"What I really write is adventure stories--Indiana Jones in Trenton," mystery writer Janet Evanovich told Booklist's GraceAnne A. DeCandido in an interview. The author of a successful series of humorous detective novels set in Trenton, New Jersey,...

... Reading? What I'm actually reading is Uncle Scrooge No. 355. have a subscription to Uncle Scrooge comics and they're wonderful because they're in this glossy, color format. I've been reading Uncle Scrooge since I was a little kid. Donald Duck and...

ON A BRIGHT SPRING DAY, PW travels to New Hampshire to visit Janet Evanovich, the author of the bestselling comic crime series starring wise-cracking New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Evanovich greets us at the door of a long, sleek hilltop house overlooking...

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERSFICTION1. "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)2. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)3. "Blaze" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) (Scribner)4. "Double Take" by Catherine Coulter (Putnam)5. "The Navigator" by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos (Putnam Adult)6....

Losses are growing for the book retailer Borders Group Inc. as it faces a difficult sales environment and a shortage of exciting new releases.The company said it lost $35.9 million, or 61 cents per share, in its fiscal first quarter ending May 5, compared with...