Sarah Pekkanen Hears No Evil
The bestselling author is listening to your secrets—and possibly writing them into her next novel.
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Under the Influence: PW Talks with Caroline Woods
In Caroline Woods’s The Mesmerist, three women in a Minneapolis home for unwed mothers join forces to take down a serial killer.
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The Unstoppable Rhys Bowen
At age 83, the bestselling author has written 150 books, travelled the world, and even palled around with Simon and Garfunkel. And she’s just getting warmed up.
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How Trump Mines for Shame in Appalachia: PW Talks with Arlie Russell Hochschild
In Stolen Pride, sociologist Hochschild studies conservative politics in a Kentucky town.
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ProfilesWriters to Watch Fall 2024
With stories set in Bosnia, El Salvador, Iran, and Scotland, this fall’s notable fiction debuts have a distinctly international flavor. There’s also a New Orleans ghost story and a behind-the-scenes dive into the NFL.
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Profiles
Charles Burns Still Has Something to Say
After struggling with writer’s block for years, the comics artist returns with a new graphic novel.
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Interviews
When Alt Goes Mainstream: PW Talks with Peter Ames Carlin
In The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. (Doubleday, Nov.), journalist Carlin traces how the rock group shaped the genre.
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Interviews
Lovely, Dark and Deep: PW Talks with Julia Heffernan
Painter Julie Heffernan’s lush, surrealism-infused graphic memoir debut, Babe in the Woods: The Art of Getting Lost (Algonquin, Sept.), follows her winding path through fear and memory after taking the wrong turn on a hike with her infant son.
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Interviews
Beyond the Book: Katherine Arden's 'The Strangest Fish'
In her debut picture book, The Strangest Fish (Astra Young Readers, Sept.), award-winning fantasy author Katherine Arden (the Winternight trilogy and the Small Spaces Quartet series) follows a girl who wins a secretly powerful fish at the county fair. PW spoke with Arden about writing for very young readers and how her dog, Moose, inspires her fiction. (Sponsored)
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Profiles
Katherine Rundell’s Magic Words
We spoke with British author Katherine Rundell about bringing her acclaimed middle grade fantasy series-starter, 'Impossible Creatures,' across the pond this fall.
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Interviews
The Coming Storm: PW Talks with Porter Fox
In ‘Category Five,’ the ‘Nowhere’ magazine editor describes how climate change is making storms more intense.
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Interviews
Blood in the Water: PW Talks with Hailey Piper
The murder of a trans teen reveals the dark, vampiric underbelly of a quaint beach town in Hailey Piper’s horror novel 'All the Hearts You Eat.'
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Interviews
San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Strange Fan: PW Talks with Zoe Thorogood
PW talks with SDCC 2024 special guest Zoe Thorogood.
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Profiles
The Unstoppable Rhys Bowen
At age 83, the bestselling author has written 150 books, travelled the world, and even palled around with Simon and Garfunkel. And she’s just getting warmed up.
