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Spotlight on Nancy Bush
The latest installment in bestselling author Nancy Bush’s Rafferty Family series, The Killing Game, out in July, is more than a suspense novel: it’s a deep dive into the dark—and hauntingly compelling—mind of a killer.
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The Writing Life, According To a Guy Who's Really Lived It
Legendary editor and journalist Terry McDonnell on why you shouldn't call him legendary, and why his new book, 'The Accidental Life,' is not a memoir.
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Toni Morrison: 'Part of the Business of Editing Is Telling People to Shut Up'
As an editor at Random House in the 1970s, Toni Morrison received plenty of pushback from white executives afraid to take a risk on black creativity. She discussed her experiences charging ahead in spite of critics during a panel on art and social justice on June 15.
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Writers to Watch Summer-Fall 2016: Anticipated Debut Fiction
These forthcoming titles present a dizzying array of voices and styles that challenge preconceived notions of community, identity, and language at every turn.
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Spotlight on Simona Ahrnstedt
In Sweden, Simona Ahrnstedt is not only the bestselling author of several historical novels, but with her recent foray into commercial fiction with her debut contemporary work, All In, she is now the country’s only living romance novelist. Actually, its only romance novelist ever.
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Where the Cosmo Girl Came From: Gerri Hirshey
Rock journalist Hirshey takes on a very different subject in her new book, 'Not Pretty Enough': Helen Gurley Brown, the feminist dynamo author of 'Sex and the Single Girl' and legendary editor of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine.
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The Very Busy Life of Novelist Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett talks about her new novel, 'Commonwealth,' and the kick she gets out of bookselling (even if it means sometimes staying up half the night mopping).
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The Burden of Strangeness: Rikki Ducornet
Let’s get this out of the way: Rikki Ducornet is the subject of Steely Dan’s 1974 hit “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” which, regardless of your appreciation of smooth jazz rock, gives her bragging rights of a sort.
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Strangers in a Strange Land: Deborah Levy
Levy, a master of provocatively disjunctive writing, tells PW why her new novel, 'Hot Milk,' is much more than “a novel about hypochondria.”
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Chili Peppers as Weapons: Mary Roach
Mary Roach takes the battlefield as her subject in her latest pop science book, 'Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War.'
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A Model Memoirist: Pat Cleveland
Pioneering runway model Pat Cleveland's memoir offers a candid glimpse into many of her international adventures, romances, and memories of the politics inside the fashion industry.
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From Playwright to Novelist
The difficulty of making ends meet as a playwright has driven a number of lauded theater writers to seek creative satisfaction—and a living wage—elsewhere.
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Making Wonder Woman Interesting: Grant Morrison
The veteran comics writer takes on what may be his biggest challenge: reinventing Wonder Woman.
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A Child for a Child: Louise Erdrich
In Erdrich's 15th novel, LaRose, a family gives up their child after causing the death of another family's child.
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The Other Knopf
A new biography of Blanche Knopf, wife of Alfred, concludes Blanche's tastes and judgments had a huge influence on how the publishing house developed.
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A Thriller Plucked Out of the 20th Amendment: Steve Berry
Political thriller writer Steve Berry discusses his rigorous research method and his new novel, 'The 14th Colony,' based on a timely what-if involving the presidential inauguration.
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'Keep Your Finger Off the Trigger!' and Other Real Lessons From a Former Cop
Former Washington D.C. detective turned novelist David Swinson reflects on the experiences that went into creating his fiction.
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A Debut Author's New Take on Race
Kaitlyn Greenidge's debut novel, 'We Love You, Charlie Freeman' follows a black famly that raises a chimp as part of a sociological experiment.
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Beautiful Decay: The Poetry of Lucia Perillo
The poet Lucia Perillo reflects on the themes that drive her work ahead of the publication of "Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones," a collection of nearly 30 years' worth of work.
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Everyone Needs a Home: Edna O'Brien
Irish novelist Edna O'Brien's 24th novel, 'The Little Red Chairs,' is being hailed as a masterpiece ahead of its publication.
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