With his works consistently nominated for "Best Book" honors on subjects ranging from the occult to the scientific study of chaos, William Sleator has become a popular sci-fi author for young-adults. "Everybody in my family is a scientist except me. I al...

A popular and prolific writer of fiction for children and young adults, William Sleator is regarded as a particularly original and imaginative author whose works use the genres of fantasy, mystery, and science fiction to explore personal relationships an...

I first saw him at our friends' wedding rehearsal. The resemblance was uncanny. There was no red suit with white fur trim, no fat belly, no black boots, and no sleigh and reindeer. But the beard -- the beard was the purest white...

My neighborhood newsletter arrived last week. On Page 9, under the heading, "Woodside Park Crime Report," it said that during the preceding few weeks, no crimes had been reported to the police. None. That was odd, because we usually have at least something petty,...