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R.L. Stine on 30 years of ‘Goosebumps’ and how he almost never wrote scary kids’ books

“Goosebumps,” the enormously popular series of children’s books, almost never saw the light of day, says author R.L. Stine. The first “Goosebumps” book came out 30 years ago, and more than 400 million ...
Berkshire Eagle

Author Q&A: 'Fourteen Days' is a collaborative novel written by 36 authors. Authors Douglas Preston and Mary Pope Osborne explain how The Authors Guild made that happen

One week into the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, a group of strangers gathers on the rooftop of a shabby tenement building, the Fernsby Arms, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They sit, socially ...
New York Post

Author uses AI generators, including ChatGPT, to write nearly 100 books in less than a year

A science fiction author has used artificial intelligence generators, including ChatGPT, to write and illustrate nearly 100 books in less than a year. Tim Boucher said he utilized the smart technology ...
The New York Times

of the 21st Century

Stephen King, Min Jin Lee, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Bonnie Garmus, Curtis Sittenfeld, R. L. Stine, Nana Kwame Adjei‑Brenyah, Junot Díaz, Sarah Jessica Parker, Anthony ...