Ms. Banks managed to maintain a strict daily writing schedule for years, despite a chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis in her 20s and at times crippling pain from a botched medical procedure for a prolapsed uterus from childbirth. With the complications of mast cell activation syndrome, including drops in blood pressure,
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Q&A: Author of 'Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African' on Coke's surprising history
A store in Monrovia, Liberia, advertises Coca-Cola. The photo is from circa 1947. Alberts/Alberts/Three Lions via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alberts/Alberts/Three Lions via Getty Images A store in Monrovia, Liberia, advertises Coca-Cola. The photo is from circa 1947. Alberts/Alberts/Three Lions via Getty Images Author-historian Sara Byala had an
Petra Mathers, Author Whose Children’s Stories Soared, Dies at 78
Over the years, Ms. Mathers had donated much of her original artwork, including all the work for the Lottie books, to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass. It was a natural fit, said Nichols B. Clark, the museum’s founding director and chief curator emeritus. “They
A Celebrity Dies, and New Biographies Pop Up Overnight. The Author? A.I.
After Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of The New York Times, died last month, his brother Michael Lelyveld went online to see how he was being remembered. He found obituaries in major news outlets, as expected. But he also found other, unexpected portraits of his brother. At least half
Robie Harris, Often-Banned Children’s Author, Is Dead at 83
For her research she spoke with pediatricians and “anybody who had to do with the health and well-being of kids,” she said. She “read everything I could” and talked to dozens of people. “I wanted the book to be comprehensive,” she said, “and I wanted it to be a place
Q&A: Author Muhammad Zaman on why health care is an impossible dream for 'unpersons'
In his new book, We Wait for a Miracle, Zaman tells how about the struggle for health care by forcibly displaced people — refugees, the internally displaced, the stateless. (Image credit: Jackie Ricciardi/Boston University) Source link
An unpublished poem by 'The Big Sleep' author Raymond Chandler is going to print
This 1946 file photo shows mystery novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler. AP hide caption toggle caption AP This 1946 file photo shows mystery novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler. AP A literary magazine is printing a previously unpublished work by the novelist Raymond Chandler — and it’s not a hard-boiled detective
Author A.S. Byatt, who wrote the best-seller 'Possession,' dies at 87
Author A.S. Byatt, whose books include the Booker Prize-winning novel “Possession,” has died at the age of 87. Peter Jordan/AP hide caption toggle caption Peter Jordan/AP Author A.S. Byatt, whose books include the Booker Prize-winning novel “Possession,” has died at the age of 87. Peter Jordan/AP LONDON — British author
This author says Minecraft helps prepare kids for our world
Life is like a video game now, says author Max Brooks — it’s constantly updating. Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Life is like a video game now, says author Max Brooks — it’s constantly updating. Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via
'Blind Side' author shocked Michael Oher filed lawsuit against family, reveals problem he has with it
Michael Lewis, the author of “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game” which chronicled the upbringing of NFL lineman Michael Oher, said the Super Bowl champion’s lawsuit against the family who took the player in was “shocking” to him. Lewis talked again about Oher’s lawsuit against Sean and Leigh Anne