by Michelle | Jun 12, 2008 | The Literary World
LONDON (Reuters) – An 800-word hand-written story by bestselling author J.K. Rowling, which she describes as a prequel to the Harry Potter boy wizard books, sold for 25,000 pounds ($49,000) at a charity auction on Tuesday. To read the rest of the article, click...
by radguru | Mar 21, 2008 | The Literary World
Jon Hassler, who “suffered from a longtime neurological disorder,” died Thursday at the age of 74, according to the Associated Press (via USA Today), which noted that, despite his deteriorating health, the author of Staggerford and other novels about...
by Michelle | Mar 19, 2008 | The Literary World
“Clarke died early Wednesday after suffering from breathing problems, the Associated Press reported. He was 90 years old. He suffered from post-polio syndrome and was confined to a wheelchair toward the end of his life.” {From a FoxNews report.} Clarke was...
by Michelle | Feb 13, 2008 | The Literary World
Being a dedicated and proud-of-it genre girl, I had to post a link to this New York Times article: Great Literature? Depends Whodunit. The piece basically discusses “the assumption that genre fiction — mysteries, thrillers, romances, horror stories — is a form...
by Michelle | Feb 12, 2008 | The Literary World
If you’re a fan of Neil Gaiman’s work, or, you know, even if you are not currently a fan {due, of course, to the fact that you have yet to read this brilliant man’s work} you may want to amble on over to his journal. In order to celebrate his...
by Michelle | Jan 22, 2008 | The Literary World
The last unpublished work of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers may be close to being destroyed in fulfilment of the author’s last wishes, his son has hinted.Vladimir Nabokov requested in his will that his unfinished novel, The Original of Laura,...
