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Sleep Tight: PW Talks with David K. Randall
In Dreamland, David K. Randall takes us on a magical mystery tour of sleep.
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Lagos, Mississippi: PW Talks with Sefi Atta
In her new novel, A Bit of Difference, Nigerian-born author Sefi Atta, now a resident of Mississippi, puts
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Every Sort of Mischief: PW Talks with Toni Blake
In Willow Springs, the fifth contemporary romance set in charming Destiny, Ohio, Blake finds a perfect—and perfectly improbable—match for the small town’s lonely matchmaker.
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Footnoting the American Revolution: PW Talks with Robert Sullivan
In My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan offers a nostalgic, witty, and always informative topographic retrospective of the sites pertinent to the Revolutionary War.
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Quixote in Louisiana: PW Talks with James Lee Burke
In James Lee Burke’s Creole Belle, the New Iberia, La., deputy sheriff and his best friend, Clete Purcel, take on corrupt politicians, oil men, and a possible Nazi war criminal.
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Q & A with Susane Colasanti
In YA novelist Susane Colasanti’s new book, Keep Holding On, protagonist Noelle is neglected at home and bullied at school. She endures a lot of abuse before she finds the strength to “start shaping my life into the one I want.” Here, Colasanti talks about her own difficult teen years, how her book fits into the current conversation about bullying, and what she’s doing to support today’s teens.
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The FBomb--from Blog to Book: PW Talks with Julie Zeilinger
Julie Zeilinger -- creator and editor of FBomb, a feminist blog aimed at teens and young adults -- is currently an undergraduate at Barnard College. But term papers and finals haven’t stopped her from penning A Little F’d Up: Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word, a readable and informative pop culture guide to feminism for a new generation.
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"Content Is King, but Platform Is Queen’: PW Talks with Michael Hyatt
In Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World (Thomas Nelson), Michael Hyatt offers advice not only on developing influence via social media but on monetizing that influence and turning it into a sustainable, long-term career. Hyatt was CEO of Thomas Nelson for six years and now serves as its chairman. He blogs at www.MichaelHyatt.com.
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Double-crossing the Nazis: PW Talks with Ben Macintyre
The D-Day landings might not have succeeded without the espionage affair related by bestseller Ben Macintyre in Double Cross.
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Bringing People Together: PW Talks with Beth Harbison
Bestselling author Beth Harbison tells the story of adorably flawed private chef Gemma Craig and her rocky path to true love in When in Doubt, Add Butter.
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A Finn in a Strange Land: PW Talks with Lars Kepler
The pseudonymous Swedish couple who write as Lars Kepler pit their independent-minded detective, Joona Linna, against weapons dealers in The Nightmare.
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Rivers of Sewage and Radiation: PW Talks with Andrew Blackwell
With Visit Sunny Chernobyl, journalist-filmmaker Andrew Blackwell tours the most polluted spots on earth -- and makes a pretty good case that you should, too.
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Oliver Jeffers: A U.S./U.K. Production
Author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers, a Belfast native who has lived in Brooklyn since 2007, is enjoying his greatest U.S. success to date with Stuck, his eighth and most recent picture book. His latest book is The New Sweater. Like other Jeffers titles, it is being released simultaneously with HarperCollins in the U.K. and with Penguin/Philomel in the U.S., thanks to an unusual publishing backstory.
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A Conversation With Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes said that politics tends to be ideological, religion tends to be dogmatic, but literature is always ambiguous. PW recently talked to the author, who unexpectedly died recently, about his work and his new novel, Vlad (Dalkey Archive Press).
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PW Talks with Michael Showalter: Focus on Audio 2012
Comedian, actor, director, and writer Michael Showalter is probably best known for the 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer; the comedy troupe, Stella; and the MTV show The State. But he’s also written a memoir and recorded its audiobook, and will host the Audies Gala.
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From Urban Planning to Urban Fantasy: PW Talks with Kira Brady
Kira Brady’s studies in urban planning and historic preservation helped her create a fantastical alternate Seattle in Hearts of Darkness, the first in a paranormal romance trilogy.
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Gurney into Mystery: PW Talks with John Verdon
Retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney pursues a serial killer in John Verdon’s Let the Devil Sleep.
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Shape-Shifter: PW Talks with Rachel Joyce
After 20 years of acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company and writing radio plays for the BBC, Rachel Joyce begins her career as a novelist with The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
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Same Sex, Different Story: PW Talks with Rodger Streitmatter
Just as president Obama comes out in favor of gay marriage, a new book takes a close look at American same sex couples, from Walt Whitman to Greta Garbo to Jasper Johns.
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PW Talks With Garth Nix
In his rollicking new novel, the space opera A Confusion of Princes, Australian writer Garth Nix, author of the classic Abhorsen Chronicles and the recent Keys to the Kingdom series, introduces a galaxy-spanning empire ostensibly run by the 10 million princes of the title, all working under the rule of a mysterious emperor but, as the protagonist gradually discovers, things are not at all what they seem.
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