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Significant Self: PW Talks with Melissa Croce
Croce delivers a witty guide to living romantically unattached in 'Single and Forced to Mingle' (Atria, Dec.).
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Taking It to the Limit: PW Talks with Becky Cooper
In 'We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence' (Grand Central, Nov.), Cooper delves into the 1969 murder of Harvard student Jane Britton, which was finally solved in 2018.
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Evolution of a Suffragette: PW Talks with Rachel Holmes
In 'Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel' (Bloomsbury, Dec.), historian Holmes details the life of the British activist.
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Little Garden of Horrors: PW Talks with James Brogden
A woman with early-onset dementia discovers her neighbors are cannibalistic cultists while tending her garden in Brogden’s 'Bone Harvest' (Titan, Nov.).
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In Conversation: Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
We asked co-authors Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, to interview each other about their new YA novel, 'Punching the Air,' and fighting institutional racism.
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Q & A with Garth Nix
For his latest novel, 'The Left-Handed Booksellers of London,' Garth Nix channels his earlier life in the book trade.
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Four Questions for Bill Konigsberg
Bill Konigsberg spoke with us about his new YA novel, 'The Bridge,' and teen suicide prevention.
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Q & A with Phil Bildner
Phil Bildner spoke with us about how he went from teaching kids to writing books for them, and about the inspiration for his latest novel, 'A High Five for Glenn Burke.'
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Just Like Bibi Used to Make: PW Talks with Hawa Hassan
With ‘In Bibi’s Kitchen’ (Ten Speed, Oct.), Somali-born home cook Hassan shares the stories and recipes of grandmothers from eight African countries.
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Things to Come: PW Talks with Julie Shah and Laura Major
Shah and Major look into the near and less-near future of human-robot cooperation in 'What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots' (Basic, Oct.).
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A Dangerous Book: PW Talks with Emily M. Danforth
Danforth follows 2012’s 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' with 'Plain, Bad Heroine' (Morrow, Oct.), a paean to queer romance, metafiction, and gothic horror.
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Subverting Stereotypes: PW Talks with Stephen Spotswood
Spotswood’s debut and series launch, 'Fortune Favors the Dead' (Doubleday, Oct.), introduces a pair of female private investigators in 1945 Manhattan.
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Q & A with Lev Grossman
We spoke with Lev Grossman, author of the bestselling Magicians trilogy for adults, about his first book for a middle grade audience, 'The Silver Arrow.'
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Four Questions for Dave Horowitz
Juggling careers as a paramedic as well as an author and illustrator of more than a dozen picture books, Dave Horowitz drew from both vocations to create his new picture book, 'Emergency Monster Squad.'
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Pay Attention: PW Talks with James M. Lang
In 'Distracted' (Basic, Oct.), educator Lang examines why students lose focus and what teachers can do to get it back.
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: PW Talks with Stuart Turton
Murder disrupts a 17th-century East India Trading Company voyage in 'Turton’s The Devil and the Dark Water' (Sourcebooks Landmark, Oct.).
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One Bad Night: PW Talks with Katie Skelly
In 'Maids' (Fantagraphics, Oct.), Skelly reimagines a notorious 1930s crime scandal where two French sisters working in service murdered their employer’s family.
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In Conversation: J.Elle and Denene Millner
J.Elle's debut fantasy novel, 'Wings of Ebony,' is due from Denene Millner Books in February 2021; the book marks the first YA acquisition for editorial director Denene Millner's eponymous imprint at S&S.
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Four Questions for Amanda McCrina
We spoke with YA historical fiction writer Amanda McCrina about her new novel, 'Traitor,' and illuminating a lesser-known facet of World War II.
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Write It Like Disaster: PW Talks with Elisa Gabbert
The author of 'The Unreality of Memory' on writing a book of essays about disasters, what she's learned about pandemics, how poetry leaks into her prose, and more.



