Lisk Feng for BuzzFeed News Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. All spring the gossip had been about little Mirabelle McCullough—or, depending which side you were on, May Ling Chow—and now, at last, there was something new and sensational to discuss. A little after noon on that Saturday morning in May, the shoppers pushing their grocery carts in […]

Marta Montiero for BuzzFeed News At the time I first realized I might be fictional, my weekdays were spent at a publicly funded institution on the north side of Indianapolis called White River High School, where I was required to eat lunch at a particular time — between 12:37 p.m. and 1:14 p.m. — by forces so much larger than myself that I couldn’t even begin to identify them. If those forces had given me a different lunch period, or if the tablemates who helped author my […]

Sit back and let this quiz figure out what you should read next. Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed LINK: 28 Exciting New Books You Need To Read This Fa […]

Laura Lannes for BuzzFeed News I know Jojo is innocent because I can read it in the unmarked swell of him: his smooth face, ripe with baby fat; his round, full stomach; his hands and feet soft as his younger sister’s. He looks even younger when he falls asleep. His baby sister has flung herself across him, and both of them slumber like young feral cats: open mouths, splayed arms and legs, exposed throats. When I was 13, I knew much more than him. I knew that metal shackles could grow […]

New books by Salman Rushdie, Jennifer Egan, Jesmyn Ward, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and John Green, oh my! Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed View Entire List &rsaquo […]

New York TimesBill Clinton's Novel With James Patterson to Be Adapted for ShowtimeNew York TimesNo release date was announced for the television version of the novel, but it is certainly an unconventional post-presidency venture. Former presidents routinely write memoirs but rarely delve into fiction. (In 2003 Jimmy Carter wrote “The Hornet's ...Showtime Acquires Rights to Bill Clinton, James Patterson Novel 'President Is Missing'VarietyShowtime to Adapt Bill Clinton Novel 'The President […]

The Evening SunThis ain't fiction: Hanover native inks six-figure deal for novel debutThe Evening SunThe book was the result of Reck writing alongside his students. His short pieces of fiction eventually turned into "A Short History of the Girl Next Door." "It's not easy to impress 13-year-olds," Reck said. "They've got their own world going on, their ... […]

The Weekly StandardWriting the FutureThe Weekly StandardWriting, Jerry Pournelle liked to say, “is hard work.” Not exactly an original observation, but Pournelle, who died on September 8 at the age of 84, strove to make his writerly life a little easier: He was apparently the first person to publish a work ... […]

Patch.comCSUN Professor Wins Fiction Writing AwardPatch.comPEN Center USA stands with outsiders, journalists and all writers who dare speak truth to power." Pousson said "Black Sheep Boy" taps into the Cajun bayou land of his youth with its mix of races, religions, languages and cultures. The book's main ... […]

OSU writing professor and author to read new novel FridayAlbany Democrat HeraldSusan Jackson Rodgers, a fiction writer and associate professor of creative writing at Oregon State University, will read from her new work at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in the Lab Theatre in Withycombe Hall, 2921 SW Campus Way, Corvallis.and more » […]