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Ask someone who works in publishing what they think of American Dirt and they might tell you they're not the best person to speak to the situation. Or that they haven't read the novel. They might directly reference their privilege, then suggest you ask one of the handful of Latinx people who edit or sell books.  Read more

Mary Higgins Clark, who published her first mystery in 1975 and went on to be known as the Queen of Suspense, died January 31 of natural causes at her home in Naples, Fla. She was 92.  Read more

There are so many moving parts an author needs to pay attention to when writing fiction-POV, character development, narrative structure, happy-hour specials-that it's easy to miss the small stuff, the things that we think we instinctively understand and already do very well.  Read more