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Spice of Life: PW Talks with Pepper Teigen
In 'The Pepper Thai Cookbook' (Clarkson Potter, Apr.), Teigen shares Thai recipes and anecdotes of living with her daughter, model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen, and her family.
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The Greatest Regeneration: PW Talks with Robert J. Harris
In Harris’s 'A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes 1942' (Pegasus Crime, June.), the sleuth hunts a vicious killer in WWII London.
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Publishing’s Digital Disruption: PW Talks with John B. Thompson
Sociologist Thompson investigates the changes shaking up the publishing industry in 'Book Wars' (Polity, May.).
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Pleasure Principle: PW Talks with Karelia Stetz-Waters
Two wildly different women each inherit 50% of a struggling feminist sex shop in Stetz-Waters’s 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' (Forever, June.).
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Drowning in Love: PW Talks with L.R. Dorn
Dorn’s debut, 'The Anatomy of Desire' (Morrow, May.), views the competitive world of social influencers through a gender-bending lens of crime and obsession. (Dorn, the pen name of Suzanne Dunn and Matt Dorff, have elected to answer jointly.)
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Q & A with Kevin Henkes
We interviewed author-illustrator Kevin Henkes about his latest middle grade book, 'Billy Miller Makes a Wish,' a follow-up to the Newbery Honor-winning 'The Year of Billy Miller.'
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Four Questions for Ambreen Tariq
We spoke with Ambreen Tariq, founder of @BrownPeopleCamping, about her debut picture book, 'Fatima's Great Outdoors,' and encouraging people of color to explore nature.
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Q & A with Aisha Saeed
PW spoke with Pakistani American author Aisha Saeed about how her early experiences and teaching background have allowed her to tell her own stories, to create diverse characters, and to take down stereotypes.
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God in the Brain: PW Talks with Kate J. Stockly
Stockly’s 'Spirit Tech' (St. Martin’s, May.) details how spiritual entrepreneurs and tech-savvy religious practitioners are using technology to modify spiritual experiences.
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An Ordinary Treasure: PW Talks with Tiya Miles
In 'All That She Carried' (Random House, June.), Miles details the material and symbolic significance of a cotton sack packed by an enslaved mother for her nine-year-old daughter, Ashley.
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Picture Perfect: PW Talks with Mary Dixie Carter
In Carter’s debut, 'The Photographer' (Minotaur, May.), professional photographer Delta Dawn becomes obsessed with her latest subjects, a glamorous Brooklyn family, and insinuates herself into their lives.
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In Conversation with Lisa Wheeler and Loren Long
We asked author Lisa Wheeler and illustrator Loren Long to interview each other about the personal connections and artistic influences that served as the foundation for their new picture book, 'Someone Builds the Dream.'
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In Conversation: Andrea Wang and Jason Chin
We asked author Andrea Wang and illustrator Jason Chin to interview each other about their collaborative process and personal connections to their new picture book, 'Watercress.'
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Profound Variations: PW Talks with André Aciman
We spoke with Aciman about his new collection, 'Homo Irrealis' (Macmillan, Jan.), and how it blends the autobiographical with artistic criticism—all while circling around the "irrealis mood."
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The Shame Trap: PW Talks with Katherine Dykstra
In ‘What Happened to Paula’ (Norton, June), Dykstra explores violence against women and what it means to occupy a female body.
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Something’s Rotten on Broadway: PW Talks with Lyndsay Faye
Faye reimagines Hamlet set in modern New York City in 'The King of Infinite Space' (Putnam, Aug.).
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Tudor Turmoil: PW Talks with S.W. Perry
In 'The Saracen’s Mark' (Atlantic, May.), Perry’s Elizabethan sleuth, physician Nicholas Shelby, must solve murders in London and Morocco.
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Q & A with Rafael López
The unbreakable, lifelong bond between parent and child is at the heart of 'I'll Meet You in Your Dreams,' a new picture book written by Jessica Young and illustrated by Rafael López; we spoke with López about his latest project.
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In Conversation: Sandra Nickel and Laurie Wallmark
In honor of Women's History Month, we asked Nickel and Wallmark to interview each other about why they're drawn to telling the stories of remarkable women, how they find their subjects, and the most interesting facts they've discovered in their research.
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“The Kitchen Is a Good Place for Crying”: PW Talks with Rachel Levin and Tara Duggan
In ‘Steamed,’ Leven and Duggan dig into what Levin calls “the physicality and emotion” of making food.



