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NORTH ANDOVER—Three prize-winning authors will give readings this semester through the Writers House at Merrimack College.

NORTH ANDOVER — Three prize-winning authors will give readings this semester through the Writers House at Merrimack College.

FLORENCE, S.C. -- Francis Marion will host the 16th Annual Pee Dee Fiction and Poetry Festival on November 9-10.

Deesha Philyaw struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.” Now the Prize-winning fiction writer has a 7-figure deal for her

This image released by Mariner Books shows author Deesha Philyaw. Mariner Books announced Thursday that it had signed up Philyaw and will publish her novel “The True Confessions of First

NEW YORK (AP): Prize-winning fiction writer Deesha Philyaw, who struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, has a 7-figure deal for her next two books. Mariner Books, an imprint of...

NEW YORK — Prize-winning fiction writer Deesha Philyaw, who struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” has a seven-figure deal for her next two books. Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Thursday that it had signed Philyaw, formerly

Deesha Philyaw struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.”

Philyaw's debut short story collection won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Story Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize...

TWO “women of distinction” in their chosen careers have been sworn-in as freemen of their home city.