Val Brelinski’s debut novel THE GIRL WHO SLEPT WITH GOD was reviewed in Salon, the Houston Chronicle, and the San Jose Mercury News. Salon called it “deeply affecting” and the Mercury News called it “thought-provoking.” Houghton Mifflin published the book on August 8, 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.

Library Journal has given SCRAPPER a starred review, saying of the book that it is “a tale of hard emotions in a hard environment... Bell poses difficult, elemental questions about right and wrong and of what constitutes morality in a place where the usual rules don’t always apply. And, refreshingly, the answers his protagonist arrives at are neither easy nor expected.” Soho Press will publish the book on September 15, 2015.

School Library Journal has reviewed BLUE VOYAGE, calling it “a great addition to any library that has a teen fan base for thrilling mysteries.” Viking Books for Young Readers will publish the book on October 13th, 2015....

Don’t miss this fantastic Salon Q & A with Michele Filgate and Christy Wampole as well as this review from the San Francisco Book Review. Harper published the book July 7, 2015.....

The China Collectors landed the #3 spot on Library Journal best seller list. Palgrave Macmillan published hardcover March 10, 2015....

Ann Beattie was interviewed for the New York Times Book Reviews “By the Book” column. Her latest book of short-stories THE STATE WE’RE IN was published by Simon & Schuster on August 11, 2015.

“It's a brilliant mix: the flawed antihero, self-detesting and yet driven, cast as the punchline to every American political joke right up to the Clinton impeachment. Throw in the Cthulhu mythos and some meticulous historical research and you've got a novel that transcends satire and stands on its own. This would be an amazing book even if you'd never heard of Richard Nixon.” says Boing Boing of Austin Grossman’s revelatory novel. Mulholland Books published in hardcover July 28, 2015.

Blaine Lourd was interviewed on Good Morning America about his new memoir, BORN ON THE BAYOU. Gallery Books published the book on August 18, 2015....

Ann Beattie new collection of stories was named by Vanity Fair as a “Dark New Book to cool down the Dog Days of August” calling the book a “peerless contemplative page-turner”. Scribner published the book on August 11, 2015.