Tech entrepreneur-turned-author Thomas R. Weaver went from indie publishing to a six-figure, two-book deal with Del Rey, thanks in large part to the viral success of his debut, Artificial Wisdom. The ...

I came home from ThrillerFest this summer with a piece of knowledge I hadn’t expected to tuck into my conference tote bag. “The truth is,” one agent told a room full of hopeful authors, many of them ...

For many children’s authors, school visits are a significant part of the job. And most authors can readily share a powerful story about the positive ripple effects from that type of interaction.

In the autumn of 2010, Lynne Freeman, a family-law attorney and an unpublished author, put the final touches on her first novel, “Blue Moon Rising.” The story revolved around a teen-age girl named ...