AUTHOR OF 9 BOOKS

This is an eye witness recap of the two days of the first ever Tuscon Festival of Books.

An Interview with C. Leigh Purtill, the author of Love, Meg

J.D. Salinger, the reclusive and enigmatic author of "The Catcher in the Rye," died of natural causes at his estate in Cornish, New Hampshire. He was 91. Notable (though less reclusive)authors Robert B. Parker and Erich Segal also died recently.

Plan to attend the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 24 and 25, 2010 for a wonderful way to celebrate books and reading.

A closer look at a man who has a wealth of information to share about North Caddo, Louisiana.

Jacqueline Marcell's story of trying to save her mother's life, who had a heart attack. When her mother nearly died from his inability to care for her, Marcell stepped in to help and her father turned vehemently against her.

L. A. Times Festival of Books is exciting, interesting and fun for the entire family.

On March 14 and 15, the University of Arizona will host the Tucson Festival of Books.

After reading this author's work, I decided to help host a Virtual Book Tour and decided that a look at one successful author's writing process might be intriguing to readers, authors and budding writers.

Peter Tomlinson is author of The Petronicus Legacy series of books. So far, the series is made up of three novels: The Stones of Petronicus (Bewrite Books, 2004); The Time of Kadrik (Bewrite Books, 2006) and The Voyages of Delticos (Bewrite Books, 2007).

Before I buy books, especially for my kids, I will check out bookcloseouts.com first. They are a terrific online source for inexpensive books.

An Interview with Simone Elkeles, Author of How to Ruin a Summer Vacation

An Interview with Sara Ryan, Author of Rules for Hearts

An Interview with Simmone Howell, Author of Notes from the Teenage Underground

An interview with Heather Brewer, author of EIGHTH GRADE BITES.

Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, the celebrated German writer, painter, and founder of the Museum der Phantasie died this week at the age of 89. Buchheim authored the 1973 international bestseller "Das Boot," which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name.

Metaphysics is an intriguing branch of philosophy that can be extraordinarily difficult to grasp. I've put together a comprehensive list of books in order to give even the most amateur philosopher a solid handle on the subject.