For a bit of irony this Christmas, today's guest blogger is M. J. Rose --- author of THE MEMORIST --- who grew up Jewish the remaining 364 days of the year.
Mark Sullivan, author of the upcoming novel TRIPLE CROSS (to be released in April), reminisces about a particularly memorable Christmas that perhaps laid the groundwork for him to become the kind of writ
Brad Meltzer, author of THE BOOK OF LIES, shows us how sometimes the little things make all the difference in the world, as he describes a very special present given to him after a momentous event.
Life lessons abound in any great book, and Garth Stein --- author of THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN --- shares a poignant one his young son learned through the pages of a collection of sports photography.
Today's guest blogger, Susan Meissner --- author of THE SHAPE OF MERCY --- recalls the touching gift she was given by her parents one Christmas to encourage the budding writer in her, and gives us
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November's Books on Screen roundup includes the films The Running Man, Train Dreams, Wicked: For Good, Hamnet, Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring and Eric Jerome Dickey's Friends and Lovers; the series premieres of "Death by Lightning" on Netflix and "All Her Fault" on Peacock; the season premieres of Netflix's "Unicorn Academy" and Apple TV+'s "WondLa"; the season finales of "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+ and "Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order" on AMC; the continuation of CBS's "Tracker" and "Watson," HBO's "IT: Welcome to Derry" and Apple TV+'s "Down Cemetery Road"; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of The Long Walk, The Roses, Caught Stealing, Looking Through Water and Freakier Friday.