A memoir of conversion, revised. I'm a New Englander, with all of a New Englander's deep-seated reserve. I'm also painfully shy; the two things don't always go together, but in my case they do. And so ...

North Carolina might be more closely associated with the Grand Ole Opry than with grand opera. This year, however, Greensboro native Rhiannon Giddens shared the Pulitzer Prize for music for her opera ...

Ali Novak began writing "My Life with the Walter Boys" as a 15-year-old student at Menomonee Falls High School. But did she ever think her debut novel would turn into a top Netflix 10-episode series?

It's been more than 10 years since writer Ali Novak released her super popular "My Life with the Walter Boys" on Wattpad, a free online reading platform. Since then, the "Vampire Diaries"-inspired ...

In early 2021, I finally snagged my lifelong Holy Grail: a non-fiction book deal. I was a science reporter covering the COVID-19 pandemic, and I felt there was no more meaningful thing I could do than ...

When I wrote my first play "Crazy for Life," I had no idea what I was doing. Seriously. I had acted before but never written a one-person show, particularly one about my own experience living with ...