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Throw Thorn a Bone: PW Talks with Jeff Smith
Before the great cartoonist released his classic series, Bone, he created its characters as part of his “precocious college comic strip,” Thorn.
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A Bible Study with a Monster Twist: PW Talks with Manny Arango
A Dallas preacher sees the wreckage of chaos—the dragons of anxiety, deceit, selfishness and worse—in scripture and the promise of a savior.
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The Trail Less Traveled: PW Talks with Ted Alvarez
The author of ‘Hiking Hidden Gems in America’s National Parks’ discusses the complicated allure of Instagrammable landscapes.
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The Art of Grieving: PW Talks with Sarah Leavitt
Leavitt channels her grief over her partner’s medically assisted suicide into diary comics in 'Something, Not Nothing' (Arsenal Pulp, Sept.).
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Hundreds of Open Tabs and a Lot of Imagination: PW Talks with Andreas Malm and Wim Carton
In 'Overshoot' (Verso, Oct.), climate scholars Andreas Malm and Wim Carton debunk easy technical fixes and propose a forceful economic vision for how to stop global warming.
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Q & A with Julian Winters
In Julian Winters's latest YA romance, 'Prince of the Palisades,' the titular royal Jadon is sent to L.A. to prove to his family that he can be the kind of prince and leader his nation Rêverie needs.
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Four Questions for Abigail Hing Wen
Abigail Hing Wen sets sail from her bestselling Loveboat series to chart new territory in the rom-com thriller 'Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies', her first standalone YA novel.
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Q & A with Jordan Ifueko
Jordan Ifueko confronts the complex aftermath of revolution in her YA fantasy 'The Maid and the Crocodile,' set 10 years after her Raybearer series.
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Four Questions for Hayley Dennings
YA author Hayley Dennings’s bloodthirsty romantasy debut, 'This Ravenous Fate,' takes place during the lively Harlem Renaissance era.
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Revenge and Revolution: PW Talks with August Clarke
Marney Honeycutt, seeking revenge after her family is murdered in a strike break, joins a crew of lesbian bandit revolutionaries in Clarke’s 'Metal from Heaven' (Erewhon, Oct.).
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Potrait of a Time and Place: PW Talks with Jean Strouse
In 'Family Romance,' biographer Jean Strouse traces the relationship between John Singer Sargent and a large British Jewish family at the turn of the 20th century.
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Q & A with Maureen Johnson
In Maureen Johnson's latest standalone mystery following her bestselling Truly Devious series, a gay teen investigates not one but two murders that have taken place at her eerie new place of work.
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Four Questions for Caitlin Schneiderhan
We spoke with Caitlin Schneiderhan, a writer on the sci-fi TV drama 'Stranger Things,' about her YA debut, 'Medici Heist,' a caper set in Renaissance Florence.
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Breaking Down Stereotypes: PW Talks with Jen Malia
Author and educator Jen Malia is working to replace negative perspectives of neurodiversity with positive ones, one book at a time.
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Beyond the Book: Connie Chung's 'Connie'
Connie Chung was 23 when she landed her first job in TV news. At 47, she was named coanchor of CBS Evening News, becoming the show’s first female host and the first Asian news anchor in the U.S. With her memoir, Connie (Grand Central), publishing in September, PW talked with the trailblazing journalist about breaking glass ceilings, confronting powerful men, and inadvertently becoming an inspiration to a generation of Asian American women. (Sponsored)
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The Fine Print: PW Talks with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Janine Joseph, and Esther Lin
The anthology ‘Here to Stay’ serves as a mission statement for members of the Undocupoets and other writers who are or have been undocumented.
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Alone Together: PW Talks with Edwidge Danticat
In 'We’re Alone: Essays' (Graywolf, Sept.), novelist Edwidge Danticat reflects on creativity, family, and Haiti.
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An Impossible Tightrope: PW Talks with Emily Layden
In Emily Layden’s 'Once More from the Top' (Mariner, Sept.), Taylor Swift–esque pop star Dylan Read is blindsided by the discovery of her high school best friend’s corpse.
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In Conversation: Jason Chin and Katherine Roy
We asked Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin and Sibert Honor winner Katherine Roy to discuss their new picture books, and their techniques for bringing complex underwater worlds to life for young readers.
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'Playing the Long Game': PW Talks with Emma Hunsinger
Following the picture book 'My Parents Won’t Stop Talking'—her children’s debut in collaboration with her wife, graphic novelist Tillie Walden—Emma Hunsinger is publishing her solo debut middle grade graphic novel, 'How It All Ends.'
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