Author News & Interviews

Interview: Jack Du Brul, author of Clive Cussler The Iron Storm: An Isaac Bell Adventure

Sep 11, 2025

Detective Isaac Bell faces the horrors of the Great War while battling a mysterious anarchist group intent on bringing brutality to the shores of America in THE IRON STORM, Jack Du Brul’s latest thrilling adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series created by Clive Cussler. In this interview conducted by former publicity executive Michael Barson, who was Cussler’s primary publicist at G.P. Putnam’s Sons from 1999 to 2015, Du Brul talks about incorporating iconic figures into his stories, the importance of research to ensure that every detail is accurate, and why he loves writing historical fiction so much.

Interview: Mike Phillips, author of The Dancing Face

Aug 14, 2025

A Black university professor plans a burglary to “liberate” an African sculpture from a London museum in THE DANCING FACE, a blistering, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice and possession. In this interview conducted by former publicity executive Michael Barson, Mike Phillips discusses how he felt when he learned that his book, which was originally published in England in 1997, was being released in the US for the first time. He also explains what inspired him to begin writing crime fiction and talks about a possible series adaptation of THE DANCING FACE.

Interview: Gregory Galloway, author of All We Trust

Jul 10, 2025

ALL WE TRUST by Gregory Galloway is a twisty tale about two small-town crooks who get in over their heads. In this interview conducted by Michael Barson, Senior Publicity Executive at Melville House, Galloway talks about his writing process, the research he did for the book, the 20th-century crime novelists he feels have been overlooked the most and deserve to be rediscovered, and the most significant changes that have taken place in the publishing industry since his debut novel, AS SIMPLE AS SNOW, released 20 years ago.

Interview: Julie Gilbert, author of Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film

Jun 19, 2025

GIANT LOVE explores the great American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies; the writing of her controversial, internationally bestselling novel about Texas; and the making of George Stevens’ Academy Award-winning epic film of the same name, Giant.

In this interview conducted by Michael Barson, Senior Publicity Executive at Melville House, Julie Gilbert, who is Ferber’s great-niece, explains why researching and writing this book was so personal for her; speculates on why her great-aunt isn’t as widely read today as she should be; and talks about two novels written by Ferber that she believes should be adapted as a film or miniseries.

Interview: Frederic S. Durbin, author of The Country Under Heaven

May 15, 2025

Louis L’Amour meets H.P. Lovecraft in THE COUNTRY UNDER HEAVEN, a thrilling western epic about a former Civil War soldier wracked by enigmatic visions. In this interview conducted by Michael Barson, Senior Publicity Executive at Melville House, Frederic S. Durbin talks about his extensive research for the book; the authors who have most influenced his writing; and the inspiration for his protagonist, Ovid Vesper, as well as the mysterious, supernatural force known as the Craither.