Visitors walk through the Hachette Book Group's exhibition in May at BookExpo America, the annual industry convention in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Author Neil Gaiman quizzes contestant Serene Lim on character names both real and fictional. Josh Rogosin/NPR hide caption
Author Neil Gaiman sings along to Gilbert & Sullivan. Courtesy of 92Y hide caption
Michelle MacLaren, seen here accepting an award as a producer on Breaking Bad, may direct the upcoming Wonder Woman movie. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
For decades, Kodak's Shirley cards, like this one, featured only white models. Kodak hide caption
Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, the original judges on Fox's American Idol. Michael Becker/AP hide caption
Phil Stanton (from left), Chris Wink and Matt Goldman are the founders of the theatrical performance troupe Blue Man Group. Jemal Countess/Getty Images hide caption
What do you get when three Israelis, two Iranians and a German walk into a room? A Berlin-based world music ensemble known as Sistanagila, named after an Iranian province — Sistan and Baluchestan — and the popular Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila." Courtesy of Sistanagila hide caption
A house on the central Jersey Shore coast collapsed after Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012. Richard Ford said he focused on houses in the wake of the storm in his new book, Let Me Be Frank With You, because they have an "almost iconic status." "A house is where you look out the window and see the world," he says. Mike Groll/AP hide caption
Isabel Allende has earned laurels for her work in both Chile and the United States. Peter Morgan/AP hide caption