Julie WaltersOscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel.Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling.Helena is the toast of Broadway.Maggie is an extremely beautiful but...

Michael Lawrence   There is a tradition in Jiggy's hometown by which the night before a boy's first day at school his father takes him to the Piddle Pool near...

Author: Danielle Steel It starts on a summer evening, with the kind of magic found only in Paris. Once a year in the City of Light, a lavish dinner takes...

Kristin Hannah From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph...

Steve Cole Stewart Penders is a 12-year-old kid who loves comics. He loves drawing his own creations, especially the adventures of his fantasy alter ego, Stupendous Man! Part of his...

Alice Hoffman It’s no secret that love has plagued the Owens family for centuries. But when did the curse begin, and why? It all began with Maria Owens, who arrived...

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card has the distinction of having swept both the Hugo and Nebula awards in two consecutive years with his amazing novels Ender’s Game and Speaker...

Devon Monk Allie would rather moonlight as a Hound than accept the family fortune - and the strings that come with it. All magic use has costs -- hers include...

Jill Thompson Magic Trixie doesn't understand why no one will take her seriously! First, she's not allowed to do anything fun, while her baby sister gets away with everything, and...

Elizabeth Day Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple, and Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate--and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they...

Anthony Horowitz When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered...

Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator, began her working life at the age of thirteen as a servant in a Belgravia mansion, only to be discovered reading in the...