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On the Frontline of Climate Change: PW Talks with Jordan Thomas
In ‘When It All Burns’ (Riverhead, May), the anthropologist discusses what he learned from his time as a California wildlands firefighter.
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London Book Fair 2025: PW Talks with Adam Ridgway
The veteran fair director may be new to publishing, but he has a wide range of experience in other industries—and has wooed back Chinese exhibitors.
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Erased in the Sunshine State: PW Talks with Lee Dean
The graphic novelist’s 'The Girl Who Flew Away' (Iron Circus, Mar.) follows a young pregnant woman whose married lover sends her off to Florida.
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Q & A with Emily J. Taylor
We spoke with Taylor about the origins of her highly anticipated sophomore YA fantasy, 'The Otherwhere Post,' and how her background in art design informs her work.
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Bad People, Good People, and Everyone in Between: PW Talks with Joe Dunthorne
The novelist’s debut memoir, Children of Radium (Scribner, Apr.), details how his great-grandfather, a Jewish chemist, ended up making weapons for the Nazis.
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‘This Man Destroyed a Lot of Lives to Get the Answers He Was Looking For’: PW Talks with Alex Green
In A Perfect Turmoil (Bellevue, Apr.), former PW New England correspondent and public policy scholar Alex Green reveals the outsize impact a turn-of-the-20th-century doctor had on how disability is perceived and treated today.
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A New Identity for Washington Square Press: PW Talks with Kate Nintzel
Atria’s reimagined Washington Square Press imprint releases its first frontlist hardcover titles this month after many years focusing on paperback reprints. Its editorial director ran us through some of the changes.
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Native Noir: PW Talks with Marcie R. Rendon
The author of the Cash Blackbear mysteries discusses Indigenous representation in media, portraying hard-hitting issues in fiction, and storytelling from a Native perspective.
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When History Repeats: PW Talks with Milo Todd
In the novelist’s debut, The Lilac People (Counterpoint, Apr.), a group of gay and transgender Berliners survive the Holocaust only to face persecution from the Allies.
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Four Questions for Christian Cooper
We spoke with the memoirist and host of National Geographic’s 'Extraordinary Birder' about his picture book debut 'The Urban Owls: How Flaco and Friends Made the City Their Home,' illustrated by Kristen Adam.
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Books Are Our Best Teachers: PW Talks with Lisa Russ Spaar
In her debut novel Paradise Close, out in paperback next month from Persea, the poet tells two intergenerational stories, combining lyrical prose with the pacing of a thriller.
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Raccoon Hijinks: PW Talks with Alex Krokus
In his second collection, Loud & Smart & in Color (Silver Sprocket, Feb.), the cartoonist and his signature animal avatar return with a collection that toggles between the absurd and the mundane—this time, in full color.
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Black History Month 2025: Q&As with Black Picture Book Creators
In celebration of Black History Month, we spoke with seven children's authors about their books showcasing Black cultural and historical figures, and the importance of teaching young people about the full scope of American history.
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Four Questions for Carolyn Mackler
PW spoke with Mackler about her new middle grade novel 'Right Back at You,' her own experience with bullying, and the difference between the present day and when she was in middle school.
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Living in a Society: PW Talks with Olivia Waite
With ‘Murder by Memory,’ an author best known for queer historical romance launches a Golden Age–style mystery series in space.
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Siren Song: PW Talks with Venessa Vida Kelley
The debut author of the novel ‘When the Tides Held the Moon’ discusses merpeople both imagined and real.
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Shanghai Rhythm: PW Talks with Jennifer Haigh
In Haigh’s novel ‘Rabbit Moon,’ a young American woman’s parents visit her in Shanghai, where she’s in a coma from a hit-and-run.
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Imagining a Positive Future: PW Talks with David Sheff
In 'Yoko: A Biography' (Simon & Schuster, Apr.), the bestselling author traces Yoko Ono’s artistic career and personal life with John Lennon and beyond.
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Coyote Is Among Us: PW Talks with Julian Brave NoiseCat
We Survived the Night (Knopf, Oct.), the author’s nonfiction debut, blends family history, reportage, and Indigenous storytelling.
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WI2025: Memory and Loss: PW Talks with Ocean Vuong
In The Emperor of Gladness (Penguin Press, May), the sophomore novelist crafts a narrative that subverts traditional immigrant story arcs to explore deeper questions about human connection and survival.
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