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Cops and Canines: PW Talks with Robert Crais
LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and German shepherd Maggie, the stars of Crais’s "The Suspect," join Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, the author’s series leads, in "The Promise."
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Four Questions for ... Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bonnie Jo Campbell answers questions from PW about her latest collection of short fiction, which explores the close bonds between mothers and their daughters in even the most dysfunctional families.
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Philip and Erin Stead Interview Each Other
The husband-and-wife team behind the Caldecott winner 'A Sick Day for Amos McGee' discuss their new collaboration, how they settle disputes, and how they get along despite spending an average of 23.5 hours a day together.'
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Q & A with Leigh Bardugo
Brookline Booksmith bookseller Amy Brabenec met up with author Leigh Bardugo at last Saturday's Boston Teen Author Festival, which coincided with the release of the author's latest novel, 'Six of Crows.'
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Midwives, Murder, and Mustangs: PW Talks with Victoria Thompson
Victoria Thompson abandoned the main characters of her long-running Gaslight series for her latest mystery, 'Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue'
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Q & A with Kate Hosford
Kate Hosford's newest picture book, 'Feeding the Flying Fanellis,' is a collection of poems narrated by a circus chef.
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Pennypacker Supports New Novel at Fall Regionals
Sara Pennypacker's forthcoming novel, 'Pax,' features a relationship between a boy and a fox during wartime. The author talked with PW about her new book and the themes that motivate her.
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Four Questions for...Rubin Pingk
Pingk's "uneventful environment" growing up has certainly helped the creator's madcap imagination, on full display in 'Samurai Santa,' in which a young ninja and his crew engage a familiar-looking samurai in a snowball fight.
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The Truth Is Out There: PW Talks with Rob Brotherton
In "Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories," Brotherton investigates conspiracy theories, explaining how they work, how they gain traction, and why we find them so appealing.
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Hero, Soldier, Minimalist, Mute: PW Talks with Cass Sunstein
Law professor Cass Sunstein, the author of “Blink,” explores the four distinct personality types of U.S. Supreme Court justices in “Constitutional Personae.”
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The Importance of Place: PW Talks with Jim Kelly
In Kelly’s sixth mystery featuring Det. Insp. Peter Shaw, "Death on Demand," Shaw must solve the baffling murder of a centenarian.
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Innocents Convicted of Impossible Crimes: PW Talks with Stacy Schiff
Schiff’s new nonfiction book, "The Witches: Salem, 1692" (Little, Brown), revisits the 17th-century trials that traumatized colonial Massachusetts, which she says have been “our national nightmare” ever since.
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Q & A with Erin Bow
In 'The Scorpion Rules,' Erin Bow envisions a world four centuries from now, in which civilization has fractured into many smaller territories, where peace is maintained by Talis, a ruthless AI.
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Avoiding the Military Police: PW Talks with Martin Limón
U.S. Army investigators George Sueño and Ernie Bascom investigate another murder in 1950s South Korea in Limón’s "The Ville Rat."
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Q & A with April Genevieve Tucholke
The YA author has curated a selection of horror stories entitled Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, which is being released this week.
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Four Questions for...Judd Winick
Known as a cast member on 'The Real World' in 1994, Judd Winick has also had a storied career in comics and television. Releasing on September 1 is the inaugural volume in a new children's graphic novel series, Hilo.
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Seeking Justice in 1973 Texas: PW Talks with Lisa Sandlin
In Sandlin’s first novel, "The Do-Right," Delpha Wade, newly released from Gatesville Women’s Prison after serving 14 years for manslaughter, goes to work for Tom Phelan, who has just opened a detective agency in Beaumont, Tex.
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Q & A with Erin Bowman
Erin Bowman had always dreamed of writing her own western novel, but it wasn't until her husband regaled her with the legend of the Lost Dutchman mine in the aptly named Superstition Mountains that she found the spark for 'Vengeance Road.'
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People Behaving Badly but Politely: PW Talks with Ashley Weaver
In Weaver’s second traditional mystery starring amateur sleuth Amory Ames, "Death Wears a Mask," Amory and her husband, Milo, search for a murderer among the glitterati of 1932 London.
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History and Mystery: PW Talks with Kate Morton
In Morton’s fifth novel, "The Lake House," the toddler son of an aristocratic English family disappears in 1933 during the annual midsummer party on a wooded estate in Cornwall.



