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....

TIN STAR has been awarded the 2015 Sunburst Award for Young Adult Fiction. In announcing their decision, the Sunburst Award Society called the young adult novel “a powerful, melancholy, and ultimately surprising work, Tin Star is a coming-of-age tale that will resonate with any reader with a pulse.” Since 2001, The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic has celebrated the best in Canadian fantastic literature in both Adult and Young Adult publications. Roaring Brook Press published the book on February 25, 2014.....

Tracy O’Neill has been named as one of the 2015 National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Honorees. Her debut novel THE HOPEFUL was published by IG Publishing on June 9th, 2015.

Ecco will publish the hardcover of Padma Lakshmi’s memoir on March 8, 2016.

Dr. Elisa Port’s THE NEW GENERATION BREAST CANCER BOOK has received tremendous praise across the board, and will be featured in the October issues of Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, Family Circle, among many other reputable magazines and publications. InStyle says the book is “essential reading for breast cancer patients and close friends and family weathering the experience along with them.” The author was also recently interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air.

The New York Times Book Review has reviewed Matt Bell’s latest novel, SCRAPPER. “Equal parts dystopian novel, psychological thriller, and literary fiction, [Scrapper] evokes a dark and lonely existence for its stoic protagonist... By the novel's end, Bell adeptly depicts Kelly as a complicated soul capable of great violence and kindness." Soho Press published the book on September 15, 2015.....

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....