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Do Not Pass Go: The Real Story Behind Monopoly: PW Talks with Mary Pilon
In "The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game," reporter Pilon reveals the tumultuous history of Monopoly, the world-famous board game.
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Thugs and Mad Englishmen: PW Talks with M.J. Carter
Colonial India provides the backdrop for historian M.J. Carter’s first thriller, "The Strangler Vine."
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Four Questions for...Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang, a two-time nominee for the National Book Award, talks about 'Secret Coders,' his forthcoming graphic novel about the magic of computer programming.
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Q & A with Meghan McCarthy
Meghan McCarthy's latest picture book not only traces the origins of earmuffs, but also muses on what constitutes an original idea and the human penchant for blurring fact and fiction.
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful: PW Talks with Simon Barnes
English sports writer and natural historian Barnes explores the diversity of animal life on the planet in his latest book, "Ten Million Aliens."
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Four Questions for...Author Paul Fischer
We talked to Paul Fischer, author of the forthcoming 'A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Incredible True Story of North Korea and the Most Audacious Kidnapping in History' (Flatiron Books) about the Sony hack, cyber terrorism and what's going on with 'The Interview.'
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Fall 2014 Flying Starts: Chelsey Philpot
Chelsey Philpot had many inspirations for Even in Paradise (Harper, Oct.), which tells the story of Charlotte Ryder, a girl changed irrevocably by the beguiling Julia Buchanan and her family.
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Fall 2014 Flying Starts: Esther Ehrlich
Stories have always been important to me,” says Esther Ehrlich.
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Fall 2014 Flying Starts: Mike Curato
At the 2012 SCBWI Midwinter Conference in New York City, two very big things happened to a fictional elephant named Elliot.
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Fall 2014 Flying Starts: Atia Abawi
Atia Abawi’s desire to be both a journalist and a novelist had early roots.
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Triple Revenge, Served Cold: PW Talks with Peter Swanson
In Swanson’s "The Kind Worth Killing," an angry husband meets an enigmatic woman who offers to help him kill his adulterous wife.
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A Detective and a Mother: Laura Lippman
Lippman draws on her experiences of motherhood for her 11th Tess Monaghan novel, "Hush Hush" (Morrow).
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Q & A with Jennifer Niven
In her first YA novel, 'All the Bright Places,' Jennifer Niven tackles heavy topics such as depression and suicide, but also romance and the many unsung wonders of the state of Indiana.
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Death Comes for the Prime Minister: PW Talks with Andrew Marr
In his first novel, "Head of State," British author Marr imagines how the death of a political leader on the eve of a major referendum might play out.
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Q & A with Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil's written her first YA novel, 'I'm Glad I Did' and she's enjoying seeing her emergence as a songwriter – and Carole King's best friend – come to life as a Broadway musical.
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Q & A with Nick Lake
British author Nick Lake's latest novel, 'There Will Be Lies,' takes readers to the American Southwest.
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Q & A with Frank Portman
Frank Portman's guitar anti-hero, the girl-obsessed Tom Hellerman, returns for the second half of his sophomore year in 'King Dork Approximately.'
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Four Questions for Jacqueline Woodson
The third time's a charm for Jacqueline Woodson, whose memoir written in verse about her 1960s-era childhood, 'Brown Girl Dreaming,' won the National Book Award in Young People's Literature last week
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Spending Hours Pondering How to Murder Someone: PW Talks with Paul Doherty
In Doherty’s 14th mystery featuring Brother Athelstan, "The Book of Fires," the medieval English priest must solve another impossible crime.
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Four Questions for...Author Shawn Lawrence Otto
We talked to the author--and sometime screenwriter (he wrote the film adaptation of 'House of Sand and Fog')--about his new novel, managing his wife's campaign (she was just re-elected Minnesota state auditor), and the American Dream.
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