Babitz’s life is the source code for her best books, 1974’s “Eve’s Hollywood” and 1977’s “Slow Days, Fast Company”; her ...

Is there a better writer of urban American stories than Richard Price? His resume is hart to beat: To episodes of HBO’s “The ...

Matheson transports readers to the sets of quite a few of his Hollywood gigs in the enjoyable and illuminating memoir, “Damn ...

In the first interview about his new book The City and its Uncertain Walls, the celebrated author also talks with NPR about his age and finding beauty in isolation.

The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations ...