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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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Q & A with Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Author-illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger spoke with us about the final book in her color-inspired trilogy, 'Red'; her rapport with her longtime editor, Neal Porter; and what's next on her creative agenda.
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Q & A with Mo Willems
In 'Opposites Abstract,' illustrator Mo Willems asks readers to think about how 18 paired, non-representational images make us feel as well as how and why we place one idea in opposition to another.
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The Art of Black Folk: 'PW' Talks with Richard J. Powell
Long recognized as an indispensable work on the history of African American visual art, 'Black Art: A Cultural History' by Richard J. Powell, will be released this month in a revised and expanded third edition by Thames & Hudson.
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Hard Work: PW Talks with Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen
In 'Out of Office' (Knopf, Dec.), Warzel and Petersen survey the current state of remote work and the future of flexibility.
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Their Final Problems: PW Talks with Christopher Fowler
In 'London Bridge Is Falling Down: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery' (Bantam, Dec.), Fowler wraps up his series featuring oddball British cops tackling oddball British crimes.
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Q & A with Barbara Dee
Barbara Dee spoke with us about her new middle grade novel, 'Violets Are Blue,' which tackles tough subjects including divorce and opioid addiction.
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Four Questions for Eugene Yelchin
Russian-born author-illustrator Eugene Yelchin's most recent work, 'The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain,' is a middle grade memoir of his childhood in the former USSR.
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Q & A with Monica Zepeda
We speak with Monica Zepeda, a teen librarian at the Beverly Hills Public Library in Los Angeles County, a debut young adult author, and an award-winning screenwriter, about her passion for storytelling.
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To Love Enough: PW Talks with Muriel Barbery
The author of 'The Elegance of the Hedgehog' and most recently 'A Single Rose' (Europa, Sept.) spoke with 'PW' about her appreciation for Japan, the emotional toll of loss, and how both love and loss are present in all her books.
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City of Peace: PW Talks with Andrew Lawler
Journalist Lawler's 'Under Jerusalem' (Doubleday, Nov.) examines the history and politics of archaeology in the Holy City.
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A Bigger Big Brother: PW Talks with Dave Eggers
In 'The Every' (McSweeney's. Nov.) Egger's sequel to 'The Circle', a near-future tech monopoly uses algorithms and surveillance to control people.
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Four Questions for Rick Riordan
After writing more than two dozen books inspired by mythology, Rick Riordan makes his first foray into science fiction with his latest adventure, 'Daughter of the Deep,' a contemporary reimagining of Jules Verne's classic submarine-piloting antihero, Captain Nemo.
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Q & A with Ibi Zoboi and Loveis Wise
Author Ibi Zoboi and illustrator Loveis Wise came together to create the forthcoming picture book 'The People Remember,' a tribute to the history of Africa and the true meaning of Kwanzaa.
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Four Questions for Ann Clare LeZotte
We spoke with Ann Clare LeZotte about 'Set Me Free,' the companion to her debut middle-grade novel, and her research into the history of Deaf culture.
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Four Questions for Stephanie Garber
We spoke with author Stephanie Garber about 'Once Upon a Broken Heart,' a spin-off set in the same magical universe as her bestselling Caraval trilogy.