Book ahead
By From Staff, WIRE REPORTS on Aug 18, 2013, at 2:31 AM Updated on 8/18/13 at 3:01 AM
Books
If Jeff Kinney had not missed getting on a plane in May, it's possible he would not be making a trip to Oklahoma later this month.
It's been several years since the publication of Daniel Woodrell's slim, harrowing and much-celebrated "Winter's Bone." Now "The Maid's Version" has finally hit the bookstores, and it's even slimmer - just 164 pages.
Donna Wolf Hancock will be signing copies of "The Flight of the Wee Chick" ($9.95, Tate Publishing) from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Steve's Sundry, Books & Magazines, 2612 S. Harvard Ave.
"The Flight of the Wee Chick" was written with the desire to pass on some of life's most important virtues; honesty, forgiveness and responsibility.
Playwright
Larry Kramer and sportswriter
Frank Deford are among this year's winners of awards given by the PEN American Center, the literary and human rights organization.
Sergio De Le Pava, author of "A Naked Singularity," has received a $25,000 prize for writing the best debut novel.
Katherine Boo's "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers" is cited for best nonfiction and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Robert Hass' "What Light Can Do" for best essay collection. Boo and Hass each will receive $10,000.
Also, Kramer was named a master dramatist and received $7,500, while Deford was honored with a $5,000 prize for lifetime achievement.
U.S.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has a deal to write a book that will be a memoir and a call to action for women.
Random House Inc. imprint Ballantine Bantam Dell said the New York Democrat's currently untitled book will include stories about her upbringing and how she "integrates marriage and motherhood into a dynamic and demanding political career."
Bantam said the book is scheduled for the fall of 2014.
David Baldacci has decided to enter the fantasy world.
The best-selling thriller writer has a deal with Scholastic Inc. for a young adult novel, "The Finisher." Scholastic, a top children's publisher, announced that the book is scheduled to come out in March.
Baldacci's book will feature 14-year-old Vega Jane and the frightening secrets of her native village of Wormwood.
Books
If Jeff Kinney had not missed getting on a plane in May, it's possible he would not be making a trip to Oklahoma later this month.
It's been several years since the publication of Daniel Woodrell's slim, harrowing and much-celebrated "Winter's Bone." Now "The Maid's Version" has finally hit the bookstores, and it's even slimmer - just 164 pages.
