book that, […]
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Robinson Crusoe Author Daniel Defoe: Bankrupt, Jailed, and Still the Most Important Writer of His Century
The fact that Daniel Defoe was almost sixty years old when he published Robinson Crusoe is somewhat noteworthy. By that
The Minneapolis Detective Who Made Readers Forget Their Better Judgment
There’s a particular kind of reader who discovers John Sandford’s novels the way most people stumble into a long-running television
Cloudstreet and the Art of Writing a Place So Vividly It Becomes a Character
There’s a particular kind of literary experience that sneaks up on you. Not the kind where a novel announces its
Clare Leslie Hall Novel Proves That First Love Never Really Dies – It Just Waits
There’s a particular kind of novel that sneaks up on you. You think you know what it is — a
The Forgotten Brontë Sister Who Actually Said the Quiet Part Loud
There’s something quietly stubborn about Anne Brontë. Her two novels don’t roar the way Wuthering Heights does, and they don’t
The Secret Formula Behind Every Runaway Bestseller
Every so often a book shows up everywhere at once. Quoted poorly in an Instagram caption, on a friend’s nightstand,
What “Successful Author” Actually Means on a Bank Statement
Five-star reviews and book tours don’t matter to a bank statement. All it displays are dates, numbers, and the sporadic
Inside the Odd, Ordinary Life That Inspired Reginald Perrin
Imagine a schoolboy traveling from Orpington to Chislehurst on the 8.16 train every morning, seeing the same commuters in the