It's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller.

Ever wondered what went through author J.K. Rowling's mind when she wrote the first “Harry Potter” novel?

Dan Brown sees the world a little differently than the average person. “I wish I could travel for pleasure,” says the author of such scenic blockbusters as “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons,” in which secrets and suspense are combined with a guided tour of Italy and other stops in Western Europe. “Everything I see is a potential idea and I wish I could turn that off. Maybe I shouldn't. But, yes, every little work of art that I see or place that I travel to is a potential idea.”

Scientists testing the remains of Pablo Neruda confirmed the Chilean poet had advanced prostate cancer but it's too early to rule on assertions he was poisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship he strongly opposed, an official said Thursday.

These moms curse a lot, drink to excess, reveal scary truths and draw twisted little stick figures of their kids pooping and whining relentlessly. And this Mother's Day, they're bringing their derelict parenting to you.

Thirty years after publishing what it believed were Hitler's diaries, a German news magazine said Tuesday it would hand over what it still owns of the forgeries to the country's state archive, making them accessible to the public.

The authorized biography of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hits bookshops on Tuesday, revealing an intimate side to the Iron Lady, including her first unflattering impressions of future husband Denis.

Adam Johnson's “The Orphan Master's Son,” a labyrinthine story of a man's travails in North Korea, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, restoring a high literary honor a year after no fiction award was given.

Like his international best seller “The Alchemist,” Paulo Coelho's new novel weaves a story that takes place in the past while the ideas it explores, he says, are more relevant than ever to the present.

The wait is nearly over for thousands of readers eager to get their hands on the new novel by celebrated Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.