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Four Questions for Sara Pennypacker

By Krystyna Poray Goddu | 02/03/2026 @ 03:00PM

After more than two dozen middle grade and picture books, Sara Pennypacker has written her first work of historical fiction for children, 'The Lions' Run.'
Magical Thinking: PW Talks with Anna Badkhen

By Jasmina Kelemen | 01/30/2026 @ 07:00PM

In ‘To See Beyond’ (Bellevue Literary, Apr.), the former war correspondent examines how humanity processes despair and finds hope amid conflict and climate catastrophe.
Mind Games: PW Talks with Lucy Ashe

By Vicki Borah Bloom | 01/30/2026 @ 07:00PM

The British novelist’s third thriller, The Model Patient (Union Square, Apr.), explores the fraught dynamic between a young wife and her therapist in 1960s London.
Four Questions for Kelly Quindlen

By Amanda Ramirez | 01/29/2026 @ 03:00PM

Young adult romance novel 'Her Name in the Sky' by Kelly Quindlen gets a traditional release 12 years after its self-publication in 2014; in a conversation with PW, Quindlen spoke about revisiting her debut and how it ties into her forthcoming novel 'This Must Be the Place.'
The Quixotic Quest to Define Color Words: PW Talks with Kory Stamper

By Tori Telfer | 01/23/2026 @ 07:00PM

Lexicographer Kory Stamper’s ‘True Color’ (Knopf, Mar.) profiles early-20th-century scientists Margaret and I.H. Godlove, who defined colors for Merriam-Webster.
Brazil Is What I Am: PW Talks with Marcello Quintanilha

By Christopher Burkhalter | 01/23/2026 @ 07:00PM

A disastrous fishing trip in 1950s Guanabara Bay tests the bond between friends in the Brazilian cartoonist’s ‘The Lights of Niterói’ (Fantagraphics, Mar.).
Four Questions for L.S. Stratton

By Erika Hardison | 01/22/2026 @ 03:00PM

PW spoke with L.S. Stratton about her career as a crime reporter and how that impacts her debut YA novel, 'Sundown Girls,' which blends historical happenings and genre-bending horror.
In Conversation: Jen Bryant, Rebecca Donnelly, and Lindsay H. Metcalf on Eunice Newton Foote

| 01/21/2026 @ 03:00PM

This season, no fewer than three books introduce young readers to the life and work of Eunice Newton Foote, the first person to discover that trapped carbon dioxide warms the Earth’s surface, a process that causes climate change. We invited authors Bryant, Donnelly, and Metcalf to discuss their research into Foote's scientific contributions.
How Change Happens: PW Talks with Benoit Denizet-Lewis

By William Boisvert | 01/16/2026 @ 07:00PM

In ‘You’ve Changed: The Promise and Price of Self-Transformation’ (Morrow, Apr.), the journalist unpacks the persistent human desire to reinvent oneself with religion, therapy, drugs, and more.
Monster Mash: PW talks with Hache Pueyo

By Shannon Lechon | 01/16/2026 @ 07:00PM

In 'Cabaret in Flames' (Tordotcom, Mar.), the fantasist pairs medic Ariadne, a quadruple amputee, with Quaint, an ancient monster known as a gul, on the search for her missing mentor.
An Exceptional Nation: PW Talks with Beverly Gage

By Liz Scheier | 01/16/2026 @ 07:00PM

In This Land Is Your Land, the Pulitzer-winning biographer views America’s complicated history through a car windshield.
Q & A with Robert Mgrdich Apelian

By Amanda Ramirez | 01/15/2026 @ 03:00PM

Debut creator Robert Mgrdich Apelian serves up 'Fustuk,' a YA graphic novel about food’s ability to inform personal identity and foster connection.
Four Questions for V.T. Bidania

By Krystyna Poray Goddu | 01/13/2026 @ 03:00PM

In her new middle grade novel in verse, 'A Year Without Home,' V.T. Bidania tells the story of her Hmong family's escape from Laos after the end of the Vietnam War.
Four Questions for Torrey Maldonado

By Patricia J. Murphy | 01/12/2026 @ 09:00AM

Veteran middle school history teacher and acclaimed middle grade novelist Torrey Maldonado spoke with PW about his highly personal picture book debut, 'Just Right.'
Are You There, Judy?: PW Talks with Mark Oppenheimer

By Jon Jeffryes | 01/09/2026 @ 07:00PM

In ‘Judy Blume: A Life’ (Putnam, Mar.), the biographer traces the life of an author whose candid novels about puberty, divorce, and other topics revolutionized literature for young people.
A Not-so-Wicked Stepmother: PW Talks with Rachel Hochhauser

By Suzanne Fox | 01/09/2026 @ 07:00PM

The author’s ‘Lady Tremaine’ (St. Martin’s, Mar.) offers a fresh take on Cinderella’s supposedly evil stepmother.
In Conversation: Kenan Thompson and Bryan Tucker

| 01/08/2026 @ 04:00PM

Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian Kenan Thompson and his colleague at 'SNL,' writer Bryan Tucker, discuss the collaborative process behind their picture book debut, ‘Unfunny Bunny.’
Q & A with Kadir Nelson

By Reggie Blanding | 01/08/2026 @ 03:00PM

Acclaimed author and artist Kadir Nelson continues to build on his already storied career with his latest book, 'Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game,' a 112-page companion to 2008’s 'We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.'
Four Questions for Roshani Chokshi

By Iyana Jones | 01/06/2026 @ 03:00PM

Roshani Chokshi, the author of the Touched Queen duology and the Gilded Wolves trilogy, returns to the YA scene following her adult debut with her new romantasy, 'The Swan’s Daughter.'

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