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鈥淭he Book of George鈥� is a novel of many finely crafted, often funny moments that arrive episodically as the title character grows older. At first he鈥檚 a millennial kid, then a college guy as the Twin Towers fall on 9/11.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly , who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago .

Since bursting on the scene in 2015 with 鈥淭he Girl on a Train,鈥� Paula Hawkins has established herself as a reliable writer of psychological thrillers set in the U.K.

A movie documentary that uses only Lego pieces might seem an unconventional choice. When that documentary is about renowned musician-producer Pharrell Williams, it's actually sort of on-brand.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Ryan Miller, lead singer of alternative rock band Guster, has a new gig that even he's a little surprised about: Musical theater songwriter. He laughs that he's gone all Broadway .

Deborah Levy is a celebrated novelist, memoirist and playwright whose latest book 鈥� 鈥淭he Position of Spoons鈥� 鈥� is a petite collection of essays spanning the last few decades of her career.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly , who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago .

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Martin Shkreli, who was once dubbed 鈥淧harma Bro鈥� afterjacking up the price of a lifesaving drug. Shkreli appealed an order to return $64.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 13-19: Oct. 13: Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 87. Musician Paul Simon is 83. Keyboardist Robert Lamm of Chicago is 80. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is 78. Actor Demond Wilson (鈥淪anford and Son鈥�) is 78.

TORONTO 鈥� As a fiction writer, Ian Williams has dissected conversation. He's learned its rhythm and texture, found its liver and lungs, so he can transmute it into dialogue on the page.