They turn and face death at the hands of a mob like Joe Christmas does in the novel, "Light in August."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

In nineteen seventy, James Conaway wrote a crime novel called The Big Easy. The story was set in New Orleans.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

In the next seven years, between nineteen-twenty-nine and nineteen-thirty-six, he seemed to re-invent the novel with every book he wrote.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

She is best known for her novel "The Tale of Despereaux" about a little mouse who has some big adventures.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

But reports say Eva Gabrielsson has Larsson's personal computer which contains part of his work on the series' fourth novel.

VOA: special.2010.08.18

The trip to Spain resulted in two works, a play called "The Fifth Column" and the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

VOA: special.2011.06.26

Sinclair Lewis' novel "Elmer Gantry" is about a Christian clergyman who does not obey the morals he professes.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

It was a musical version of the famous novel about Africa, "Cry,the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

So begins the novel that takes Langdon hunting and hurrying around Washington,D.C., through museums,monuments and government buildings.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

The novel re-visits the character of Robert Langdon, the Harvard University professor from Brown's first two books.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

What that novel did not do,however, was sell one million copies the day of its release.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

Another best picture nominee about a teenager is "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

John Adams is a writer not only of music: he is currently working on a novel.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

But first,a report on a new mystery novel that is breaking sales records in adult fiction.

VOA: special.2009.10.09