Today, the city claims numerous authors, many of which are very ... Kurt Busiek is a Boston native who is now a famous comic book writer. He has done "Iron Man," "Spider-Man," "The Avengers ...

The shame of being unpublished can feel downright catastrophic in October, when the Boston Book Festival parades countless celebrated authors in front of an enraptured audience of thousands.

Gilbert is among several authors who are crossing from one side ... puts $2 million of his own cash toward his bid for Boston mayor Josh Kraft, son of billionaire Patriots owner, puts $2 million ...

They decided they would broach the topic of a Boston authors’ group with Julia Ward Howe, famous for penning the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Similar ideas had previously been ...