That's where the story turns fantastical, leading Briar through centuries-old town secrets, haunted seaside carnivals, and oceanic monsters as she sets out on a quest to rescue her estranged friend ...

Feb. 2, meet author Elizabeth C. Bunce, the word-sleuthing mastermind behind the “Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery” series, during an author talk at Helena Middle School at 1 p.m.

Included are two employees, one a former nanny who was in her mid-20s at the time of the first incident, and five fans – one just 18 when she met the star fantasy author. Gaiman, through his ...

For sheer chutzpah, it’s hard to beat the story of the Polish professor — a Jewish woman, no less — who created a fake persona as a Polish Christian countess and bamboozled the Nazis into ...

The Erskine Academy girls basketball coach’s team faced a tall task against Medomak Valley’s Kytana Williamson, one of Class B’s best players, and 6-foot-1 Chloe Fox, a matchup nightmare.

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Elizabeth Findell is the Texas-based U.S. news reporter for The Wall Street Journal. She spends most of her time traversing the Lone Star State, covering its politics and personalities, border ...

More appropriate for an Easter egg hunt than a red carpet. Maya Erskine’s floral Chloe dress was too casual for the first big awards season carpet of the year, and looked daytime.

who is the owner and publisher of Flying Books. Sharpe said several people who dropped by her bookstore through the day Saturday had fond memories to share about Pyper. "It's been amazing just ...

I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. Another year of reading has come and gone, leaving mental trails of books consumed and enjoyed. We’ll get to some of those shortly.

ERSKINE, Minn. (Valley News Live) - A rural, Minnesota man is looking to warn others of a phone scam he thinks is preying on the elderly population. It’s a scam as old as time. “It’s pretty ...

He was 89. Lodge’s death was announced by Vintage Books U.K., which said in a statement that he died Wednesday with his family by his side. Lodge’s wife, Mary, died in January 2022.