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How Advertising Ate the World: Tim Wu
In 'The Attention Merchants,' Tim Wu examines the many ways advertising gets into consumers' minds and sticks there.
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No, Alan Moore Isn't a Recluse
'Watchmen' creator Alan Moore talks about 'Jerusalem,' his 600,000-word novel due out in September.
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The Detective Whose Key to Success is Empathy
YA author Melina Marchetta makes her adult debut with the thriller 'Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil.'
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Leaving Nothing on the Table: Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer talks about his first novel in over a decade, "Here I Am," a chronicle of the lives of the Bloch family as an earthquake surges through the Middle East.
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Not Just a Southern Writer: Ron Rash
Ron Rash has become established as a representative of Southern Literature, although after more than two decades writing poetry, stories, and novels, he transcends the notion of a southern writer.
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John le Carré: A Most Wanted Author
As the master of the British espionage thriller prepares to release his memoir, we take an infographic look at his dossier.
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Spotlight on Carolyn Arnold
Carolyn Arnold, the prolific Ontario-based author of mystery novels, writes with a deeply felt commitment to truth and accuracy.
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Children in Peril: Emma Donoghue
The 'Room' author discusses her latest novel, 'The Wonder,' about the so-called Fasting Girls of 1850s Ireland.
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Missing is Better than Dead: Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben’s "Home" (Dutton, Sept.), his 11th Myron Bolitar novel, exemplifies two of the things that have made the mega-bestselling author stand out from the pack.
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Gangster Biographer: Deirdre Bair
The author of lauded books on Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and other literary luminaries trains her sights on Al Capone.
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Spotlight on Cathy Lamb
Cathy Lamb is no stranger to writing about secrets—the kind that, left buried, can tear lives apart.
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Partners in Crime (and Life): Nicci French
The married writing team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who together write mystery novels under the pseudonym Nicci French, have published 20 books in as many years.
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The Underground Railroad, Literally Underground: Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead's eighth novel, 'The Underground Railroad,' imagines a literal subway that slaves would use to travel north to freedom and is poised to be the big novel of the fall.
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Melissa Sweet: Illuminating the Life of E.B. White
Using watercolors, collages, letters, and photos, Sweet portrays a titan of children's literature in 'Some Writer!'
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Spotlight on Kevin O’Brien
'You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone,' the new thriller by New York Times–bestselling author Kevin O’Brien, is a page-turner wrapped around one of today’s pressing issues: school bullying.
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Banished to Luxury: Amor Towles
At the center of 'A Gentleman in Moscow,' Amor Towles's latest novel, is a Russian aristocrat held under house arrest at Moscow's luxurious Hotel Metropole after the Bolshevik coup.
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The Good Fight
In 'A Road Unseen,' the veteran activist writes about the women fighting fundamentalism in northern Syria.
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Spotlight on Nancy Bush
The latest installment in bestselling author Nancy Bush’s Rafferty Family series, The Killing Game, out in July, is more than a suspense novel: it’s a deep dive into the dark—and hauntingly compelling—mind of a killer.
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The Writing Life, According To a Guy Who's Really Lived It
Legendary editor and journalist Terry McDonnell on why you shouldn't call him legendary, and why his new book, 'The Accidental Life,' is not a memoir.
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