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Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, this week’s installment celebrates romantically linked authors and poets of ...

“Goosebumps,” the enormously popular series of children’s books, almost never saw the light of day, says author R.L. Stine. The first “Goosebumps” book came out 30 years ago, and more than 400 million ...

One week into the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, a group of strangers gathers on the rooftop of a shabby tenement building, the Fernsby Arms, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They sit, socially ...

The bestselling author known to the world as Freida McFadden is revealing her true identity. McFadden, whose prolific output includes "The Housemaid" and other domestic thrillers, uses a pseudonym, ...

Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fraudulent books using her name, likely filled with either junk or AI-generated content. Both ...