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This is the story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of grandeur) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa ... More

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This is the story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of grandeur) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa ... More

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Augusten Burroughs's "Running with Scissors" was 'funnier and more alarming than any memoir in recent history' ("Independent on Sunday"). "Dry" ... More

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This is a powerful evocation of an American childhood like the US greats "Catcher in the Rye", and "My Dark Places". It is a memoir with the magical ... More

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From the #1 bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" and "Dry" comes an outrageous collection of true stories that confirms Augusten Burroughs' ... More

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The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" delves into new territory with his most personal and unexpected memoir yet. "A ... More

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From the bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" comes his most provocative collection of true stories yet. Readers should be forewarned and ... More

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In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection, Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present as only he can.

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In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection, Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present as only he can. With gimlet ... More

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A posthumous biography covering 1974-91, affording insight into the mind of one of America's leading 20th-century writers. Ground-breaking author of ... More

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Even as a young girl, growing up in the Bronx, Mary Higgins Clark knew she wanted to be a writer. The gift of storytelling was a part of her Irish ... More

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Chester Himes, in a writing career that spanned 50 years, produced many crime novels as well as two volumes of memoir and over 50 short stories. His ... More

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Although a rather shy, private man, William Burroughs gave a good many interviews during his lifetime, some in prominent publications, others in ... More

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William S. Burroughs died in August 1997 at the age of 83. A junkie for much of his life, he nonetheless survived all the younger Beat poets who saw ... More

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This is a biography of American writer Thomas Wolfe by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald. The book follows Wolfe from improbable ... More

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Legend views Zelda Fitzgerald as the mythical American Dream Girl of the 1920s, later as the Southern Belle whose brilliant husband Scott remained ... More

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Joyce Carol Oates said of F Scott Fitzgerald: 'Rarely is a literary figure so seemingly exemplary in the most terrible, tragi-pathetic of ways.' This ... More

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Anne Rice was made famous by the novel "Interview with the Vampire". In this book, she discusss her painful past and extraordinary present; the ... More

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From the bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" comes his most provocative collection of true stories yet. Readers should be forewarned and ... More

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In this biography, the author sets out to untangle the enigma of an authentic American original. It traces the life of Fante, his writing career and ... More

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At 23, Dani Shapiro had drifted far from her New Jersey roots and family. Then an accident on snowy roads left both her parents critically ill in ... More

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An acclaimed biographer with unsurpassed personal access to Paul Bowles (1910-2001) and to his friends and his archive pens this revelatory biography ... More

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