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The article profiles several novelists including Robert Liparulo, author of the Christian fiction novel "The 13th Tribe," Anne Elisabeth Stengl who wrote the book "Moonblood," Frank Peretti, author of the book "Illusion," Tom Pawlik who wrote the suspense novel "Beckon," and author of the Christian speculative fiction book "Daystar," Kathy Tyers.

The article discusses publishers who are releasing books which are by or about athletes who are Christian. The article looks at the popularity of books on the basketball player Jeremy Lin, football head coach Tony Dungy, and the football player Tim Tebow, examining how authors and publishers choose the athletes to feature and the authors who will write the books. Publishers including Thomas Nelson, Zondervan, and Tyndale are examined.

Reports that writer Michael Crichton has formed his computer gaming company Timeline Studios. Company background; Company's plan to develop computer gaming software based on Crichton's books.

Reviews multimedia games of particular interest to the United States bookstore market. Includes Myst, from Broderbund; The 7th Guest, from Virgin Interactive; Under a Killing Moon, from Access Software; SimCity 2000 Collection, from Maxis; GT Interactive's Doom II: Hell on Earth; Dark Forces, from LucasArts; Descent, from Interplay; Origin Systems' Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger.

An interview with author Kitty Kelley is presented in which she discusses her book "Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys, John F. Kennedy's Catholicism, and the relationship between religion and politics.

The article presents an interview with author Dean Koontz. The article looks at the spiritual themes in Koontz's work, "Odd Apocalypse," the fifth book in the Odd Thomas book series, and the movie adaptation of of "Odd Thomas." Koontz also discusses his involvement with the Canine Companions for Independence service dog organization.

Highlights the launching of Timeline Studios, a computer games company by author Michael Crichton. Computer game designed by Crichton in 1982; Why Crichton returned to computer gaming; Features of Timeline, the first game released by the company; Details on its partnership with Eidos Interactive company.

Discusses Tom Clancy's Red Storm Entertainment, a multiple-media company which develops interactive games to be played on a personal computer. The demand for bolder and better games; Factors that sales depend on; President and chief executive officer of Red Storm, Doug Littlejohns; Plans for games; Games based on Clancy's books, including `Rainbow Six.'