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Q & A with Nina LaCour
Nina LaCour, who was chosen as a Flying Starts author for her first book back in 2009, spoke with PW about charting physical and emotional landscapes and drawing inspiration from teaching.
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Life on Mars: PW Talks with Meg Howrey
In 'The Wanderers' (Putnam, Mar.), three astronauts prepare for Earth's first mission to Mars in a highly engineered 17-month simulation. Their greatest challenges are not scientific, but personal.
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Baseball Bat to the Head: PW Talks with Daniel Cole
British author Cole's first novel, 'Ragdoll' (Ecco, April), stars William Fawkes, a detective who pursues a serial killer who dismembers his victims.
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Q & A with Gill Lewis
Veterinarian-turned-children’s author Gill Lewis has long been interested in exploring her place in the natural world. Her latest novel, 'Gorilla Dawn', transports young readers to the jungles of central Africa.
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Q & A with Jeff Giles
Former 'EW' editeor Jeff Giles has just written his first novel, 'The Edge of Everything'; we spoke to him about making his YA debut.
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Ink Stains: PW Talks with Jonathan Shaw
Though primarily known for his work as a tattoo artist, Shaw is also a talented writer whose latest book, 'Scab Vendor' (Turner, Mar.), draws on his own life.
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Q & A with Marissa Meyer
We speak with Marissa Meyer about her new graphic novel, 'Wires and Nerve,' which returns Meyer’s fans to the world of the Lunar Chronicles.
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When They Got the Call: PW Speaks with the 2017 Newbery and Caldecott Winners
PW spoke with this year's Caldecott and Newbery Medal winners about what they were doing when the committee called with the good news.
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Keep on Travelin': PW Talks with Rick Steves
The veteran guidebook author explains why the best souvenir is a broader perspective.
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Spotlight on Isaac Lidsky
At only 37 years old, Isaac Lidsky has already had several remarkable and remarkably successful careers.
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Total Recall: PW Talks with Marcus Sedgwick
Sedgwick’s crime novel set in fin-de-siècle Paris, 'Mister Memory' (Pegasus Crime, Mar.), explores the implications of remembering everything.
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Four Questions for Adam Silvera
Adam Silvera spoke with PW about his second novel, 'History Is All You Left Me,' which centers on two highly emotional subjects: first love and young death.
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Luck and Book Sales: PW Talks with Adrian McKinty
Det. Sgt. Sean Duffy must deal with police bureaucracy as well as murder in McKinty’s sixth series novel set in 1980s Northern Ireland, 'Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly.'
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Four Questions for Veronica Roth
We spoke with 'Divergent' author Veronica Roth, whose latest book, 'Carve the Mark,' will be released worldwide in 33 languages on January 17.
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Humor and Engagement: PW Talks with Joanna Faber
The coauthor of 'How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen' introduces humanistic parenting to millennials.
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A Memoir About Depression 16 Years in the Making: PW Talks with Daphne Merkin
In her piercing memoir about depression, 'This Close to Happy' (FSG, Feb.), Daphne Merkin looks back and looks deep.
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Remembering Emmett Till: PW Talks with Timothy B. Tyson
In "The Blood of Emmett Till," Tyson draws on rediscovered court transcripts and an extensive interview with a key player in the tragedy to reexamine the notorious 1955 lynching that helped set off the civil rights movement.
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The Mystery of the Impossible-to-Find Mystery Novel: PW Talks with John Pugmire
Pugmire, the editor of Locked Room International, is publishing Stacey Bishop's classic impossible crime novel, 'Death in the Dark,' for the first time in the U.S. in March.
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Picking Up the Pieces: PW Talks with Georgia Hunter
Inspired by Hunter’s own quest to uncover her family history, "We Were the Lucky Ones" tells the story of a Polish Jewish family
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Secrets and Pies: PW Talks with Mark Frost
In The Secret History of Twin Peaks (Flatiron, Oct.), Mark Frost fills in some of the backstory of the cult TV series before its revival on Showtime.



