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Author John Grisham attends the opening night of "A Time To Kill" on Broadway in New York on Oct. 20, 2013, left, and author Margaret Atwood attends the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York on Nov. 11, 2019. Atwood and Grisham are among several authors participating in a novel about the pandemic. The Authors Guild Foundation announced Thursday that it had reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media to publish “Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering." (AP Photo)
Atwood, Grisham among contributors to pandemic novel

By Hillel Italie Mar. 18, 2021 02:45 PM EDT

This combination of photos shows cover art for Audible books, from left, "Everyone's Happy" by Rufi Thorpe, "The Gentleman from Peru" by Andre Aciman, "The Getaway" by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen and "Half Light" by Tayari Jones, books that are available exclusively on Audible. (Audible via AP)
Andre Aciman, Tayari Jones releasing audio-only stories

Jul. 13, 2020 09:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2002, file photo, Oakland Athletics manager Art Howe watches over warmup tosses by starting pitcher Tim Hudson during practice for the baseball team' playoff game with the Minnesota Twins, in Oakland, Calif. Howe is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with the coronavirus. The 73-year-old Howe, best known as the manager of the “Moneyball” Athletics playoff teams in the late 1990s and early 2000s, confirmed to Houston TV station KPRC 2 on Thursday night, May 14, he has been dealing with the illness since first feeling symptoms of COVID-19 on May 3. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Former manager and player Art Howe released from hospital

May. 17, 2020 10:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2002, file photo, Oakland Athletics manager Art Howe watches over warmup tosses by starting pitcher Tim Hudson during practice for the baseball team' playoff game with the Minnesota Twins, in Oakland, Calif. Howe is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with the coronavirus. The 73-year-old Howe, best known as the manager of the “Moneyball” Athletics playoff teams in the late 1990s and early 2000s, confirmed to Houston TV station KPRC 2 on Thursday night, May 14, he has been dealing with the illness since first feeling symptoms of COVID-19 on May 3. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Former big league manager, player Howe in ICU with virus

May. 14, 2020 11:21 PM EDT