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Q & A with Sally Gardner
British writer Sally Gardner's fifth novel, Maggot Moon, set in a tyrannical dictatorship called The Motherland, the sort of place Europe might have become had the Nazis won World War II, is already one of the most talked-about books of the year in England, where it recently won the Costa Children's Prize.
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For the Love of Dinosaurs: PW Talks with Brian Switek
In My Beloved Brontosaurus, science writer Brian Switek travels the American West to learn about the latest developments in our understanding of dinosaur life and biology.
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Living in Complexity: PW Talks with Jeff Chu
In his first book, Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America, journalist Jeff Chu asks difficult questions about love, faith, and sexuality.
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A YouTube Car Chase in Spain: PW Talks with Alexander Söderberg
Sophie Brinkmann, a Swedish nurse, runs afoul of both cops and crooks in TV screenwriter Alexander Söderberg’s first novel,
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Superfly: PW Talks with Rebecca Miller
Writer and filmmaker Rebecca Miller’s most recent book is Jacob’s Folly, a romp through time from 18th-century Paris to present-day Long Island, narrated by a fly. Miller made film adaptations of three of her earlier books, including The Ballad of Jack and Rose, starring her husband, Daniel Day-Lewis.
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Q & A with Ben Schrank
Razorbill publisher Ben Schrank's most recent book, Love Is a Canoe, follows a Brooklyn couple with a shaky marriage, an editor trying to bring new life to a beloved backlist title, and the author of that decades-old book, whose wife has died.
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Pay Attention: Be Happy: PW Talks with Sonja Lyubomirsky
In The Myths of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at the University of California–Riverside, examines what she calls the holy grail of psychology: figuring out how to be happy.
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Death on a Small Island: PW Talks with Robert Masello
A world-threatening virus, the Russian royal family, and the undead all figure in Robert Masello’s thriller, The Romanov Cross, set on a remote Alaskan island.
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Wealth Without Work: PW Talks with Stuart Nadler
In Stuart Nadler’s post-WWII debut novel, Wise Men, lawyer Arthur Wise becomes staggeringly wealthy after winning a class-action lawsuit against the airline industry, triggering lifelong consequences for his son, Hilly, as well as for Savannah, the young black girl Hilly loves.
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Retelling Alice: 'PW' Talks with A.G. Howard
In her modern-day retelling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, A.G. Howard puts a gothic spin on the beloved classic, sending 16-year-old Alyssa back through the looking glass to correct the wrongs of her great-great-great grandmother Alice.
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Q & A with Natalie Merchant
Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant's conceptual album Leave Your Sleep featured children's poetry adapted into music and song. Merchant spoke with PW about this ambitious and ongoing project for young readers and listeners.
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts
Spotlights on six children's and YA authors who made notable debuts this fall.
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Gennifer Albin
Before Gennifer Albin wrote Crewel, the story of a girl who can weave time but who struggles against those in power who want to control her ability, her husband often teased her that her epitaph was going to read: "The author of the 20 most promising first chapters ever."
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Chris Howard
Jimi Hendrix guitar solos, Kerouac, Ginsberg, the canyons of the American Southwest and many other influences fed into Chris Howard's first published book, Rootless, a YA novel set in a future America where vegetation and wildlife are long gone.
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Sarah J. Maas
Debut author Sarah J. Maas's novel, Throne of Glass, is a lighthearted speculation about the "untold" story behind Cinderella – what if, instead of being the damsel in distress, Cinderella was secretly an assassin who went to the ball to kill the prince?
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Matt Luckhurst
As a high school graduate in western Canada, Matt Luckhurst knew what was expected of him.
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Rachel Hartman
The path to publication can be a long, slow one. Just ask Rachel Hartman. Her debut, the epic YA fantasy Seraphina, was released nine years after she started writing it, with a few bumps along the way.
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Stefan Bachmann
Very little about 19-year-old Stefan Bachmann says "typical teenager."
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Talking to Gabby Douglas
Gabrielle Douglas, who catapulted into history as the first African-American to win a gold medal in the women’s individual all-around gymnastics event at the London Olympics, might seem young, at 16, to be publishing an autobiography.
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Off The Beaten Track: PW Talks with William Least Heat-Moon
In his collection of travel essays Here, There, Elsewhere, William Least Heat-Moon strikes out for destinations unknown, continuing the odyssey he started in 1982 with Blue Highways.
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