A2: Novelist

Former Ann Arbor resident Elizabeth Kostova, author of the best-selling “The Historian,” is coming out with a new novel, “The Swan Thieves,” which will hit stores on Tuesday, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press: “Kostova says she returns to Ann Arbor regularly. Each fall, in collaboration with Zingerman’s Roadhouse, she hosts the Vampire’s Ball, a fund-raising dinner for Food Gatherers, a nonprofit that fights hunger in Washtenaw County. She’s scheduled to read from ‘The Swan Thieves’ at Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor on Feb. 3.” [Source]