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Spotlight on Julie Lythcott-Haims
In her searing memoir, 'Real American,' Lythcott-Haims, the child of a black man and a white woman, reckons with mixed-race identity and America's black-and-white view of its citizens (Sponsored)
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In My Own Words: The Emotional Fallout from War
In 'Shooting Ghosts,' photographer Finbarr O’Reilly and his coauthor, retired Marine Sgt. Thomas J. Brennan, explore how combat affects lives on and off the battlefield.
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How My Experiences as a Psychotherapist Helped My Writing Career
A.F. Brady's debut novel, 'The Blind,' echoes her real life experience working in the mental health field across New York City.
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A Life-Changing Trauma: PW Talks with Winnie M. Li
For her first novel, 'Dark Chapter' (Polis, Sept.), Li draws on her own experience as a victim of sexual violence.
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Attica Locke on Murder and Race in East Texas
Attica Locke’s fourth mystery, 'Bluebird, Bluebird' (Little Brown, Sept.), introduces black Texas Ranger Darren Mathews as he investigates a murder in a small east Texas town.
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Writers to Watch Fall 2017: Anticipated Debuts
The big debut fiction of the season.
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Gordon Lish Is Still Vibrant After All These Years
The writer, editor, and terrifying creative writing teacher with the nickname Captain Fiction, now in his 80s, has published a new collection of autobiographical nonfiction.
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The Trick with Writing Myth Into Thrillers: Marcus Sakey
In Sakey’s supernatural thriller 'The Afterlife' (Thomas & Mercer, July), two FBI agents die and enter a realm where they battle a centuries-old satanic entity.
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Ace Atkins's Southern Discomfort
In his latest Quinn Colson novel, 'The Fallen' (Putnam, July), Ace Atkins takes on bank robbers in Mississippi.
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Spotlight on J.T. Ellison
Without quite leaving the thriller genre behind, Ellison returns with a powerful new standalone novel about the breakdown of a seemingly ideal marriage
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Spotlight on Christopher Meades
Meades, the award-winning Canadian author, makes his U.S. debut with a powerful coming-of-age story set in a fictional polygamous community
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And Then There Was Horowitz
In 'Magpie Murders' (Harper, June), the versatile British author Anthony Horowitz puts a twist on the classic fair-play mystery Agatha Christie perfected.
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Spotlight on Melissa Hill
The bestselling Irish author takes on the vaccine debate in her latest novel (Sponsored)
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Spotlight on Eva Woods
In her U.S. debut, London-based women's fiction writer Woods shows that even in life's darkest times, there are ways to find happiness (Sponsored)
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Percival Everett Works Through Ideas...with Fiction
Percival Everett’s new novel, 'So Much Blue' (Graywolf, June), finds the prolific author penning a protagonist who shares his deep desire for privacy.
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Spotlight on Mary Jo Putney
Historical romance legend Putney offers a fresh twist on a popular genre, setting her new Regency-era book, 'Once a Rebel,' in the U.S. during the War of 1812 (Sponsored)
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Under the California Sun with Chiara Barzini
In her debut novel, 'Things That Happened Before the Earthquake' (Doubleday, August), Chiara Barzini tells the bittersweet story of an Italian teenager adjusting to life in 1990s Los Angeles.
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Spotlight on Jurek Wajdowicz
In a new series of beautifully designed photography books, The New Press is taking a broad yet intimate look at the lives of LGBTQ people across the globe (Sponsored)
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Stephen Greenblatt on The Crazy Story of Creation
The Pulitzer-winning literary historian gets biblical in 'The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve,' a tome examining the grandaddy of origin stories.
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Austen at the Theater: PW Talks with Paula Byrne
In 'The Genius of Jane Austen' (Harper Perennial, June), Byrne explores how theatrical traditions influenced the iconic author.
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