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Where the Cosmo Girl Came From: Gerri Hirshey
Rock journalist Hirshey takes on a very different subject in her new book, 'Not Pretty Enough': Helen Gurley Brown, the feminist dynamo author of 'Sex and the Single Girl' and legendary editor of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine.
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The Very Busy Life of Novelist Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett talks about her new novel, 'Commonwealth,' and the kick she gets out of bookselling (even if it means sometimes staying up half the night mopping).
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The Burden of Strangeness: Rikki Ducornet
Let’s get this out of the way: Rikki Ducornet is the subject of Steely Dan’s 1974 hit “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” which, regardless of your appreciation of smooth jazz rock, gives her bragging rights of a sort.
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Strangers in a Strange Land: Deborah Levy
Levy, a master of provocatively disjunctive writing, tells PW why her new novel, 'Hot Milk,' is much more than “a novel about hypochondria.”
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Chili Peppers as Weapons: Mary Roach
Mary Roach takes the battlefield as her subject in her latest pop science book, 'Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War.'
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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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