Dana Spiotta Is Finding Her Way
The author's new novel features a heroine much like herself, staring down insomnia and midlife. more...
Learning from the Past: PW Talks with Adam Harris
Journalist Harris’s 'The State Must Provide' (Ecco, Aug.), examines the legacy of racial discrimination in higher education.and more.
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ProfilesFor His Next Series, Daniel Abraham Flies Solo Again
With his forthcoming Kithamar trilogy, half of the writing team behind the Expanse series shows he has no appetite for slowing down— or scaling back.
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Interviews
Pomp and Circumstance: PW Talks with Tracy Borman
Borman’s 'Crown & Sceptre' (Atlantic Monthly, Feb.) chronicles the British monarchy’s triumphs, scandals, and changes.
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Interviews
A Different Kind of Crime Family: PW Talks with Robert Goldberg
Goldberg collaborated with his family to complete his late father Gerald Jay’s second mystery featuring Paris Police Commandant Paul Mazarelle, 'The Hanged Man’s Tale' (Doubleday/Talese, Dec.).
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Interviews
Mystery and Imagination: Close-up on Melinda Leigh
Bestselling author Leigh chatted with PW about her latest novel in the Bree Taggert series, Right Behind Her, and writing believable narratives with enticing, gut-punching mysteries that keep readers up at night. (Sponsored)
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Crime Wave: PW Talks with Joseph Knox
Joseph Knox’s 'True Crime Story' (Sourcebooks, Dec.) plays with genres—both as a postmodern crime novel that reads like a case file and as an examination of the fascination with true crime itself.
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Interviews
The White Noise of the South: PW talks with Stacy Willingham
In Stacy Willingham’s thriller 'A Flicker in the Dark' (Minotaur, Jan. 2022), a convicted killer’s daughter grapples with her father’s legacy, and with her terror as young girls begin disappearing, once again, from her Louisiana hometown.
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Profiles
Tom Bissell’s Art of the Periphery
In a new collection, 'Creative Types,' the journalist and critic spins tales of creative burnout.
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BookLife
Scouting Report: October 2021
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a middle grade horror story, a puppy reincarnation tale, and more.
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Seven Benefits of a Writing Partner
There's no need to go it alone in the writing process.
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What It Would Take to Disrupt the Publishing Industry
Disrupting the publishing industry would require a systemwide reset, writes Brooke Warner, the publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress.
