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Deborah Smith

Deborah Smith was a newspaper editor before she became an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romances, including the books A Place to Call Home and Blue Willow. She has published more than 30 novels over the course of her career and is now focusing on writing fiction with romantic elements.

Han Kang Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

We are delighted to share the news that Penguin Random House author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” The Nobel Foundation writes, “In her oeuvre, Han Kang confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of

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Han Kang to Bury Her Latest Book for Nearly 100 Years

As the latest contributor to the Future Library project, South Korean novelist Han Kang’s newest book will be buried in a Norwegian forest for nearly one hundred years. In the year 2114, the book—along with its ninety-nine fellows, one for each year since the project’s inception—will be unearthed and printed. The paper will be harvested

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