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'Pat the Bunny' Gets Zombie Makeover

It takes a lot of guts to remake a classic. Guts and, apparently, blood, rotting flesh and oozing entrails. At least that's the freaky formula that was used by lifelong pals Aaron Ximm and Kaveh Soofi to create "Pat the Zombie: A Cruel Adult Spoof" -- a bloody weird parody of the beloved children's book "Pat the Bunny,"...

Reading Problems Don't Stop Twins From Being Acclaimed Authors

(Aug. 5) -- Writing an award-winning book is hard to do for an adult, much less a teenager. It's even more difficult when you have problems reading books. But twin sisters from Orange County, Calif., who just turned 15 aren't letting little things like age, dyslexia or attention deficit disorder keep them from becoming...

Ponzi Scheme Wipes Out Author Jacquelyn Mitchard

(June 28) -- Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the best-selling novel "The Deep End of the Ocean," says she has been virtually wiped out by a $190 million Ponzi scheme. The author, a mother of nine children in Madison, Wisconsin, is the victim of an international Ponzi scheme masterminded by Trevor Cook, a Minneapolis trader...

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An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created.

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