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Spit Happens: PW Talks with Liana Finck
‘New Yorker’ contributor Liana Finck chronicles her pregnancy and early days of motherhood in the graphic memoir ‘How to Baby.’
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Flying Solo, Together: PW Talks with Ruby Russell
In ‘Doing It All,’ journalist Ruby Russell explores the idea of single motherhood as a means of social change.
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Behind the Blue Wall: PW Talks with Samantha J. Simon
In 'Before the Badge' (New York Univ., Mar.), sociologist Simon documents observing and participating in four police training academies.
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Monster Mash: PW Talks with Lindsay Starck
Two middle school girls are driven to murder by the Kingman, their favorite creepypasta character, in 'Starck’s Monsters We Have Made' (Vintage, Mar.).
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Q & A with Mia Armstrong
We spoke with 12-year-old Mia Armstrong, who is an actor, model, Down syndrome activist, and middle school student, about her picture book debut, 'I Am a Masterpiece!'
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Page Powars
Page Powars says he was “creating a model of how I wished my life could be” in his debut novel, 'The Borrow a Boyfriend Club,' an affirming queer romance starring a transgender 16-year-old.
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Linda Cheng
After immigrating to Canada from Taiwan in the seventh grade, Linda Cheng spent much of her time working on her English by reading R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series, an experience that helped inspire her debut YA horror tale, 'Gorgeous Gruesome Faces.'
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Angela Montoya
Having grown up surrounded by poets and writers, Angela Montoya has entered the family trade with her teen fantasy debut, 'Sinner’s Isle,' about a powerful witch fighting for liberation.
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Joelle Wellington
Copywriter-turned-author Joelle Wellington explores societal fears tinged with racism in her debut novel, the campy, dark, contemporary YA horror-thriller 'Their Vicious Games.'
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Winged Wisdom: PW Talks with Trish O’Kane
In 'Birding to Change the World' (Ecco, Feb.), University of Vermont ornithologist O’Kane reflects on birding and instilling a love of nature in her students.
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Across the Aisle: PW Talks with Charles Duhigg
In 'Supercommunicators' (Random House, Feb.), Duhigg breaks down the roadblocks to productive dialogue and the skills needed to surmount them.
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Q & A with Kate Weston
Kate Weston talked about her new YA novel 'Diary of a Confused Feminist,' her relationship with feminism, and how her comedy and her writing helped her process teenage trauma.
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In Conversation: Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
We asked married collaborators Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome to interview each other about their new picture book, 'Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis,' their creative approaches, and their evolving connections to history.
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Four Questions for Julie Abe
Julie Abe spoke with PW about how writing 'Our Cursed Love' helped her feel closer to her family, the differences and similarities between her YA and middle grade works, and her love of all things magical.
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Q & A with Kerry O'Malley Cerra
We spoke with novelist and former teacher Kerry O'Malley Cerra about how her hearing loss has impacted her life and writing, and her commitment to creating stories that depict deaf characters in a multitude of ways.
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Phantoms of an Opera: PW Talks with Dave Maass and Patrick Lay
With 'Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis' (Dark Horse/Berger, Dec.), Maass and Lay adapt a 1943 opera written in the Terezín concentration camp into a graphic novel.
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What We Hold Onto: PW Talks with Sloane Crosley
In 'Grief Is for People' (MCD, Feb.), Crosley reflects on the 2019 suicide of Vintage publicity director Russell Perreault, her friend and former boss, and the theft of her family heirlooms.
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Writers Talking Writers: Karl Ove Knausgård on Jorge Luis Borges and Olga Ravn on Doris Lessing
A pair of Scandinavian literary trail blazers discuss the works of two titans of the written word.
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Four Questions for Melissa Landers
Melissa Landers—the author of YA romantasy novels such as 'Alienated,' 'Lumara,' and the Starflight series—switches gears with her new book, a contemporary YA mystery called 'Make Me a Liar.'
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In Conversation: Elle Gonzalez Rose and Nicola and David Yoon
We invited Elle Gonzalez Rose, author of 'Caught in a Bad Fauxmance,' to speak with Nicola and David Yoon, authors and co-founders of the Joy Revolution imprint, about the inspiration for her YA debut, and why romance can be revolutionary.
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