Her First Novel Was Beloved. Why Does Her New One Feel All Wrong?

The heroine of Karen Russell’s new novel, The Antidote—her second—is a plucky teenage girl intent on excelling at a practice ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Set in 1950s Topeka, author's first novel tells of 'Lunacy and Acts of God'

Topekan Ruth Maus's debut novel, "Lunacy and Acts of God," is a humorous coming-of-age story set in 1958 Topeka. The novel explores themes of prejudice and mental illness through the eyes of ...
WLRN

'The Long Walk' brings Stephen King's first novel to the movies

Stephen King's first novel, which he began as a college freshman in the late '60s and published under a pseudonym in 1979, is finally coming to theaters. "The Long Walk" is set in a dystopian America ...

Why Penelope Fitzgerald did not publish her first novel until she was nearly sixty

Penelope Fitzgerald published her first novel at sixty after decades of raising children, surviving a sinking houseboat, and ...