If Scott Turow and John Grisham could turn their knowledge of the law into lucrative, best-selling commercial fiction, he is thinking, why can't I?

Lee recounts his life in best-selling autobiographical fiction.

Anna Maynard Barbour (died May 10, 1941) was an American author of best-selling fiction.

Even though people often believe that commercial fiction does not last, she said, best-selling fiction actually stays in print longer than best-selling nonfiction.

Officially, the TV series was followed in 1984 by a best-selling "interactive fiction", or text-based adventure game, distributed by Infocom.

Malcolm Bosse, an author of best-selling historical fiction and children's books, died on May 3 at his home in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

After release it quickly became a best-selling fiction, topping the list published by Hindustan Times.

That's the best-selling fiction that many people - politicians, religious leaders and the media on both sides of the equation - are working overtime to turn into fact.

Trade paperbacks also compete now for reprint rights to best-selling fiction, a segment of the industry once monopolized by mass-market paperbacks.

Each year features best-selling fiction and nonfiction authors who write about a variety of issues and topics.