Fillippo Bernardini worked in the publishing industry when he developed a phishing scam to steal unpublished manuscripts.

Tracy Chevalier's novel, A Single Thread, is a look at the choices "surplus" women had to make to survive after World War I.

Creativity doesn't disappear as you age. Older women writers are proving that it's never too late to gain success.

Bonnie Garmus' novel, Lessons in Chemistry, is exciting millions with its no-nonsense feminist message of a female chemist in the 1960s.

Lisa Wingate's novel, The Story Keeper, encompasses the world of publishing, the life of Appalachia, and the mysterious Melungeon people.

Peng Shepherd's The Cartographers asks the question of whether the map makes the world or the world makes the map. Dark academia at its best

Barbara Kingsolver's novel, Demon Copperhead, is a painful but important novel, destined to be a classic and a 2022 Pulitzer nominee.

Chris Bohjalian's novel, The Lioness, is more than a safari story. It's a look at the character traits and backstories that enhance survival

Laurie Lico Albanese's novel "Hester" is an imaginative guess of Hawthorne's inspiration for The Scarlet Letter and Hester Prynne.

Suspend your disbelief. Read Remarkably Bright Creatures, a charming story of hope and the healing relationships between people & creatures.

V. E. Schwab's fantasy novel, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue is a Faustian tale sure to make you think about how you live your life.

David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon is coming to the big screen in 2023, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Violin Conspiracy shows the struggles of a black, classical violinist whose instrument was stolen before a major competition.

Do you know Annie Ernaux, the French writer and the 2022 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature? She's the 17th woman to win.

Shirley Ann Grau's 1965 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, "The Keepers of the House," is a "slow burn" of a book addressing Southern prejudices.

William Gear's, This Scorched Earth, is a chilling account of the Civil War and its devasting aftermath; an epic tale of the Hancock family.

Rather than focus on "going viral," real writers focus on building an oeuvre. Poe, Melville, and Hemingway all built oeuvres after failures.

Brit Bennett's novel, The Vanishing Half, is an intriguing look at how appearance, relationships, and decisions impact our identity.

If you have an old green book on your shelf, you need to be careful. It may have a poisonous cover with a dye made from arsenic and copper.

Inland by Teá Obreht is a unique western novel highlighting the history of the American Camel Corps through the lives of two diverse people.