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The author of several novels and a short fiction collection, as well as plays and stories for children, Isabel Allende (born 1942) has received international acclaim for her writing. Allende earned the Quality Paperback Book Club New Voice Award nominati...

Isabel Allende is the best-known and most widely read woman writer from Latin America. When the English translation of her widely acclaimed first novel, La casa de los espiritus (1982), appeared in 1985 under the title The House of the Spirits, she becam...

Isabel Allende is the best-known and most widely read woman writer from Latin America. When the English translation of her widely acclaimed first novel, La casa de los espíritus (1982), appeared in 1985 under the title The House of the Spirits, sh...

Paula Radcliffe outlasted Gete Wami to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday, her first marathon in two years after giving birth in January.Martin Lel of Kenya won the men's title, making his kick in the final mile to edge Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco...

Paula Abdul says she and Simon Cowell, who torments her on the set of "American Idol," are chummy in real life. "Simon and I actually get along great," the 44-year-old "Idol" judge says in an interview in TV Guide magazine's March 19 issue. "We have...

Celebrity cook Paula Deen's promotion of supermarket hams brought some heat outside her Savannah kitchen from about 40 protesters supporting a labor union.After months spent dogging the drawling, butter-loving Food Network hostess at book signings and paid appearances from Charlotte, N.C., to Portland, Ore., the...

Paula Abdul says she didn't figure out her purpose in life until she became a judge on Fox network's "American Idol." "I knew since I was a little girl that I had this profound way of touching people. My purpose is bringing out everybody's best...