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Author Dropped After Tweet Wants $13M From Publisher

Natasha Tynes posted a photo of a Metro worker eating on train

(Newser) - An author who faced a social media backlash over a tweet shaming a DC Metro worker for eating on a train has sued her publisher for canceling her book deal. The $13 million suit says Rare Bird Books breached its contract and defamed Natasha Tynes, destroying her reputation, the Washington ...

Author Gets Unpleasant Surprise During Radio Interview

BBC interviewer points out errors in Naomi Wolf's book on homosexuality

(Newser) - Author Naomi Wolf went on BBC radio to plug her new book, which details harsh punishments homosexuals faced in 19th-century England. The problem? Interviewer Matthew Sweet pointed out two fundamental errors in Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love, per Boing Boing . For instance, Wolf talked about how she...

Author's Train Tweet May Cost Her a Book Deal

Natasha Tynes posted photo of worker eating on DC train, is accused of public shaming

(Newser) - A writer on the verge of releasing her debut novel is facing a backlash after she posted a picture on Twitter of a public transit worker eating on a train and gave details to the woman's bosses. Natasha Tynes apologized a day later on Twitter and deleted her post...

Popular Christian Author Dead at 37
'Voice of Wandering
Evangelicals' Dies at 37 
OBITUARY
May 5, 2019 5:41 AM CDT

'Voice of Wandering Evangelicals' Dies at 37

Popular Christian author Rachel Held Evans dies of complications of infection and brain seizures

(Newser) - Progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans, who the New York Times says "gave voice to a generation of wandering evangelicals wrestling with their faith," died in Tennessee on Saturday after spending two weeks in a hospital for treatment for an infection and brain seizures. She was 37. Sarah...

Kafka's Long-Hidden Works Could Soon See Daylight

Untouched papers are in Swiss deposit box

(Newser) - A long-hidden trove of unpublished works by Franz Kafka could soon be revealed following a decade-long battle over his literary estate that has drawn comparisons to some of his surreal tales. A district court in Zurich upheld Israeli verdicts in the case last week, ruling that several safe deposit boxes...

Million-Dollar Author Admits to a Big Lie

Dan Mallory says he never really had cancer

(Newser) - A best-selling author who apparently likes lying about himself has admitted to a whopper: He never really had brain cancer, the BBC reports. Dan Mallory's admission came in response to a New Yorker profile about his many alleged fabrications. "I felt intensely ashamed of my psychological struggles—they...

Novelist's Insane Poisoning Tale Isn't From Her Books

Sherrilyn Kenyon describes broken bones, shattered teeth in lawsuit against her husband

(Newser) - You'd be forgiven for assuming Sherrilyn Kenyon's tale about a conspiracy and poisoning comes from one of the fantasy author's best-selling novels. It instead makes up a lawsuit brought by Kenyon against her husband, whom she accuses of conspiring with his assistant to poison her over three...

Alice Walker, New York Times Take Flak on Book Comments

Author mentions reading a book deemed anti-Semitic, and no context is provided by Times

(Newser) - The New York Times is standing by its Q&A with Pulitzer-winning author Alice Walker despite complaints about her comments on a book by an accused anti-Semite. The 74-year-old author of The Color Purple told the newspaper's By the Book column that was she was currently reading David Icke'...

Mystery Writer&#39;s Previous Day Job Costs Her
Mystery Writer's Previous
Day Job Costs Her
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Dec 2, 2018 8:41 AM CST

Mystery Writer's Previous Day Job Costs Her

Group yanks prestigious award from Linda Fairstein over role in Central Park jogger case

(Newser) - "I'm pinching myself," Linda Fairstein wrote on Twitter on Tuesday morning. And for good reason: The Mystery Writers of America had just bestowed on her its prestigious Grand Master honor. Just two days later, however, Fairstein was lamenting a different move by the MWA. In a first,...

Romance Novelist Accused of Murdering Her Husband

Author Nancy Brophy allegedly shot her chef husband in Oregon

(Newser) - A romance novelist might've been better suited to the crime genre, according to Oregon authorities who accuse Nancy Crampton-Brophy of killing her chef husband. The 68-year-old, who writes under the name Nancy Brophy, was arraigned on charges of murder and unlawful use of a weapon Thursday, three months after...

Hemingway Short Story Published After 62 Years

A Room on the Garden Side is set in postwar Paris

(Newser) - The themes and trappings are familiar for an Ernest Hemingway narrative: Paris, wartime, talk of books and wine, and the scars of battle. But the story itself has been little known beyond the scholarly community for decades: A Room on the Garden Side, written in 1956 and set in the...

Fight Club Author Learns Why He's Going Broke, Apologizes

Chuck Palahniuk was going broke, but not for the reasons he suspected

(Newser) - Strange as it sounds, novelist Chuck Palahniuk apologized and expressed gratitude after learning he's been cheated. The Fight Club author blogged this week that his dwindling income can be attributed to an alleged embezzler at his literary agency who's accused of stealing millions, TorrentFreak reports. "I apologize...

Philip Roth Dead at 85
Philip Roth Dead at 85
OBITUARY
May 23, 2018 5:33 AM CDT

Philip Roth Dead at 85

Portnoy's Complaint author died of heart failure

(Newser) - Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation, and fate, from the comic madness of Portnoy's Complaint to the elegiac lyricism of American Pastoral, died Tuesday night at age 85. Roth's literary agent, Andrew Wylie, says he died in a New York City hospital...

Author Tom Wolfe Dead at 87
Author Tom Wolfe Dead at 88
obituary
May 15, 2018 10:25 AM CDT

Author Tom Wolfe Dead at 88

He wrote 'Bonfire of the Vanities,' 'The Right Stuff,' was pioneer of New Journalism

(Newser) - Tom Wolfe, author of works including The Right Stuff, the Bonfire of the Vanities, and A Man in Full has died in Manhattan at age 88, reports the New York Times . The cause of death was unclear, but Wolfe had been recently hospitalized for an infection. In addition to his...

Author Helps Son With Essay About His Book, Gets a C+

Ian McEwan 'a little dubious' about his work being studied

(Newser) - A British teenager struggling with an essay on an Ian McEwan book didn't get a top grade even after getting help from his father—Ian McEwan. The award-winning British author says he feels "a little dubious" about his books being studied in school, especially after his youngest son...

Author Junot Diaz's Legacy Just Got More Complicated

Several women have accused the Pulitzer Prize winner of sexual misconduct, verbal abuse

(Newser) - Junot Diaz is the latest high-profile figure to be accused of abusive behavior by women. Several have come forward detailing disturbing encounters with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, as reported in the Cut . What We Lose author Zinzi Clemmons tweets that Diaz forcibly cornered and kissed her at a workshop. National...

His Message to Men to &#39;Grow the Hell Up&#39; Is Resonating
Psychologist
Jordan Peterson
Is Becoming
a Phenom
the rundown
Mar 6, 2018 9:30 AM CST

Psychologist Jordan Peterson Is Becoming a Phenom

His message to men to 'grow the hell up' is one reason

(Newser) - Heard of Jordan Peterson? If not, it seems inevitable that will happen soon, given his viral videos and headlines referring to the "Jordan Peterson Moment" and the "Jordan Peterson Phenomenon." Peterson is a 55-year-old psychologist at the University of Toronto whose latest book, 12 Rules for Life...

'Strikingly Opaque' Harper Lee Will Unsealed

It's not clear how estate has been divided up

(Newser) - Harper Lee's will was unsealed Tuesday in response to a lawsuit filed by the New York Times —but anybody hoping the document would answer some of the mysteries surrounding the author would have been extremely disappointed. The will, described by the Times as "strikingly opaque," does...

Inmate Wrote a Hit Book, Now State Wants to Collect

Michigan officials say Curtis Dawkins owes them the cost of his imprisonment

(Newser) - A Michigan convict who won accolades for his book of short stories may be forced to give up all he earned from his book deal. Curtis Dawkins' debut, The Graybar Hotel, was published in July by Scribner and details life behind bars in ways that have thrilled readers. Michigan's...

Hopes for Future Novels From Terry Pratchett Literally Crushed

Late fantasy author's hard drive flattened by steamroller

(Newser) - Fans' hopes for future novels from the late Terry Pratchett were literally crushed last week as the fantasy author's old hard drive fell victim to a steamroller, the Guardian reports. Following Pratchett's death from Alzheimer's in 2015, friend and fellow author Neil Gaiman told the Times that...

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