Stephenie Harrison
Content by Stephenie Harrison
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Coming from a long line of apiarists, one might think that honey rather than blood flows through Albert Honig’s veins.
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When it comes to selecting their next read, lovers of literature are familiar with the adage “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Whether most people actually subscribe to this rule
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What do you get when you pair a children’s librarian—whose father may be connected to the Russian mafia—with a curious 10-year-old boy whose dubious sexuality has caused his evang
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Within the pages of novels, authors can preserve the world at one specific moment in time, like a dragonfly in amber.
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Imagine you had the power to make streetlights dim when you walked beneath them and could probe the innermost secrets of the human mind.
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In 1991, Douglas Coupland burst onto the literary scene with the groundbreaking Generation X, a novel that brilliantly captured the minds and imaginations of those who stepped tentatively ac
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Under the Poppy takes place in the 1870s—was there anything in particular about that decade that specifically ignited your fire to tell this story?
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Debut novelist Susan Froderberg caught the attention of fans of Southwestern fiction with Old Border Road, an atmospheric story set in rural Arizona.
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While reading any Jasper Fforde novel, the rule of thumb is to expect the unexpected.
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When Mia Fredrickson’s husband of 30 years asks for a “pause” in their marriage while he pursues a relationship with a much younger colleague, Mia enters a tailspin that ends with
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The author of Shanghai Girls brings back three of her favorite characters in a new novel set during one of China’s darkest periods.
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She’s already written five books and her last novel won the U.K.’s coveted Costa Novel Award, but if Instructions for a Heatwave is any indication, Maggie O’Farre
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Ron Reagan is no stranger to sharing his father with the world, but in his new memoir, My Father at 100, he delves deep into the past of a man that few truly knew but many claim as their own
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No one ever said growing up would be easy, but Karen Clarke never expected it to be quite so hard.
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When it comes to endearingly odd protagonists, no one beats Matthew Dicks.
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Canadian-born author Emily St. John Mandel burst onto the literary scene in 2009 with her debut, Last Night in Montreal.
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Brunonia Barry burst onto the literary scene with her debut novel, The Lace Reader, a story filled with magic, romance
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Oryx & Crake fans rejoice!
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Imagine a distant future in which the job you hold and your social position—not to mention who you can marry—depend critically on the colors you are able to see.
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Nigel Farndale’s The Blasphemer is one of those epic novels, so grand in scope that it proves near impossible to provide a succinct summary of its various parts while still c
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In life, there are no do-overs. Forever moving forward, the past is fixed and unyielding; only the future has the potential for change.
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In his breakthrough bestseller, The Power of Habit, New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg uses science to pull back the curtain on some of our most mystifying behaviors&m
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It’s been 10 years since detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya first delighted readers with their New Orleans exploits, but Lisa Jackson’s dynamic duo show no signs of slowing down o
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British author Elizabeth Haynes started a novel one November, little suspecting that her story of a young woman who falls in love with the wrong man would eventually become a big bestseller—and Amazon U.K.'s reader-selected Best Book of 2011.
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After years of living a life of plenty in Lexington, Kentucky, Lisa Samson and her 18-year-old daughter, Ty, decided to take a mission trip to Swaziland, in Africa.
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Author Lily King is known for her sensitive exploration of family ties. In her third book, Father of the Rain, she follows the tumultuous relationship of a father and a daughter.
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A wise man once wrote that the pen is mightier than the sword. Unfortunately, the reluctant protagonist of The Antagonist has never considered himself a wise man.
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In Greek mythology, Zeus locked all the evils of the world within a single jar and made a woman named Pandora its guardian.
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Featuring an enchanted manuscript and a forbidden relationship between a witch and a vampire, Deborah Harkness’ debut novel,
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Every woman has an ex-lover she would rather forget.
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Eleanor Catton’s seductive debut, The Rehearsal, is a vibrant novel that tests its readers, both in terms of content and form.
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Carol Rifka Brunt’s astonishing first novel is so good, there’s no need to grade on a curve: Tell the Wolves I’m Home is not only one of the best debuts of 2012,
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Thomas Wolfe famously wrote “you can’t go home again,” but the McCarthy sisters in Luanne Rice’s newest novel, The Silver Boat, learn that not only can you,
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It often seems that an MFA in creative writing is a prerequisite for published authors today.
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It is sometimes the quiet novels, reserved and restrained, that pack the biggest emotional punches.
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No matter how you and your family choose to celebrate the holidays, chances are it doesn’t involve burying your parents in the backyard on Christmas Eve.
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When a new novel gets compared to some of the biggest hits of the last 10 years like The Help and The Secret Life of Bees, its author has some awfully big shoes to fill.
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Literature is filled with lovers that not even death can divide.
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In Deborah Harkness’ debut novel, A Discovery of Witches, Diana Bishop learns firsthand just how important a single book can be.
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Some people have all the talent, and Steve Martin appears to be one of the lucky few.
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Titian-haired girls with personalities to match their locks have always had a special place in literature.
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When The Nanny Diaries was first published in 2002, the term “chick lit” was just gaining ground.
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How far would you go to hide the truth of your past? Would you risk your job, your marriage, perhaps even your life?
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It has often been said that the line between genius and insanity is a fine one, and upon hearing that an author has decided to put his own spin on a pillar of Western literature, you would be forgi
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Penelope Lively has built a career on pushing the boundaries of the novel; indeed, her books are usually a special alchemy of meta-fiction and provocative storytelling.
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Sometimes fiction’s allure is its ability to transport us to worlds unknown, providing an escape from the pressures of daily life.
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Ever since the publication of her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, countless readers have wondered just how much of that semi-autobiographical tale Jeanette Winterson drew from
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In 2009, Lisa See won the hearts of readers with her novel Shanghai Girls, which followed the trials and tribulations of two of her most spirited and vibrant heroines to date.
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Combining a ripped-from-the-headlines plot with Jennifer Haigh’s trademark emotionally elegant writing, Faith is a gripping and honest novel that will keep readers turning pages.
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In his 2006 debut hit thriller, The King of Lies, John Hart made a name for himself as a must-read author.
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With a debut novel that’s being compared to the best in Southern literature, author Anna Jean Mayhew tells us how her own experiences have influenced her fict
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International best-selling author Danielle Steel’s newest book, 44 Charles Street, turns the lives of four strangers upside down in this unforgettable novel set in a turn-of-the-21st-c
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Tim and Kate Welch may not have it all, but they’ve got more than most.
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These days it seems there’s a club for everything and everyone, but perhaps the coolest association you’ve never heard about is the International Thriller Writers (ITW).
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A boy with keys for fingers. A woman who gives birth to her own mother. Imps and mermaids falling in love.
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During his lifetime, Sir Winston Churchill struggled with depression and was quite candid about his battle with the dark disease.
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British author Ali Smith has never been what you’d call a conventional novelist.
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There comes a time in every life when childhood is placed firmly in the past and the future must be faced with the burgeoning wisdom of adulthood.
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After years at the helm of the online magazine The Morning News, Rosecrans Baldwin has made his fiction debut.
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With her first novel, A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness experienced the kind of success few au
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Half the fun of waiting for the next Tana French book comes from trying to predict who will be its star.
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Think you know all there is to know about Chanel No. 5? Think again.
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The line between fact and fiction sometimes blurs in unusual ways, something acclaimed author Nicole Krauss discovered when working on her much-anticipated third novel, Great House
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Rose Baker is the kind of girl who prides herself on the knowledge that the only remarkable thing about her is just how very plain she is.
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Toni Morrison has more than 15 literary awards to her name, including both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize.
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Some books lend themselves to speed-reading, urging you to devour the story with pages turned at a breakneck pace.
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The opening chapter of Trespass ends with the piercing scream of a child, a sound that seems to transform into a plaintive wail, humming through the rest of the novel until its narrative cli
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It seems New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth George can do it all.
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History comes to life in The Postmistress, a novel that takes readers back to the early 1940s, when the war raging in Europe showed no end in sight and America was on the brink of joining th
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