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A talk with the author of 'The Bling Ring'

Stephen Rodrick's 'The Magical Stranger: A Son's Journey Into His Magical Life,' explores the life of his father, a Navy pilot who died when his plane crashed into the ocean.

Jon Ronson is one of those writers who embodies what creative nonfiction is all about by demonstrating just how strange and wonderful the world can be.

Julie Klausner's new book Art Girls Are Easy, a funny and romantic summer camp romp with an artsy twist, hits stores May 7. 

Jennifer Kieshin Armstrong's history of The Mary Tyler Moore Show was published earlier this year, as was her collaboration with Heather Wood Rudulph, Sexy Feminism.

You'd think that with the It Gets Better project and a lower tolerance for bad behavior, bullying would be on its way out as a social phenomenon.

In her recent memoir, beloved blogger Jen Larsen details her experience losing almost 200 pounds via surgery – and her discovery that weight loss is not a magic bullet for happiness.