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NEW YORK (AP) — Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy's first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her mother.

Joanna Levesque shot to stardom at 13. Two decades later, “JoJo” — as she’s better known — has written a memoir and says the song responsible for her meteoric rise, “Leave (Get Out),” was foreign to her.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert A. Caro stands between two giant columns in a second-floor library of the New-York Historical Society, looking out on dozens of friends, family members and colleagues. A research room named for him looms behind.

NEW YORK (AP) — When he wasn't working on mystery stories, and he completed hundreds, G.K. Chesterton liked to think of new ways to tell them.

Making 104 senior appearances for Canada over a 20-year span, Atiba Hutchinson embodied quiet professionalism and leadership. "He's very humble but his influence is as strong as I've ever seen on men," said former national team coach John Herdman.

TORONTO — Filmmaker Chase Joynt's medium-bending memoir is among the five books in the running for Canada's top non-fiction prize.

ORANGE, Va. (AP) — A 6-year-old student brought a revolver to a Virginia elementary school in their bookbag, but the sheriff said there’s no sign that the child intended to use it.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (Crown) 2. Capture or Kill by Don Bentley & Vince Flynn (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 3.

LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction this year, organizers said Monday.

LONDON (AP) — Canadian writer Anne Michaels is among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction this year.