Novelist Salman Rushdie promotes the German-language edition of his book Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder in Berlin on May 16, 2024. In the book, Rushdie confronts the 2022 attack that left him blind in one eye. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie responds to questions during a news interview for the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Thursday, May 18, 2023, in New York. Frank Franklin II/AP hide caption
At a rally outside the New York Public Library, writers including Paul Auster and Gay Talese read passages from Salman Rushdie's work. His assailant has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges after being accused of stabbing Rushdie during a literary event at the Chautauqua Institution. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone (left) and Hadi Matar, who was charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, listen during an arraignment Thursday in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y. Joshua Bessex/AP hide caption
Salman Rushdie is shown attending the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on Nov. 15, 2017, in New York. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage as he was preparing for a speaking event in western New York on Friday. Grant Pollard/Invision/AP hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Quichotte by Salman Rushdie; Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann; An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak; Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo; and The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. Courtesy of the publishers hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie, seen in January 2013, was also lauded by the judges for "his countless private acts of kindness." Rajanish Kakade/AP hide caption
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, pictured in 2013, has a laundry list of legal changes he'd like to see and thinks "ultimately each will be adopted." Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter, played by Bonnie Wright and Daniel Radcliffe. Ginny grows up to write for The Daily Prophet, according to dispatches written by J.K. Rowling. Warner Bros. hide caption
Mary Thom, seen in an undated photo, was "one of the great writers, editors, and visionaries of the women's movement," said Julie Burton, president of The Women's Media Center. Women's Media Center via AP hide caption
Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, announces the winners Monday at Columbia University in New York. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Renee Zellweger in a scene from Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. A new Bridget Jones book will come out this November. Universal Studios hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie at The New Yorker Festival in New York on Oct. 7. Todd France/AP hide caption