This week's publishing highlights are a bumper crop of biography, science and fiction — including new reads the from authors ...

The prizewinning novelist’s unsparing memoir, “Mother Mary Comes to Me,” captures the eventful life and times of her mother, a driven educator and imperfect inspiration.

Every book has passed through several hands and sets of eyes, sometimes across multiple agencies or publishing houses, before ...

In a recent interview, Roach spoke from her home in Oakland’s Glenview neighborhood. She says the entry points to writing ...