Books

Local authors including Nicola Harrison and Newsday's Robert Fouch plus Marvel Comics' Danny Figeroth, author of a new book on Stan Lee, will appear at book signings this week.

Sheila Weller's new "Carrie Fisher" bio looks at the actress' demons and triumphs in a gossipy, fan magazine style.

No one seems sorry to see dear old Dad kick off in Jamie Attenberg's hilarious "All This Could Be Yours," her seventh novel and easily her best.

Danny Fingeroth, author of "A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee., will read from the new biography and give a presentation at Huntington's Cinema Arts Centre.

Deborah Levy's "The Man Who Saw Everything" is a beautifully crafted story of how an accident changes the life of a man and those around him.

"The Andromeda Evolution" by Daniel H. Wilson is an intriguing if somewhat improbable sequel to Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain."

Michael Connelly keeps up the high standards of the Harry Bosch series with his latest entry "The Night Fire."

Moscow detective Arkady Renko of "Gorky Park" returns in Martin Cruz Smith's "The Siberian Dilemma," a diverting if disappointing thriller.

From "On the Town" to "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Christian Blauvelt looks at the hundreds of movie shot in New York in his book "Turner Classic Movies Cinematic Cities: New York."

Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emaa Walton Hamilton, will be at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Sunday to sign copies of their memoir "Home Work."