Interview: Four Treasures of the Sky, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Flatiron Books — Daiyu was named after a tragic figure in a popular story. She lived in a small village in China until her parents disappeared when she was 12.
Diane Slocum
Diane Slocum has been a newspaper reporter and editor and authored an historical book. As a freelance writer, she contributes regularly to magazines and newspapers. She writes features on authors and a column for writers and readers in Lifestyle magazine. She is assigned to write interviews of first-time novelists and bestselling authors for Authorlink®
Interview: Debut Novel Blends Technology, Psychology, Free Will, Romance
The Arc, Tory Henwood Hoen, St. Martin”s Press – Ursula was 35 years old, and still single. When she was in a relationship, she felt as if she lost herself, which was followed by wanting out. Rafael was over 40. He had been badly hurt by a previous relationship and was wary of a repeat performance. Then came The Arc.
Interview: Debut Mystery, The Maid, to Be Film With Florence Pugh
Interview: The Maid, Nita Prose, Ballantine Books – Debut Mystery, The Maid, to Be Film With Florence Pugh
INTERVIEW: Philanthropist Confronts Death as She Did Life, on Her Terms
Dava Shastri’s Last Day, Kirthana Ramisetti, Grand Central Publishing – Dava Shastri spent her life making a name for herself creating foundations to help musical artists, struggling women and other organizations devoted to helping people.
Interview: Young, Biracial Woman Seeks to be Seen in the World
Interview: Win Me Something, Kyle Lucia Wu, Tin House – Willa Chen’s parents divorced when she was young, remarried, and had more children.
Interview: Riots Inspire Debut About Monticello Refugees
My Monticello, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Henry Holt & Company – In six stories in her debut collection Johnson studies racism, belonging, a sense of home.
Courtesan and Beggar Struggle Through Decades in Oppressed Korea
Interview: The story begins on a snowy mountain in Korea where a starving hunter saves a Japanese officer from a tiger. Later, a young girl named Jade is sold by her poor mother to a famous madame with a courtesan school.
Interview: Epic Debut Novel Traces Family Slave Trade Through Modern Day
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper Collins – Ailey Garfield is the descendant of Africans brought to America as slaves plus Native American and white ancestry.
Interview: Three Abducted Girls Struggle With a Sadistic Torturer
Dear Miss Metropolitan, Carolyn Ferrell, Henry Holt – Three girls, Fern, Gwin and Jesenia, are kidnapped and taken to a ramshackle house where they are held captive for ten years by a man they know as Boss Man.
Interview: Aspiring Singer Stays True To Her Art
Song in Ursa Major, Emma Brodie, Knopf – Jane Quinn and her band, The Breakers, are thrown into the spotlight when the headliner is a no-show for their island’s 1969 annual festival.
