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Murder in Ancient Athens: PW Talks with Gary Corby
In Australian author Gary Corby’s Sacred Games, his second ancient historical, Athenian sleuth Nico must solve a murder in the midst of the Olympic Games.
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Jigsaw Puzzle: PW Talks with Anthony Marra
Anthony Marra’s debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, is “a war story that’s about surgeons, not soldiers.”
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Deciphering Lives: PW Talks with Margalit Fox
In The Riddle of the Labyrinth, linguist and obituary writer Margalit Fox chronicles three key figures in the decipherment of Linear B, an ancient Mycenaean script.
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Murder in Kenya: PW Talks With Richard Crompton
In Hour of the Red God, Richard Crompton crafts a subtle whodunit against the backdrop of 2007 elections in Kenya.
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Catching Up with the 'Deliriously' Busy Lauren Oliver
PW Bookshelf caught up with busy author Lauren Oliver following her eight-day, eight-city tour promoting the release of Requiem, the final book in her Delirium trilogy.
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Q & A with David Ezra Stein
Award-winning author/illustrator David Ezra Klein's newest title, Ol' Mama Squirrel, tells the story of a resolute rodent prepared to do anything necessary to protect her babies from danger.
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So You Wrote a Book... But Who's Watching the Register?
Mark Russ Federman talks about his book Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes From the House That Herring Built.
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Uncovering the Past: PW Talks with Andrew Carroll
In Here Is Where: Discovering America’s Great Forgotten History, historian Andrew Carroll profiles a number of America’s uncelebrated historical locales.
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If Once a Man Indulges Himself in Murder...PW Talks with David Morrell
In Murder as a Fine Art, David Morrell transforms Thomas De Quincey into a detective who is pursuing a killer copying the Ratcliffe Highway murders of 1811.
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Past Present: PW Talks with Patricio Pron
Patricio Pron’s autobiographical novel, My Father’s Ghost is Climbing in the Rain, takes on Argentina’s legacy of political oppression and struggle.
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Die Another Day: PW Talks With Duane Swierczynski
In Point and Shoot, Duane Swierczynski wraps up a manic action trilogy featuring Charlie Hardie, an unlikely hero.
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Level the Mountain: PW Talks With Scott McClanahan
In Crapalachia, a “biography” of his native rural West Virginia, Scott McClanahan approaches heavy topics such as death with ease, and his tone fluctuates between reverence and irreverence, levity and gravity.
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The Accidental Radical: PW Talks with Judy Juanita
Poet, playwright, professor, and former Black Panther Judy Juanita makes her debut as a novelist with the semi-autobiographical Virgin Soul.
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Q & A with Nora Raleigh Baskin
This year sees publication of Nora Raleigh Baskin's ninth and tenth novels: this month's Surfacing, a YA novel, and the middle-grade Runt.
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Q & A with Linda Urban
Bookseller-turned-author Linda Urban's third book, The Center of Everything, follows 12-year-old Ruby as she deals with the passing of her grandmother and tries to make her greatest wish come true.
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A Year of Joy: PW Talks With Susan Spencer-Wendel
Diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) in 2011, journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel knew she would have to write about her experiences sooner rather than later.
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like: PW Talks with Ivo Mosley
Ivo Mosley’s In the Name of The People: Pseudo-Democracy and the Spoiling of Our World seeks to set the record straight: electoral representation is not true democracy.
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Sex from Every Angle: PW Talks with Donna Freitas and Abraham Morgentaler
Donna Freitas has a Ph.D. in religious studies and teaches religion at Boston University.
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The Ant Whisperer: PW Talks with Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson went from collecting ants around his childhood Alabama home to being the world’s leading expert in myrmecology.
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Failed Spies: PW Talks with Mick Herron
Dead Lions, the second in your Slough House series, appears to be a big departure from your earlier books.



