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BookExpo 2019: Maaza Mengiste on Women and War
A trip to Italy on a Fulbright fellowship provided the subject for Ethiopian-born writer Maaza Mengiste’s second novel, 'The Shadow King' (Norton, Sept.).
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BookExpo 2019: Jacqueline Woodson Writes About Family, for Adults
This fall children’s book author Jacqueline Woodson will publish her second novel for adults, 'Red at the Bone' (Riverhead, Sept.).
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BookExpo 2019: William Kent Krueger Follows in the Footsteps of Mark Twain
Inspired by Twain’s tales, Krueger decided to write about young people, desperate to swap corruption for freedom, who embark on a turbulent river journey. The resulting standalone novel, 'This Tender Land' (Atria, Sept.), combines outdoor exploits and a meditation on the human condition.
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BookExpo 2019: Daniel José Older Is Haunted by the Past
The bestselling children’s book author Daniel José Older steps out of his comfort zone with his first literary adult novel, 'The Book of Lost Saints' (Imprint, Nov.)
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BookExpo 2019: Jenny Slate's Truest Voice
Jenny Slate is an actress ('Parks and Recreation'), stand-up comedian (a season on 'SNL'), and author of the children’s book 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,' which is the basis for a series of videos and an upcoming movie.
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BookExpo 2019: How Far Will John Hodgman Go for Fame?
John Hodgman is an unlikely guy to become famous, and he knows it. “Anyone who has looked at my face knows that my destiny was not to be in film. I can only play villains and creeps because I look weird on camera,” he says.
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BookExpo 2019: Pete Holmes On Losing (and Finding) His Religion
Comedian Pete Holmes brings his serious/funny funny/serious take to the publishing world with 'Comedy Sex God' (Harper Wave, May), a book that is part autobiography, part philosophical inquiry, and part spiritual quest.
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BookExpo 2019: Ben Lerner Tells a Topeka Tale
Topeka, Kans., the city in which Ben Lerner was raised, appears at some point in all his books.
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BookExpo 2019: Philippa Gregory Introduces a Bewitching Series
After years of writing bestselling novels based on historical figures, Philippa Gregory ('Tidelands', Atria, Aug.) turns her attention to a completely fictional one, Alinor, in the first book in the Fairmile series, set in the mid-1600s, about one family’s complex trajectory to success.
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BookExpo 2019: Tochi Onyebuchi Channels Rage and Hope
“I felt a rage born of impotence,” says YA author Tochi Onyebuchi, of the decision not to indict police officers over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, as well as George Zimmerman walking free for the death of Trayvon Martin.
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BookExpo 2019: Experience ‘Blowout’ with Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow, host of the Emmy Award–winning eponymous show on MSNBC, will host at a different venue, today’s breakfast.
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BookExpo 2019: Gail Collins On Women of a Certain Age
Author, journalist, and New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins may be personally responsible for saving the mental health of untold numbers of readers who depend on her witty, incisive takes on the world to get them through another day in Crazytown.
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BookExpo 2019: Behind the Brick with Fiona Davis
Every summer since 2016, Fiona Davis has delighted readers with her historical fiction set in Manhattan.
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BookExpo 2019: Nelson and Alex DeMille Team Up for New Thriller
Thrill-master Nelson DeMille found the perfect partner in his own son, award-winning screenwriter (for the science fiction short 'The Absence') Alex DeMille.
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BookExpo 2019: Marjorie Liu Gets Graphic with ‘Monstress’
Although she began her career as a novelist, Marjorie Liu, who teaches comic book writing at MIT, says 'Monstress'(Image Comics), cocreated with artist Sana Takeda, could only be a comic.
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BookExpo 2019: Still Sexy After All These Years
If you think sex isn’t part of life for women in their 50s and 60s, think again. Candace Bushnell ('Is There Still Sex in the City?' Grove, Aug.) decided to write about a part of life that she believes isn’t given enough attention.
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BookExpo 2019: Malcolm Gladwell Wonders What Goes Wrong Between Strangers
In 'Talking to Strangers' (Little, Brown, Sept.), Gladwell goes in search of an answer to the question at the root of his obsession with the case of Sandra Bland: “What happens when we have to deal with the unfamiliar?”
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BookExpo 2019: Ta-Nehisi Coates Tries His Hand at Fiction
Ta-Nehisi Coates, the bestselling author and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, is about to add novelist to the list. His debut novel, 'The Water Dancer' (One World, Sept.), follows a young man’s conflicted journey into the covert war on slavery.
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BookExpo 2019: Karin Slaughter Is Killing the Crime Market
With her singular surname, it’s no surprise that bestselling crime writer Karin Slaughter ('The Last Widow', Morrow, Aug.) was destined to write about crime. Slaughter laughs and says, “It was either that or become a serial killer.”
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BookExpo 2019: S&S Welcomes Angelina Ballerina and Max & Ruby
Three classic picture book and board book characters, who have enchanted multiple generations of children, return in a pair of fall releases from Simon & Schuster. The books mark the relaunch of the Angelina Ballerina and Max & Ruby series under the S&S banner.
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