It's called Susan Cooper, and since it's from the funny feminist* co-creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids, it'll probably be hilarious.

You know how that thrills me.

Michelle Rodriguez doesn't hold anything back — and now she's using her trademarked honesty (uh, is it trademarked? It could be) to tackle the problem with writers and women in Hollywood.

"Between you and me," writes Cat Marnell in the book proposal which netted her a $500,000 advance from Simon & Schuster, "half the time I feel very little remorse. AND I have a massive ego, if I really think about it."

Justin Halpern is a lucky guy. His "Shit My Dad Says" Twitter scored him a sitcom deal about three months after he began the account. Unfortunately, after airing 18 episodes*, CBS pulled the plug and the show died a quick death. But don't cry for Halpern; he's already written a book called I Suck at Girls (ugh) that…

Ready to see Angelina being a badass in a film about Angelina being a badass? Yeah, you are.

Since the passing of 72-year-old Maeve Binchy, the much-loved (and childless) Irish novelist, the Telegraph has published an essay by British novelist Amanda Craig that immediately blew the fuck up, and it's easy to see why.

In a recent NPR interview with David Greene, author Jennifer Weiner — whose bestselling fiction has often been derided by literary critics as "chick lit" — talked about her latest novel, the dearth of women in Hollywood writers' rooms, and her ongoing feud with the New York Times, which hasn't been very kind to…

There's been an ongoing discussion about how poorly represented women are among the ranks of magazine writers. For instance, women wrote just 26.44 percent of New Yorker stories last year and only 16 percent of those in Harper's. But Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation (which does a bit better women-wise than…

Splitsider reports that the Late Show With David Letterman has hired local stand-up comic Jena Friedman, marking the first time in history that more than one woman has worked on the show's full-time writing staff. (The show's only other female writing staffer joined the team in 2009 — a time when there were no women…

While shooting a video about artists and their favorite places in Manhattan, author of A Visit From The Goon Squad Jennifer Egan offered encouragement to young writers who feel excluded from "best of" lists.

Amanda Hocking's story isn't just interesting because, at 26 years old, she's a millionaire from selling eBooks. Her tale is also fascinating because it remains a work in progress. Success brings new challenges, one of which is often defending that success. Something Hocking is having to do.

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James Franco will star in an adaptation of Stephen Elliott's The Adderall Diaries. And — this is important — Franco will be nude. If you haven't read this essay Elliott wrote for Tin House in like 2007, you should.

Lapham's Quarterly has published an excerpt of erotica by Edith Wharton — and it's surprisingly racy. Check out the Wharton you didn't read in English class.

What happened when 25-year-old Savannah Dooley — writer of ABC Family's weight-loss camp drama, Huge, and the daughter of My So-Called Life's Winnie Holzman — emailed us to say that Jezebel was her favorite blog?

People are obviously reading too much these days. That must be why one critic felt the need to list the 15 writers (9 of them women) we should all stop reading right now.

The name "Marian Keyes" will be familiar to even the most casual chick-lit reader. Her stories of love, loss and friendship are phenomenally successful. Which is why her battle with depression has come as a shock to fans.

Australian writer Steph Bowe got a book deal at fifteen, but felt like a failure for not publishing at thirteen or fourteen. Sounds insane — except that I can relate.