Hobbit Movie Tie-In Publishing Deal Announced

Houghton Miffin Harcourt has acquired the U.S. publishing rights for the tie-in books to the upcoming Peter Jackson movies The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again. (more…)

Order of Louis L’Amour Books

Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) was an American novelist, or as he would say, “an American storyteller.” The majority of his work was western novels (which he referred to as “Frontier novels”), although he had some science fiction and historical fiction books in there as well. Several of his books were adapted into films, including Crossfire Trail, The Iron Marshal (as Shaughnessy), Conagher, The Quick and the Dead, Down the Long Hills, The Shadow Riders, The Man Called Noon and too many others to list. (more…)

Title of J.K. Rowling’s First Adult Novel: “The Casual Vacancy”

J.K. Rowling may have hit the peak of her success with Harry Potter, but she still has high hopes for her first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy. The title, along with a brief plot synopsis, was released Thursday by Little, Brown & Co. (more…)

Meltzer Looks At Heroes Once Again

Thriller/mystery author Brad Meltzer is releasing a new book called Heroes For My Daughter. His daughter Lila begged him for it after Meltzer released Heroes For My Son. (more…)

Stephen Fry Cast in “Doors Open” ITV Adaptation

Stephen Fry has been cast in a new television movie based on a novel by Ian Rankin, called Doors Open. In it, he plays an art expert by the name of Professor Gissing who finds himself mixed up in a heist. (more…)

Order of Wyatt Hunt Books

Wyatt Hunt is a character created by American novelist John Lescroart. Wyatt Hunt is a private investigator based out of San Francisco who is featured in this crime thriller series. (more…)

Stephen King Parody Film Premieres Saturday

Stephen King has written some of the best novels ever in the horror genre and now it may not be the writer, but rather the killer.

“You Can’t Kill Stephen King” is a horror parody film – campy, of course – about a gang of friends who are vacationing near where Stephen King lives. They each get killed off one at the time in typical slasher fashion, each in way taken from one of his books. (more…)

Director Gary Ross Passes On “Catching Fire”

Directory Gary Ross has announced that he won’t be staying on for the second installment of The Hunger Games movie series, “Catching Fire.”

“As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule,” Ross said in a statement. (more…)

John Grisham Speaks on eBooks and “Calico Joe”

John Grisham is all for eBooks, believing they’re good for publishers, authors and readers. Not that he doesn’t love books in print too… but he is concerned about bookstores.

“We’re always going to have books,” he said. “Getting hurt in all of this is bookstores. We’re losing bookstores like crazy. Book sales are down overall because we lost 800 stores last year with Borders. We’ve lost 2,000 stores in the last 15 years.” (more…)

William Boyd To Write Next 007 Novel

James Bond is going back to the ’60s in a new official 007 novel that will be penned by William Boyd.

The British novelist told Reuters that he will be put his Cold War espionage knowledge to use when he writes the Ian Fleming-created character. (more…)