Louis Carlos Bernal

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Keep tells the real and fictional origins of the mysterious man who battles criminals and the supernatural. In 1984, Repairman Jack debuted in F. Paul Wilson’s horror thriller The Tomb. Jack would go on to star in twenty-three novels, ten short stories, and a graphic novel. But how did the antithesis of James Bond and Jason Bourne get his start in the battle between good and evil? In this essay, Wilson lets his readers in on how his beloved hero came to be. Wilson begins his personal story after he scored a hit with The Keep, when he found his...

A powerful memoir by two sisters about transitioning, family, and the path to self-realization. When Orange Is the New Black and Diary of a Future President star Selenis Leyva was young, her hardworking parents brought a new foster child into their warm, loving family in the Bronx. Selenis was immediately smitten; she doted on the baby, who in turn looked up to Selenis and followed her everywhere. The little boy became part of the family. But later, the siblings realized that the child was struggling with their identity. As Marizol transitioned and fought to define herself, Selenis and the...

En la cubierta posterior: "No es fácil vivir entre dos mundos, y la niña Maryse lo sabe. En casa, en la isla caribeña de Guadalupe, sus padres se niegan a hablar criollo y se enorgullecen de ser franceses de pura cepa, pero, cuando la familia visita París, la pequeña repara en cómo los blancos los miran por encima del hombro. Eternamente a caballo entre la lágrima y la sonrisa, entre lo bello y lo terrible, en palabras de Rilke, asistimos al relato de los primeros años de Condé, desde su nacimiento en pleno Mardi Gras, con los gritos de su madre confundiéndose con los tambores del...

Jose Luis Martinez culmina la obra de varias generaciones de estudiosos. Desde que en 1925 Alberto Maria Carreno, miembro de numero de la Academia Mexicana, escribio las primeras semblanzas para festejar el cincuentenario de la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, sus miembros se han encargado de dar seguimiento a la vida y obra de sus integrantes. Con motivo del aniversario 125 de dicha institucion, Jose Luis Martinez ha actualizado, corregido y aumentado las biografias y bibliografias ya existentes. El resultado: 316 biobibliografias de los academicos de la lengua.