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Author News & Interviews

Interview: Vaddey Ratner, author of In the Shadow of the Banyan

Aug 9, 2012

The atrocities committed in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime will go down in history as some of the vilest abuses of human rights. Emerging from the stranglehold placed by Pol Pot is author Vaddey Ratner, whose debut novel, IN THE SHADOW OF THE BANYAN, is poised to take the literary scene by storm.

Author Talk: Jennie Fields, author of The Age of Desire

Aug 3, 2012

In her latest novel, THE AGE OF DESIRE, Jennie Fields tells the complex story of Edith Wharton and her beloved governess, Anna Bahlmann. She charts their relationship through Edith's passionate affair with a young journalist and describes how even a lifelong bond can be threatened by the very nature of love. In this interview, Fields talks about Edith and Anna's troubled friendship, Edith's love of Paris and what the city meant to her, and how Edith herself influenced Fields' own writing.

Author Talk: Tana French, author of Broken Harbor

Jul 26, 2012

In BROKEN HARBOR, the fourth novel in Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series, Detective Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy explores a murder mystery in an abandoned mansion outside Dublin, with clues that point in all directions. As the case becomes more and more tangled, his personal and professional lives become increasingly endangered. In this interview, French discusses her feelings about the problems facing Ireland, how difficult childhoods affect people later in life, and the ways in which mental illness permeates all of her characters.

Interview: Chris Bohjalian, author of The Sandcastle Girls

Jul 19, 2012

THE SANDCASTLE GIRLS, Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, follows Elizabeth Endicott, a wealthy, college-educated American woman as she tries to aid victims of the Armenian genocide, and meets a man who winds up falling in love with her. The story picks up in the present day with Laura Petrosian, who, after viewing a photo exhibit of Armenian refugees (some of whom have her last name) embarks on a journey to reconnect with her roots.

Author Talk: Deborah Harkness, author of Shadow of Night

Jul 12, 2012

Deborah Harkness, author of the All Souls trilogy phenomenon, continues her supernatural series with SHADOW OF NIGHT, which picks up where the first novel, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, left off. Diana and Matthew resume their search for the enchanted Ashmole 782 manuscript in Elizabethan England amidst a world of spies, deception and new perils. In this interview, Harkness expresses her surprise at the popularity of the series, talks about the traveling she did to gain insights into the settings she uses, and reveals her own discovery of a lost text while completing her dissertation.