Elizabeth Taylor

Appearing on "60 Minutes" several months ago, author Jon Krakauer took aim at a fellow best-selling author and mountain climber. His target: Greg Mortenson, author of "Three Cups of Tea"...

Though a friend likened "Rich Boy" to "The Great Gatsby" in its depiction of a young man living under the illusion that money can buy happiness, for me it evoked...

The headline blares: "Elderly Chicago woman found dead, mutilated." Four fingers of her right hand had been severed. The prime suspect? The slain woman's best friend, Dr. Jennifer White, a...

Second novels can break the heart. Those robust, provocative first novels that seize the lapels often seem to invite pale imitation, leaving readers desperate to escape the straitjacket of promise....

On Sunday afternoon at Printers Row Lit Fest, away from the crowds strolling through aisles of used books or the ruckus of tots being entertained at the Lil' Lit Park...

Calling young readers - and grown-ups who read those types of books. Printers Row Lit Fest is the place for you! Our programming this year reflects the explosion in wonderful...

"Work, as you will see, is imagined broadly in these stories - as labor, as chores, as business, as duty, as habit, as memory, as art, and as priestly avocation,"...

If it's Friday, it must be Chicago. That's how Kathryn Stockett seemed to feel when she arrived at Chase Auditorium in the midst of whistlestop tour to promote publication of...