Category: Written

Interview: The Catch Asks How Well Do We Know Our ...

Posted by Diane Slocum | Oct 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Interview: The Sign for Home by Blair Fell

by Anna Roins | Oct 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

The Sign for Home, Blair Fell, Atria – When THE SIGN FOR HOME was still in manuscript form, it won the prestigious Doris Lippman Prize for Fiction at the City College of New York.

Interview: Lockdown Inspires Thriller, Her Perfect Twin

by Ellen Birkett Morris | Oct 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Her Perfect Twin, Sarah Bonner, Grand Central – During pandemic lockdowns, many readers looked to thrillers to offer comfort and diversion. First-time author Sarah Bonner used that time to write a thriller of her own.

Interview: Three Muses, a Tale of Holocaust Survival

by Anna Roins | Sep 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Interview: Three Muses, Martha Toll, Regal House Publishing – Martha Anne Toll is a novelist, essayist, and social justice advocate. Her debut novel, THREE MUSES won the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction

Interview: Story of Witches Inspires Deep Thought

by Diane Slocum | Sep 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings, Harper Collins – Josephine’s mother disappeared when she was 14. No one knew what happened, but the conjectures ranged from suspicions that she was murdered to that she was a witch.

Interview: Stay Gone Days Tells a Story of Family and Place

by Ellen Birkett Morris | Sep 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Interview: Stay Gone Days, Steve Yarbrough, Ig Publishing – In his latest book, Steve Yarbrough pulls us deep into the psyches of teenage sisters Ella and Caroline Cole as they escape the claustrophobic world of their hometown in Mississippi.

Interview: Black Author Seeks His Voice in a Vast Whiteness

by Diane Slocum | Aug 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Interview: Greenland, David Santos Donaldson – Kipling Starling has three weeks to rewrite his novel about E.M. Forester and his lover, Mohammed Ed Adl into Mohammed’s point of view so he boards himself up in his basement vowing not to come out until he is finished.

Interview: Storytelling Through Octopus Eyes

by Ellen Birkett Morris | Aug 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Interview: Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco – I was drawn to Remarkably Bright Creatures by the engaging cover. When I learned that one of the characters was an octopus, I had to read on.

Interview: Mayor Concocts Elaborate Lie to Save His Town

by Diane Slocum | Jul 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Interview: The Patron Saints of Second Chances, Christine Simon, Atria Books – If the plumbing in the tiny village of Prometto, Italy, isn’t fixed, all the residents will have to move out. The cost of the repairs is enormous.

Interview: The Making of Her by Bernadette Jiwa

by Ellen Birkett Morris | Jul 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |

Interview: The Making of Her, Bernadette Jiwa, Dutton – Given her background, living with and listening to relatives across the generations tell stories, it is no surprise that Bernadette Jiwa was drawn to write an intergenerational story in THE MAKING OF HER.