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First Fiction 2013: Ripped from The Headlines - Paula Daly
“This book came about directly from an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show,” says Paula Daly, author of Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
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First Fiction 2013: The Firsts of Fall
Some are outrageously young; others are a little more seasoned. Some of their stories are inspired by real life; others are spun from a spark of curiosity or a figment of the imagination.
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Considering the Death Penalty: Evan J. Mandery
Between Bush v. Gore and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the image of the Supreme Court as an apolitical body that deduces the law based on precedent has taken a hit over the past decade.
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Scott McClanahan On the Rise
Scott McClanahan had three published books, and no agent, to his credit when he sent the first chapter of Crapalachia to Eric Obenauf, publisher of the Ohio indie press, Two Dollar Radio.
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Rules of Blake: James Carlos Blake
James Carlos Blake knows about outlaws.
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Mystery Man: John Searles
First impression of John Searles, bestselling author of the novels Boy Still Missing and Strange but True, and the forthcoming Help for the Haunted (Morrow, September): sincere, genuine, delightful, funny, humble, lighthearted, positive.
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A Memoir in Five Acts: Howard Norman
Novelist Howard Norman is in his element as he hikes down a winding trail to McClure’s Beach in Pt. Reyes, Calif.
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Be Very Afraid: Matt Bell
Matt Bell, 32, admits he’s surprised that he dwells so much upon marriage and fatherhood in his writing.
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BEA 2013: John Lewis: A Graphic March
A longtime congressman and legendary civil rights veteran, John Lewis is at this morning’s Book and Author Breakfast to talk about his new graphic autobiography March, the first of a three-volume work to be published by Top Shelf in August.
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BEA 2013: Peter Lerangis Enjoys His Craft and Fans
Peter Lerangis may be a bestselling author with more than 160 books under his belt, but he’s still ecstatic about being a writer, especially one for children.
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BEA 2013: Jim Gaffigan: Writing While Standing
Jim Gaffigan has a wildly successful career as a standup comic, more than a million Twitter followers, and his just released first book, Dad Is Fat (Crown), offers his take on everything from cousins (“celebrities for little kids”) to growing up in a big family (“I always assumed my father had six children so he could have a sufficient lawn crew”) and changing diapers in the middle of the night (“like The Hurt Locker, but much more dangerous”).
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BEA 2013: Kris Miller: A Lesson in Finance
There are things about money that Kris Miller wants you to know.
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BEA 2013: Sarah Dessen: Summertime Is the Best Time
Ah, summer. It’s Sarah Dessen’s favorite season.
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BEA 2013: Chris Matthews: The Clash of Political Titans
You can hear longing for the old days when MSNBC Hardball anchor Chris Matthews talks about his latest book, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (Simon & Schuster, Nov.).
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BEA 2013: Gennifer Albin: Weaver of Stories
Gennifer Albin explains that her inspiration for Crewel, the first novel in her YA Crewel World trilogy (2012), was sparked by the painting Embroidering the Earth’s Mantle by the Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist Remedios Varo.
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BEA 2013: Neil Gaiman: Fortunately, Making Good Art
Neil Gaiman is scheduled to speak this morning, 10 a.m.–11 a.m., on why he thinks fiction is dangerous, but since he’s an old hand at attending BEA, he knows he’ll have a “captive audience of booksellers” in conference room 1E12–1E13.
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BEA 2013: Diana Gabaldon: Wrinkles In Time
Each of her Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon emphasizes, contains enough backstory that it can be read either as a stand-alone or as part of the series—which she recommends, however, is best read in chronological order.
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A Resonant Crime: Robert K. Tanenbaum
Robert K. Tanenbaum is a former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney who now lives in Beverly Hills (he moved to California in 1979 and went into private practice).
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BEA 2013: A Tutoring Friendship: PW Talks with Bob Shacochis and Kent Wascom
They met as teacher and student in a graduate nonfiction workshop, Bob Shacochis, taught at Florida State University, Shacochis a National Book Award–winning author with a heralded reputation as a novelist, short story writer, and journalist; Kent Wascom, a young aspiring novelist.
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BEA 2013: Tony Kushner: From Stage to Page
Only after the renowned Lincoln movie hit the screens did the idea come up to publish Lincoln: The Screenplay (TCG Books, Jan.).
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