Percy Jackson is back as Rick Riordan releases another long-awaited installment of his Heroes of Olympus series
When fans last saw Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, and his girlfriend, Annabeth, daughter of Athena, they were falling into a pit leading to the Underworld, where unimaginable horrors undoubtedly…
March 15, 2013 This installment of Chapter 16’s podcast series features Memphis writer David Wesley Williams, author of the new novel, Long Gone Daddies. The story follows three generations of…
Novelist Adam Ross makes the case for writing what you don’t know
…fiction writers invent every instance they dramatize. Conrad and Melville, seamen both before they became literary icons, wrote profoundly about their years at sea, just as Alice Munro did about…
February 15, 2013 In his latest installment for the Chapter 16 podcast, Stephen Usery talks by phone with Richard Russo, the acclaimed author of Empire Falls, which won the Pulitzer…
With four new young-adult titles released this fall alone, Nashville authors are on the leading edge of the biggest news in publishing
During a period that can sometimes look like the end days for publishing, young-adult novels are hot. According to the Association of American Publishers, the category known as “Children’s/YA” is…
After eleven years, hitting the bestseller lists with nearly every volume, Eoin Colfer brings the Artemis Fowl saga to a close
For eleven years, Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series has charmed legions of avid fans. Artemis, a cold-hearted genius who plots diabolical crimes against an underground fairy world, may seem like…
