Mary Daniels Brown

My mother always insisted that, as soon as I was old enough to sit up, she’d find me in my crib after my nap babbling away, with a Little Golden Book on my lap. I’ve had my nose in a book ever since. I grew up in a small town, with the tiny town library literally in my backyard. As an only child in an unhappy home, I found comfort and companionship in books. As an adult I wanted to be Harry Potter, although I admit I’m more Hermione. My life has been a series of research projects. Reading has taught me that human lives are deliciously messy and that “it’s complicated” isn’t a punchline.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”: casting the new film version

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”: casting the new film version Marjorie Kehe is reporting on The Christian Science Monitor‘s book blog that Daniel Craig has signed to portray Mikael Blomkvist, the male protagonist, in the Hollywood version of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Meanwhile, the search continues for […]

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Taming Time Travel – Science News

Taming Time Travel – Science News: Novelists and screenwriters know that time travel can be accomplished in all sorts of ways: a supercharged DeLorean, Hermione’s small watch and, most recently, a spacetime-bending hot tub have allowed fictional heroes to jump between past and future. But physicists know that time travel is more than just a

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International Thriller Writers Announces Award Winners

International Thriller Writers Announces Award Winners: Winners include the following: Best Short Story: “A Stab in the Heart” by Twist Phelan, Ellery Queen Magazine Best First Novel: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti (HarperCollins) Best Paperback Original: The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli (Random House) Best Hardcover Novel: The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner (Random

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Happy 50th Birthday, “To Kill a Mockingbird”

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New Biography Claims Emily Dickinson Had Epilepsy : NPR

New Biography Claims Emily Dickinson Had Epilepsy : NPR: Another offering from National Public Radio, this one about the new biography of poet Emily Dickinson that opens the door on a number of skeletons in the Dickinson family closet.

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After 50 Years, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Still Sings America’s Song : NPR

After 50 Years, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Still Sings America’s Song : NPR: National Public Radio’s contribution to the upcoming 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Top 10 books of 2010… according to Amazon

Top 10 books of 2010… according to Amazon – CSMonitor.com: Here’s a list of Amazon’s top 10 “must read” books for the first half of 2010. The article also contains links to a few other Amazon lists: a Top 10 fiction list, a Top 10 nonfiction list, and a Top 10 kids and teens list.

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Scout, Atticus & Boo

Scout, Atticus & Boo – CSMonitor.com: Yvonne Zipp, in Christian Science Monitor, reviews a new book issued to honor the fiftieth anniversary–July 11–of the publication of Harper Lee’s iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird: “‘Scout, Atticus & Boo’ is a lovely celebration of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ And if, in the end, many of the

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The Writer Who Couldn’t Read : NPR

The Writer Who Couldn’t Read : NPR: This fascinating story from NPR (National Public Radio) tells the story of Howard Engel, a Canadian mystery novelist who woke up one morning and discovered that he could no longer read. His brain damaged by a stroke, Engel couldn’t make sense of written words, which looked to him

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José Saramago, Nobel Prize-Winning Portuguese Writer, Dies at 87

José Saramago, Nobel Prize-Winning Portuguese Writer, Dies at 87 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com: José Saramago, the Portuguese writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998 with novels that combine surrealist experimentation with a kind of sardonic peasant pragmatism, died on Friday at his home in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. He was

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