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Exit Strategies: PW Talks with Larry Bond
The Iranians fake a nuclear test to draw Israel and/or America into a first strike in Larry Bond’s Exit Plan.
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Love in the Time of Lycanthropy: PW Talks with Sharon Shinn
A human woman must decide whether to hide her shape-shifting lover’s secret after a mysterious beast attacks people, in acclaimed fantasist Shinn’s The Shape of Desire.
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The Oscars Are What Hollywood Pretends It Does: A Q&A with Edward Jay Epstein
In The Hollywood Economist 2.0, Epstein considers the new dynamics of movie-making, including the rise of Netflix, how Hollywood beat Wall Street, and the declining quality of Hollywood product.
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Q & A with Natalie Babbitt
Bookshelf talked with author Natalie Babbitt, whose new novel, The Moon Over High Street, is due from Scholastic’s Michael di Capua Books in March.
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Paris in Love: PW Talks with Eloisa James
Eloisa James, the pen name of novelist and Fordham University professor Mary Bly, takes readers to the City of Light in Paris in Love.
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From Kuwait to Camelot: PW Talks with Tony Hays
Tony Hays has taken a circuitous route from teacher (and intelligence operative) to author of The Stolen Bride, the fourth in his Arthurian mystery series.
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Talking to Animals: PW Talks with Marcel Beyer
The German poet and novelist Marcel Beyer considers avian preoccupations, history, and the dubious nature of memory in his new novel, Kaltenburg.
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When Gamblers and Readers Get Together, Anything Can Happen: A Q&A with Tupelo Hassman
Tupelo Hassman’s debut Girlchild is a novel that drops us into the Reno trailer park home of Rory Hendrix and invites us to be the only other member of her Girl Scout troop.
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If They Only Knew Her Secret: A Q&A with Anne Sebba
Already a bestseller in the UK, That Woman takes a fresh look at the much-vilified American-born divorcee for whom Prince Edward abdicated the throne.
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Exercising the Moral Imagination: A Q&A with Eyal Press
Beautiful Souls probes the legacy of human goodness versus a corrupt mob mentality: the whistleblower in the financial industry, the U.S. military prosecutor who resigns over conditions at Gitmo.
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Sex, Lies, and Virtual Reality: PW Talks with Michael Olson
Strange Flesh, the first novel from former software designer Michael Olson, is a thought-provoking, near-future thriller about the intersection of computer technology, online gaming, and human sexuality.
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For the Dedicated Fan: A Q&A with Daniel Wallace
More than a book, Book of Sith is a collectable souvenir and a multimedia experience, with a mechanized case that automatically opens, disgorging the blood-red hardcover with flashing lights and Star Wars sound effects.
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Problems Innovate Too: A Q&A with David Owen
In The Conundrum, David Owen sounds a wake-up call for those who think they’re helping by eating local, buying more fuel-efficient cars, and fitting their house with compact fluorescents.
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Slow Ride: PW Talks with Karen Thompson Walker
In Karen Thompson Walker’s debut novel, The Age of Miracles, an 11-year-old girl wakes up one morning to the news that the earth’s rotation is slowing.
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Pernicious Thought Contagions: PW Talks with Caitlín R. Kiernan
Kiernan has established herself as an author of compelling, sometimes brutal, dark fantasy. Her latest novel, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir (Reviews, Jan. 16), about a schizophrenic young woman obsessed with a painting, is a chillingly effective mix of psychological thriller and ghost story.
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The Internet is Not a Force of Nature: A Q&A with Rebecca MacKinnon
In Consent of the Networked, researcher-advocate Rebecca MacKinnon dissects the issues surrounding civil rights, democracy, and internet institutions that aren’t always looking out for users' best interests.
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NYPD Day One: PW Talks with Lyndsay Faye
The beginnings of the New York City Police Department in 1845 are at the heart of Lyndsay Faye’s series debut, The Gods of Gotham (Reviews, Jan. 16; pub date, Mar.).
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To Vienna, for Adventure: PW Talks with William Boyd
Waiting for Sunrise (Reviews, Jan. 16; pub month, Apr.) combines suspense with an unusual romance as William Boyd again explores the effects of war on ordinary lives.
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Not Often Surprised, But Continually Amazed: A Q&A with Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian
In We’re With Nobody, readers get an insider’s perspective on the business of digging up dirt on the campaign competition, an arcane but vital political art known as Opposition Research.
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Q & A with Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson, winner of numerous awards including three Newbery Honors and the 2006 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement, talks about her latest novel, Beneath a Meth Moon.