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110,000 in a Million: PW Talks with James McGee
James McGee’s fourth Regency thriller starring Matthew Hawkwood, Rebellion, centers on a bold plan to topple Napoleon.
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A Question of Balance: PW Talks with Nancy Horan
Nancy Horan talks about her research and the inspiration for her new novel, Under the Wide and Starry Sky, about Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Osbourne.
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J.F.K. Lives: PW Talks with Jeff Greenfield - Mysteries & Thrillers 2013
In If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy (Putnam, Oct.), Jeff Greenfield explores what President Kennedy might have done after Dallas.
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Romantic Adventures: PW Talks with Anna Randol
We enjoy romances where the heroines are strong and independent, and the ladies of the Sinners Trio series—Madeline, Olivia, and Princess Juliana—are as spunky as they come.
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Still Swinging: PW Talks with Robert Evans
Robert Evans had a successful career in the film business producing such films as The Godfather, Love Story, Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby.
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The Inspiration Industry: PW Talks with Jessica Lamb-Shapiro
In Promise Land: My Journey Through America’s Self-Help Culture, Lamb-Shapiro walks the line between skepticism and belief, examining her own relationship with self-help culture.
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Creative Solutions: In the Field, on the Page - PW Talks with Brad Taylor
In Brad Taylor’s The Polaris Protocol (Reviews, Nov. 4; pub date, Jan. 14), Pike Logan and girlfriend Jennifer Cahill go up against Mexican drug cartels and terrorists determined to bring down the U.S. by
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California Dreaming: PW Talks with Mary Miller
Mary Miller chronicles a Rapture-inspired cross-country road trip from the perspective of teenage Jess in her debut novel, The Last Days of California.
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Jan Brett and Margaret Frith Mark 25 Years Together
In an era when authors often publish with multiple houses and work with more than one editor, Margaret Frith's quarter-century of editing Jan Brett's picture books is a pleasant anomaly.
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Life Turned Up a Notch: PW Talks with Jessica Hollander
The winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize, Jessica Hollander’s debut collection, In These Times the Home is a Tired Place (Nov., Univ. of North Texas), is a smart, confident book bursting with tales of pregnant couples, lost souls, and finding a place in the world.
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Of Weirdness and Magic: PW Talks with Kelly Luce
Kelly Luce’s debut, Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail (Oct., A Strange Object), is a haunting collection of fantastical short stories about fortune-telling toasters, ways in which a girl may grow a tail, and an instrument measuring one’s capacity to love.
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Gardens from Evil: PW Talks with Lloyd Shepherd
In The Poisoned Island, Lloyd Shepherd’s follow-up to The English Monster, the return to England of a botanical expedition in 1812 is the catalyst for a series of murders.
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The Persistence of Delusion: PW Talks with Rabih Alameddine
Is a life, in and of itself, a work of art? Rabih Alameddine explores the necessity of a solitary translator’s work in his new novel, An Unnecessary Woman.
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250 Children's Books and Counting: A Conversation with Tomie dePaola
In 2015 Tomie dePaola will celebrate his 50th year in publishing and his 40th writing and illustrating his award-winning tales of Strega Nona.
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Video: Nicola Griffith on 'Hild'
Nicola Hild talks about the inspiration for her new novel, Hild, how writing it was different than writing the science fiction she's known for, and which classic writer she just can't stand.
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Lost in Translation: 'PW' Talks with Doug Dorst
In S., filmmaker J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst (Alive in Necropolis) create a multilayered puzzle via an annotated library copy of a translation of a fictional author’s work.
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Redefining Delicious: PW Talks with Jennie Cook
Jennie Cook uses her years of experience in the California culinary scene to present creative, delicious, and versatile recipes along with smart tips and whimsical anecdotes in her beautifully illustrated cookbook Who Wants Seconds? Sociable Suppers for Vegans, Omnivores and Everyone In Between (Oct., Prospect Park).
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The Military Thriller: PW Talks with James R. Hannibal
Hannibal’s newest, Shadow Catcher (Oct., Berkley), is a psychologically driven thriller that centers on Air Force Major Nick Baron who, after a botched mission in the Persian Gulf, is sent on a mission to rescue a U.S. Air Force officer secretly imprisoned in China.
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Death of a Magical Superpower: PW Talks with Simon Morden
In Arcanum, the kingdom of Carinthia falters when the magic it relies on begins to fade away.
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When You Eliminate the Impossible...PW Talks with Paul Halter
In The Crimson Fog, French master of the impossible crime novel Paul Halter offers his take on the Jack the Ripper mystery.