Children's booksChildren's books This article is more than 11 years oldInterviewHow we made A Monster CallsThis article is more than 11 years oldPatrick Ness and Jim KayAs their book wins the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, writer Patrick Ness and illustrator Jim Kay explain how they worked together, without ever meeting, to unleash a monster hitHow did you come to be involved in A Monster Calls?
Patrick: My editor, Denise Johnstone-Burt, had commissioned a book from Siobhan Dowd, based on a idea Siobhan had talked with her about. Read More...
Watch your in box. If you get a message from a computer program called Identity Angel, you may be vulnerable to having your identity stolen. On July 23, the program--developed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh--began combing the Internet for your Social Security number (usually, the last four digits don't appear on public records). For identity thieves, it's a free pass to your bank and credit-card accounts. (The other two elements of the ID thief's " Read More...
When they’re not trying to sell us on the idea of becoming interested in the boring lives of a bunch of generic, twentysomething newcomers, the recent episodes of Vanderpump Rules have focused almost entirely on thewedding of Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright.
An entire season centered around one event might sound lame (spoiler: it is), but the strategy allows producers to distract viewers from the fact that they’re watching a show about a bunch of 40-year-old ex-bartender suburbanites who recently reached a level of financial comfort that’s enabled them to enter a sort of sad early retirement. Read More...