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In 1989 a Mississippi lawyer named John Grisham published his first novel, “A Time to Kill,” that was so successful that he was emboldened to quit the law to write full time. Twenty-eight novels later ...

Stephen King's first novel, Carrie — the story of a bullied telekinetic teenager who gets viciously pranked at prom — turned 50 on April 5. In honor of Carrie's 50th birthday (we sure hope menopause ...

In 1965, five years after Nigeria had gained its independence, the playwright Wole Soyinka was already known as an opposition figure. Authorities falsely accused him of armed robbery, and, before the ...

British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...