Sara Nelson is a critic for The Daily Beast and the former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time.

The Big Books of Fall

The Big Books of Fall

Sara Nelson picks the season's literary hits-including new novels from Philip Roth, Vladimir Nabokov, and Dominick Du...

Posted 11:06 PM | Sep 7, 2009
The Savory Life of Sheila Lukins

The Savory Life of Sheila Lukins

To the post-Julia Child generation, Sheila Lukins' Silver Palate Cookbook was an everyday gourmet bible. Sara Nelson...

Posted 10:49 PM | Sep 1, 2009
Dan Brown Book Killer

Dan Brown: Book Killer

The Da Vinci Code sequel is striking fear in authors like Pat Conroy and Larry McMurtry, who want their books on she...

Posted 10:47 PM | Aug 10, 2009
South American Dreamers

South American Dreamers

Part sudser for the Danielle Steel set and intellectual bait for Latin American studies majors, Carolina de Robertis'...

Posted 6:39 AM | Jul 28, 2009