Laurie Grassi

In this interview, Book Club author Donna Tartt shares her inspiration for The Goldfinch and why it's a fallacy that culture, inevitably, is civilizing.

Elizabeth Gilbert shifts focus from her best-selling memoir to a new tale about a woman growing up in 19th-century America who searches for love while exploring the mysteries of science.

After the hugely successful memoir Eat, Pray, Love and its companion, Committed, Gilbert offers up a sweeping 19-century-style saga about a brilliant woman coming of age in the evolving world of science and exploration.

Watch the trailer for the first of seven books about the clairvoyant Paige Mahoney who sends her mind wandering the streets of London — changing her life forever.

The young author talks about the inspiration for her debut novel, being compared to J.K. Rowling, and who she’d like to see cast in the film version (the rights have already been sold!).