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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country's most enduring figures, including Ulysses S. Grant and Alexander Hamilton.

NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” and for his biographies of George Washington and Ulysses Grant.

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most to him is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of his books.

NEW YORK (AP) — At age 87, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o hopes he can summon the strength for at least one more book .

TORONTO — Renowned author and poet Margaret Atwood is getting this year’s Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Poetry Prize.

British biologist Sir David Attenborough will celebrate his 99th birthday two days after the publication of his latest book, “Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness,” co-written with long-time BBC collaborator Colin Butfield.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kerry Kennedy is working on a book about her late mother, Ethel Kennedy . “Ethel: Faith, Hope, Family, and an Extraordinary American Life” is scheduled to come out in the fall of 2026.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. 25 Alive by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown and Company) 2. Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese’s Book Club by Emily Henry(Penguin Publishing Group) 3.

TORONTO — Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha and dub poet d'bi.young anitafrika are among the winners of the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes.

Keith McNally has been charming New York City diners since he opened his first restaurant, The Odeon, in 1980, helping transform a then-derelict TriBeCa into a hotspot for the “glitterati.