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Interview with Elise Hooper
Interview with the historical novelist Elise Hooper, whose The Library of Lost Dollhouses, has just come out with William Morrow
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Apr 44 min read
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Interview with Kate Maruyama
Interview with Kate Maruyama, whose latest historical/contemporary novel is just out with Running Wild Press
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Mar 146 min read
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Interview with Joseph Finder
Interview with the contemporary thriller writer Joseph Finder, whose latest novel, The Oligarch's Daughter, came out in January 2025
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Jan 314 min read
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A New Year of Interviews
A sneak peek at author interviews planned for January 2025, with Fiona Davis, Joseph Finder, Poppy Kuroki, and Kate Mosse
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Jan 34 min read
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Watching Characters Grow
A discussion of what an author means by "watching characters grow" in a single novel or across a series
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Dec 13, 20244 min read
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Bookshelf, Fall 2024
Fall 2024 Bookshelf: Suzanne Allain, Monica Chenault-Kilgore, Christina Dodd, Vanessa Kelly, Mimi Matthews, Alyson Richman, and Elif Shafak
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Sep 20, 20245 min read
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Interview with Andrew Varga
Interview with Andrew Varga, whose latest Jump in Time novel (YA), set on the Eurasian steppe, has just come out from Imbrifex Books
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Aug 30, 20246 min read
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Interview with Ellery Lloyd
Written interview with the husband-and-wife team who publish as Ellery Lloyd, about their latest suspense novel, just out from Harper
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Jun 28, 20245 min read
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Interview with Audrey Burges
Interview with author Audrey Burges about her latest novel, A House Like an Accordion
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May 17, 20245 min read
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Interview with Joyce Yarrow
Interview with Joyce Yarrow about her contemporary suspense series, Zahara and the Lost Books of Light and Stolen Lives
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Apr 12, 20245 min read
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Food and Character
An exploration of food as an indicator of character in novels, citing Ruth Reichl and her work
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Feb 23, 20242 min read
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Cats Mysterious and Contemplative
Survey of cats, mysterious and contemplative, in fiction—especially cozy mysteries
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Nov 10, 20237 min read
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Holiday Roundup 2023
Holiday roundup of 2023 books by Rhys Bowen, Bernard Cornwell, Clara McKenna, Erica Neubauer, Anne Perry and Karen Swan
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Nov 3, 20235 min read
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Interview with Karen Swan
Interview with Karen Swan, author of The Wild Isle series and many other novels, most recently "Christmas by Candlelight"
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Oct 12, 20236 min read
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Interview with Nan Fischer
Interview with author Nan Fischer about her latest novel, The Book of Silver Linings (Berkley, August 2023)
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Aug 18, 20235 min read
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