Category: Written
Interview: Deer Season–When Does a Safe Place Turns Unsafe?
Deer Season, Erin Flanagan, Nebraska – Writer Erin Flanagan’s debut novel Deer Season is a literary mystery that offers a deep look at small town life with humor, insight and a keen eye for the human condition.
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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.
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Interview: Fan Fiction Launches Denny Bryce as a Bestselling Author
Wild Women and the Blues, Denny S. Bryce, Kensington – After a hard day working in public relations and marketing, Denny Bryce would settle into writing fan fiction based on her favorite television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Interview: War Librarian Smuggles Books Away From Nazis
The Paris Library, Janet Skeslein Chares, Atria Books -Award-winning author of Moonlight in Odessa (Bloomsbury USA, 1 September 2009), Janet Skeslien Charles’s latest novel is set in World World II and tells the true tale of the courageous librarians who defied the Nazis in order to hand-deliver books to Jewish readers.
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Interview: Grieving Designer Finds New Life in Unlikely Relationship
The Very Nice Box, Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Ava was already devoted to her work designing boxes for a home goods company – but she had Andie. When Ava’s parents and Andie died in a car wreck that she barely survived, she closed down her world even more.
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Interview: Widowish, Healing Through Writing About Grief
Widowish, Melissa Gould, Little Brown – When her beloved husband died unexpectedly of Multiple Sclerosis and West Nile Virus, writer Melissa Gould started chronicling her grief journey through her personal essays and speaking engagements.
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Interview: Life Among the Terranauts Keeps Us Reading
Life Among the Terranauts, Caitlain Horrocks, Little Brown – Caitlin Horrock’s short story collection Life Among the Terranauts shines a light on people in communities under pressure.
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Intreview: Celestial Magic of Former Slaves Helps Find a Murderer
The Conductors, Nicole Glover, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – When Hetty and Benjy were conductors on the Underground Railroad much of their success was due to their ability to use magic to get the escaping slaves and themselves out of sticky situations.
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Interview: Polly Samson on A Theatre for Dreamers
A Theatre for Dreamers, Polly Samson, Algonquin Books – A Theatre for Dreamers is Polly Samson’s bestselling novel and a 2020 ‘Book of the Year’ in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, the Daily Mail, and The Spectator.
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Interview: Impersonation Gets Complicated in The Summer Job
The Summer Job, Lizzy Dent, G P. Putnam Sons – In her 30s, Elizabeth “Birdy” Finch is at loose ends and doesn’t know where to turn next. Her friend, Heather, has problems of her own, but at least she has a career as a top-notch sommelier.
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Interview: How to Mars by David Ebenbach
Intrview: How to Mars, David Ebenbach, Tachyon Publications – In How to Mars author David Ebenbach tells the story of six scientists whose trip to Mars is complicated by an unexpected pregnancy.
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Interview: Author Struggles With True Black Identity in a Loving White Family
Raceless, Georgina Lawton, Harper Perennial – Georgina Lawton grew up in England with white parents, a white brother and white everyone else. No one wanted to talk about why she didn’t look like the rest of them.
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