Stop wrapping gifts for a minute and put these fiction and nonfiction titles on your TBR list: a ghost story set in Wisconsin, a teenager’s discovery of the pitfalls of school testing, and an ...

Some people write because it feels like breathing. Others pick up a pen (or a keyboard) because they once watched a TikTok that said, “You can publish a book in 90 days.” Suddenly, they decided their ...

Literature has a unique way of drawing readers into an imaginary world, making them feel, think, and experience the lives of characters like they’re their own. Fiction transports readers across time, ...

Fan fiction — the creation of unsanctioned, unofficially published, new works usually based on popular novels or films — was intentionally never mainstream. There are the legal issues — copyright laws ...

What steps do you take to figure out how the human brain processes memory? You hold a fiction writing contest, record people's brains while listening to the winners, and crunch your data, of course.

Every writer knows the thrill of a new idea—the spark that sets your imagination ablaze and gets your fingers itching to type. But let’s be honest: that spark doesn’t always come easily, and sometimes ...

Ringworld by Larry Niven was published in 1970 to huge acclaim, winning both Hugo and Nebula awards; it’s been in print ever since. It came out when humans had just landed on the moon and it looked ...

The American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) has named Kathleen Y’Barbo Turner as its new CEO. The author of more than 120 novels takes over from Colleen Coble, who led the organization for Christian ...

A study commissioned by the Gotham Ghostwriters and Bernoff.com found that while most professional writers are embracing AI tools, authors, specifically fiction authors, are much more wary. The study, ...

A post office theft leading to an uglier crime, a World War II memoir-turned-fiction, and two books about the environment. Take your pick for summer reading from Minnesota authors. Life is precarious ...