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Author News & Interviews

Author Talk: Elizabeth Wilhide, author of Ashenden

Jan 10, 2013

A centuries-spanning portrait of the life of an English country manor, ASHENDEN marks the arrival of a wonderful new talent. This elegantly crafted historical debut has much to say about class, nationhood and family. In this interview, Elizabeth Wilhide discusses “Downton Abbey,” 19th-century design, and a woman named Emily Snowball.

Author Talk: Wendy Lawless, author of Chanel Bonfire: A Memoir

Jan 10, 2013

With grace and wit, CHANEL BONFIRE tells the story of a young girl’s coming of age in the home of a mentally unstable mother. This remarkably powerful memoir traces the author’s journey “without a road map” from confusion and hurt to eventual forgiveness. In this interview, Wendy Lawless talks about other memoirs that have influenced her, her favorite acting roles, and of course, that difficult mother of hers.

Interview: Rosie Thomas, author of The Kashmir Shawl

Jan 10, 2013

Rosie Thomas has been writing acclaimed and beloved novels for over three decades. Her latest, THE KASHMIR SHAWL, is a runaway bestseller in London and is set to take America by storm. In this interview, conducted by Bookreporter.com’s Norah Piehl, Rosie talks about the pitfalls of attempting historical accuracy, the blinding beauty of Antarctica, and the difficulties of doing research in one of the world’s most dangerous places.

Interview: Gregg Olsen, author of Fear Collector

Jan 4, 2013

New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen has written eight nonfiction books, six novels, and has contributed a short story to a collection edited by Lee Child. In this interview, conducted by Bookreporter.com’s Joe Hartlaub, Olsen talks about his latest thriller, FEAR COLLECTOR, which tells the story of two women obsessed with notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, and the many projects with which he is currently involved.

Interview: Pete Hamill, author of The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories

Nov 1, 2012

Pete Hamill is an American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator. Born in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York, most of his writing --- both fiction and nonfiction --- perfectly captures the Big Apple. His latest collection of short stories, THE CHRISTMAS KID, is no exception. The book brings together here for the first time 36 of his short stories about Brooklyn. They cover the streets where Hamill grew up at a time when work and love mattered more than anything else and the Dodgers still played in Ebbets Field. In this interview, conducted by Bookreporter.com’s Tom Callahan, Hamill talks about the genesis of this project, New York City’s own brand of nostalgia, and his optimism regarding the future of short fiction.