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• “Masterpiece” Biography Wins Award - Hilary Spurling, after 15 years of research and writing, finally saw her works bear fruit as her biography of the French artist Henri Matisse won her the $300,000 Whitbread Prize. Print Date: 25-Jan-2006

• Trumped Donald Sues Author - Donald Trump will soon have to give more than his patented “you’re fired,” as he is suing an author who wrote that Trump is not a billionaire, and might instead by worth only $25 million. Print Date: 24-Jan-2006

• Seeking Credibility, Oprah Turns to Wiesel Memoir - After the embarrassment surrounding certain fictional aspects of James Frey’s alleged memoir, “A Million Little Pieces,” Oprah Winfrey has decided to rent the Oprah Book Club a little bit of rented respectability in naming Elie Wiesel’s “Night” as her next book. Print Date: 17-Jan-2006

• Macaulay Culkin Goes Literary. - The “Home Alone“ star has written his first semi-autobiographical novel. Print Date: 16-Jan-2006

• Frey Doesn’t “Give a F**k” About Memoir Controversy - Despite James Frey’s powerful vehemence to the contrary, it seems as though his drug-addled memoir “A Million Little Pieces” seems to have a million little holes. Print Date: 12-Jan-2006

• J.K. Rowling Talks About Heartbreak That Shaped Harry Potter - Author opens up about her inspiration. Print Date: 10-Jan-2006

• Rowling Offers Background to Books - Print Date: 10-Jan-2006

• The Truth is Out There: “The DaVinci Code” to Go Paperback - Scheduled to go just before the May release of the Tom Hanks (“Apollo 13”) film, Dan Brown’s publisher has announced that the best-selling novel, “The DaVinci Code” will be rereleased in paperback March 28. Print Date: 9-Jan-2006

• Critics Accuse “A Million Little Pieces” Author As Fraud - An investigative Web site has leveled charges at James Frey’s 1.77-million-copy bestseller “A Million Little Pieces” that the book is complete fabrication, based on exaggerated criminal offenses. Print Date: 9-Jan-2006

• British Playwright wins Nobel Prize - Harold Pinter was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature. Print Date: 13-Oct-2005

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