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Four Questions for Edith Pattou
Edith Pattou spoke with PW about what moved her to write her YA fairy tale retellings 'East' and 'West,' and what might lie ahead for her intrepid protagonists.
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Artistic Collaboration: PW Talks with Whitney Scharer
Scharer’s first novel, 'The Age of Light' (Little, Brown, Feb.), is a chronicle of the romantic and working relationship between the surrealist Man Ray and model-turned-photographer Lee Miller.
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Visions of New Mexico: PW Talks with Carol Potenza
Set in New Mexico, Potenza’s debut, 'Hearts of the Missing' (Minotaur, Dec.), won the publisher’s 2017 Tony Hillerman prize.
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Q & A with Alan Gratz
'Grenade' author Alan Gratz spoke with PW about the appeal of stories set during WWII, and his mission to write social thrillers for young readers.
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In Conversation: Jory John and Lane Smith
PW asked author Jory John and illustrator Lane Smith to interview each other about their new collaboration, 'Giraffe Problems,' and their creative influences.
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The Cars of Tomorrow: PW Talks with Sam Schwartz
In 'No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future' (PublicAffairs, Nov.), Schwartz, a former New York City traffic commissioner, explores the promise and perils of the widespread use of autonomous vehicles, or AVs.
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Leeches and Laxatives: PW Talks with E.S. Thomson
Victorian apothecary Jem Flockhart sleuths again in Thomson’s 'The Blood' (Pegasus Crime, Dec.), her third series outing.
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Four Questions for Tomie dePaola
Talking to the legendary Tomie dePaola about his new picture book, 'Quiet,' is anything but that: the author laughs a lot—at the world and at himself—and brims with anecdotes.
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How 'Bigness' Is Failing America: PW Talks to Tim Wu
In his new book, the acclaimed author of 'The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires,' explains why a return to trust-busting is essential for American democracy.
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A Western Without Cowboys: PW Talks with Hernán Diaz
Diaz reinvents a genre with ‘In the Distance.’
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The Potency of Humanizing Yourself: PW Talks with John Kim
Kim, aka the Angry Therapist, gets personal in his new book, 'I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck.'
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Toward Freedom and Joy: PW Talks with Zainab Salbi
In 'Freedom Is an Inside Job,’ Salbi shares how her activist mindset evolved into one that also embraces self-care.
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Fresh Facets: PW Talks with Joy Ladin
Poet and scholar Ladin mines Jewish tradition for deeper understanding in 'The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective' (Brandeis Univ., Nov.).
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The Capital of the World, for a While: PW Talks with John Strausbaugh
Strausbaugh’s 'Victory City' (Twelve, Dec.) looks at New York’s outsize role in the WWII years.
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It Takes a Family to Support a Romance: PW Talks with Priscilla Oliveras
In 'Their Perfect Melody' (Zebra Shout, Dec.), a romance between a cop and a social worker highlights hopes and challenges in Chicago’s Puerto Rican community.
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Mirroring Wodehouse: PW Talks with Ben Schott
In 'Jeeves and the King of Clubs' (Little, Brown, Nov.), Schott writes a fictional homage to P.G. Wodehouse.
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Slowing Down at 80: PW Talks with Frederick Forsyth
In Forsyth’s 'The Fox' (Putnam, Oct.), MI6 employs the talents of 18-year-old genius hacker Luke Jennings against Britain’s enemies.
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Q & A with Jon Agee
Since his 1981 debut, Jon Agee has published more than 30 picture books; we spoke with the author-illustrator about his newest, 'The Wall in the Middle of the Book,' which plays with the picture book form.
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Four Questions for James Patterson
We spoke with author James Patterson, who adds two middle grade novels to his Jimmy Patterson Books imprint at Little, Brown this fall.
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A Conversation with Markus Zusak
More than a decade after the publication of his last book, the international bestseller 'The Book Thief,' Australian author Markus Zusak returns with a much-anticipated new novel.
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