The trip to Spain resulted in two works, a play called "The Fifth Column" and the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

VOA: special.2011.06.26

Critics have also praised a movie called "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

VOA: special.2010.01.01

The novel was called "The Sun Also Rises."

VOA: special.2011.06.19

That's very powerful," This past September, Sierra Club books published Shelton Johnson's first novel, called Gloryland.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25