Alan Gratz Is Going for the Gold
Riding the wave of interest in middle grade historical fiction, Alan Gratz returns to Nazi Germany with a fast-paced Olympic thriller. more...
Breaking Bread: PW Talks with Andy Shallal
In ‘A Seat at the Table’ (OR Books, Oct.), the restaurateur and activist details the founding of his Washington, D.C., eatery and bookstore Busboys and Poets, and offers insights on politics, food, immigration, and art. more...
Joe Sacco Asks Why History Repeats Itself
In his latest graphic narrative, cartoonist Joe Sacco investigates the stories people tell themselves about political and sectarian violence. more...
Radical Time Warp: PW Talks to Ben Passmore
In ‘Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance’ (Pantheon, Oct.), the Ignatz Award winner sends his cartoon avatar time traveling through Black history. more...and more.
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Interviews“The Right Story for the Novel”: PW Talks with Ann Patchett
The author’s latest, Whistler (Harper, June), centers on Daphne, a middle-aged English teacher; her reunion with Eddie, her former stepfather; and the long shadow cast by a car accident when she was nine. Like all of Patchett’s best work, it’s a novel of enormous generosity. At PLA, Patchett will join children’s author Kate DiCamillo for a lunch with attendees on April 2.
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Interviews
STEAM Star Turned Author: PW Talks with Samaira Mehta
Seventeen-year-old high school student, researcher, and tech entrepreneur Samaira Mehta brings her passion for tech to ‘Sama Crushes the Code,’ the launch title of a new STEAM series.
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Profiles
Lee Goldberg: Man of Mystery
For the first installment in his new Edison Bixby thriller series, the bestselling author decided to upend as many genre tropes as possible.
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Interviews
I’m Coming Out: PW Talks with Barry Walters
In ‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969–2000’ (Viking, May), the journalist traces how queer recording artists have shaped modern music and culture.
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Interviews
The Most Beautiful Place on the Planet: PW Talks with Douglas Stuart
The Booker Prize winner’s novel ‘John of John’ (Grove, May) takes place in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, where a native son returns after university and keeps his sexuality a secret.
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Interviews
In Conversation: Casey Scieszka and Jon Scieszka Answer Their Frequently Asked Questions
Debut novelist Casey Scieszka joined her father, children’s author Jon Scieszka, to unpack some of the writing queries people often ask them.
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BookLife
Thinking Beyond the Blurb
An author explores what makes a book reviewable.
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Profiles
Andrey Kurkov Dispatches Kyiv
After years spent covering the Russia-Ukraine war as a journalist and commentator, the author returns to fiction.
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Interviews
Slut Era: PW Talks with Ryan O’Connell
In ‘Inspiration Porn’ (St. Martin’s, May), the star and writer of the Netflix series ‘Special’ reflects on navigating Hollywood as a gay man with cerebral palsy.
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Interviews
Subverting Expectations: PW Talks with De’Shawn Charles Winslow
In the author’s third novel, ‘The Fervent Whites’ (One World, June), a wrongly convicted white couple’s return from prison to their predominantly Black hamlet stirs up old resentments.
