Josh Weil’s short story “Long Bright Line,” published originally in Virginia Quarterly, won a Pushcart Prize. The paperback edition of Weil’s most recent book THE GREAT GLASS SEA was published by Grove Atlantic on June 2, 2015. Please follow the link for more information: http://pushcartprize.com/news.html

ABC Studios has purchased TV rights to THE INVADERS by Karolina Waclawiak. It will be developed as a dark, humorous soap to be written by playwright Ellen Fairey (Nurse Jackie) and executive produced by Fairey, and David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Laurie Zaks of Mandeville Films. Regan Arts published the book on July 7, 2015.

William Gass gave 5 writing tips to Publisher’s Weekly. His latest book, EYES: Novellas and Stories was published by Knopf on October 12th....

Dan Harris’ bestselling book has now inspired an app to help people mediate. It Books published the book on March 11, 2014....

Lauren Smith Brody, author of the forthcoming book THE FIFTH TRIMESTER to be published by Doubleday in spring, 2017, contributes a piece about paternity leave to a six-week long Working Parents series on Medium.

The New York Times Bestseller BOY ON ICE: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard by Pulitzer Prize winner John Branch will be available in paperback Oct. 13, 2015 from Norton....

Mark’s interest in the American food industry’s abuse of flavor, which he discusses in THE DORITO EFFECT, caught the interest of Dr. Oz. Follow the link below for his reflections on chicken. His book was published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster May 5, 2015....

Manuel Gonzales, whose debut novel THE REGIONAL OFFICE IS UNDER ATTACK! Is forthcoming, is one of Texas Monthly’s “10 Writers to Watch and Read”. Riverhead publishes the novel in April 2016....

Danielle Steel’s latest novel will make its debut on Sunday’s New York Times Bestseller lists. It will appear at number 5 on the Combined Print and E-book list and at number 8 on the Hardcover fiction list. Delacorte published the book on September 1, 2015.

The first trailer to the much-anticipated MTV version of Terry Brooks Shannara series debuted during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. The series based on the 2nd Shannara book, THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA, will debut on MTV in 2016.