The autobiography of a lifelong teetotaler, detailing the struggles of resisting temptations and leading a life free from intoxicants, is a timely and truthful record of its era, said the Dr Peter ...

Research into James Baldwin's archives reveals incisive details about the writer's personal relationships, both platonic and ...

The Making of Mike Tyson,” moves from the boxer’s birth in 1966 to 1988, what writer Mark Kriegel calls “the year of (Tyson’s ...

Larry: A New Biography evokes a lovable cad, whose problematic behaviours Haag either skims over or defends vehemently ...

We talk with Margaret Brucia, author of "The Key to Everything: May Swenson, A Writer’s Life." May Swenson was one of the ...

Frank Stanford, who killed himself at age 29, died far too young. Thanks to writer James McWilliams, the legendary Arkansas poet's short but colorful life is now documented in a monumental biography.

For much of his life, Paul Gauguin railed against the deadening effects of bourgeois domesticity. But as Sue Prideaux writes ...

The Legendary Tugboat Captain Annie Brennan of Puget Sound” by Bernard A. Drew, is a dual biography of the character of Annie ...

Casual readers of Elmore Leonard may be turned off by the minutia in this biography of the popular American writer. But true Leonard fans will love the heavily detailed account, with page after page ...

Her work in The Jeffersons earned her five Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Golden ...

Fauja Singh took to running after the death of his fifth son, Kuldeep Singh, in August 1994 to overcome the grief. He often said that running is the best exercise to deal with emotional pain resulting ...