Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in ...

The book on Twain has been in Chernow's thoughts for decades, dating back to when he saw Hal Holbrook play him on stage in ...

From his childhood, Samuel Clemens was devoted to showmanship, exaggeration and the joy of a tall tale.

Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known ...

Northern Nevada resident McAvoy Layne has dedicated his life to honor Mark Twain, and American writer with strong Nevada ties ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens may well have led a happier life if he had remained a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi. But then ...

In the heart of Hannibal, Missouri, the town that shaped a young Mark Twain, a quietly remarkable home invites visitors to ...

By noon Sunday, regional actor Kelley Elder was already applying makeup to his face inside one of the dressing rooms at Theatre Workshop of Owensboro’s Trinity Centre. It was ahead of Elder’s third of ...

Conan O’Brien's Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize is now streaming on Netflix with tributes and hilarious performances.

In our weekly late night TV recap, everybody loves Conan O'Brien as he wins the Mark Twain Prize. Plus Amber Ruffin talks to ...