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Author News & Interviews

Author Talk: Betsy Prioleau, author of Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them

Feb 8, 2013

In 2003’s SEDUCTRESS, Betsy Prioleau examined history’s most powerful sirens --- women who used their smarts, charm and desirability to conquer and fascinate the men of their choosing. Ten years later, she has written about their male counterparts in SWOON: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them. In this interview, Prioleau discusses her fascination with people who always seem to get lucky in love and enchant everyone around them. She also compares and contrasts the ladies’ men of yesterday and today, talks about the findings that surprised her the most from her research, and explains why she believes women need ladies’ men now more than ever.

Author Talk: Priscille Sibley, author of The Promise of Stardust

Feb 8, 2013

Priscille Sibley’s debut novel, THE PROMISE OF STARDUST, is a love story about a family torn apart by a medical crisis and the ethical dilemma of keeping a pregnant woman with no chance of recovery on life support for months in an attempt to give her unborn baby a chance. In this interview, Sibley talks about her inspiration for writing a story that deals with tough and at times unimaginable moral issues, the challenges she faced in capturing the perspective and voice of her male character, and the ways in which the book can be considered somewhat autobiographical.

Author Talk: Lisa Gardner, author of Touch & Go

Feb 8, 2013

Lisa Gardner takes a break from her Detective D. D. Warren series to write TOUCH & GO, a stand-alone novel that marks the return of private investigator Tessa Leoni, who was introduced to readers two years ago in LOVE YOU MORE. In this interview, Gardner explains where the idea for her latest thriller originated and describes the anxiety she felt as she toured a recently built prison, which served as part of her research for the book. She also talks about the development of her characters, sheds light on her writing schedule, and reveals her literary role models.

Interview: Stefan Kanfer, author of The Eskimo Hunts in New York

Jan 31, 2013

Stefan Kanfer has made a name for himself writing bestselling biographies of such show business icons as Lucille Ball, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart and Groucho Marx. Now he returns to fiction writing with his latest release, THE ESKIMO HUNTS IN NEW YORK, an eBook original that marks the beginning of a series starring Jordan Gulok, an Inuit and a former Navy SEAL. In this interview, conducted by Bookreporter.com’s Joe Hartlaub, Kanfer explains why he decided to venture once again into the thriller genre; talks about the issue of illegal pharmaceuticals and why he incorporated it into his plotline; and names the actor he would love to see play his protagonist in a potential film adaptation of the book.

Interview: Pam Jenoff, author of The Ambassador's Daughter

Jan 31, 2013

Pam Jenoff’s new novel, THE AMBASSADOR’S DAUGHTER, is a prequel to her debut, THE KOMMANDANT’S GIRL, which told the story of Emma, a young Jewish woman struggling to survive and in Poland during the Second World War while working for a Nazi official. In this interview, conducted by Bookreporter.com’s Rebecca Kilberg, Jenoff explains why she decided to tell her latest story --- which takes place during the Paris Peace Conference following the First World War --- through her protagonist Margot’s eyes; talks about her research for the book and what surprised her throughout the course of it; and previews her next novel, which is also set during World War II.