NewsHour Conversations with National Book Award Winners: 1997 - 1999 religious coal miners risk their lives

coal miners risk their lives to extract the fuel that powers the industrial colossus that is America

As each sibling deals with the new addition in his or her own way (with reactions ranging from joy to jealousy)

He has also been credited for having sired over 100 children

This is Earth as you've never seen it from the churning interior to the oceans

his breakout hit The Attack of the Octopus People (2011) had been released on DVD

NewsHour Conversations with National Book Award Winners: 1997 - 1999 religious coal miners risk their livesNational Book Award is a coveted prize for writers. Three winning novelists talk about the award and their work in these interviews from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. They include Charles Frazier who won for "Cold Mountain," Alice McDermott for "Charming Billy," and Ha Jin for "Waiting."