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"The crowds chasing us in A Hard Day's Night were based on moments like this," McCartney writes. "Taken out of the back of our car on West Fifty-Eighth, crossing the Avenue of the Americas." Paul McCartney/1964: Eyes of the Storm hide caption
"Master Slave Husband Wife" reconstructs the dramatic escape of a couple from slavery in 1848. Simon & Schuster hide caption
Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, in May 2022. Johnson has signed a deal to write a memoir of his tumultuous time in office. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
Author George M. Johnson wrote All Boys Aren't Blue, which is on the American Library Association's list of most banned books. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
Russell Banks' 1985 breakout novel, Continental Drift, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He's pictured above in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in December 2007. Thony Belizaire/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Novelist Russell Banks, dead at age 82, found the mythical in marginal lives
A person at home in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, watches Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, being interviewed by ITV's Tom Bradby during "Harry: The Interview," two days before his controversial autobiography "Spare" is published, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Jane Barlow/AP hide caption
Author Maia Kobabe wrote Gender Queer, which is on the American Library Association's lists of most banned books. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
Author Jerry Craft wrote New Kid, which has faced challenges in some school districts. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
Nikki Grimes, the winner of the ALA Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, has written more than 100 children's books. Aaron Lemen/Astra Young Readers hide caption
2022 was a good year for Nikki Grimes, who just published her 103rd book
Author Susan Kuklin wrote Beyond Magenta, which is on the American Library Association's lists of most banned books. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
Sources say the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is set to release its report on Dec. 21 — and publishers are ready to pounce. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Author Ashley Hope Pérez wrote Out of Darkness, which is on the American Library Association's lists of most banned books. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
More than 250 workers at HarperCollins, one of the biggest publishers in the country, have been on strike since November. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Kids want to know: 'Will It Be Okay?' — this book answers that question
Young Dabin is asked by multiple adults if she sees her self as Korean or American. Dabin Han for NPR hide caption
Tess Gunty attends the 73rd National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in New York. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption