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A Murderous Folie à Deux: PW Talks with John Glatt
In 'The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family' (St. Martin’s, Jan.), crime writer Glatt probes a horrific case of child murder.
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Plan(e)t-Forward Cooking: PW Talks with Casey Elsass
In 'Plant & Planet' (Rodale, Dec.), Elsass and the rest of the folks at BuzzFeed's 'Goodful' put a sustainable spin on vegetarian cooking.
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Four Questions for Ariel Henley
In her debut memoir, 'A Face for Picasso,' Ariel Henley recounts her childhood growing up with Crouzon syndrome.
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In Conversation: Renée Watson and Brendan Kiely
We asked authors Renée Watson and Brendan Kiely to discuss their latest books, their approaches to writing about race for young readers, and their hopes for how educators and parents can use their work to spark difficult but important dialogues.
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Celebrating Regularness: PW Talks with Mattie James
We spoke with Mattie James, content creator, lifestyle influencer, and a mother of three, about social media’s impact on self-worth, the difference between happiness and joy, and her debut book, 'Everyday MAGIC: The Joy of Not Being Everything and Still Being More Than Enough' (Worthy, Aug. 2022).
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Mystery Revisited: PW Talks with David Bushman and Mark T. Givens
In 'Murder at Teal’s Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks' (Thomas & Mercer, Jan.), Bushman and Deer Meadow Radio podcaster Givens investigate a century-old homicide.
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Put It All Out There: PW Talks with Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko
Sullivan and Blaschko show readers how to apply philosophy to daily life in 'The Good Life Method' (Penguin Press, Jan.).
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Lost and Alone: PW Talks with Sara Freeman
In 'Tides' (Grove, Jan.), a woman leaves a note for her brother and sister-in-law and sets out with a vague desire to visit the sea.
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Q & A with Alice Walker
Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker's new picture book, 'Sweet People Are Everywhere,' presents her poem of the same title, celebrating the shared humanity of people around the world.
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Q & A with Katie Yamasaki
PW spoke with author-illustrator Katie Yamasaki about her new picture book, 'Dad Bakes,' her work with communities impacted by incarceration, and restorative justice.
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Pomp and Circumstance: PW Talks with Tracy Borman
Borman’s 'Crown & Sceptre' (Atlantic Monthly, Feb.) chronicles the British monarchy’s triumphs, scandals, and changes.
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A Different Kind of Crime Family: PW Talks with Robert Goldberg
Goldberg collaborated with his family to complete his late father Gerald Jay’s second mystery featuring Paris Police Commandant Paul Mazarelle, 'The Hanged Man’s Tale' (Doubleday/Talese, Dec.).
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Q & A with Chuck Wendig
Bestselling author Chuck Wendig spoke with us about his latest novel, a debut middle grade fantasy, titled 'Dust & Grim.'
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Q & A with Lilliam Rivera
Pura Belpré Honoree Lilliam Rivera turns to science fiction with her latest YA novel, 'We Light Up the Sky,' which follows three Latinx teens in Los Angeles as they try to stop an alien invasion in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Mystery and Imagination: Close-up on Melinda Leigh
Bestselling author Leigh chatted with PW about her latest novel in the Bree Taggert series, Right Behind Her, and writing believable narratives with enticing, gut-punching mysteries that keep readers up at night. (Sponsored)
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Crime Wave: PW Talks with Joseph Knox
Joseph Knox’s 'True Crime Story' (Sourcebooks, Dec.) plays with genres—both as a postmodern crime novel that reads like a case file and as an examination of the fascination with true crime itself.
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The White Noise of the South: PW talks with Stacy Willingham
In Stacy Willingham’s thriller 'A Flicker in the Dark' (Minotaur, Jan. 2022), a convicted killer’s daughter grapples with her father’s legacy, and with her terror as young girls begin disappearing, once again, from her Louisiana hometown.
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Making Sense of Freedom: PW Talks with Lea Ypi
In 'Free' (Norton, Jan.), Ypi recounts her experience coming of age in Albania during the fall of Communism.
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A Pandemic of What-Ifs: PW Talks with Delilah Dawson
A disease that causes violent outbursts changes the lives of three generations of abused women in Dawson’s 'The Violence' (Del Rey, Feb.).
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Detective Galileo Returns: PW Talks with Keigo Higashino
In 'Silent Parade' (Minotaur, Dec.), bestselling Japanese author Higashino—who is so reclusive he wouldn’t provide PW with a photograph of himself to accompany this interview—crafts another puzzle for physics professor Manabu Yukawa, whose ingenuity has led the Tokyo police to call him Detective Galileo.
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