Recently in the news expressing his opinions about Scotland’s independence in a New York Times Op-Ed piece, Alan Cumming is an award-winning actor, singer, writer, producer and director. His moving memoir NOT MY FATHER’S SON will be published by Dey Street Books on October 7, 2014.

The Telegraph has named ALL OUR NAMES one of the Best Books of 2014, calling it “an impressive portrait of compromised friendship and global politics.” Knopf published the book on March 4, 2014.

The return of THE HOT ZONE to the New York Times Bestseller list was written about in the “Inside the List” column in the New York Times Book Review. The book is currently at number 17 on the Paperback Non-Fiction list for the week of September 14th. Random House originally published the book in 1994.

An excerpt from Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn’s forthcoming book, A PATH APPEARS, was published on the front page of the Sunday Review for September 14th. Knopf will publish the book on September 23, 2014.

Publishers Weekly said of VAULT OF DREAMERS, “like viewers of The Forge Show, readers will want to keep watching Rosie.” Author Caragh O’Brien will be at Books of Wonder to discuss her latest work along with Emily Laybourne, Ann Aguire and Marike Rutkoski on Friday, September 19th at 6:00 PM. Roaring Book Press published the book on September 16th, 2014.

PAINTED HORSES by Malcolm Brooks has been chosen as a Fall 2014 Discover Great New Writers selection at Barnes & Noble. In a starred review, Library Journal said of PAINTED HORSES that it is “an outstanding debut novel that will linger in the reader’s mind,” and in a starred review Publishers Weekly said that “Brook’s debut captures the grandeur of the American West.” The author will be reading from his critically acclaimed novel at the Upper West Side Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, September 17th at 7:00 PM. Grove Atlantic published the book on August 5th, 2014.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sidney Sheldon’s most popular and enduring heroine—Tracy Whitney of If Tomorrow Comes—returns in a sensational sequel full of passion, suspense, and breathtaking twists. Coming in hardcover from William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers on October 7.

Dan Harris’ 10% HAPPIER: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works – A True Story is on Denver Post (#10) and LA Times (#15) bestseller lists for the week ending 9/7 and has won the Living Now Award for Inspirational Male Memoir. IT books published the book in hardcover March 11, 2014.

Mark Whitaker’s biography of Bill Cosby received a starred review in Booklist, which called the book “a compelling look at a man who has a major impact on American race relations and television and whose “Cosby effect” helped prime the nation for its first black president.” The book was also discussed in a recent article on Cosby in the New Yorker. Simon & Schuster will publish the book on September 16, 2014.

Meryle Secrest’s biography of Italian fashion designer, Elsa Schiaparelli, received a starred review in Booklist. The review calls Secrest an “ever-curious and wonderfully adept biographer” and calls the book “richly illustrated and endlessly intriguing.” Knopf will publish the book on October 7, 2014.