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For the time being Vampire Diaries executive producer Kevin Williamson has dropped out his developing companion series to that show about a group of paranormal investigators and is, instead, adapting VD creator L.J. Smith's Secret Circle books into a potential series.
EdGross - 2/3/2011

According to Deadline, ABC Family has picked up the pilot for a TV version of Nine Lives of Chloe King, a trio of Young Adult novels by Celia Thomson whose title will be shorted to Nine Lives.
EdGross - 1/31/2011

Things are definitely heating up for actor Alex Pettyfer. He'll be seen this year in both Beastly and I Am Number Four, and now it looks like he'll be starring in another film based on a popular YA book series, The Last Apprentice.
EdGross - 1/28/2011

Robert Pattinson shows his serious side in "Water for Elephants" starring alongside Reese Witherspoon and Christopher Waltz in the Depression era circus drama. Take a first look at the film.
EdGross - 1/20/2011

Meet the relatively unknown Rooney Mara, who has just been signed to star opposite Daniel Craig in the film adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
EdGross - 8/24/2010

The Star Trek universe as reimagined by JJ Abrams and his creative team was originally supposed to continue this summer in the form of four novels set in that timeline, but the publisher abruptly decided not to go forward with them.
EdGross - 8/11/2010

Last Sacrifice, the last book from author Richelle Mead of the Vampire Academy Series is released!
ShadowKissedNet - 8/3/2010

Richelle posts up what a Zvezda and the Promise mark finally look like!
ShadowKissedNet - 8/2/2010

The Vampire Academy book series, by bestselling author Richelle Mead, is being made into a graphic novel.
ShadowKissedNet - 7/27/2010

Charlaine Harris, author of, among others, the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries (source material for HBO's True Blood) answered fan questions at Comic-Con 2010.
EdGross - 7/25/2010

Here we go again: J.K. Rowling is accused of ripping off another fantasy book and an injunction has been filed in the courts. One could ask why they waited seven books and films to file this lawsuit.....
EdGross - 7/15/2010

In a post on the Tor blog, author Alex Bledsoe discusses his just published vampire novel, The Girls With Games of Blood.
EdGross - 7/12/2010

This summer will see the publication of the Elvis Van Helsing graphic novel, and we've got a trailer for it.
EdGross - 7/10/2010

In the first part of this exclusive interview with writer/producer Tim Kring, he discusses his Conspiracy For Good Project and his debut novel, Shift, which will hit stores in August.
EdGross - 7/8/2010

Jason Henderson, writer of the Sword of Dracula comic book, has written a spin-off novel, Alex Van Helsing, Vampire Rising. He discusses the process of creation in tihs audio interview.
EdGross - 7/5/2010

It's worked for James Bond and Sherlock Holmes, so why not reboot the Tarzan character and reintroduce him to readers as a teen hero? That's the idea behind a new series of young adult novels being written by Andy Briggs.
EdGross - 7/2/2010

Vampires may rule the genre roost at the moment, with zombies a close second, but werewolves are definitely moving up the ranks, which is why debuting author Andrea Cremer's Nightshade, coming this October, should be a hit with readers.
EdGross - 7/2/2010

Who doesn't love some good ol' fashioned flesh eatin' fun?
ecksmanfan - 6/21/2010

Terry Moore is a comic creator genius and this is a look at the first trade paperback of his new series, Echo.
JHill - 6/14/2010

While we await word on the fate of Bond 23, it seems that 007 has gone into reboot mode in terms of his literary and video game adventures.
EdGross - 6/10/2010