Jim Gavin’s MIDDLE MEN was named a finalist for the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award in Fiction. Simon & Schuster published the book on February 19, 2013.

Rene Steinke’s FRIENDSWOOD was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, and PureWow, which said, “Steinke has a lyrical way with words, and she’s at her best when describing the small-town Texas dynamics and blighted landscape--an effect that falls somewhere between Erin Brockovich and Friday Night Lights.”

In an op-ed for the New York Times, bestselling author Lev Grossman writes about how he found his way to writing fantasy. He discusses his many literary influences, both genre and not, and advocates for a better understanding of the place fantasy holds in our cultural conversation. THE MAGICIANS LAND, the final novel in his trilogy that began with the MAGICIANS, was published by Viking on August 5, 2014.

Amazon named PRINCE LESTAT, Anne Rice’s first book in the Vampire Chronicles since 2003’s BLOOD CANTICLE, as one of the Fall’s “Blockbuster” books. Knopf will publish the book October 28, 2014.

The adaptation of Ted Thompson’s debut novel, THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS, will be written and directed by Nicole Holofcener and produced by Anthony Bregman for Fox Searchlight. Holofcener recently won an Independent Spirit Award for her movie “Enough Said,” and is also known for such acclaimed films as “Lovely & Amazing,” “Friends with Money,” and “Please Give.”

Amazon named PEGASUS by Danielle Steel, as one of the Fall’s “Blockbuster” books. Her latest novel, A PERFECT LIFE, is currently in its second week on The New York Times Hardcover bestseller list at #7. Knopf will publish PEGASUS on October 28, 2014.

An excerpt from Mark Whitaker’s biography of Bill Cosby was published in The Hollywood Reporter. Simon & Schuster will publish the book on September 21, 2014.

In honor of the 10th anniversary of BERGDORF BLONDES, HarperCollins is reprinting the book (along with its follow-up THE DEBUTANTE DIVORCEE) in gorgeous, eye-catching new packages, with new forewords by the author. The reprint editions were released on August 19, 2014.

Mr. Harris’ book is now in its ninth printing and for the week ending 8/17 was ranked #16 on the LA Times and #34 on Indie Bound best seller list. Learn more about the science of meditation in this clip from his Big Think interview. IT books published the book in hardcover March 11, 2014.

Mr. Waldman’s book tells the remarkably dramatic story of man versus corrosion. Mary Roach, author of GULP, says of it, “The clarity and quiet wit of Waldman’s prose, his gift for narrative, his zeal for reporting and his eye for detail, these things and more put him in a class with John McPhee and Susan Orlean.” Simon & Schuster will publish March 10, 2015.