Book People

Debbie Applegate poses at her home in New Haven, Conn., on April 16, 2007. Applegate has been named as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Arts for her book on Henry Ward Beecher, the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Natasha Trethewey, left, an associate professor of English at Emory University in Atlanta, is congratulated by fellow faculty member Peter Dowell on April 16, 2007, after it was announced she had been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. "Native Guard" draws on her personal experience and Southern heritage.

An undated file photo originally provided by Alfred A. Knopf shows Cormac McCarthy, author of "The Road." McCarthy won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the book on April 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Alfred A. Knopf, Derek Shapton)

First lady Laura Bush discusses "To Kill A Mockingbird" during a panel discussion on the book at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Conn., on April 16, 2007. Looking on is Charles Shields, biographer of Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird."

Celebrity fitness instructor Debbie Rocker signs a copy of her book "Training For Life" at Book Soup in Los Angeles on April 14, 2007.

Screenwriter Bill Condon poses for a portrait before signing copies of "Dreamgirls: The Movie Musical" at Book Soup in Los Angeles on April 15, 2007.

Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, right, autographs a copy of his book, "To End a War," after speaking at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., on April 12, 2007.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, center, reads the book "How to be a Pirate" by Cressida Cowell to visiting fourth-grade students from Amidon Elementary at the Supreme Court Library in Washington on April 12, 2007.

Author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin laughs while portraying Queen Elizabeth during the annual "Banned in Boston" musical review on April 5, 2007.

Detroit Tigers' outfielder Gary Sheffield, lower left, signs copies of his new book, "Inside Power" in Detroit on April 4, 2007. Earlier in the day, the Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 10-9.

Colombian musician Rafael Escalona, top, greets Colombia's Literature Nobel Prize Gabriel Garcia Marquez, right, during the opening ceremony of IV International Congress of Spanish Language, in Cartagena, Colombia, on March 26, 2007. At bottom left is Mercedes Barcha.

Chris Gardner, left, talks about his past experiences as a homeless man, in Honolulu. Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, right, wearing a lei, is seated in the front row with homeless advocates, housing officials and homeless people. Gardner, a best-selling author and the subject of the hit movie "The Pursuit of Happyness," and Lingle met March 7, 2007.

Marjabelle Young Stewart breaks down in laughter as she performs a puppet rendition of her children's storybook that teaches etiquette in Kewanee, Ill., on June 18, 2002. Stewart, the author of more than 20 books and ruler of the "White Gloves" and "Blue Blazers" children's etiquette empires, died on March 2, 2007, at age 82. She was also famous for the annual list of best-mannered cities she began issuing in 1977.

Former President Jimmy Carter smiles as he waits to speak at Emory University in Atlanta on Feb. 22, 2007.

From left, writers John Moore and Alan Maloney and Simon Perry, president of the Irish Film Board, attend "Oscar Wilde: Honoring Irish Writing in Film" at the Sky Bar in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2007.

Author James Swanson takls about his book "Manhunt: The 12-day Chase for Lincoln's Killer" at Book Soup in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2007.

A photo supplied by the author shows actor Farley Granger on Capri in 1955. The picture is contained in his newly published memoir, "Include Me Out," in which the onetime screen idol tells of his bisexual past.

Former President Jimmy Carter addresses an audience at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., on Jan. 23, 2007. Carter visited the heavily Jewish university to address the furor over his new book on the Mideast, which has been criticized as biased against Israel.

Former Green Bay Packers football player Jerry Kramer signs a copy of his book "Instant Replay" in Rhinelander, Wis., on Jan. 24, 2007.

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is shown on June 28, 2006, in Montgomery, Ala. Siegelman is writing a book that he says will tell the whole story of his political career, including the good and bad of 20 years in public office.