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Ashes of late writer Garcia Marquez head home to rest in Colombia

The ashes of the late Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez will be laid to rest near his seaside home in Colombia on Sunday.

A new life for crime writer Steve Hamilton

For a time, Steve Hamilton felt like an escaped convict, like a character in one of his novels. And all he was doing was switching publishers.

Marilynne Robinson wins Library of Congress fiction prize

NEW YORK — Marilynne Robinson, the acclaimed author of novels such as “Gilead” and “Housekeeping,” is this year’s winner of the Library of Congress

Bollywood figures, writer Roy join protest over intolerance

NEW DELHI— Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy and two dozen Bollywood award winners added their voices to the artists, scientists and historians who say they

Harper Lee misses induction into Ala. Writers Hall of Fame

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee missed her induction as an inaugural member of the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame on

Gaza novelist writes of lives framed by recurrent wars

RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Gaza novelist who was shortlisted for a prestigious Arabic literature prize but couldn’t attend the announcement ceremony

Spanish novelist Juan Manuel de Prada to visit Manila

Juan Manuel de Prada, acclaimed Spanish novelist, journalist and critic, will be in Manila from March 16 to March 20 for the “Encuentros en la literature (Encounters in Literature)” program, a combined effort of Instituto Cervantes and De La Salle University (DLSU).

Sue Townsend, creator of Adrian Mole, dies at 68

British comic author Sue Townsend, who created angst-ridden teenage diarist Adrian Mole and sent Queen Elizabeth II into exile on a public housing estate, has died after suffering a stroke. She was 68.

Indian writer, editor Khushwant Singh dies at 99

Khushwant Singh, a journalist, editor and prolific writer whose work ranged from serious histories to joke collections to one of post-Independence India’s great novels, died Thursday at his New Delhi apartment, his daughter said. He was 99.

Mitch Albom and his life’s miracles

Barely 24 hours after landing in the Philippines, best-selling author Mitch Albom commented on how Filipinos love taking photos. The Michigan native was also glad to temporarily leave the freezing winter in the United States in favor of cool, sunny weather here.