http://www.cbsnews.com en-us 5 Read the latest Author Talk headlines on CBS News, covering news stories, videos and pictures of world and US news, as well as news in politics, health, sports and business. Copyright 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Tue, 29 May 2012 15:55:50 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57443110-504367/over-time-my-life-as-a-sportswriter-by-frank-deford/ The remarkable career of a sportswriting legend http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57443110-504367/over-time-my-life-as-a-sportswriter-by-frank-deford/ Tue, 29 May 2012 15:55:50 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7410048n Frank Deford has chronicled the heroes of just about every sport in nearly every medium, but who are his favorites? He talks to Jeff Glor and Rebecca Jarvis about the players that most excite him. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7410048n Tue, 29 May 2012 15:49:55 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7410046n Legendary sportswriter Frank Deford talks to Jeff Glor and Rebecca Jarvis about how the world of sports has changed since he started at Sports Illustrated in 1962, which he chronicles in his memoir, "Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter." http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7410046n Tue, 29 May 2012 15:49:39 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7410044n Jeff Glor and special guest host, Rebecca Jarvis, talk to Frank Deford about his new memoir, "Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter." Deford is the author of 18 books and numerous awards -- including a National Magazine Award, Emmy Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award, to name a few. He is also senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated, where he first started in 1962. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7410044n Tue, 29 May 2012 15:49:22 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57439443-504367/canada-by-richard-ford/ A novel of boundaries traversed, innocence lost and reconciled, and the mysterious and consoling bonds of family from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Independence Day" http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57439443-504367/canada-by-richard-ford/ Wed, 23 May 2012 15:41:13 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409510n Author Richard Ford talks about how the landscape and language of Saskatchewan influenced his writing in his new novel, "Canada." http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409510n Wed, 23 May 2012 20:01:42 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409508n Author Richard Ford talks about the border between childhood and young adulthood, as well as the U.S.-Canadian border. His new novel is called "Canada." http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409508n Wed, 23 May 2012 15:35:28 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409506n Jeff Glor talks to Richard Ford about his new book, "Canada," which tells the story of Dell Parsons, a 15-year-old boy who is spirited away to Saskatchewan after his parents are imprisoned for robbing a bank. Ford is the author of the trilogy known as the Bascombe novels, which include "The Sportswriter" and its sequels, "Independence Day" -- the first novel to win the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award -- and "The Lay of the Land." http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409506n Wed, 23 May 2012 15:34:59 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57439455-504367/visit-sunny-chernobyl-by-andrew-blackwell/ Blackwell travels to the polluted and radioactive areas and embraces this sort of tourism http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57439455-504367/visit-sunny-chernobyl-by-andrew-blackwell/ Tue, 22 May 2012 17:58:59 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57434427-504367/the-year-of-the-gadfly-by-jennifer-miller/ Story of a teenage reporter and a failed biologist who both uncover a secret society in a town in New England http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57434427-504367/the-year-of-the-gadfly-by-jennifer-miller/ Tue, 15 May 2012 14:57:27 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57432628-504367/further-interpretations-of-real-life-events-by-kevin-moffett/ A new story collection based around experiences of characters caught between various polarizing events http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57432628-504367/further-interpretations-of-real-life-events-by-kevin-moffett/ Fri, 11 May 2012 12:48:31 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57431709-504367/the-impossible-state-by-victor-cha/ Victor Cha, an expert on North Korea, exposes its past http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57431709-504367/the-impossible-state-by-victor-cha/ Thu, 10 May 2012 13:13:16 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57430191-504367/reconstructionist-by-nick-arvin/ A novel in which the main character remembers a fatal car crash that reflects his future http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57430191-504367/reconstructionist-by-nick-arvin/ Tue, 08 May 2012 15:18:02 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57427830-504367/moby-duck-by-donovan-hohn/ The true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea and of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists, and fools, including the author, who went in search of t-hem http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57427830-504367/moby-duck-by-donovan-hohn/ Fri, 04 May 2012 11:32:31 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57424935-504367/the-darlings-by-cristina-alger/ A story of a wealthy New York family stuck in a financial scandal with consequences http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57424935-504367/the-darlings-by-cristina-alger/ Tue, 01 May 2012 15:49:51 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57420070-504367/drop-dead-healthy-by-a.j-jacobs/ One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57420070-504367/drop-dead-healthy-by-a.j-jacobs/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:57:11 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407054n A.J. Jacobs, author of "Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection," talks to Jeff Glor about a growing health movement called chewdism that encourages people to chew their food 50 times a mouthful. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407054n Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:46:21 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407052n A.J. Jacobs reveals his surprisingly simple secret to avoiding the common cold. Jacobs' new book is "Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection." http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407052n Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:45:47 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407050n A.J. Jacobs talks about a discovery he made writing his new book, "Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection" -- sitting is the health equivalent of eating a Paula Dean donut every hour. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407050n Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:45:21 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407048n Jeff Glor talks to A.J. Jacobs about his new book, "Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection," which follows the author trying to become the healthiest man in the world. Jacobs is the man behind the bestselling "The Year of Living Biblically," and "The Know-It-All." In researching the book, he consulted an army of health experts and took in a cartload of diets to offer the reader better habits for a well-lived life, all presented with his trademark sense of humor. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407048n Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:44:54 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57424173-504367/city-of-scoundrels-the-12-days-of-disaster-that-gave-birth-to-modern-chicago-by-gary-krist/ Story of 12 disastrous days in the early history of Chicago http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57424173-504367/city-of-scoundrels-the-12-days-of-disaster-that-gave-birth-to-modern-chicago-by-gary-krist/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:15:41 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57421194-504367/land-of-promise-an-economic-history-of-the-united-states-by-michael-lind/ Michael Lind looks at America's rise from the 18th to the 21st centuries http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57421194-504367/land-of-promise-an-economic-history-of-the-united-states-by-michael-lind/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:03:27 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57417836-504367/how-it-all-began-by-penelope-lively/ A novel about the way two people interact with one another defines their future path http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57417836-504367/how-it-all-began-by-penelope-lively/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:51:17 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57414678-504367/the-obriens-by-peter-behrens/ From the author of the acclaimed novel "The Law of Dreams," a saga about an Irish-Canadian family that moves from poverty to riches in the twentieth century http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504367_162-57414678-504367/the-obriens-by-peter-behrens/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:23:21 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7405822n Jeff Glor talks to Peter Behrens about his new book, "The O'Briens," and how his extended family felt about turning their story into a novel. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7405822n Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:13:28 EDT