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Q & A with Beth Kephart

By Patricia J. Murphy | 07/25/2022 @ 09:00AM

PW spoke with Kephart about creating books across age ranges and genres, and teaching the craft of writing.
The Universality of Black Joy: PW Talks with Rue Mapp

By Liz Scheier | 07/22/2022 @ 07:00PM

The founder of Outdoor Afro, author of the forthcoming book 'Nature Swagger' (Chronicle, Nov.), explains why "nature is the ultimate open-source platform."
There Is No Final Frontier: PW Talks with William Shatner

By Lenny Picker | 07/22/2022 @ 07:00PM

In 'Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder' (Atria, Oct.), Shatner recounts, among other experiences, his 2021 space flight.
The Fight Goes On: PW Talks with Matthew F. Delmont

By Reggie Blanding | 07/22/2022 @ 07:00PM

Dartmouth historian Delmont’s 'Half American' (Viking, Oct.) unearths the contributions African Americans made to WWII, and how their experiences of racial discrimination helped spark the civil rights movement.
Q & A with Dan Gemeinhart

By Susan Metallo Olivier | 07/21/2022 @ 03:00PM

We spoke with Dan Gemeinhart about his unconventional style choices in 'The Midnight Children' and the meaning of home in middle grade fiction.
Q & A with Lio Min

By Gilcy Aquino | 07/19/2022 @ 03:00PM

We spoke with music journalist Lio Min about crafting the YA debut, 'Beating Heart Baby,' and how anime influenced their story.
Finding the Time: PW Talks with James K.A. Smith

By Marc Greenawalt | 07/15/2022 @ 07:00PM

In 'How to Inhabit Time' (Brazos, Sept.), philosophy professor Smith argues that Christians must reckon with their past and consider how history informs faith.
The Real Regency: PW Talks with Vanessa Riley

By Suzanne Fox | 07/15/2022 @ 07:00PM

Lady Worthing, the multiracial heroine of Riley’s series launch, 'Murder in Westminster' (Kensington, Sept.), confronts mysteries of race, crime, and class in Regency London.
Q & A with Jose Pimienta

By Cheryl E. Klein | 07/14/2022 @ 03:00PM

We spoke with 'Twin Cities' author-illustrator Jose Pimienta about cultural and gender-based double standards, teenage rebellion, and finding a place to call your own.
Death Comes for the Archdeacon: PW Talks with Cora Harrison

By Lenny Picker | 07/08/2022 @ 07:00PM

In Harrison’s 'Murder in the Cathedral' (Severn, Sept.), the Reverend Mother Aquinas investigates the double poisoning of an Anglican archdeacon and a seven-year-old boy in 1920s Cork, Ireland.
Confusing for a Living: PW Talks with Liniers

By Shaenon Garrity | 07/08/2022 @ 07:00PM

Argentinian cartoonist Liniers’s internationally syndicated daily comic is collected for the first time in English in 'Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere' (Fantagraphics, Aug.).
Octopus’s Garden: PW Talks with Ray Nayler

By Caitlin Farley | 07/08/2022 @ 07:00PM

Nayler’s sci-fi debut, 'The Mountain in the Sea' (MCD, Oct.), hinges on the discovery of intelligent octopus life.
The Real Agatha Christie: PW Talks with Lucy Worsley

By Diane Reynolds | 07/08/2022 @ 07:00PM

In 'Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman' (Pegasus Crime, Sept.), historian Worsley reframes the prolific detective novelist’s life.
Four Questions for Elizabeth Kilcoyne

By Liv Morris | 07/07/2022 @ 03:00PM

We spoke with Elizabeth Kilcoyne about horror, grief, and her YA debut, 'Wake the Bones.'
From Hardback to Substack: PW Talks with Mary Gaitskill

By Maya Popa | 07/05/2022 @ 05:00PM

The author of 'Bad Behavior,' 'The Mare,' and more on the freedom of an email newsletter and the horrors of the internet.
Outside of Society: PW Talks with Ernesto Mestre-Reed

By Mira Braneck | 07/01/2022 @ 07:00PM

In Cuban American author Mestre-Reed’s 'Sacrificio' (Soho, Sept.), a young man falls into a group of queer counterrevolutionaries in late-1990s Havana.
After the Untouchables: PW Talks with Daniel Stashower

By Lenny Picker | 07/01/2022 @ 07:00PM

In 'American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper' (Minotaur, Sept.), Stashower explores the legendary lawman’s career after the arrest of Al Capone.
The Past Is Never Dead: PW Talks with Orlando Figes

By Suzanne Shablovsky | 07/01/2022 @ 07:00PM

In 'The Story of Russia' (Metropolitan, Sept.), Figes surveys the history of Russian leaders reimagining their nation’s past to suit their present-day political agendas.
'Games Are Another Form of Storytelling': PW Talks to Gabrielle Zevin

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 06/30/2022 @ 09:00AM

Zevin, whose 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' (Knopf, July) does for game design what her 2014 'The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry' did for indie bookstores, talked with 'PW' about storytelling, cultural appropriation, and more.
Q & A with Lora Senf

By Michael M. Jones | 06/28/2022 @ 03:00PM

In 'The Clackity' by debut author Lora Senf, 12-year-old Evie Von Rathe journeys into a terrifying supernatural world populated by ghosts and witches.

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