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Q & A with Carter Higgins
Author, illustrator, and former school librarian Carter Higgins spoke with us about how her multifaceted background and experience have helped shape her work.
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Behind the Scenes of Animation: PW Talks with Reid Mitenbuler
In 'Wild Minds' (Atlantic Monthly, Dec.), journalist Mitenbuler delves into the golden age of animation.
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The Ordinary Extraordinary: PW Talks with C.M. Waggoner
Delly, a fire witch and con artist, joins an elite team of female bodyguards in Waggoner’s 'The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry' (Ace, Jan.).
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Afghan Poppies and Proxy War: PW Talks with Jasmine Aimaq
In Aimaq’s 'The Opium Prince' (Soho Crime, Dec.), an Afghan opium kingpin blackmails a U.S. diplomat into undermining poppy operations in the months leading up to the 1978 Soviet-backed Saur revolution.
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In Conversation: Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts
We asked the co-authors of 'The Suffragist Playbook,' Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts, to interview each other about their new nonfiction book and lessons from the 19th- and 20th-century feminist movements.
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More Than Words: PW Talks with Eley Williams
In Williams’s 'The Liar’s Dictionary' (Doubleday, Jan.), a contemporary lexicographer gets caught up in the legacy of a Victorian coiner of fake words.
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Let There Be Light: PW Talks with Ritchie Robertson
In 'The Enlightenment' (Harper, Feb.), Oxford University professor Robertson recasts the period as the Age of Emotion.
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Four Questions for Kristin Cast
Kristin Cast spoke with us about publishing a post-pandemic story during an ongoing crisis, and writing her first solo book, 'The Key to Fear.'
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A Serial Killer in Nazi Germany: PW Talks with Harald Gilbers
In Gilbers’s 'Germania' (St. Martin’s, Dec.), the SS force a Jewish former police detective to catch a serial killer.
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The Inner Life of a Legend: PW Talks with Lesley-Ann Jones
In 'The Search for John Lennon: The Life, Loves, and Death of a Rock Star' (Pegasus, Dec.), Jones reveals new layers of the Beatle.
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In Conversation: Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
We asked Bond and Simon to interview each other about Black author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston's legacy, and completing their historical fiction trilogy, Zora and Me.
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Q & A with Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman, an Academy Award-winning actor, director, and producer, adds picture book author to her list of credits this month with the release of 'Natalie Portman's Fables.'
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One-on-One with the Monster Hunter: An Interview with Larry Correia
The bestselling author sits down to discuss his writing process, his characters, epic fantasy, and a whole lot more. (Sponsored)
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The Hit Man as Hero: PW Talks with Thomas Perry
In 'Eddie’s Boy' (Mysterious, Dec.), Perry’s fourth crime novel featuring Michael Schaeffer, the retired contract killer must ward off attacks that are linked to a job he did decades earlier.
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Distant Socializing: PW Talks with Jenn Bane and Trin Garritano
In 'Friendshipping' (Workman, Dec.) podcasters Bane and Garritano divulge hard-won, realistic advice on making and keeping friends.
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Dancing with Dogs: PW Talks with Kelly Conaboy
In 'The Particulars of Peter' (Grand Central, Dec.), Conaboy explores the world of dog ownership.
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Rick Riordan on Wrapping Up His Trials of Apollo Series
In 'The Tower of Nero,' the fifth and final book in the Trials of Apollo series, Rick Riordan brings his epic saga, which began in 2005 with 'The Lightning Thief,' to a conclusion—at least for now.
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Four Questions for Jerry Craft
Jerry Craft's middle-grade graphic novel 'New Kid' broke new ground as the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal; now Craft is back with a companion story, 'Class Act.'
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Four Questions for Sherri Duskey Rinker
We spoke with 'Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site' author Sherri Duskey Rinker about 'Revver the Speedway Squirrel,' her middle grade debut.
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Cowboy Charming: PW Talks with Rebekah Weatherspoon
With 'If the Boot Fits' (Dafina, Nov.), Weatherspoon delivers a Black Cinderella romance between struggling screenwriter Amanda and cowboy turned movie star Sam.