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See Under: Realistic Dreamer
Grossman spoke with PW by phone from his home in Jerusalem two days after the war in Iraq began.
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Writing Prey
PW: Naked Prey has Lucas Davenport squarely embedded in married life, in stark contrast to his womanizing in previous novels. Moreover, your introduction of Letty West solidifies Davenport's paternal image. Can you describe the turnabout in Davenport's image?
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Politics and the Reservation
PW: You grew up in a small Oklahoma town with Indians as neighbors and later served in the infantry in World War II, where you were severely wounded. Tony Hillerman: That's right. I got blown up, spent six months in an Army hospital, then got shipped home. I was still wearing an eye patch and walking with a cane.
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'There Are Ways of Doing It'
PW: There seems to be a lot of relationship activity in A Cold Heart. Is there a formula that you follow for balancing personal with professional involvements as you construct your plots?
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A Different Kind of Journey
PW: Why did you turn from travel writing to science in A Short History of Nearly Everything?
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Tuning in to the Culture Wars
PW: In your book Dispatches from the Culture Wars, you criticize Democratic and liberal leadership for losing touch with the young. Does the liberal leadership "get" pop culture or its audience?
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Want to Sell Books? Give Customers a Hug
PW: Do you read business books? Jack Mitchell: You bet I do. The one I think that influenced me the most was Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service by Ken Blanchard. It's somewhat related to what I say in my book [Hug Your Customers]. I was also influenced by Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Don Peppers and Martha Rogers's...
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Class Warfare in the Burbs
PW: Is Riverside [setting of The Last Good Day] based on an actual New York suburb?
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How (Not) to Make an Independent Film
PW: What was the inspiration for writing a how-to guide for young filmmakers [Make Your Own Damn Movie]?
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Picturing the Turn of the 20th Century
PW: What was your initial inspiration to write The Silent Boy? Lois Lowry: Usually it is difficult to identify a starting point, but in this case it was photographs from my own family. My grandmother's sister was a photographer at the turn of the century, and when she died, she left me her photographs.
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How to Get to Sesame Street... and Beyond
PW spoke with Carroll Spinney, the voice (and body) behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, from his home in Connecticut, about the forthcoming The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch). PW: It's quite exciting to talk to someone I grew up watching on TV.
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Facing the Music
PW: What is "song reading" [as in The Song Reader]?
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Nobody's Perfect
PW: Was writing a book [Perfect I'm Not!: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches and Baseball] your way of setting the record straight on what people think you're like?
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The Devil Wears Prada, and the Writer Wears... Dior?
PW: When you were working at Vogue, did you ever think, "This would make a great book"? Lauren Weisberger: No. But Vogue is a wild, fun place to work. I don't believe there's anywhere else like it on Earth. PW: Were you working there while writing the book [The Devil Wears Prada]?
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A Tart's Tale
The book Once Upon a Tart is named after a quaint neighborhood cafe that Frank Mentesana and Jerome Audureau opened on Sullivan Street in New York City's SoHo. The proprietors-turned-authors found a store for sale and discovered that its basement was filled with musty but beautiful bakery fixtures.
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Another Great Generation
PW: How did you decide to take on this project [After: How American Confronted the September 12 Era]?
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Farewell to Phedre: PW Talks with Jacqueline Carey
PW: You've indicated that it was while working for a year in a London bookstore after college and traveling throughout Europe that you realized you wanted to be a writer. Were you bubbling over with ideas?
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Illuminating the Darkness
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An Explosion of Attention
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Talk of Peace in a Time of War
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