Dec 21st, 2008 · Gregory Maguire is the author of the bestselling novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," which has been turned into a worldwide hit musical. Maguire has written an original Christmas story for NPR which he will read on All Things Considered on Christmas Day. The story is based on Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Match Girl." Maguire speaks with guest host Alison Stewart to give listeners a taste of what's to come.
Keywords: worldwide · music · original · novel · Christmas · Christmas Day · All Things Considered · bestseller · Maguire · Gregory Maguire · Wicked · The Little Match Girl
Oct 16th, 2008 · A young girl and her housekeeper leave home in 1964 to escape a troubled home life. Their journey leads them to three sisters who raise bees, and who provide some much needed shelter, wisdom and love. This new film is based on the bestselling book by the same name.
Keywords: Secret · shelter · journey · wisdom · bestseller · 1964 · bees · Housekeeping
Oct 6th, 2008 · In trying to catch up with his 9-year-old and 11-year-old kids in learning about the human body, bestselling author and illustrator David Macaulay wrote The Way We Work: Getting To Know the Amazing Human Body. He calls the task daunting.
Keywords: human · illustrator · bestseller · David Macaulay · Way We Work · To Know the Amazing Human Body
Aug 16th, 2008 · Bestselling writer George Pelecanos says his newest thriller, The Turnaround, is based on an incident that happened in his neighborhood when he was 15. At the heart of the book is the idea that people never outlive responsibility for what they do.
Keywords: neighborhoods · Writer · thriller · bestseller · Pelecanos · George Pelecanos · Outliving
May 27th, 2008 · A new venture from former Disney head Michael Eisner and bestselling author Robin Cook tests a different sort of business model for online video. The two have launched a 50-part video series that serves as a prequel to Cook's new novel.
Keywords: Business · video · online · Disney · Venture · novel · bestseller · Eisner · Michael Eisner · prequel · Robin Cook
Apr 29th, 2008 · Fifteen-year-old Miley Cyrus — better known as Hannah Montana — is the undisputed queen of all squeaky-clean tween media. She's the star of her own Disney Channel show. She has bestselling albums, a sold-out concert tour, a 3-D concert movie and an upcoming movie. She also has an upcoming feature in Vanity Fair magazine. Pictures from that photo shoot have been swirling around the Internet in the past few days, including one of her topless, clutching a satin sheet to her chest. A lot of her young fans are disappointed.
Keywords: critic · media · magazine · picture · movies · Internet · Teen · concert · photo · album · chest · bestseller
Dec 14th, 2007 · Children in Afghanistan are at the center of The Kite Runner, the film adapted from the bestselling book by Khalid Hosseni. Like the novel, the film breaks into two parts: childhood friendship and betrayal in pre-war Afghanistan, then how that relationship changes in adulthood.
Keywords: Afghanistan · children · childhood · novel · Friendship · bestseller · runner · adulthood · The Kite Runner · Khalid Hosseni
Jun 9th, 2007 · Bestselling author Paulo Coelho's newest novel, The Witch of Portobello, explores the concept of goddess-based religion. Coehlo talks about the new book with John Ydstie.
Keywords: religion · John Ydstie · novel · bestseller · goddess · Coelho · Portobello · Paulo Coelho · Witch of Portobello · Coehlo
