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Jam-packed with themes of cryptography, conspiracy, and art history, Dan Brown’s wildly popular thrillers have been translated into 57 languages…

When chef, restaurateur, and food activist Alice Waters opened Berkeley’s market-inspired Chez Panisse in 1971, she brought a passion for…

English novelist, essayist, and screenwriter Nick Horby has carved out a niche with his sharply comedic, angst-ridden literature exploring modern…

Sir Philip Pullman – the beloved high-selling author of fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials – has been a life-long enthusiast…

Best known for the 2001 PEN/Faulkner award-winning novel Bel Canto, Ann Patchett has achieved both critical and commercial success for luminous…

Since publishing his breakthrough debut The Notebook back in 1996, every book Nicholas Sparks has written has been a bestseller…

Best known for her dazzling 1989 debut The Joy Luck Club – an intergenerational tale of Chinese-American immigrants that spent…

As a 5-year-old piano prodigy, Tori Amos was the youngest student ever admitted to the Peabody Conservatory of Music –…

Since the late ’70s, American author T.C. Boyle has published eighteen novels – including the Faulkner award-winning World’s End and…

In 2006, author Gillian Flynn burst onto the literary scene with her debut novel Sharp Objects, a small-town murder mystery that…