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  • PW Talks with Jennifer Crusie

    by Melissa Mia Hall | 07/29/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: You've come up with another fun read with your 14th novel, Faking It, a romantic tale of larceny, art forgeries and wacky families. You've been an art teacher. What's the primary similarity between painting and writing?

  • PW Talks with Francine Prose

    by Sarah F. Gold | 07/29/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: How did you come around to the idea of The Lives of the Muses?

  • PW Talks with Bruce Feiler

    by Jana Riess | 07/22/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Were you surprised by the response to Walking the Bible?

  • PW Talks with Janet Browne

    by David Campbell | 07/22/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: It's been seven years between the publication of Charles Darwin: Voyaging and your new book, subtitled The Power of Place. Where have you been all this time?

  • PW Talks with J.A. Jance

    by Louise Jones | 07/22/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Why did you combine your two very different series characters, J.P. Beaumont and Sheriff Joanna Brady, in the same book?

  • PW Talks with Ann M. Martin

    by Lynda Brill Comerford | 07/22/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: What inspired you to write A Corner of the Universe?

  • PW Talks with Jack McKeown

    by Lynn Andriani | 07/15/2002 @ 06:00AM

    McKeown is the president and CEO of the Perseus Book Group. PW met with him in his Park Avenue office recently to discuss Business: The Ultimate Resource.

  • PW Talks to Lise McClendon

    by Monica Whitebread | 07/08/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Why did you choose Kansas City as the setting for your Dorie Lennox series?

  • PW Talks with Philippe Petit

    by Michael Scharf | 07/08/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: When and why did you begin writing To Reach the Clouds?

  • PW Talks with Garry Wills

    by Judy T. Roberts | 07/01/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Your new book begins by responding, in a very personal way, to those who asked why you remain Catholic in spite of your criticism of the church. Did you feel a certain amount of discomfort in approaching the book this way?

  • PW Talks with Sharon Salzberg

    by Tracy Cochran | 07/01/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: You are a respected author and teacher of Buddhist meditation. Why did you decide to write about faith?

  • PW Talks with John Miller

    by Sarah F. Gold | 07/01/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: How did you and your two coauthors get together on The Cell? How did it originate?

  • PW Talks with Faye Kellerman

    by Ben P. Indick | 07/01/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Your latest Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel, Stone Kiss, which features some shady New York Hasidim, has stronger Jewish elements than most of your other books in the series. Is there a reason?

  • PW Talks with Alan Furst

    by Adam Dunn | 07/01/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: You're in the unusual position of having published eight books in roughly 18 months with one house [Blood of Victory is the latest]. How has it been working with the Random House crew between hardcover and paperback?

  • PW Talks with David Ball

    by Ben P. Indick | 07/01/2002 @ 04:00AM

    PW: Your previous work of fiction, Empires of Sand, was a historical novel. What inspired you to write China Run, a story of Americans adopting an infant girl from China?

  • PW Talks to Ben Tyler

    by Kevin Howell | 06/24/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Your first novel, Tricks of the Trade, was a top seller. Now, you've written Hunk House. Are you concerned with being pigeonholed as a writer of gay fiction?

  • PW Talks with Alice Sebold

    by Ann Darby | 06/17/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Your memoir focused on rape—your brutal rape when you were a student at Syracuse University in 1981. Your novel, The Lovely Bones, is about a rape and murder. Was it a relief, or a horror, to re-imagine a rape?

  • PW Talks with Ethan Hawke

    by Dena Croog | 06/17/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: You've said that deciding to write your first novel, The Hottest State, was one of the scariest things you've done, and now you've gone and written another. How did your experience differ with Ash Wednesday.

  • PW Talks with Nick Cook

    by Michael Scharf | 06/10/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: Your research into zero point energy took you into no-go areas for a high-profile defense reporter and editor—UFOs, the paranormal, "black" programs. What was your strategy for handling them?

  • PW Talks with Toby Young

    by Joel Hirschhorn | 06/10/2002 @ 06:00AM

    PW: In writing How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, how did it feel to relive your traumatic experiences at Vanity Fair?

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