Order of Margaret Peterson Haddix Books

Margaret Peterson Haddix is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction and suspense novels, among other genres, especially targeted at young adults. She is best known for her series The Missing and the Shadow Children. She started out as a copy editor for a newspaper, a newspaper reporter and a freelance writer. (more…)

New Month Sees Lots Of New Book Releases

Well, it’s finally September (yay) and if we can look forward to one thing, it’s the Fall, pre-Christmas season surge of new fiction books! To give you an idea of how big September is for fiction, you can just look at these authors coming out with new books at the start of the month – Jayne Ann Krentz, Margaret Coel, Steven James, Clive Cussler and Laurie R. King. (more…)

Crime Authors Condemn Dishonest Book Promotion

49 crime authors have called for a healthy online ecosystem for online purchases. The list of authors includes Jo Nesbo, Karin Slaughter, Ian Rankin and Lee Child. (more…)

Order of Books Of The Gods Books

The Book of the Gods series is a series of sci-fi/fantasy novels by American author Fred Saberhagen. It is unknown as to whether or not the series is set in the same universe as the Ardneh sequence. (more…)

Newly Discovered Dickens Letter Reveals Intent to Leave Wife

A very old and stunning letter was found by Dr. Jackie Sheehan in Gloucestershire, England from inside of an old Bible.

It was from legendary author Charles Dickens, offering his wife (and mother to their 10 children) £600 per year so he could start a new life with the 18 year-old Ellen Ternan, an actress. (more…)

“True Blood” Actress Auctioning Off Bra Worn By Anna Paquin

Kristin Bauer van Straten (she plays Pam on True Blood) is auctioning off various True Blood memorabilia, including signed Charlaine Harris novels and the bra worn by Sookie Stackhouse during a sex scene with Eric in season 4. The bra is signed by Anna Paquin. (more…)

Order of Berserker Books

The Berserker series is a series of science fiction/fantasy novels by American author Fred Saberhagen. The series is about the ongoing war between man and Berserker – self-replicating machines with only one objective: Destroy all life. (more…)

Order of Ardneh Books

The Ardneh sequence is comprised of three connected sci-fi/fantasy series by American novelist Fred Saberhagen. The series that make up the Ardneh sequence include Saberhagen’s Empire of the East, Books of Swords and Books of Lost Swords series. Ardneh is an intelligent super-computer that was once a nuclear response system that caused the planet the physically change. (more…)

Irvine Welsh Interested in Directing a Film?

Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh has said that he’s interested in taking the helm for a film, but not one of his own.

“I wouldn’t direct my own books. I would direct a movie from somebody else’s book that I liked, or I would direct an original screenplay I wrote myself, but when you’ve written something as a book, I think you always see it as a book,” he said.

Several of his books have already been adapted to film, including Trainspotting, Ecstacy and Filth. (more…)

“The White Queen” Adapts Philippa Gregory Series

BBC One and Company Pictures will be producing a new 10-hour drama of called “The White Queen,” which is an adaptation of the Philippa Gregory historical series The Cousins’ War

Three women (portrayed by actresses Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale and Faye Marsay) are in a conflict for the throne in 15th century England between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. (more…)