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Q & A with Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz spoke how her Filipino culture informed her new YA fantasy, 'The Encanto's Daughter.'
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Q & A with Alan Silberberg
We spoke with author-illustrator Alan Silberberg about his new board book, P Is for Pastrami: The ABCs of Jewish Food, food, faith, and doing funny for kids.
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Q & A with Aya Khalil
PW spoke with author Aya Khalil about her teaching and writing, her experience with book banning, and why she’s committed to shining a light on the beauty of Arabic cultures and the Islamic faith for readers of all backgrounds.
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Love Languages: PW Talks with Rachel Khong
In 'Real Americans' (Knopf, Apr.), Khong explores the varied experiences of Chinese immigrants and their descendants.
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Passing the Buck: PW Talks with Christopher Marquis
In 'The Profiteers' (PublicAffairs, May), Marquis examines how companies escape responsibility for their misdeeds.
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U.K. Publishing Spotlight: Why the Publishers Association Sees the U.K. and U.S. as Friendly Rivals
Dan Conway, the CEO of the U.K.’s Publishers Association, says that the U.S. and British industries have shared interests—even as they compete for rights and market share.
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Q & A with Adam Gidwitz
Adam Gidwitz, author of the Newbery Honor Book 'The Inquisitor's Tale,' dives back into historical fiction via 'Max in the House of Spies,' a fantastical middle grade spy novel and the first in a duology.
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For Queen and Country: PW Talks with Lucy Holland
In the historical fantasy ‘Song of the Huntress,’ Lucy Holland leads readers on a gender-swapped Wild Hunt.
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DEI in Space: PW Talks with Sofia Samatar
A boy born in the oppressive hold of a spaceship wins a rare scholarship in Samatar’s 'The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain' (Tordotcom, Apr.).
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Organized and Pervasive: PW Talks with Jacob Kushner
In 'Look Away' (Grand Central, May), Kushner reports on a German white supremacist terrorist organization that targeted immigrants from 2001 to 2011.
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To Live and Die in L.A.: PW Talks with Peter and Maria Hoey
The brother-and-sister cartoonists draw on Greek myth for 'In Perpetuity' (Top Shelf, Apr.), a supernatural noir set in an inverted version of Los Angeles.
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Q & A with Maggie Smith
In poet Maggie Smith's debut picture book, 'My Thoughts Have Wings,' a child wrestles with the recurring thoughts that often plague kids at bedtime until their mother frames the experience with a powerful metaphor.
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Through the Fire: PW Talks with Tayi Tibble
New Zealand poet Tayi Tibble’s Maori heritage and sense of humor pervades her second collection, ‘Rangikura.’
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It’s Time to Take Action: PW Talks with Brenda Salter McNeil
The author and professor of reconciliation studies at Seattle Pacific University offers an action-driven model for how to address racial inequity in her new book, Empowered to Repair: Becoming People Who Mend Broken Systems and Heal Our Communities.
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Ambassadors of Jazz: PW Talks with Larry Tye
In 'The Jazzmen' (Mariner, May), Tye traces how three legendary musicians shaped and were shaped by American culture.
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Iliad on the Strip: PW Talks with Don Winslow
With 'City in Ruins' (Morrow, Apr.), Winslow wraps up the Danny Ryan trilogy—and his career as a novelist.
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Q & A with Ruth Behar
Ruth Behar, author of the Pura Belpré award-winning 'Lucky Broken Girl,' interweaves the lives of four Sephardic Jewish 12-year-olds across generations in her latest middle grade novel, 'Across So Many Seas.'
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American Leviathan: PW Talks with Dana Mattioli
In 'The Everything War' (Little Brown, Apr.), journalist Mattioli traces Amazon’s insatiable quest for growth.
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The Beautiful Game: PW Talks with Joseph O’Neill
With 'Godwin' (Pantheon, June), O’Neill tracks the fortunes of a freelancer on a quest to sign the next big soccer star.
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PW Close-Up: Holly Jackson
If you're not already a fan of thriller writer Holly Jackson, next month will give you two chances to get acquainted with the million-copy-selling author. On April 2nd, the paperback edition of her bestseller Five Survive will hit shelves alongside her newest mystery, The Reappearance of Rachel Price. We talked to Jackson about what inspired her Spring Break-setting for Five Survive, where her fascination with true crime comes from, and how she keeps the tension so high in all of her novels.(Sponsored)
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