NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Thomas Mallon. His new novel, "Up With The Sun," draws on the real life, and murder, of a stage and screen actor from the 1950's and '60s. Let's put it this way.

Mallon discusses texts that are suspiciously similar, cites specific cases of plagiarism and concludes that literary predators are recidivistic, while society is reluctant to punish them. ``Although ...

Thomas Mallon’s diaries take us back to the AIDS crisis, the heyday of magazines and an exhilarating city in “The Very Heart of It.” By Dwight Garner Suggested reading from critics and editors at The ...