Billionaire John Irving has died at age 78 after battling an illness. According to CBC News, John ("Jack") joined the family-run oil company, Irving Oil, in 1952 and later managed the family's ...

NEW YORK – In John Irving's next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud's, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.” Simon & Schuster announced Thursday ...

Irving's first book for children, an atmospheric story originally included as part of his adult novel A Widow for One Year , introduces wide-eyed Tom, pictured in adorably rumpled pajamas. The boy ...

John Irving, the acclaimed author of such classics as "The World According to Garp," "The Cider House Rules," and "A Prayer for Owen Meaney," is back with his first novel in seven years, one that is ...

The Old Testament book of Esther, the Jewish orphan on a mission to save her people from genocide, is one inspiration for ...

John Irving has written huge bestsellers, beginning with "The World According To Garp." And now at the age of 80, he's written his longest novel, putting pen to paper like a Dickensian scrivener on a ...

A 1960s crime caper, a biography of the man who created the modern F.B.I., Sinead O’Connor’s memoir: Reporters, writers, editors and bureau chiefs describe their favorite reads of the year. Former ...

Writer John Irving doesn't believe in miracles — but he is fascinated by them. And there is much that is both miraculous and mysterious in his new book, Avenue of Mysteries. Irving has written 14 ...

Jane Harrigan University of New Hampshire journalism program director. Editor's note: This story was reprinted with permission from the fall edition of the University of New Hampshire Magazine. A John ...

The literary titan is still publishing books, and still pushing envelopes, at 83. But you will not see him in the United States anytime soon. By Scott Cacciola His new novel returns to a familiar ...