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Smith & Watson: PW Talks with Denis Smith
The game’s afoot in Denis Smith’s collection "The Mammoth Book of The Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes."
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Under Pressure: PW Talks with Brigid Schulte
In "Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time," journalist Schulte investigates the forces governing the turbo pace of modern life.
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Intuitive Insights: PW Talks with Judith Orloff
Orloff, a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA, explores the transformative powers of letting go in "The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life."
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Russian Rabble-Rousers: PW Talks With Masha Gessen
We caught up with Russian-American journalist Gessen, author of the new book "Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot," to get the latest news about world’s most renowned “hooligans.”
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Translation Station: PW Talks with Ross Ufberg
Ross Ufberg is cofounder of New Vessel Press (www.newvesselpress.com) and the translator of several titles including "The Good Life Elsewhere" by Vladimir Lorchenkov, which was originally written in Russian.
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Surrounded by Women: PW Talks with Peter Robinson
In Peter Robinson’s "Children of the Revolution," Det. Chief Insp. Alan Banks investigates a murder that harkens back to the political activism of the early ’70s.
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Lost in Translation: PW Talks with Boris Fishman
Boris Fishman’s debut novel, "A Replacement Life," concerns a promising young writer named Slava Gelman who’s cajoled into falsifying Holocaust restitution letters for his grandfather—and his Russian friends—in the pocket of Sotuh Brooklyn that Slava has worked hard to escape.
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The View from the Kitchen: PW Talks with Michael Gibney
Documenting 24 hours in the kitchen, Gibney’s "Sous Chef" captures the true nature of life on the line and the hard work, creativity, and dedication it takes to survive just one day at the stove.
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Q & A with T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper
In "Changers Book One: Drew," husband-and-wife team T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper introduce Ethan, a boy who wakes up in the body of a girl named Drew on the first day of high school.
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Q & A with Carol Weston
Carol Weston introduces two new heroines in "Ava and Pip," a middle-grade novel about an outgoing, wordplay-loving girl and her painfully shy older sister.
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California Drifting: PW Talks With John Dvorak
In Earthquake Storms, scientist John Dvorak, examines the study of earthquakes, focusing on that most famous American earthquake zone, the San Andreas fault.
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Future Shock: PW Talks With Daniel Suarez
In "Influx," Daniel Suarez imagines a future where a shadowy government bureaucracy represses technological innovations.
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Pollution Politics: PW Talks with E.G. Vallianatos
Former EPA analyst Vallianatos exposes the agency’s failure to safeguard the environment and public health in Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the E.P.A.
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The Making of a Truth-Force: PW Talks with Ramachandra Guha
Much of Mohandas Gandhi’s historical life is obscured by the iconic nature of his fame.
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An Extremely Old Dirty Harry: PW Talks with Daniel Friedman
In Daniel Friedman’s second Buck Schatz mystery, Don’t Ever Look Back, the 87-year-old former Memphis, Tenn., cop shows his age.
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On Horseback in Afghanistan: PW Talks with Aaron Gwyn
In Wynne’s War, Aaron Gwyn blends modern warfare with a western theme, as horse-mounted U.S. Special Forces soldiers on a secret, unsanctioned mission battle the Taliban.
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A World Imagined Is Always More Convincing: PW Talks With Benjamin Black
Raymond Chandler’s iconic private eye, Philip Marlowe, walks the mean streets of Los Angeles once again in The Black-Eyed Blonde, by John Banville, under his alias for writing mysteries, Benjamin Black.
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Not an Archetypal Tough Guy: PW Talks with Johnny Shaw
Johnny Shaw’s third novel, Plaster City: A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco, continues the adventures of Jimmy Veeder, a semi-reformed brawler and family man, in California’s Imperial Valley.
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Laughing in the Dark: PW Talks with Elizabeth McCracken
The stories in Elizabeth McCracken’s new collection, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, find characters on the cusp of life-altering events.
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Q & A with Sheila Turnage
2013 Newbery Honoree Sheila Turnage returns with "The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing," another charming mystery in desperate need of unraveling by the indefatigable Mo LoBeau.
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