One of Scotland's best-known authors is to write the words for a work being staged by Scottish Opera.

BBC: Alexander McCall Smith

"Rushdie liberated the Indian writer from propagandist stuff and self-conscious writing, " says Khushwant Singh, one of India's best-known authors.

CNN: The New Masters

Some publishers fear that one of the big technology companies now distributing e-books will compete for the industry's best-known authors, by offering advances in a bid to gain market share.

WSJ: Digital Self-Publishing Shakes Up Traditional Book Industry

Some of the best-known conspiracy authors are lawyers by training, but it is a wide-open field.

WSJ: JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theories Sell Lots of Books

Established in 1969, the Man Booker is the best-known fiction prize for English-language authors from Commonwealth countries and Ireland.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS