When they became parents, Dragons Love Tacos illustrator Daniel Salmieri and artist Sophia Haas noticed that they were ... noticing more. So they wrote Next to Me, their first kids' book together.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Christopher Moore, who brings Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, an undead woman, and a host of other unlikely characters together in his latest book, "Anima Rising."

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow about his new book, "Mark Twain," in which he illuminates the complex life of the writer.

The latest issue of "The Strand Magazine" contains rare stories by the iconic midcentury writers Ian Fleming and Graham Greene.

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong lovingly describes characters who worked together in a Connecticut fast food restaurant.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Honor Jones about her debut novel, Sleep, and how the things people learn and endure in childhood affect how they parent.

Author Ocean Vuong talks about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. It centers on the unlikely friendship between a 19-year-old college dropout and an 82-year-old with dementia.

Author Anthony Horowitz is out with a new book that takes jabs at mystery novels, while still being a great mystery read.

"J Vs. K" centers around two kids, one an artist, the other an author, who first compete then collaborate in their school's storytelling contest.