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PW Talks with Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
PW: How soon after The Century did you realize you wanted to collaborate again?
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PW Talks with Micol Negrin
PW: Your cookbook, Rustico, is so comprehensive. How long did it take you to write it?
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PW Talks with Martin Cruz Smith
PW: Was there a particular seed of germination that led to the writing of December 6?
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PW Talks with Jennifer Crusie
PW: You've come up with another fun read with your 14th novel, Faking It, a romantic tale of larceny, art forgeries and wacky families. You've been an art teacher. What's the primary similarity between painting and writing?
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PW Talks with Francine Prose
PW: How did you come around to the idea of The Lives of the Muses?
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PW Talks with Bruce Feiler
PW: Were you surprised by the response to Walking the Bible?
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PW Talks with Janet Browne
PW: It's been seven years between the publication of Charles Darwin: Voyaging and your new book, subtitled The Power of Place. Where have you been all this time?
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PW Talks with J.A. Jance
PW: Why did you combine your two very different series characters, J.P. Beaumont and Sheriff Joanna Brady, in the same book?
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PW Talks with Ann M. Martin
PW: What inspired you to write A Corner of the Universe?
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PW Talks with Jack McKeown
McKeown is the president and CEO of the Perseus Book Group. PW met with him in his Park Avenue office recently to discuss Business: The Ultimate Resource.
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PW Talks to Lise McClendon
PW: Why did you choose Kansas City as the setting for your Dorie Lennox series?
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PW Talks with Philippe Petit
PW: When and why did you begin writing To Reach the Clouds?
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PW Talks with Garry Wills
PW: Your new book begins by responding, in a very personal way, to those who asked why you remain Catholic in spite of your criticism of the church. Did you feel a certain amount of discomfort in approaching the book this way?
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PW Talks with Sharon Salzberg
PW: You are a respected author and teacher of Buddhist meditation. Why did you decide to write about faith?
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PW Talks with John Miller
PW: How did you and your two coauthors get together on The Cell? How did it originate?
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PW Talks with Faye Kellerman
PW: Your latest Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel, Stone Kiss, which features some shady New York Hasidim, has stronger Jewish elements than most of your other books in the series. Is there a reason?
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PW Talks with Alan Furst
PW: You're in the unusual position of having published eight books in roughly 18 months with one house [Blood of Victory is the latest]. How has it been working with the Random House crew between hardcover and paperback?
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PW Talks with David Ball
PW: Your previous work of fiction, Empires of Sand, was a historical novel. What inspired you to write China Run, a story of Americans adopting an infant girl from China?
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PW Talks to Ben Tyler
PW: Your first novel, Tricks of the Trade, was a top seller. Now, you've written Hunk House. Are you concerned with being pigeonholed as a writer of gay fiction?
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PW Talks with Alice Sebold
PW: Your memoir focused on rape—your brutal rape when you were a student at Syracuse University in 1981. Your novel, The Lovely Bones, is about a rape and murder. Was it a relief, or a horror, to re-imagine a rape?



