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Writing from a Place of Hope: Spotlight on Heather Lean
With a pair of poignant picture books, the author helps children deal with the loss of a loved one
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Author Peter Heller's Natural Thinking
In Heller's latest novel, 'The Guide,' an idyllic setting turns deadly.
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Growing Up Through Comics: PW Talks with Tillie Walden
Tillie Walden's 'Alone in Space', to be published in July by Avery Hill, is a chronicle of her earliest published work, collecting three early graphic novellas in one volume along with one-off strips, short stories and other early short works.
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Carolina De Robertis Seeks a Greater Truth in Fiction
In her new novel, 'The President and the Frog,' the author explores narrative’s power to heal political and personal wounds.
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Alien Audio Invasion: Spotlight on Craig Alanson
An independent author builds a robust partnership and finds a home for his popular sci-fi series. (Sponsored)
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James Lee Burke Goes Time Traveling
Prepping to release his 41st novel at 84, the mystery auteur proves he hasn’t slowed down in life or letters.
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Self Service: PW Talks with Alison Bechdel
Acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel tells her life story once again, this time focusing on her lifelong search for transcendence in tandem with a compulsive need for physical exercise.
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A Beacon of Hope for All Immigrants: Spotlight on Joshua M. Greene
The author’s biography of Holocaust survivor Siggi Wilzig is a vital book that connects the past to the present moment. (Sponsored)
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From Pre-K to the Page, Jodi Dee Develops a Canon
The author aims to help children—and their parents—understand that social and emotional skills are superpowers. (Sponsored)
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Sunjeev Sahota Reimagines a Family Rumor in His New Novel
In his latest book, 'China Room,' the author mines his ancestral history.
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Writing an Old Friend: Spotlight on J. William Lewis
The teenage protagonist in J. William Lewis’s debut novel, The Essence of Nathan Biddle, seeks to answer life’s biggest questions. (Sponsored)
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Katie Kitamura's Characters Find Confusion in the Courtroom
In Kitamura’s new novel, 'Intimacies,' a courtroom interpreter finds that translation can obscure as much as it clarifies.
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Honest and Emotional: Lee Lai’s Graphic Novel Debut
Lee Lai's debut graphic novel 'Stone Fruit' digs deep into its characters, offering subtle moments, sharp dialogue and sweeping watercolor washes.
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Letter of the Law: Spotlight on Summer Augustine
With the Prosecutors-LA series, a successful attorney moves from the courtroom to the bestseller list. (Sponsored)
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Ha Jin's Song of Departures
The novelist's latest, 'A Song Everlasting,' follows a man who, like the author himself, knows what it is to be an immigrant and an exile.
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Breaks the Mold with Her Debut Novel
The poet looks to the past in her ambitious fiction debut, 'The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois.'
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A Perfect Fit: Close-up on Julie Murphy
A body positive Cinderella kicks off a series of fairy tale modernizations. (Sponsored)
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Sympathy for the Devil: PW Talks with Ed Brubaker
PW talks with Eisner Award-winning comics writer Ed Brubaker about his career in indie and in superhero comics, and about ‘Friend of the Devil,’ the latest book in Brubaker and artist Sean Philips’ series of standalone crime graphic novels.
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Dana Spiotta Is Finding Her Way
The author's new novel features a heroine much like herself, staring down insomnia and midlife.
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James Ellroy Gets to the Scene of the Crime
The novelist returns to 1950s L.A. in his latest book, 'Widespread Panic.'
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