A prolific novelist and short-story writer, Penelope Lively thus far has published more than forty books for children and adults in a writing career spanning a little less than thirty years. In no way, however, has quality been sacrificed for quantity: s...

Penelope Lively has achieved popular success and high critical acclaim for her books for children written in the 1970s and for her later novels and short stories for adults. She is regarded today as one of Britain's most respected writers. She has writte...

Penelope Lively has been a prolific writer since the appearance of her first book in 1970. Some of her books for children have already been called classics, and her more recent novels for adults have also been highly acclaimed. Britain's highest award fo...

Moon, constellation promise spooky sights Associated Press Wednesday, October 31, 2001 For the first time in 46 years, this year's Halloween ghosts and goblins can trick or treat by the light of a full moon. They won't get another chance until...

I fail to understand how venturing into space is our destiny {"A Base on the Moon, op-ed, June 14}, while solving earthly problems is not. Charles Krauthammer attempts to discredit objections to the space station by convincing us that "adventure" and "capturing the imagination"...