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The writer and illustrator William Steig lived several lives before his book about a surly ogre became a Hollywood hit.

The fast success of this play, about the children’s author Roald Dahl, is a rarity on Broadway, where most shows lose money.

In “An Inconvenient Widow,” Lois Romano defends the most reviled first lady from her detractors past and present.

Lots of guys are recommending “As a Man Thinketh” for self-improvement. That’s not what it gave me.

For her latest book, the popular British scholar Mary Beard gets personal about how she fell for ancient Greece and Rome.

In “The Theater,” the journalist James Verini recounts the bombing of a performing arts space turned refugee shelter in the middle of war-torn Mariupol.

The best-selling author Lynn Painter recommends low-heat love stories that deliver on juicy tension, crackling banter and plenty of swoon.

The best-selling author recommends books by Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory and more where the line between nemeses and soul mates becomes deliciously flimsy.

Her mother put her on TV at 11 months old. She lost custody of her own daughter. The “Nashville” star has a lot to reckon with in her new memoir.

In his first book, Theo Baker chronicles an outrageously eventful year navigating an enigmatic center of power.