Britain's longest-running children's comic is facing closure after 75 years in print.

Count the five Chinese blessings: Happiness, longevity, wealth, joy and professional success.

With yearly estimated earnings of more than US$90 million, prolific writer James Patterson is by far the highest earning author in the world but women are gaining ground, according to Forbes.com.

It's a literary phenomenon: with nearly 40 million copies sold, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an erotic romance spiced up with sado-masochism is well on its way to breaking all the records.

Mark O'Donnell, the Tony Award-winning writer behind such quirky and clever Broadway shows as “Hairspray and “Cry-Baby,” died Monday, his agent said. He was 58.

Author J.K. Rowling launched an online book club for young readers on Tuesday and will appear in a live global webcast in October from Edinburgh, Scotland, to speak with her fans about the magical world of Harry Potter.

Best-selling author Kurt Andersen isn't a spy, but that didn't stop him from writing his latest novel about a group of friends who hatch a James Bond-like plot amid the tumult of the 1960s in the United States.

Two girl crusaders who staged a mock red carpet show against Teen Vogue said their meeting with the magazine's top editor was brief and chilly.

The cover of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's first foray into adult fiction features a large black “X” in what appears to be a box on a ballot paper set against a bright yellow and red background, her publishers revealed on Tuesday.

An Ivy League scholar and mother-of-two is touching a raw nerve by questioning whether high-flying career women with families, at least American ones, can truly “have it all.”