Danielle Steel has been awarded the prestigious French Legion of Honor joining other Americans who received the award such as Julia Child and Bob Dylan. Her most recent novel, WINNERS, was published by Delacorte Press on October 29, 2013.

Olivia Laing’s THE TRIP TO ECHO SPRING is a January 2014 Amazon Editor’s Best Book of the Month pick (Biography & Memoir). The author was also interviewed on the December 29, 2013 edition of the Inside the New York Times Book Review Podcast. Picador published the book on December 24, 2013.

Victoria Wilson’s biography of Barbara Stanwyck received a great review in the January 5, 2014 issue of the New York Times Book Review. The reviewer, Molly Haskell, praises Wilson for “providing context of extraordinary breadth, taking in not only Stanwyck’s life…but also the world through which she moved.” The author was also interviewed on the Inside the New York Times Book Review podcast. Simon & Schuster published the book on November 12, 2013.

Robert Hilburn’s biography of Johnny Cash reached the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction bestseller list for the week of January 5, 2014 and Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times called it one of her 10 favorite books of 2013, saying that Hilburn “writes persuasively about Cash’s trajectory as an artist — his place in a changing country music scene, his mythologizing of American life, and his eclectic influences (including gospel, blues and traditional folk).”

Ted Thompson’s THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS was reviewed by Publishers Weekly, which called the book an “acutely written first novel” and said, “Thompson is a master at dramatically pitting one character against another…[he] proves to be as keen an observer of this social scene as his literary forebears, Cheever and Updike.” Little, Brown will publish the book on March 25, 2014.

James Scott’s THE KEPT was reviewed on the front page of the New York Times Arts section and in Macleans. The Times praised the “author’s sparse, elegant prose” and said, “It is a haunting narrative, salvaged by precise language that never overreaches or oversells…The plot unfolds with a weighty languor reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy.”

The UK edition of Koethi Zan’s, THE NEVER LIST has been selected for the Spring 2014 Richard and Judy Book Club. Viking/Penguin published the book in the U.S. on July 16, 2013.

Lexicon continues to earn acclaim. John Warner in his The Biblioracle column in the Chicago Tribune calls it, “Page-turner of the Year....a smart, character-based thrill." Penguin Press published the book June 18, 2013.

Olivia Laing’s THE TRIP TO ECHO SPRING was reviewed in The Boston Globe, The New York Post, Newsday, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Columbus Dispatch, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Tampa Bay Times, BookPage, and Shelf Awareness. The Boston Globe called it “sharp and engaging,” while Newsday called it “sparkling.” The Columbus Dispatch called it “subtly and elegantly structured."

Jennifer Percy’s DEMON CAMP is an Amazon Best Book of the Month (Biography & Memoir) and was featured in articles by the New York Post and Washington Times discussing exorcism and PTSD. Scribner will publish the book on January 14, 2014.