Edwin Edwards: The controversy and the facts Profiled more times by 60 Minutes than any other governor in history, Edwin Edwards did not run from controversy, he embraced it. The quickest mind in politics, drafted once to run for president, elected governor four times, and friend of nearly every.
Karen English is the author of many children’s books, including Speak to Me (And I Will Listen between the Lines), which was a School Library Journal Best Book of She lives in Richmond, California.
Following the war, he went on to found the Ku Klux Klan. Late in life, however, Forrest disavowed racial hatred and called for black political advancement. Author Jack Hurst has written the essential biography of a complex and compelling man who was arguably the Civil War's most remarkable soldier.
Sarah Dessen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, including The Truth About Forever, Just Listen and This Lullaby. Her work has been published in over thirty countries and sold millions of copies worldwide.
In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement.
Essayist for Eureka Street and the Age. Brian Doyle is an award-winning author and essayist, and is the editor of Portland, a magazine noted for publishing the work of fine writers.
Laura Hillenbrand (born ) is an American author of books and magazine articles. Her two bestselling nonfiction books, Seabiscuit: An American Legend () and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (), have sold over 13 million copies, and each was adapted for film.
Pulitzer Prize-winning medical journalist Dr. Sheri Fink is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Five Days at Memorial, named one of the ten best books of by The New York Times.
David Mitchell was born in Southport, Merseyside, in England, raised in Malvern, Worcestershire, and educated at the University of Kent, studying for a degree in English and American Literature followed by an M.A. in Comparative Literature.
People across the nation are mourning the death of Christopher Lawford (ex-Charlie Brent, All My Children). The actor, who was born into Hollywood nobility and later became a public health advocate and best-selling author, died on Tuesday in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was