April 14, 2014 6:34 pm Children's Book Author, 8-Year-Old Son Killed in Fire A children’s book author and her 8-year-old son were killed in a fire at their New Jersey home late Sunday, authorities said. Jen Maxfield reports. Local 2:54 Building partially collapses onto scaffolding, parked cars in Brooklyn 1:41 Man killed by NYPD patrol car while on Van Wyck Expressway in Queens: Police 0:53 28,000 runners hit the streets for RBC Brooklyn Half-Marathon 0:59 Dead body found near marina in Queens 0:45 5-year-old boy dies after being hit by SIV near Queens playground