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Insects of Beauty and Hope: PW Talks with Wendy Williams
In 'The Language of Butterflies' (Simon & Schuster, May;), Williams explores and celebrates the world of butterflies.
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Murder by the Book: PW Talks with Peter Swanson
A mystery bookstore blog post inspires a serial killer in Swanson’s 'Eight Perfect Murders' (Morrow, Mar.).
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In a Thicket: PW Talks with Riku Onda
In 'The Aosawa Murders' (Bitter Lemon, Feb.), Onda gradually unveils the truth behind a mass murder.
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Channeling the Gospel: PW Talks with Khristi Lauren Adams
In 'Parable of the Brown Girl' (Fortress, Feb.), Adams presents seven portraits of black girls and women that address societal barriers and challenges from a Christian perspective.
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The Future of Feminism: PW Talks with Mikki Kendall
In 'Hood Feminism' (Viking, Mar.), blogger and activist Kendall charts a new direction for the women’s movement.
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Noteworthy YA Trilogies Get Finales This Season
This fall, the authors of several bestselling YA series delivered concluding books; we asked four such authors how they started, how they managed, and how they felt when it was over.
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Fifty Years of Fraud: PW Talks with Adam Sisman
In 'The Professor and the Parson' (Counterpoint, Feb.), Sisman traces the long career of a recalcitrant con man.
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Grandma Knows Best: PW Talks with Bess Kalb
In 'Nobody Will Tell You This But Me' (Knopf, Apr.), Kalb channels her opinionated grandmother and celebrates their bond.
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Q & A with Brigid Kemmerer
We spoke with Brigid Kemmerer about her new YA fantasy, ‘A Heart So Fierce and Broken,’ sequel to ‘A Curse So Dark and Lonely.’
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Supernatural Sleuthing: PW Talks with Mike Ashley
In 'Fighters of Fear' (Talos, Feb.), Ashley has assembled the definitive anthology of occult detective short stories.
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A Song of Freedom: PW Talks with Ben Okri
In Okri’s 'The Freedom Artist' (Akashic, Feb.), a man searches for a woman imprisoned after asking revolutionary questions in a dystopian world.
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A Coalition of Genres: PW Talks with Cathy Park Hong
In 'Minor Feelings' (One World, Feb.), poet Hong explores the Asian-American experience.
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Mind Games: PW Talks with Isabel Greenberg
Greenberg blends historical fiction and fantasy in 'Glass Town' (Abrams ComicArts, Mar.), a graphic novel inspired by the imaginary worlds the Brontë siblings created as children.
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From the President’s Desk: PW Talks with Craig Fehrman
In 'Author in Chief' (Avid Reader, Feb.), historian Fehrman examines the tradition of U.S. presidents as authors.
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Regency Risk Takers: PW Talks with Anna Harrington
In Harrington’s 'An Inconvenient Duke' (Sourcebooks Casablanca, Mar.), Marcus, a duke on a mission to avenge his sister’s murder, falls for Danielle, who secretly runs a charity for abused women.
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Stan Lee, 'A Marvelous Life': PW Talks with Danny Fingeroth
Danny Fingeroth’s biography of the late editor, author and former chairman of Marvel Comics Stan Lee, 'A Marvelous Life', published this month by St. Martin’s Press, is a loving but sharp-eyed account of the life and career of the man who the author worked under earlier in his comics career.
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The King of Pop Art:PW Talks with Blake Gopnik
In 'Warhol' (Ecco, Apr.), art critic Gopnik explores Andy Warhol’s eccentric life.
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Performer to Prophet: PW Talks with Jacob S. Dorman
Dorman’s 'The Princess and the Prophet' (Beacon, Mar.) details the life of entertainer and spiritual leader John Walter Brister, better known as Nobel Drew Ali, the founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America.
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Reaching Out to a Hurting World: PW Talks with Ruth Everhart
Pastor Ruth Everhart examines #MeToo and the church in her latest book.
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Q & A with Tomi Adeyemi
We spoke with YA author Tomi Adeyemi about 'Children of Virtue and Vengeance,' book two of her bestselling West African-inspired Orïsha Legacy trilogy.



