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Book from `Sex and the City' film doesn't
exist A consumer alert for the millions who have
seen the "Sex and the City" movie: There is no such book as
"Love Letters of Great Men," which Carrie Bradshaw reads while
in bed with Mr. Big.
Miley Cyrus will pen her life story…
The 15 year old star of kids show Hannah Montana- has
signed a deal to write her first book. Disney- who also make her
TV show, film, albums and merchandise- will release her
autobiography in 2009.
Hobbit fans: It
was almost Bingo Baggins In his original
manuscript for "The Fellowship of the Ring," author J.R.R.
Tolkien named his main character not Frodo Baggins, but,
according to Tolkien scholar Wayne Hammond, Bingo Baggins.
Special Report: Buying books
online can save volumes
It is a price war and
this is the scoop on who won!
Two Romance
Novelists Win Contest Two
aspiring romance novelists, one a 28-year-old doctorate student,
the other a 56-year-old horse farmer, will have books published
next year by Simon & Schuster after winning the First Chapters
Romance Writing Competition.
Featured Authors and Illustrators
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Jack Prelutsky
children's poet laureate
Prelutsky was
recently was named the first ever children's poet
laureate, by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation, though
childless, perhaps
Prelutsky never stopped being a kid himself.
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Karen Kingsbury
goes to the movies
"Gideon's
Gift" is being made into a movie with a tentative
release date of November 2007. Filming begins in February which
will star Elle Fanning (the younger sister of actress Dakota
Fanning) and Christian Slater.
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John Baker, crime writer
Crime writer John
Baker's novels include Poet in the Gutter
(1995); Death Minus Zero (1996); King of the Streets (1998);
Walking with Ghosts (1999); The Chinese Girl (2000); Shooting in
the Dark (2001); The Meanest Flood (2003) and White Skin Man
(2004).
In addition to writing crime and mystery novels, Baker is a book
reviewer for Shots magazine and the Tangled Web. He is also a
member of the Murder Squad, a collective of crime writers who
use
workshops, panels, readings, and lectures to promote the genre.
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