Bestselling author Angie Thomas has surprised a senior at a Mississippi high school with a full-ride scholarship for creative writing to the private university where Thomas earned her bachelor’s degree.

Sometimes, one author isn't enough to write a novel.

The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday.

DCPS said there are nearly 200 books being reviewed by the district but none of them were challenged by members of the community and the books were never on the library shelves.

The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday.

Accounts of book bannings and attempted book bannings, along with threats against librarians, have soared over the past year.

One of the year’s most anticipated debut novels is now an Oprah Winfrey book club pick.

The American Booksellers Association is apologizing for sending a publication widely criticized as anti-trans, Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” in a recent mailing to independent stores.

In this image released by NBC, Jason Beghe portrays Hank Voight, left, in a scene from the crime series "Chicago PD." The divide between crime fiction and real life dates back to the genre's origins, more than 200 years ago. Law enforcement violence and corruption were extreme in the mid-19th century and some police forces were rooted in the patrols that used to chase down runaway slaves. Meanwhile, The police in early crime fiction were depicted as good, courageous, and brilliant, says Otto Penzler, the crime fiction publisher and bookseller. Over the past 50 years, the image of law enforcement has sometimes mirrored debates between liberals and conservatives.