Speaking of Writers

In the near future, advances in medicine and quantum computing make human cloning a reality. For the wealthy, cheating death is the ultimate luxury. To anticloning militants, it’s an abomination against nature. For young Constance “Con” D’Arcy, who was gifted her own clone by her late aunt, it’s terrifying. After a routine monthly upload of her consciousness—stored for that inevitable transition—s...

In THE AMBASSADOR: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 (St. Martin’s Press) acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald examines a controversial period in the career of America’s legendary political dynasty founder. Meticulously researched Ronald gained access to many newly available sources and reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's tenure as Ambassador to Great Britain on the eve...

When Jeff Newcastle meets Dara, a beautiful Belarusian girl, on the first day of poetry class at UCLA, he imagines he’s stumbled onto the perfect college romance. Unfortunately, his fixation on Dara’s beauty prevents him from seeing the truth about her tragic life. Doubting a normal relationship could ever be possible, Dara pulls some mysterious strings to redirect Jeff’s affection toward Carey, a...

ABOUT THE BOOK There have been other biographies of Roger Federer, but never one with this kind of access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game, including such rivals as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Roddick. In THE MASTER , New York Times correspondent Christopher Clarey sits down with Federer and those closest to him to tell the story of the gr...

Sharon Tate, Andrew Borden, Charlie Lindbergh, Black Dahlia—if you immediately recognize these murder victims, then you’re a Murderino just like Megan Collins. Her third thriller, The Family Plot (Atria) , hailed “the quintessential summer thriller for true crime enthusiasts” by Apartment Therapy, follows an unconventional family obsessed with true crime—until they’re at the center of one. The Lig...

There are two New Orleans: the glamorous party city that tourists see and the day-to-day reality of the heavily segregated Black neighborhoods outside the French Quarter. That more real New Orleans is defined by economic inequality, street violence, drugs, and institutional racism. For the young people born and raised there, it is the land of no opportunity—indeed, many struggle just to survive to...

In North by Shakespeare , Michael Blanding presents the twinning narratives of rogue scholar Dennis McCarthy, called “the Steve Jobs of the Shakespeare community,” and Sir Thomas North, an Elizabethan courtier whom McCarthy believes to be the previously undiscovered source for Shakespeare’s plays. For the last fifteen years, Dennis McCarthy has obsessively pursued the true source of Shakespeare’s...

When 29-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it’s not easy. She deserted them all—and her high school sweetheart—five years before with little explanation, and they’ve got questions. Sunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the east coas...

Ben Coes is a NYT bestselling author of political thriller and espionage novels who draws upon his early career at the White House, and his Godfather’s experience as a Navy Seal, to write realistic books with plots that could be ripped from tomorrow’s headlines.   In Coe’s latest book, THE ISLAND (St. Martin’s Press), America faces the worst terrorist attack since 9/11 as Iran puts a pla...

With his Quinn Colson novels, New York Times -bestselling author Ace Atkins has created one of today’s most atmospheric and critically acclaimed literary series. But Atkins delivers something far more complex and rewarding than brilliantly crafted whodunits—he delivers essential summer reading full of wit, thrills, and heart. “It’s a satisfying mix of modern Southern gothic atmosphere and thrillin...

Legendary, award-winning sportswriter Leigh Montville —former Boston Globe columnist, Sports Illustrated senior writer, and New York Times bestselling author of biographies covering the lives of athletes like Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, and Dale Earnhardt—has entertained sports fans and readers for five decades with his wry voice and razor-sharp insights. But even after his six critical...

Michelle Seiler Tucker and Sharon Lechter, authors of EXIT RICH share how to build sustainable, scalable and when you are ready- sellable business and everything they learned along the way. Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated, an M&A firm that has sold over a thousand businesses. Sharon is the CEO of Pay Your Family First and she co-authored the international bestsell...

Sandra Brown has written masterful romantic suspense novels for decades—72 New York Times bestsellers with more than 80 million copies in print worldwide in 34 languages. In BLIND TIGER (2021) , Sandra returns to historical fiction with one of her best books ever. The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing story where Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and gr...

In 1949, Hadassah Lieberman and her family immigrated from the Czech Republic to the United States. She went on to earn a BA from Boston University in government and dramatics and an MA in international relations and American government from Northeastern University. She built a career devoted largely to public health that has included positions at Lehman Brothers, Pfizer, and the National Research...

Do you ever feel like you’re doing more than your fair share of chores at home, that no one else sees the dishes piling up or remembers the school bake sale? That kind of “mom rage” is the fuel for Chandler Baker’s sharply observed, darkly funny, and deeply suspenseful follow-up to her New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon book club pick Whisper Network : THE HUSBANDS , “[a] delightful a...

Nelle and Evan Pereira were thrilled to close on their “forever home,” a spacious paradise nestled against a state forest in Massachusetts. Three months later, on a brisk Saturday morning, their peace is destroyed when an intruder captures Nelle home by herself. Quickly overpowered by the aggressive stranger, she’s forced down to the cold, musty basement where he ties her to a chair. The intruder...

About BATH HAUS: P.J. Vernon’s BATH HAUS (Doubleday) opens with Oliver as he tentatively gathers the courage to enter a gay DC Bath Haus while his partner is out of town. A recovering addict, Oliver has now settled into a much more subdued way of life with Nathan, a wealthy surgeon with even wealthier parents. But while Nathan is away on business, Oliver finds himself pulled towards this exciting...

Rachel Klein is sacked from her job at the White House after she sends an email criticizing Donald Trump. As she is escorted off the premises, she is hit by a speeding car, driven by what the press will discreetly call “a personal friend of the President.” Does that explain the flowers, the get-well wishes at a press briefing, the hush money offered by a lawyer at her hospital bedside? Rachel’s re...

About THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN: In THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN, Belle da Costa Greene is given the opportunity of a lifetime, to be the personal librarian to prominent financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan. The newly built Pierpont Morgan Library is hers to curate, and she soon becomes a fixture in the art world and J.P. Morgan’s personal confidant. With impeccable taste, shrewd negotiation skills, a...

Harry M. Rosenfeld died this week at his home in Slingerlands, NY. He was a child refugee from Nazi Germany. Harry was a key figure in the Washington Post's coverage of The Watergate break in and scandal as managing editor. He even hired Bob Woodward. He had a 50 year career in the newspaper business including working at The New York Herald Tribune, and being the top editor of two Albany NY newspa...

Once an essential part of nautical navigation and commerce, the world's lighthouses have become historical relics of days past, their primary function now replaced by modern technology. Yet these magnificent structures continue to fascinate us, not only for their intrinsic beauty, but also as monuments to our shared history, and as symbols of hope and salvation to those cast adrift on the stormy s...

A sweeping memoir of American politics and history from Chris Matthews, New York Times bestselling author and former host of MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews . In This Country , Chris Matthews offers a panoramic portrait of post–World War II America through the story of his remarkable life and career. It is a story of risk and adventure, of self-reliance and service, of loyalty and friendship....

About THE LOST GIRLS: It's been more than twenty years since Marti Reese's sister, Maggie, disappeared. Only eight-years-old at the time, Marti can't remember what happened, just that Maggie got into a car and never returned. After years of grief and countless false leads, Marti is coping as best she can: abandoning her marriage, drinking to forget, and documenting her never-ending search via a tr...

In the 1950s, America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, and no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses in the world, their leadership revered, their methods imitated, and their brands synonymous with the nation’s aspirations. But by the end of the 1960s, Detroit’s profits had evaporated and its famed executives had become symbols of...

Of the 11 World Series titles the St. Louis Cardinals have won in their formidable history, 2011's victory stands out as something different, something magical. It was the work of a team that seemingly had no business even playing in October yet one that stared down defeat over and over again, refusing to back down until the trophy was theirs. In the new book 11 in '11: A Hometown Hero, La Russa's...