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How hard-boiled language lessons from Adrienne, the motorcycle-riding author of a series of 1970s language books, turned a homebody into an explorer.

“It’s my comfort book,” she says of the comic novel about a busted marriage. Her own new thriller is a sequel to “The Last Thing He Told Me.”

He was a foremost authority on the president, tracing his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.

With the famously private novelist enjoying a (private) moment in the sun, we reached out to die-hard fans who’ve tuned in to the zaniness all along.

It’s October, which means it’s time for the master of horror to shine. Yet he’s become equally famous for several works of non-horror.

The writer mined her conversations with Peter Hujar and other artists. Now, those exchanges are being brought to life onscreen.

​The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

The horror author Rachel Harrison recommends books that offer emotional insight and social commentary beyond the scares.

His songs have inspired fans for five decades. Now the indefatigable musician delivers the whole story in a 463-page memoir.