Having written 11 books set in Tennessee and another set in Wisconsin, author Lyn Farrell was encouraged to set her latest novel in Michigan — specifically Charlevoix, where she owns property. …
Grand Rapids author Christopher Cosmos likens reading to traveling. “I love to travel. In so many ways, reading a story is simply traveling, oftentimes to a place you can’t physically get to …
When asked what inspired her to write for a living, Okemos author Christina Wyman didn’t have an answer. “I get that question all the time, especially when I visit schools. The answer is, I …
When asked what inspired her to write for a living, Okemos author Christina Wyman didn’t have an answer. “I get that question all the time, especially when I visit schools. The answer …
Tony Award-nominated actor Anthony Heald, a Michigan State University alumnus, called his audition process for the acclaimed 1991 horror-thriller “The Silence of the Lambs” a “very, very …
After completing “The Dance of Rotten Sticks,” his first gothic horror novel, author J.C. Vande Zande discovered he wasn’t quite finished with the Fletcher family. This compelled him to …
After writing three bodies of work about Sally Hemings — a woman who was enslaved under President Thomas Jefferson and is widely recognized as the mother of several of his children — East Lansing …
By her own admission, Darci Hannah never wanted to be a writer. “I’ve always been a reader,” the Howell-based author said. “However, I remember thinking after reading a really good book, …
Ryan Stegman was putting the finishing touches on Marvel Comics’ “X-Men: Age of Revelation” finale when he got a call inquiring if he’d like to participate in Marvel and DC …
Nick Fradiani — the 2015 winner of “American Idol” — doesn’t remember his first concert, but it has become more significant to his life than many others he does recall. …
