He startled critics, readers and the book industry in 1981 with a novel set in the Soviet Union that had a flawed detective ...

Mystery novelist Martin Cruz Smith, known for such Arkady Renko thrillers as “Gorky Park,” has died at age 82; his latest ...

"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless ...

Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a lady to be married, and that the title “Mrs.” reflects that.

Mystery novelist Martin Cruz Smith, known for such Arkady Renko thrillers as “Gorky Park,” has died at age 82. His publisher, ...

She decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. She is still deserving of the married honorific, is she not?

One bridesmaid says she didn't have any input on the shower's size and scope, why should she have to help fund it?

Suppose Miss Jones marries Mr. Smith and decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. Is " Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones," therefore, the proper form to put on an envelope, to be followed by ...

I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked — no, told — to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: All the bridesmaids for an upcoming wedding recently received a note from the bride’s mother stating that ...

Bridesmaids are supposedly chosen because they are the dearest people to the bride. Why, then, are they considered ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the proper title for a married women who is ...