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Four Questions for... Cassandra Clare
The many fans of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series are counting down the days until the March 8 release of 'Lady Midnight,' the first book in a new series, The Dark Artifices.
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A Nod to Sherlock Holmes: PW Talks with M.R.C. Kasasian
M.R.C. Kasasian's latest whodunnit features a Victorian detective duo that, if not inspired by Holmes and Watson, do have a surprise relationship.
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Q & A with Marilyn Nelson
Celebrated author and poet Marilyn Nelson's latest verse novel, 'American Ace,' chronicles one Italian-American man's discovery that his father was not really his father, and he was most likely the son of an African-American pilot in World War II.
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Four Questions for...Dean Strang of 'Making a Murderer'
The author and attorney, who's emerged as the unlikely star of the Netflix documentary series, explains why human frailty is what makes the law both interesting and infuriating.
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Bringing Back Nero and Archie
Robert Goldsborough revives Rex Stout's classic sleuthing pair, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, in his new novel, Stop the Presses!
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Four Questions for....Chris Grabenstein
Chris Grabenstein's second book featuring an eccentric billionaire named Mr. Lemoncello picks up where his first one left off, expanding the book's library clue-searching game across the country.
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Sadly Happy: PW Talks with Sayed Kashua
“Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life” is a collection of columns written for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz by Kashua, who teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Dancing on Fire: PW talks with Miroslav Penkov
Bulgarian-born Penkov’s debut novel, "Stork Mountain," follows a young man as he travels back to the land of his ancestors to search for his grandfather.
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On Nordic Cooking: PW Talks with Magnus Nilsson
Magnus Nilsson, proprietor of Sweden’s Faviken restaurant and author of The Nordic Cookbook, discusses meatballs, herring, and open-faced sandwiches.
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Good Stories Are About Bad Days: PW Talks with T. Greenwood
The latest from Greenwood, author of 10 novels, is "Where I Lost Her," about an unhappy woman encountering a little girl one night in the middle of a country road in rural Vermont.
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Balancing Two Series: PW Talks with Mark Greaney
Greaney’s fifth Gray Man thriller, "Back Blast," focuses on the exploits of ex-CIA operative Court Gentry.
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When Closing the Case Is Only Half the Story
Once upon time, happily-ever-afters in major crimes consisted of making an arrest. We all know the scene at the end of the classic mystery: the butler did it! Ah-ha! Case closed.
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Asleep at the Wheel: PW Talks with Eli Sanders
In "While the City Slept," Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Sanders investigates a monstrous crime.
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Q & A with Estelle Laure
'This Raging Light' is debut author Estelle Laure's story of 17-year-old Lucille, who is trying to care for her younger sister Wren after their mother takes off.
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A History of Beards, From the Assyrians to ZZ Top
In 'Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair,' Christopher Oldstone-Moore examines how the popularity of beards is tied to evolving definitions of masculinity and conformity.
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Picking the Right Profession: PW Talks with William Wells
Jack Starkey, a Chicago cop who has retired to Florida, is the inspiration for a fictional cop, Jack Stoney, in William Wells’s "Detective Fiction."
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Four Questions for Lauren A. Mills
In 'Minna's Patchwork Coat,' an illustrated middle-grade novel out this month, Lauren A. Mills delves deeper into the life of Minna, the Appalachian girl introduced her 1991 picture book, 'The Rag Coat.'
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How Not to Cheat At a Mystery Plot: PW Talks with Belinda Bauer
Bauer discusses plotting, planting surprises, and how gardening affected the writing of her mystery novel, "The Shut Eye."
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The Art of the Con: PW Talks with Samantha Hunt
Hunt’s fascinating third novel, "Mr. Splitfoot," begins with two teens from the Love of Christ foster home staging a lucrative con channeling a spirit they name Mr. Splitfoot.
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