Popular Fiction

Bestselling crime writer James Patterson is working on a series of casual games based on his Women's Murder Club books.As well as singing the praises of the titles he is developing with I-Play, Patterson was careful to stick a stiletto blade in the back of his competitors. "I wanted the story to...  

Bestselling author James Patterson has already seen his Alex Cross books hit the big screen - and now it looks like another set of his novels will also be adapted.  

You have probably heard of James Patterson. He is the author of over 40 novels for adults and teens and a huge publishing phenomenon and his books entertain readers looking for a fast-paced, satisfying story.  

1. “The Appeal” by John Grisham 2. “Where Are You Now?” by Mary Higgins Clark 3. “7th Heaven” by James Patterson 4. “Sundays at Tiffany’s” by James Patterson 5.  

Times Staff Report The 2008 Best Books of Indiana were named last week at an awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library.  

How the Internet's changing the way authors do business... By Curt Holman In the early 21st century, which comes first: the book or the blog? Well, books have been around for centuries, while the terms "Web log" and "blog" were coined for online journals about 10 years ago. In little more than a...  

New books, many by famous names, will satisfy readers of fiction, mystery, politics, biography, celebrity, and more.  

Authors often talk about the need for discipline, to sit down and write even when it’s the last thing they want to do.  

* Book lovers will hoping for that rare thing – a literary happy ending – when they sign up to the new dating website launched by Penguin. The site, which is run by match.com, is advertised in Penguin popular fiction titles and will ask questions about users' favourite books and authors, enabling...  

Forget J.K. Rowling, the writer of the Harry Potter series, who famously set up in a Edinburgh cafe to write all her own books.  

A new book by popular fiction writer Anne Rivers Siddons is among the new books on the shelves at Henderson County Public Library.  

FICTION Michael Moorcock's most recent novels of his most popular character, Elric, the White Wolf -- albino, sorcerer, murderer, destroyer and anti-hero -- are bloated, slow-moving tales. "The Dreamthief's Daughter," "The Skrayling Tree" and "The White Wolf's Son" have little of the magic of...  

No, not the director of The Draughtsman's Contract. This author was a lawyer-turned-novelist who wrote popular fiction in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, producing at least 20 thrillers and volumes of short stories that were by turns topical, political, satirical, hilarious and rather mysterious...  

B*tween Productions, Inc., home of the Beacon Street Girls®, today announced that the Beacon Street Girls book series has for the first time been translated into another language. Editora Fundamento has translated the first two books of the popular tween series into Portuguese and released the...  

Many people think they can write a quality children's book. Maybe that's true, but breaking into the industry is a completely different story. "If you really want to get a children's book published, the key is persistence," said children's author Carmela Martino. "A lot of people think it is easy...