2013 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners Announced

List of the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Award winners. Dennis Lahane won Best Novel for Live by Night May 5, 2013

Luci Tapahonso as the first Navajo Nation Poet Laureate

Luci Tapahonso has been named the first Navajo Nation Poet Laureate by Navajo Technical College. She has authored five books of poetry. May 5, 2013

The Atlantic Launches New Line of Ebooks

The Atlantic has announced the launch of a new line of ebooks, called The Atlantic Ebooks. The line launches with Denial by Jonathan Rauch. May 5, 2013

Harper Lee Suing Literary Agent for Stealing To Kill a Mockingbird Copyright

Harper Lee is suing her literary agent, Samuel Pinkus, for tricking her into singing a document that signed her To Kill a Mockingbird copyright over to him. May 4, 2013

NASA Seeks Haikus to Send to Mars

NASA's upcoming MAVEN spaceraft will measure the Martian magnetic field. It will also carry a disc containing three haikus and one of them could be yours. May 3, 2013

Warren Buffett Joins Twitter With Verified Account

Warren Buffett has joined Twitter. May 2, 2013

Martha Stewart Shares Health Tips in Living the Good Long Life

Martha Stewart has a new book out about healthy living, The book, Living the Good Long Life, features advice, resources, charts and tips from doctors and wellness experts. May 2, 2013

Mitch Albom Signs Three Book Deal With HarperCollins

Mitch Albom is leaving Hyperion for HarperCollins. He has signed a three book deal with Harper and the first novel will be published in November. May 2, 2013

New York Magazine's Sandy Cover Named Cover of the Year

New York Magazine won the Cover of the Year award from the ASME for its Sandy cover that shows a half dark New York City. May 1, 2013

Lauren Graham Talks First Novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe

Actress Lauren Graham (Parenthood) has written her first novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe. May 1, 2013

Australian's Vogel Literary Prize Unable to Find Winner

There will be no winner for The Australian's Vogel Literary Prize this year. The judges say they could not find an entry worthy enough to be the winner. May 1, 2013

Cheezburger Network Cuts 24 Jobs

The Cheezburger Network, best known for its LOL Cats, has cut 24 jobs. This is about 35% of its workforce. April 30, 2013

The Weather Channel to Launch New Web Series

The Weather Channel is starting to launch web series. The first three will cover athletes, virus hunters and disaster survivors. April 30, 2013

Abrams to Publish Graphic Novel Based on Octavia E. Butler's Novel Kindred

Abrams has announced that it will publish a graphic novel based on Octavia E. April 30, 2013

Warsan Shire Wins Brunel University African Poetry Prize

Warsan Shire has won the first Brunel University African Poetry Prize. She is a 24-year-old Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer, based in London. April 30, 2013

William Morrow Announces Witness, a Digital Mystery/Thriller Imprint

William Morrow has announced plans to launch Witness, a digital imprint that will publish mystery, suspense and thriller novels. The imprint will launch in October, 2013. April 30, 2013

Boston Magazine's Moving Boston Marathon Tribute Cover

Boston Magazine's moving Boston Marathon tribute cover features the actual shoes of the marathon runners arranged in the shape of a heart. April 29, 2013

Little, Brown to Publish Paul McCartney Biography

Little, Brown will publish a Paul McCartney biography in 2015. April 29, 2013

Joe Hill Talks Writing Memorable Villains

Joe HIll explains how to create memorable villains. He says taht the more we learn about a villain's backstory, the less scary the villain becomes. April 29, 2013

Amazon Cracking Down on Very Short Kindle Books

A user of KBoards, a discussion board for Kindle, has shared an email she received from Amazon about minimum word length. April 29, 2013

Conan O' Brien's Monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner

Here are of the best quips from Conan O'Brien's monologue at the 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner. April 28, 2013

Zach Braff Uses Kickstarter to Raise Over $2 Million for Film Project

Zach Braff has used Kickstarter to raise over $2 million to make Wish I Was Here. Zach wrote the screenplay with his brother, Adam Braff. April 28, 2013

Bess Lovejoy Investigates Fates of Famous Corpses in New Book

Bess Lovejoy investigates the fates of famous corpses in her book, Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses. April 27, 2013

General Mills Launches 2013 Cheerios New Author Contest

General Mills has announced the launch of the 2013 Cheerios New Author Contest. The winner gets $5,000 and possibility of a publishing contract. April 27, 2013

New York Times Already Has Google Glass App

The New York Times is not waiting around. They have already launched an app for Google Glass so people can get breaking news alerts. April 26, 2013