Caroline Leavitt is the award-winning author of eight novels. Her essays and stories have appeared in "New York Magazine," "Psychology Today," "More," "Parenting," "Redbook," and several anthologies. She lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with her husband and son. Here she talks about the first book she ever owned, and the bookshelf that went with it.
Alan Bradley was born in Toronto and grew up in Cobourg, Ontario. With an education in electronic engineering, Alan worked at numerous radio and television stations in Ontario, and at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in Toronto, before becoming Director of Television Engineering in the media centre at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, SK, where he remained for 25 years before taking early retirement to write in 1994. Alan Bradley’s latest novel, I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS, the 4th in the Flavia de Luce series, was recently published by Delacorte Books. Here he talks about the up-side of childhood illness: enough leisure time for reading.
December 2, 2011
When we left off last week, I was headed off to create Thanksgiving dinner. It’s not just making dinner around here; it’s about “creating the experience.” This is different from my friends, who have dinners where the food is catered. There you are “presenting the meal.” Are you a creator or a presenter? At the last minute, I got a great idea from a publishing colleague to brine the turkey, which we did with a very simple recipe of kosher salt in water. However, after we cooked up our most moist turkey ever, I already am thumbing through cookbooks for more flavorful brining tips for next year!
Why do you think the Stieg Larsson book trilogy is so popular?
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Are you planning on seeing the English-language version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which will be in theaters on December 21st?
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Charles J. Shields spent five years researching and writing AND SO IT GOES: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life. He is also the author of MOCKINGBIRD: A Portrait of Harper Lee (Holt 2006) --- a New York Times bestseller. Two years ago, he co-founded the 400-member Biographers International Organization (BIO), and is currently associate director of the Great Lives program, which features presentations by 18-20 biographers each year at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. Shields and his wife, Guadalupe, reside in Barboursville, Virginia. Here he talks about a gift he received in college while struggling to write.
