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A Model Memoirist: Pat Cleveland
Pioneering runway model Pat Cleveland's memoir offers a candid glimpse into many of her international adventures, romances, and memories of the politics inside the fashion industry.
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From Playwright to Novelist
The difficulty of making ends meet as a playwright has driven a number of lauded theater writers to seek creative satisfaction—and a living wage—elsewhere.
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Making Wonder Woman Interesting: Grant Morrison
The veteran comics writer takes on what may be his biggest challenge: reinventing Wonder Woman.
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A Child for a Child: Louise Erdrich
In Erdrich's 15th novel, LaRose, a family gives up their child after causing the death of another family's child.
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The Other Knopf
A new biography of Blanche Knopf, wife of Alfred, concludes Blanche's tastes and judgments had a huge influence on how the publishing house developed.
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A Thriller Plucked Out of the 20th Amendment: Steve Berry
Political thriller writer Steve Berry discusses his rigorous research method and his new novel, 'The 14th Colony,' based on a timely what-if involving the presidential inauguration.
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'Keep Your Finger Off the Trigger!' and Other Real Lessons From a Former Cop
Former Washington D.C. detective turned novelist David Swinson reflects on the experiences that went into creating his fiction.
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A Debut Author's New Take on Race
Kaitlyn Greenidge's debut novel, 'We Love You, Charlie Freeman' follows a black famly that raises a chimp as part of a sociological experiment.
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Beautiful Decay: The Poetry of Lucia Perillo
The poet Lucia Perillo reflects on the themes that drive her work ahead of the publication of "Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones," a collection of nearly 30 years' worth of work.
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Everyone Needs a Home: Edna O'Brien
Irish novelist Edna O'Brien's 24th novel, 'The Little Red Chairs,' is being hailed as a masterpiece ahead of its publication.
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A Murder in Columbia County: Elizabeth Brundage
The author talks with us about 'All Things Cease to Appear,' her fourth novel. The book tells the story of a man living in upstate New York in 1979 who is suspected of killing his wife.
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Want to See the Real Russia? Skip Moscow
Longtime NPR correspondent Garrels takes readers to "the Real Russia" in her new book, 'Putin Country.'
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Hobbits and Jane Eyre
Faye puts a murderous spin on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre in Jane Steele (Putnam, Apr.).
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Kitchen Crime Queen: Joanne Fluke
After millions of copies sold, Fluke is finally marrying off Hannah Swensen, the baker and amateur sleuth star of her long-running cozy culinary mystery series.
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All Crime Is Psychological: Michael Robotham
Professor Joe O’Loughlin takes center stage in "Close Your Eyes," Robotham’s 10th series novel featuring an ensemble cast.
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Berlin Story: Darryl Pinckney
The novelist, playwright, and critic on his new novel, 'Black Deutschland,' about an American expat in 1980s West Berlin.
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Lucky Charms: Wade Rouse
Wade Rouse wants to make one thing clear: he wrote his debut novel, The Charm Bracelet, out in March from St. Martin’s, under the pseudonym Viola Shipman, not to confuse or deceive, but in homage to his two grandmothers.
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Peter Straub, and the Horror That Bartleby Wrought
The horror writer talks about about 'Interior Darkness,' a collection of 16 stories coming from Doubleday this month.
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A Visionary Comics Artist: PW Talks With Daniel Clowes
"It's a strange job to sit in your room and think, 'What do I want to spend the next five years of my life obsessing over?'" That's how Daniel Clowes, cartoonist and the author of Ghost World, describes the life of a comics artist.
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A Champion of the Humanities: David Denby
The former longtime 'New Yorker' film critic doesn’t just think reading books is good for you; he believes it makes you a better citizen and a better person.
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