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In Conversation: Ethan Long and Christy Ottaviano
We asked author-illustrator Ethan Long and his editor, Christy Ottaviano—publisher of her eponymous imprint at Henry Holt—about their new collaboration, the Happy County picture book series for preschoolers.
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Q & A with Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park spoke with PW about her new historical fiction novel, 'Prairie Lotus,' which takes a fresh look at the American West in the second half of the 19th century.
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Four Questions for Cassandra Clare
We spoke with Cassandra Clare about her fifth Shadowhunters series, The Last Hours trilogy, which kicks off next month with 'Chain of Gold.'
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In Conversation: Colin Meloy and Shawn Harris
We asked author and member of The Decemberists Colin Meloy and artist and musician Shawn Harris to interview each other about their new picture book, 'Everyone's Awake,' and their shared passion for music.
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Liana Finck on Pop-Up Magazine and Taking Her Cartoons to the Stage
'New Yorker' staff cartoonist Liana Finck talks to PW about bringing her cartoons to life as part of a Pop-Up Magazine performance.
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Present Company Accepted: PW talks with Caroline Welch
In 'The Gift of Presence' (TarcherPerigee, Mar.), Caroline Welch, cofounder and CEO of the Mindsight Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., sets out to distill reams of peer-reviewed science about mindfulness into plain, clear advice.
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Finding the Bright Side: PW Talks with John Moe
In 'The Hilarious World of Depression' (St. Martin’s, May.), podcaster Moe considers depression through his personal experiences and tales of those he’s interviewed.
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A Saga of Schizophrenia: PW Talks with Robert Kolker
In 'Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family' (Doubleday, Apr.), Kolker profiles the schizophrenia-afflicted Galvin family.
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Who’s Afraid of Nero Wolfe?: PW Talks with Josh Pachter
Rex Stout’s armchair sleuth gets new life in Pachter’s anthology, 'The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe' (Mysteriouspress.com, Apr.).
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High Flyers: PW Talks with Garth Ennis
Ennis (the Preacher series) pays tribute to the Royal Navy pilots who flew Fairey Swordfish biplanes to stunning underdog victories in WWII in 'The Stringbags' (Dead Reckoning, Apr.).
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The Legacy of Rush: PW Talks with Martin Popoff
In 'Anthem: Rush in the 1970s' (ECW, May.), Popoff presents the first in a three-part history of legendary Canadian progressive rock band Rush.
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Haunted Hunters: PW Talks with Stephen Graham Jones
In Jones’s 'The Only Good Indians' (Saga, May.), four friends from the Blackfeet Nation, who have moved away from the reservation, fight an elk-shaped entity that wants revenge for something they did during a hunt before they left.
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Q & A with Sandhya Menon
We spoke with Sandhya Menon about her new YA novel 'Of Curses and Kisses,' the first in her St. Rosetta's Academy series which puts a spin on fairy tale romance.
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America Magnified: PW Talks with Catherine Lacey
In 'Pew' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May.), Lacey explores questions of identity and belief in a story of an outsider’s arrival in a Southern town.
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Four Questions for Kate Hattemer
We spoke with Kate Hattemer about her third novel, 'The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid,' the story of a loud and proud feminist teen who grapples with internalized misogyny and racism she never imagined she had.
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Dog Trainer and Novelist Victoria Schade On Her New Book and the Puppy Bowl
Sophomore novelist Victoria Schade, whose 'Who Rescued Who' will be published by Berkley on March 24, is the dog trainer behind the scenes on Super Bowl Sunday's secondmost famous, but cutest, event: Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl. We sat down with Schade after the filming last year to discuss her work as a dog trainer, writer, and Puppy Bowl coach.
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Writing, Desire, Hunger, Food, Sex: PW Talks with Melissa Broder
The author of 'So Sad Today,' 'The Pisces,' and the forthcoming novel 'Milk Fed' on her new book and how she keeps her writing so raw.
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Four Noble Bases: PW Talks with Donald Lopez Jr.
Lopez imagines a sutra in which Buddha uses baseball to explain the world in 'Buddha Takes the Mound' (St. Martin’s Essentials, May.).
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21st-Century Shakespeare: PW Talks with Emma Smith
In 'This Is Shakespeare' (Pantheon, Apr.), Smith argues there’s no one way to read the Bard.
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Before M*A*S*H: PW Talks with Ed Ruggero
During WWII, a beat cop turned MP must solve the murder of an unpopular U.S. Army surgeon in Ruggero’s 'Blame the Dead' (Forge, Mar.).



