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Sarah Schulman's Future Perfectnew
In The Mere Future, the New York author emerges as a unique voice in speculative fiction.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
11-14-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Matt Prior's Life is in the Toilet ... Jess Walter Put Him Therenew
Matt Prior is the protagonist of The Financial Lives of the Poets and a complete figment of Walter's imagination. Walter has taken pains to ensure Matt Prior's life is as shitty as a well-educated white American male's can be.
The Inlander |
Luke Baumgarten |
09-10-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
In 'The Sower,' Sex With a Certain Guy Can Cure Everythingnew
Kemble Scott considers his new novel, The Sower -- whose title alludes to the Bible's Parable of the Sower, because Bill broadcasts seed -- Sex and the City crossed with The Da Vinci Code.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
09-02-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
John Hoerr Returns to the Steel-Making McKeesport of His Youth in His First Novelnew
Unlike his first three books, Monongahela Dusk is a work of fiction. But readers will find plenty of familiar ground, from Hoerr's thoughts on how workers -- not just managers -- can make steel better; the ubiquity of gambling rackets in mill towns; and the red-baiting.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Kate Giammarise |
08-31-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Magic Mixes With Mayhem in the Latest from Rock Star/Novelist 'Dr. Frank'new
Although Frank Portman already knew how to write songs, learning to write books was, at first, "like watching grass grow while hitting your head against a rock." But it was a natural career move for the lifelong book lover.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
08-26-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Thriller Writer (And Former CIA Recruit) Joseph Finder Shares Trade Secretsnew
Truth can be stranger than fiction. When Boston thriller writer Joseph Finder discovered how easy it would be for someone to sneak into this country with a fake passport, he didn't put that into his 1995 book Zero Hour. But the one-time CIA recruit hasn't held back on other trade secrets.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
08-19-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Audrey Niffenegger Gets Ready to Plug Her Second Booknew
Niffenegger was an unfamous visual artist and maker of art books when she wrote The Time Traveler's Wife, which has sold about 2.5 million copies since 2003. Her new book, Her Fearful Symmetry, is due out September 29 from Scribner.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
08-10-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Louis Maistros Weaves a Luring Tale from New Orleans in 'The Sound of Building Coffins'new
To risk stating the obvious, the Big Easy has a long and complicated relationship with water, both its redemptive and destructive qualities. The two go hand-in-hand, to judge from reading the gritty and sometimes surreal second novel from Louis Maistros.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joab Jackson |
07-28-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Kwei Quartey Takes Readers Back to His Native Ghana in 'Wife of the Gods'new
Quartey has long harbored a passion for writing fiction, and his debut novel is a mystery set in the land of his birth. The book is laced with vivid depictions of its exotic locale, as well as twists and quirks rooted firmly in the traditions of that African nation.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
07-20-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Jason Rapczynski Writes a Novel in Three Days -- and Gets it Publishednew
For 31 years, the 3-Day Novel Contest has provided an outlet for any writer, would-be or otherwise, to pound the keys and get it done. Bonus: The contest winner works with an editor and gets the novel published by 3-Day Books, which organizes the contest.
New Haven Advocate |
David Riedel |
07-07-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Kate Christensen Assesses BFFs in 'Trouble'new
Writing about female friendship appealed to Christensen, whose previous novel The Great Man won a 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award, "because of a very painful misunderstanding I had had with my own best friend."
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
07-02-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
An Author With a Major New Novel Rises Quietly From the Workaday Motor Citynew
Michael Zadoorian is a writer who has a true love of his hometown (as you'll read) and the kind of 24-7, "why not?" work ethic that has defined Detroit artists from Berry Gordy to Elmore Leonard, Glenn Barr to Eminem.
Metro Times |
Chris Handyside |
02-24-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Family Jewels: Debut Novel From the Owner of Greenville Music Clubnew
Greenville club owner John Jeter releases his debut novel -- a fictional work about fading Southern culture and family legacy told through the eyes of cynical wheel-chair bound music columnist Randol Duncan.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
01-22-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Poachers Meet Their Match in Kirk Russell's Eco-Thrillersnew
For Russell, writing about a California Department of Fish & Game Special Operations Unit -- and creating his protagonist, sensitive-but-tough Lieutenant John Marquez -- isn't a mere gimmick.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mr. Baker's Neighborhoodnew
He is the mastermind behind the new world of Dungeons and Dragons and author of a new fantasy novel. Keith Baker gives the Boulder Weekly's resident geeks an insider's tour of Eberron.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-17-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
