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Spotlight on Mary Jo Putney
Historical romance legend Putney offers a fresh twist on a popular genre, setting her new Regency-era book, 'Once a Rebel,' in the U.S. during the War of 1812 (Sponsored)
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Under the California Sun with Chiara Barzini
In her debut novel, 'Things That Happened Before the Earthquake' (Doubleday, August), Chiara Barzini tells the bittersweet story of an Italian teenager adjusting to life in 1990s Los Angeles.
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Spotlight on Jurek Wajdowicz
In a new series of beautifully designed photography books, The New Press is taking a broad yet intimate look at the lives of LGBTQ people across the globe (Sponsored)
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Stephen Greenblatt on The Crazy Story of Creation
The Pulitzer-winning literary historian gets biblical in 'The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve,' a tome examining the grandaddy of origin stories.
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Austen at the Theater: PW Talks with Paula Byrne
In 'The Genius of Jane Austen' (Harper Perennial, June), Byrne explores how theatrical traditions influenced the iconic author.
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Papa’s Lost Treasure: PW Talks with Keith McCafferty
McCafferty recalls the true story of Ernest Hemingway’s stolen fishing tackle that inspired his sixth Sean Stranahan mystery, 'Cold Hearted River' (Viking, July).
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Charlotte Rampling Looks At Her Life
In her memoir, 'Who I Am,' the English actor with the "jade gaze" looks back at her childhood and tells a heartfelt story of survival.
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Exploring a Hidden World: Linda Castillo
When I conceived the core idea for the first book in my Kate Burkholder series, Sworn to Silence, I was intrigued by the idea of writing a crime novel set among the Amish.
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Mothers and Daughters: Gabrielle Bell
In her graphic memoir, 'Everything Is Flammable' (Uncivilized, June), the comics artist explores her fraught relationship with her mother.
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Spotlight on Dusti Bowling
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, Bowling's middle grade novel about a girl born without arms, looks beyond disability into the complex inner life of a teen whose life is changing rapidly (Sponsored)
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Spotlight On Marieke Nijkamp
In her first two novels, the Dutch YA sensation is unafraid to take on the most complex situations teenagers face (Sponsored)
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Spotlight on Marc Elsberg
Blackout, Elsberg's international-hit thriller about a catastrophic power outage throughout Europe, comes to the U.S. (Sponsored)
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Spotlight on Ellen Marie Wiseman
In The Life She Was Given, Wiseman, a master of historical fiction, tells the stories of two women connected by a shared family secret (Sponsored)
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Spotlight on Kate Moore
Moore's action-packed history brings the true story of the radium girls, who were poisoned while working with radioactive paint in WWI-era factories, to life (Sponsored)
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Big Apple Cop as Tragic Hero: Don Winslow
In his latest crime novel, 'The Force' (Morrow, June), veteran Winslow examines police corruption in New York City.
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Spotlight on Carl Greer, Ph.D., Psy.D.
Carl Greer took a winding road to becoming a clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst, and shamanic practitioner.
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Life on the Outside: PW Talks with Susan Burton
After years in and out of prison, a tireless advocate for formerly incarcerated women tells her story in 'Becoming Ms. Burton' (New Press, May).
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Spotlight on Karen Kingsbury
While love, forgiveness, loss, redemption, and, of course, God are dominant themes in her writing, Karen Kingsbury’s work can’t be pigeonholed as Christian fiction.
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Black Renaissance: Kellie Jones
In her new book, 'South of Pico,' Kellie Jones highlights the creative energy of African-American artists in 1960s and ’70s Los Angeles.
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In My Own Words: Fiona Barton Spills a Secret
The English author discusses her upcoming psychological thriller, 'The Secret' (Berkley, June) and the irresistable lure of mystery.



