For the past 20 years, “Goosebumps” series author R.L. Stine has been writing the stuff of nightmares: Tiny hamsters turn evil! A teacher develops an appetite for children...

The best part of a funeral is the evening after the service. People have taken off their heels and loosened their neckties; maybe they’re a little drunk. And that’s when t...

The Small Press Expo is more than an annual gathering of legendary comic artists, aspiring cartoonists and rabid fans. It’s a place where comics get the respect they deserve...

When Atlantic Monthly writer Hanna Rosin published an article in the magazine called “The End of Men,” she didn’t choose the headline. But once the article led to a book...

Molly Ringwald played a beautiful, brooding, pretty-in-pink teen in iconic coming-of-age flicks in the ’80s. Now 44, she’s still beautiful, still brooding — but hold the...

In her controversially titled new book, “What’s the Matter with White People? Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was,” Salon.com editor and MSNBC analyst Joan Walsh...

On her popular fashion/entertaining/decor blog — Mrs. Lilien Styling House (Blog.mrslilien.com) — LA style diva Kelley Lilien runs photo-filled “recipes” for everythin...

On Valentine’s Day, author Cheryl Strayed walked out onto a stage in San Francisco and admitted she was the author of the (until-then) anonymous advice column “Dear Sugar,...

Nothing brings two people together quite like rabies. Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy — he’s a journalist, she’s a vet — teamed up to write “Rabid: A Cultural History o...

While researching genetics and DNA for his new book, “The Violinist’s Thumb” — a look at how DNA influences our quirks and tendencies — author Sam Kean decided to ma...

Natalie Hopkinson’s new book, “Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City,” isn’t your typical history of D.C.’s music scene. The former Washington P...

D.C. native Uzodinma Iweala earned accolades in 2005 for “Beasts of No Nation,” a heartbreaking fictional tale about child soldiers in West Africa. Since then, he’s work...

Florence Williams’ new book sets the record straight on mammaries. A writer for the New York Times, Slate, Mother Jones and O magazine, journalist Florence Williams could’...

Justin Halpern will always be in debt to his father. In 2009, the aspiring TV writer moved in with his parents after a bad breakup. For fun, he started a Twitter feed — @[St...

A good novel is cheaper than a plane ticket and quicker than a cross-country road trip. And yet it has the same ability to transport you to a new place. “Escapism is the gen...