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How a Garbage Bag Became a Book
Peter Blauner on the origins of 'Proving Ground' (Minotaur, June), his first novel in 11 years.
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A View of South Africa: Ivan Vladislavic
In his novel 'The Exploded View' (Archipelago, Mar.), Ivan Vladislavic confronts the postapartheid era.
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Back on the Farm: Jeff Lemire
The Toronto-based cartoonist has a number of projects publishing this spring, including 'Roughneck' (coming from S&S/Gallery 13) and 'Black Hammer' (published by Dark Horse Comics).
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Woman on the Edge: PW Talks to Philippe Djian
Philippe Djian’s novel Elle, which Other Press will release in English translation in late May, was much discussed even before the film version garnered Isabelle Huppert an Oscar nomination earlier this year.
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Spotlight on John Gilstrap
Final Target, John Gilstrap’s 10th thriller about hostage rescue specialist Jonathan Grave, and the first to be published in both hardcover and mass market paperback, is a breakneck adventure.
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1 Novel, 2 Whales, 12 Bullet Holes: Hannah Tinti
In her second novel, 'The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley' (Dial, April), Tinti follows a career criminal and channels 'Moby-Dick.'
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A Restaurant in London’s Soho: PW talks with Clare Lattin and Tom Hill
With their first cookbook, Ducksoup, the owners of the restaurant of the same name celebrate simple cooking.
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Melissa Clark: Dinner is Served
With her latest cookbook, 'Dinner,' Melissa Clark expects us all to get into the kitchen.
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Spotlight on Judy Reene Singer
Meet Judy Reene Singer, a passionate activist for animal rights in life and fiction, who turns her considerable powers on another group of overlooked trauma survivors: WWII veterans and their families in her new novel. (Sponsored)
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The School Shooting in Sweden You Never Read About Until Now: PW Talks to Malin Persson Giolito
Malin Persson Giolito’s English language debut, Quicksand, is the story of an 18-year-old girl accused in a horrific school shooting.
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Spotlight on Karma Brown
The dramatic event at the center of Karma Brown’s riveting third novel, In This Moment, is one of those terrifying accidents that could befall any of us—the kind of everyday tragedy that’s always at the periphery of our worries.
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Elif Batuman and the Fiction of Everyday Life
Batuman talks about writing 'The Idiot' (Penguin Press, Mar.), her first novel.
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Spotlight on Rory Feek
Country music fans probably know a bit about Rory Feek, who, with his wife Joey Martin Feek, was half of the country singer-songwriter duo Joey + Rory.
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Spotlight on Kat Martin
Bestselling author Kat Martin loves what happens when she intertwines romance with other forms of fiction, creating characters with layers of emotion and motivation.
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When Memory Is All You Have to Go On: Mary Torjussen
Torjussen discusses the inspiration for her novel, 'Gone Without a Trace,' about a man who goes missing and his girlfriend's attempts to find him.
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Writers to Watch Spring 2017: Anticipated Debuts
The big debut fiction of the season.
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Manners Matter in Writing: Margaret Drabble
Drabble confronts aging in her new novel, 'The Dark Flood Rises.'
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Spotlight on Benjamin Ludwig
Benjamin Ludwig’s gorgeous debut novel, Ginny Moon, is a labor of love.
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John Darnielle Is on a Roll
The brain behind indie rock band the Mountain Goats is back with the most precise gaming dice in the world and a new novel—and there are two more on the way.
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Thriller Writer Brad Parks on What Scares Him
In Parks's domestic thriller, 'Say Nothing' (Dutton, Mar.), a federal judge and his wife are devastated when someone kidnaps their six-year-old twins.