It's a famous piece of writing advice: The secret to writing well is reading well. So if the best writers are also the best readers, who better to take book recommendations from? Time recently ...

One of the changes Dana Cain made to this year’s Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair was beefing up the Friday, August 6 launch party from 5 to 9 p.m. (the $10 ticket includes admission to the actual ...

As long as there have been fantasy authors, there have been black fantasy authors. Yet, there is a depressingly large subset of so-called fans of the genre who seem okay with the ideas of orcs and ...

Bloom Books took off with the help of E L James, the author of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It broke with tradition and became the fastest-growing imprint in romance. By Alexandra Alter A few years ago, ...

For TJ Klune, writing has always been essential. "I knew I was queer by the age of 10," says the 42-year-old author. "I was an effeminate kid in rural Oregon in the '80s and '90s, so you can imagine ...

We all know the best book recommendations come from that literary friend, the one who knows every buzzy new release, as well as gems from under-the-radar writers. WBEZ asked seven Chicago-area authors ...