Author, screenwriter and musician James McBride can add another title to that list: National Book Award winner.

*National Book Award winner James McBride is turning his attention to the Godfather of Soul for his next project. The author of “The Good Lord Bird” has a deal with Spiegel & Grau for a book about the ...

McBride was "noticeably shocked," according to Millions, saying: "I didn't think I would win today ... If any of the other writers had won, I wouldn’t feel bad because they are all fine writers, but ...

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Ethan Hawke's new series, “The Good Lord Bird,” tells the tale of abolitionist John Brown through the eyes of a fictional young enslaved person who Brown liberates, killing the child’s father in the ...