Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist E.L. Doctorow will visit the University of South Florida on Thursday to talk about his work. ...more

November 12, 2008

Novelist Christopher Buckley, son of the late William F. Buckley, recently endorsed Barack Obama on the Web site the Daily Beast. It resulted in his resignation from the National Review, the conservative magazine his father founded. Excerpts from his endorsement follow: ...more

October 19, 2008

The famed six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway's island home aren't going anywhere. ...more

September 26, 2008

Dear Abby: My boyfriend, "Scott," and I are writers, although we both have day jobs. During the two years we've been together, we have always supported each other's writing careers. ...more

July 13, 2008

SEBRING – Born and raised in New York City, a former resident of Los Angeles and Sarasota is taking charge of the Highlands County Habitat for Humanity, and now calls Sebring his home. Mike Jacobson, 58, started work as the local Habitat's executive director following a three-year stint as both a volunteer and at a similar paid position in Sarasota. ...more

June 26, 2008

"Posh: A Novel," by Lucy Jackson (St. Martin's Press, $13.95) ...more

January 20, 2008

"68 Knots," by Michael Robert Evans (Tanglewood, $15.95) ...more

January 13, 2008

Ira Levin, a mild-mannered playwright and novelist who liked nothing better than to give people the creeps - and who did so repeatedly, with best-selling novels like "Rosemary's Baby," "The Stepford Wives" and "The Boys From Brazil" - died Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 78. ...more

November 14, 2007

It's a common lament in the work world: colleagues who say the only reason they put up with the slog of work - the only reason they aren't out pursuing their dreams as a bandleader, dog breeder or novelist - is because of their children's hairy tuition bills. ...more

October 17, 2007