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Bloodied Mary: PW Talks with Denise Mina
In 'Rizzio' (Pegasus Crime, Sept.), Mina dramatizes the Tudor-era assassination of David Rizzio, the personal secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Q & A with Elizabeth Lim
We spoke with Elizabeth Lim about her new YA novel, ‘Six Crimson Cranes,’ a fairy tale retelling set in the world of her Blood of Stars duology.
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It’s Complicated: PW Talks with Amia Srinivasan
In 'The Right to Sex' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sept.), philosopher Srinivasan brings depth and nuance to the issues facing feminism today.
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The Silence You Don’t Know: PW Talks with Jon McGregor
McGregor’s harrowing 'Lean Fall Stand' (Catapult, Sept.) tells a story of survival and recovery in which research technician Robert Wright suffers a stroke in Antarctica and loses his ability to speak.
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Haunted House: PW Talks with Stuart Neville
In Neville’s 'The House of Ashes' (Soho Crime, Sept.), two trapped and traumatized women, Sara Keane and Mary Jackson, discover terrifying links that bind them to a 120-year-old house in Belfast.
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Advocacy, Inclusion, and Options: Q & A with ALSC President Lucia M. Gonzalez
Lucia M. Gonzalez, director of the North Miami (Fla.) Public Library and award-winning author, will begin her term as president of the Association for Library Service to Children at the close of the ALA annual conference, after a very nontraditional, pandemic-clouded year.
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Q & A with Tammi Sauer
We spoke with picture book author Tammi Sauer about the influence that her library and classroom experience has had on her writing, the publication of her 30th picture book, and more.
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From the Streets to the Concert Hall: PW Talks with Richard Antoine White
In 'I’m Possible' (Flatiron, Oct.), White recalls his rise from homelessness to becoming principal tubist of the New Mexico Philharmonic.
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Q & A with Rukhsanna Guidroz
We spoke with author Rukhsanna Guidroz about her first middle-grade novel, 'Samira Surfs,' inspired by the real-life stories of surfer girls in southern Bangladesh who make waves and go against the cultural tide.
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Four Questions for Nidhi Chanani
We spoke with illustrator and writer Nidhi Chanani about her second graphic novel for young readers, 'Jukebox,' about a girl who travels to important moments in music history to find her music obsessed dad after his disappearance.
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Fast Times at Calabasas High: PW Talks with Via Bleidner
In 'If You Lived Here You’d Be Famous by Now' (Flatiron, Aug.), Bleidner brings her Gen Z perspective to growing up among California’s elite.
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Wild Bodies: PW Talks with Aliya Whiteley
The genre-bending stories in Whiteley’s 'From the Neck Up' (Titan, Sept.) probe human connection, the natural world, and the strangeness of having a body.
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High Plains Hero: PW Talks with Taylor Moore
In former CIA agent Moore’s 'Down Range' (Morrow, Aug.), DEA agent Garrett Kohl brings an Afghan boy home to the Texas Panhandle.
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'Blackout' Authors on Centering Black Love
'Blackout' is a YA collaboration by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon; we spoke with the authors about how their collection of interconnected stories came to be.
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Love Is a Journey Without End: Close-up on R.J. Palacio
The bestselling author of Wonder is back with Pony, a standalone novel that promises to be a new American classic. (Sponsored)
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Faith in the South: PW Talks with Valerie Fraser Luesse
In 'Under the Bayou Moon' (Revell, July.), a schoolteacher leaves Alabama for Louisiana and finds love with a Cajun man.
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Putting the Heart in the Work: Close-up on Dean Koontz
Beloved author Dean Koontz kicks off a new season of stories within the Nameless universe. (Sponsored)
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Q & A with Jawad Arash and Trent Reedy
PW spoke with Afghanistan war veteran and author Trent Reedy and Afghan English teacher Jawad Arash about their new novel, 'Enduring Freedom,' inspired by their unlikely friendship.
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The Frontlines of Colonialism: PW Talks with Jesse Thistle
Jesse Thistle’s memoir 'From the Ashes' tells the story of his life as a Métis and rise out of addiction and homelessness to become a professor of history, but the Canadian bestseller says the book is not about redemption, but rather a quest for love and a reclamation of kin.
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Putting a Modern Spin on Tradition: PW Talks with Mariana Velásquez
In 'Colombiana' (Harper Wave, June), chef and food stylist Mariana Velásquez shares the rich history and recipes of her native Colombia.
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