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Kate DiCamillo wins Newbery: The awards, the most prestigious in children's publishing, were announced Monday by the American Library Association. DiCamillo, a popular and acclaimed author, won the Newbery a decade ago for 'The Tales of Despereaux.'

Sue Monk Kidd's "The Invention of Wings" comes out Jan. 7. The novel weaves together the stories of a slave girl and a slave owner's daughter. Like Kidd's best-selling "The Secret Life of Bees," the book is set in South Carolina.

Winner of the Nobel Literature prize and author of more than 55 works of fiction, opera, nonfiction, and poetry, including 'The Golden Notebook,' British author Doris Lessing died Sunday at her home in London.

Sarah Palin will go on tour Nov. 12 to promote her new book "Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas." But Sarah Palin will not tour major metropolitan areas, such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles.

Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton wrote an 832-page murder mystery set in Catton's homeland, New Zealand. This is the last year that the Man Booker Prize will be open only to writers from the former British Empire.

Alice Munro is the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious $1.2 million award from the Swedish Academy since Saul Bellow, who left for the US as a boy and won in 1976.

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped at age 14. Elizabeth Smart recounts her nine-month ordeal in "My Story," a 308-page book released Monday by St. Martin's Press.

Tom Clancy novels were so real, that after the Cold War thriller "The Hunt for Red October" came out, a military official suspected the author of having access to classified material. Tom Clancy says he didn't.  He died Tuesday.

Invisible Man book ban: A mother in North Carolina complained that the Invisible Man was "too much for teenagers." "Invisible Man" is a first-person narrative by a black man who considers himself socially invisible. It was originally published in 1952.

Apple injunction: A federal judge issued an injunction to Apple, ordering it to modify contracts with publishers to prevent electronic book price fixing. Apple plans to appeal.

Beetle Bailey's creator, Mort Walker, received birthday accolades from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as the governor of his home state, the mayor of New York, Dolly Parton, and even Prince Albert II of Monaco.

'Selfie,' the self-portrait taken with a smartphone camera, is now officially part of the Oxford online dictionary. Selfie joins 'twerking,' 'digital detox,' and 'Bitcoin,' as part of the Oxford quarterly lexicon update.

'Into the Wild,' a book by Jon Krakauer about a young man who died in the Alaska wilderness, may have inspired a young man who headed into the Oregon wilds after sending suicidal text messages.

Elmore Leonard wrote dozens of bestsellers, many of which were adapted for the screen, including 'Jackie Brown,' 'Get Shorty,' 'Out of Sight,' '3:10 to Yuma,' and the FX series 'Justified.'

Shirley Jones paints a different portrait of herself in her new autobiography, "Shirley Jones." The actress, who played a mother on "The Partridge Family," offers a racy view of her private life.

Paula Deen was supposed to release "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up" in October. But Ballantine Books canceled the release, even though it was already No. 1 in pre-orders on Amazon.

'1984' book sales are rising after the Edward Snowden revelations about NSA spying. The topic of 'Big Brother' watching has spurred the sales of  George Orwell's "1984"  and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World."

Vance collected a number of awards over the years, including Hugo Awards for 'The Dragon Masters' in 1963, 'The Last Castle' in 1967, and for his memoir 'This is Me, Jack Vance!' in 2010.

'Parenthood,' 'Gilmore Girls' actress Lauren Graham's new book 'Someday, Someday, Maybe' follows a 20-something aspiring actress named Franny Banks who is living in New York City in the 1990s.

Tom Sizemore: Drugs, immaturity, arrogance are among the failings that led to actor Tom Sizemore's downfall. He details his career arc in "By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There."