authors of non-fiction

Deary is the world's bestselling non-fiction author for children, and one of the most popular children's authors in the country. He has written 200 books which have been translated into 40 different languages. His 50 Horrible Histories titles have sold over 25 million copies worldwide from China to Brazil.

Speakers at the Library of Congress March 28 event honoring the late writer Denis Johnson were (left to right): Maria Arana, advisor to the Library who moderated the evening; novelist Jonathan Franzen; Cindy Johnson, the author's wife; novelist Elliot Ackerman; theater and film producer Elizabeth Cuthrell; ...

In conjunction with its Spectrum cable partner, the C-SPAN Cities Tour producers will visit various literary and historic sites, interview local historians, non-fiction authors and conduct education and community outreach in the area. Local Asheville segments recorded March 18-21 will air April 21-22.

Terry Deary is the world's bestselling non-fiction author for children and one of the most popular children's authors in the country. He has written 200 books which have been translated into 40 different languages. His 50 Horrible Histories titles have sold over 25 million copies worldwide from China to Brazil!

British authorities have banned conservative Canadian blogger and non-fiction author Lauren Southern from entering the country for “distributing racist materials” in Luton, provoking an angry reaction on Twitter. Lauren Southern, a right-wing Youtube personality who advocates stricter border and entry ...

"During their time in Tyler, C-SPAN producers will visit various literary and historic sites, interview local historians, non-fiction authors and conduct educational and community outreach in the area," according to a City of Tyler news release. Segments will record the week of March 9 through March 12 and ...

Now Kelvin Clout is held up as an “Agent of Change” – a man of “high ethical standards” and one of 15 New Zealanders who prolific non-fiction author George Bryant of Tauranga believes are making a real difference to the way we live. That is why Kelvin Clout is featured in Bryant's latest book. “Kelvin ...

In conjunction with its cable partner, Cox Communications, C-SPAN producers will visit various literary and historic sites, interview local historians and non-fiction authors and conduct educational and community outreach in the area. Local segments recorded during the week of March 4-7 will air on Book ...

This is what American journalist and non-fiction author Charles Duhigg explained in his book “The Power of Habit”. In the first chapter of the book, Duhigg gave a clear exposition of how the habit loops work. He reflected on a few studies of people who perfectly exhibited how the neurological loop governs a ...

Viva Italia!” With sales of £174.5m, Oliver is the second-biggest selling author since Nielsen BookScan records began (second only to J K Rowling) and by far the biggest non-fiction author. Only 12 non-fiction books since records began have crossed the £10m barrier – and Oliver has written six of them.

Award-winning journalist, novelist and non-fiction author Trevor Cole is the March dinner speaker for the Canadian Club of Halton. Cole will sign purchased copies of his latest book, The Whisky King: The Remarkable True Story of Canada's Most Infamous Bootlegger and the Undercover Mountie on His ...

We can read about just such women in The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime, an anthology compiled by non-fiction author and anthologist Michael Sims (born in Tenessee in 1958), which brings together excerpts from stories about the best Victorian female crime fighters such as Loveday Brooke, ...

David Bianculli is an American television critic, columnist, radio personality and non-fiction author. He's been the television critic for National Public Radio's Fresh Air show since 1987, and occasionally substitutes for the show's host. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of the website TVWorthWatching.com, ...

WEST HARTFORD, CT — (Contributed press release): Narrative non-fiction author Paul Kix discusses his critically acclaimed and best-selling book, The Saboteur, about the path an aristocrat took to become France's bravest commando during World War II. The story of Robert de La Rochefoucauld's war is ...

Teaming up with bestselling non-fiction author, Maryann Karinch (How to Spot a Liar), Kaluza set about telling the true story—and truly dramatic—story of the Deepwater Horizon blowout. It is the story of a rig supervisor on a five-day assignment being scapegoated by his employer, BP, as part of a corrupt ...

I talk to the authors of non-fiction books and learn how they apply their book's lessons in their own lives. For this article, I talked to Adam Grant, author of Give and Take. The stereotypical image of people in the world of business is that they are cutthroat and ruthless. But Adam Grant, the youngest tenured ...

We all have stories to tell, and non-fiction author Mimi Schwartz graciously shares 25 of her own in “When History is Personal,” a collection of essays out this month from University of Nebraska Press. Schwartz writes in a bright, swift style, moving from her girlhood in Queens, N.Y., where she was raised the ...

As part of the C-SPAN Cities Tour, a team of C-SPAN producers visited various literary and historic sites around Shawnee and interviewed local historians and non-fiction authors. They also conducted educational and community outreach in town. The segments are available for viewing, and Vyve invites ...

Terry Deary is the world's bestselling non-fiction author for children and one of the most popular children's authors in the country. He has written 200 books, which have been translated into 40 different languages. Over the past 25 years, his 50 Horrible Histories titles have sold more than 25 million copies ...