Fisher's new book is set for release on Nov. 1 Tricia Despres is a writer for PEOPLE digital, covering everything from country music to pets to that love story that will have you shedding some tears.

In Martyrs to the Unspeakable, James Douglass tells of four Americans who challenged the established violence of the U.S.

Donna Barba Higuera’s “The Last Cuentista,” a post-apocalyptic tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth’s history, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book.

Jessica Willis Fisher had already endured years of unthinkable abuse at the hands of her father. She had cowered in fear and hid her truth until 2016, when Toby Willis was finally arrested for child ...