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Columns : EDITOR'S PICK OF THE MONTH
*Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
David Herbert Richards Lawrence was born in Nottinghamshire to a family of miners. This most controversial of his novels was banned in England until the 1960s.
Featured Stories
Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Caroline Leavitt is the award-winning author of eight novels. Her essays and stories have been included in New York magazine, Psychology Today, More, Parenting, Redbook, and Salon. She’s a columnist for the Boston Globe, a book reviewer for People, and a writing instructor at UCLA online.
*The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Since his debut novel The Day of the Jackal in 1971, Forsyth has proven his mastery of the political thriller. The Cobra is his 19th book.
*Faithful Place by Tana French
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Tana French is the bestselling author of In the Woods, which won the Edgar, Barry, Macavity, and Anthony awards, and of The Likeness. She grew up in Ireland, Italy, Malawi, and the United States, and trained as an actor at Trinity College, Dublin. She lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.
*Our Kind of Traitor by John LeCarre
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
John le Carré was born in 1931 and lives in Cornwall, England. His eighteen novels have been translated into thirty-seven languages and include The Little Drummer Girl, A Perfect Spy, The Russia House, Single & Single, and his most recent book, The Constant Gardner.
The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Tom Piccirilli is the author of fourteen novels, including A Choir of Ill Children, November Mourns, and Headstone City. He has been a World Fantasy Award finalist and a four-time Bram Stoker Award winner. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
*The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
MiCHAEL Carman was born in St. Kilda Victoria Australia and has worked extensively throughout Australia over the past 25 years, on stage, television, and radio.
Chasing the Night by Iris Johansen
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
IRIS JOHANSEN is the best-selling author of Blood Game, Deadlock, Dark Summer, Silent Thunder (with Roy Johansen), Pandora’s Daughter, Quicksand, Killer Dreams, On the Run, Countdown, Firestorm, Fatal Tide, Dead Aim, No One to Trust and more.
Americans in Paris by Charles Glass
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Charles Glass is the author of Tribes with Flags, Money for Old Rope, and The Northern Front. A world-famous journalist, he was chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News from 1983 to 1993 and has covered wars in Lebanon, Eritrea, Rhodesia, Somalia, Iraq, Egypt, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. His writing appears in Harper's Magazine, The Independent, and the Spectator.
Escape from the Land of Snows by Stephan Talty
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Stephan Talty is a widely published journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, Time Out New York, Details, and many other publications. He is the author of the bestselling Empire of Blue Water, The Illustrious Dead, and Mulatto America.
*Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Paul Greenberg's seafood writing has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, GQ, and many other publications. His 2005 New York Times Magazine article on Chilean sea bass received the International Association of Culinary Professionals' Award for excellence in food journalism, and he has received both a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and a Food and Society Policy Fellowship.
Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Lisa Gardner is the best-selling author of twelve novels. Her Detective D. D. Warren novels include The Neighbor, Hide, and Alone. Her FBI Profiler novels include Say Goodbye, Gone, The Killing Hour, The Next Accident, and The Third Victim.
Return to the Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Actress Carol Drinkwater is best known for her role as Helen Herriot in the BBC series ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. Also an accomplished novelist, she has achieved bestselling status with her much-loved memoirs, The Olive Farm series. She is currently working with UNESCO on a lavish documentary series inspired by THE OLIVE ROUTE and THE OLIVE TREE.
To You We Shall Return by Joseph M. Marshall III
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
JOSEPH M. MARSHALL III was born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and holds a Ph.D. from the reservation university, which he helped to establish. The award-winning author of ten books, he has also contributed to various publications and written several screenplays. His first language is Lakota, he handcrafts primitive Lakota bows and arrows, and he is a specialist in wilderness survival. His work as a cultural and historical consultant can be seen and heard on Turner Network Television and the Dreamworks epic television miniseries ''Into the West.'' He has won an Audie Award, Earphones Award, ''Nammy'' Award, and was named Best American Indian Fiction Writer by True West magazine in 2009.
A Shooting Star by Wallace Stegner
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Wallace Stegner (1903–1993) wrote many books of fiction and nonfiction, including the National Book Award–winning The Spectator Bird and Crossing to Safety. Angle of Repose won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971.
*Far Cry by John Harvey
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
John Harvey is a British author of crime fiction. He has published over 90 books under various names and has worked on scripts for TV and radio. He is most famous for his series of jazz-influenced Charlie Resnick novels. He is also a poet, dramatist and occasional broadcaster. For more information visit www.mellotone.co.uk
Sorrow's Anthem by Michael Koryta
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Koryta has worked as a newspaper reporter and private investigator. His first novel, the Edgar-nominated Tonight I Said Goodbye, was published when he was just twenty-one and was followed by Sorrow's Anthem, A Welcome Grave, and The Silent Hour.
Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Patricia Cornwell is most known for the Kay Scarpetta series. In 2008, she won the Galaxy British Book Awards' Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year - the first American ever to win this prestigious award. Her earlier works include Postmortem - the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year - and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.
The True Memoirs of Little K by Adrienne Sharp
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Adrienne Sharp entered the world of ballet at age seven and trained at the prestigious Harkness Ballet in New York. She received her M.A. with honors from the Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University. She has been a fiction fellow at MacDowell, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Squaw Valley Writer’s Conference. She is the author of White Swan, Black Swan and The Sleeping Beauty.
Dust and Shadow by Lindsay Faye
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Lyndsay Faye is a writer and actress who lives in New York with her husband and cat.
The Islands by Di Morrissey
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
World traveler, journalist and television host, Di Morrissey is a popular Australian author of more than 18 best selling books.
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Karen Marie Moning is the bestselling author of the Fever series, featuring MacKayla Lane, and the award-winning Highlander series. She has a bachelor’s degree in society and law from Purdue University and is currently working on a new series set in the Fever world and a graphic novel featuring MacKayla Lane.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Hillenbrand’s New Yorker article, “A Sudden Illness,” won the 2004 National Magazine Award. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops.
Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Clive Cussler is the author of many bestselling novels, most recently The Silent Sea, The Spy and Lost Empire. Dirk Cussler is the coauthor with Clive Cussler of Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, and Arctic Drift.
The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was a major twentieth-century British author, a great novelist and essayist, and a key figure in literary history as a feminist and a modernist. In 1917, she and her husband founded the Hogarth Press, which published the work of T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and Katherine Mansfield, as well as the earliest translations of Sigmund Freud. Her major novels include Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves, The Years, Between the Acts, Night and Day, Jacob's Room, A Room of One's Own, and Three Guineas. The Voyage Out is Virginia Woolf’s first published novel.
A Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
MICHAEL PALMER is the author of fifteen novels of medical suspense, all international bestsellers. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages. In addition to this writing, Palmer is an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society Physician Health Services, devoted to helping physicians troubled by mental illness, physical illness, behavioral issues, and chemical dependency.
*Poser by Claire Dederer
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Claire Dederer’s essays, criticism, and reporting have appeared in Vogue, The New York Times, Slate, Yoga Journal, Real Simple, and The Nation. She lives on an island near Seattle.
*Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Ruth Downie is the author of the New York Times bestselling Medicus, Terra Incognita, and most recently Persona Non Grata. She is married with two sons and lives in Milton Keynes, England.
Wrong by David H. Freedman
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
David H. Freedman is a contributing editor and columnist at Inc. magazine. He is a contributor to Newsweek, and has written on science, technology, and business for The Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Science, The Harvard Business Review, Wired, and many other publications. He was the co-author of A Perfect Mess
The Essential Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Neville Jason trained at RADA where he was awarded the Diction Prize by Sir John Gielgud. He has worked with the English Stage Co., the Old Vic Company and the RSC as well as in films, TV and musicals. He is frequently heard on radio.
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Anne Brontë (1820–1849), a British novelist and poet, was the youngest member of the famous Brontë literary family. She wrote a volume of poetry with her sisters, Charlotte and Emily, entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, and she is the author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Anne's two novels, written in a sharp and ironic style, are completely different from the romanticism followed by her more famous sisters. She wrote in a realistic, rather than a romantic style.