In this photo released by Kimani Press, actors Angela Bassett and her husband, Courtney B. Vance, appear in a New York City book store to sign copies of their book: "Friends: A Love Story," March 1, 2007.
Italian-Israeli historian Ariel Toaff holds his book "Pasque di Sangue" ("Bloody Passovers") during an interview with the Associated Press in Rome Feb. 9, 2007. Toaff has angered fellow Jews by taking on a subject that has long haunted his people: alleged anti-Christian hatred he says fueled medieval accusations that Jews killed Christians in ritual murders.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks to the Associated Press in New York Feb.5, 2007. Her latest book ,"The Infidel: The Story of My Enlightenment," is an autobiography which gives a graphic account of how she rejected her faith and the violence she says was inflicted on her in the name of Islam.
Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez is seen during the 21st Guadalajara International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico, March 26, 2006. The Literature Nobel Prize-winner, also known as "Gabo," turned 80 March 6, 2007.
Sexuality researcher Beverly Whipple holds a copy of her book, "The G Spot and Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality," as she sits in her home Feb. 14, 2007, in Voorhees, N.J. The internationally best-selling 1982 book, printed in 19 languages, was updated and reissued in 2005.
McLean County Museum of History volunteer Bill LaBounty of Bloomington, Ill., shows off an atlas of compiled maps he made from old platte books of McLean County on Dec. 20, 2006.
Morgan Schulte, 11, left, of Jacksonville, Ill., skips to the back of "Charlotte's Web" as she and other students at the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired read new books given to them at a kick-off for the Dots for Tots program Jan. 29, 2007.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., are pictured during a party for Schumer's new book, "Positively American," in Washington Jan. 30, 2007.
Adventure writer Clive Cussler stands to face the jury as they enter Los Angeles Superior Court Feb. 2, 2007, for a civil trial. Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz and Cussler have filed dueling lawsuits accusing one another of crippling the 2005 film "Sahara."
Coleen McLoughlin poses at the signing of her book, "Welcome To My World," in Waterstones March 8, 2007, in London, England. McLoughlin is rumored to have a two-book deal, writing about "fashion and celebrity lifestyle."
Author Stephen King smiles as he participates in a panel at Comic Con Feb. 24, 2007 in New York. Marvel Comics is turning King's seven-book "Dark Tower" series into a comic serial.
Author Joe Hill, using a pen name, poses in a restaurant in Portsmouth, N.H., March 5, 2007. The young author tried to keep his real name a secret, but after his fantasy thriller "Heart-Shaped Box" arrived in book stores this February, it was only a matter of time before readers knew he is the older son of Stephen King.
Steve Bromage, assistant director of the Maine Historical Society, poses Feb. 26, 2007, outside the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, in Portland, Maine. The Historical Society hosted a 200th birthday celebration for Henry Wadsworth, a well-known literary figure of 19th century America. The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is where the poet lived as a youth.
This undated photo, supplied by Simon and Schuster, shows author Susan Patron. Criticism of her award-winning children's book over the word "scrotum" brought Patron's "The Higher Power of Lucky" into the top 40 on Amazon.com.
Author Susan Seligson poses during a portrait session and signing of her new book at Book Soup March 7, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin takes a break at the backwaters of Cochin, India, in this Aug. 22, 2006 file photo. Nasrin fled Bangladesh in 1994 when Islamic extremists threatened to kill her after an Indian newspaper quoted her as saying changes must be made to the Islamic holy book, the Quran, to give women more rights.
Author Uzodinma Iweala, who has a two-book deal with his publisher, HarperCollins, posed in New York, Jan. 25, 2007.
Author Vikram Chandra sits for a portrait at his home in Oakland, Calif., Jan. 12, 2007. Chandra spent most of the past decade hanging out with gangsters in Mumbai, India, before writing "Sacred Games," his best-selling 900-page Indian crime epic.
Author Virginia Law Burns holds a copy of her book "Bold Women in Michigan History" on Feb. 16, 2007, in Laingsburg, Mich. "Bold Women in Michigan History," tells the stories of 15 women who helped change the state's history.
Walter Bargen, prize-winning poet, sits inside his rural home in Ashland, Mo., where he works on his poetry. Bargen recently published a new book of poems titled "Remedies for Vertigo" which explores themes of high altitude, air and flight.