The author Lynne Reid Banks has died at the age of 94. Known for books such as the children’s story The Indian in the Cupboard, she died of cancer “peacefully with her... Read more »
Laurent de Brunhoff, author of Babar children’s books, dies at 98 Mar 23 2024 Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and presided over... Read more »
Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning psychologist and author, dies at 90 Mar 27 2024 Psychologist and bestselling author Daniel Kahneman, whose research on how decision-making and biases can impact economics earned him a... Read more »
Three publishing veterans form new company to put the author at the center Mar 05 2024 Madeline McIntosh and Don Weisberg, who have served as CEO of Penguin Random House US and... Read more »
The assisted dying advocate and bestselling author Wendy Mitchell, who spent years documenting her dementia, has died, her family has said. Mitchell, 68, discussed her death in a letter published posthumously on... Read more »
I used to knock on people’s doors and tell them the end of the world was coming. We were born imperfect, I would say, and soon will come the day of Armageddon when... Read more »
Khaled Hosseini, one of the world’s top authors, has slammed book bans in Florida and elsewhere in the US as a betrayal of students and their right to a good education. According... Read more »
A Lord of the Rings fanfiction writer has lost a copyright lawsuit over the publication of his own sequel to the much-loved series after opening up a counterproductive legal battle against JRR... Read more »
In 2018, JM Dalgliesh was a stay-at-home father when he sent his first crime novel to six literary agents, only to receive polite rejection letters – or no response at all. Refusing... Read more »