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Author News & Interviews

Author Talk: Cecily von Ziegesar, author of Cum Laude

Jun 18, 2010

Though she has made a name for herself penning the hugely popular and bestselling Gossip Girl series for teens, Cecily von Ziegesar’s new novel, CUM LAUDE, is aimed at an older audience and centers on a group of college freshmen testing the boundaries of their first taste of freedom. In this interview, von Ziegesar explains why she chose to shift away from YA literature in this latest project and recalls some of the real-life experiences that served as inspiration.

Author Talk: Jeffery Deaver, author of The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel

Jun 4, 2010

Jeffery Deaver’s latest thriller, THE BURNING WIRE, finds quadriplegic forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme on the heels of a killer who commits his murders using the city’s electrical grid. In this interview, Deaver explains his criteria for “assigning” the cases in his novels to new or existing protagonists, and discusses the influence of the New York setting over his main character’s story arc.

Interview: Charles Martin, author of The Mountain Between Us

Jun 4, 2010

Charles Martin --- author of such novels as WHEN CRICKETS CRY, WRAPPED IN RAIN and THE DEAD DON’T DANCE --- recently spoke with Bookreporter.com’s Terry Miller Shannon about his latest work of fiction, THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US. In this interview, Martin discusses the inspiration behind this “story of love and survival” and explains how the plot grew from a visual of one of the book’s minor characters.

Interview: Richard Russo, author of That Old Cape Magic

Jun 1, 2010

Question: Apparently there is a wedding phenomenon you have termed "Table 17". What exactly is that and how does it relate to this novel?

Interview: Katie MacAlister, author of Love in the Time of Dragons: A Novel of the Light Dragons

May 28, 2010

Katie MacAlister is the author of numerous historical, contemporary and paranormal romance novels, including the Dark Ones and Aisling Gray, Guardian series, not to mention the newly released LOVE IN THE TIME OF DRAGONS, which revisits the people and places from her previous titles. In this interview with Bookreporter.com’s Kathy Weissman, MacAlister explains what prompted her to begin this new chapter in the lives of already familiar characters and gives insight into how she creates the humorous tone in her work.