Author Interview: Attica Locke
We talked with Attica about Heaven, My Home (the captivating follow-up to Bluebird, Bluebird), her love of independent bookstores, and how music plays a big part in her work.
Category: Author Profile
Author Interview: Lara Prescott
Lara Prescott told us a little bit about her inspiration for The Secrets We Kept, the audiobook (narrated by a full cast), and her love of independent bookstores.
Author Interview: Garth Stein
Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain, has always been a storyteller. He went to graduate school for film and made documentary films for years before he wrote his first novel, which he did while also working on grant proposals.
The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz
Read our interview with Chanelle Benz, author of The Gone Dead.
Evvie Drake Starts Over: Linda Holmes and Julia Whelan
What happens when Linda Holmes and Julia Whelan team up? Audiobook magic. You’re gonna want to read this interview with the two friends…and, you know, listen to their audiobook.
Author Interview: Sandie Jones
Sandie Jones fills us in on her inspiration for The First Mistake, its narration, and her love of independent bookstores.
Author Interview: Laurie Frankel
Laurie Frankel, author of This Is How It Always Is and Goodbye for Now, filled us in on her inspiration, the process of her work being optioned for film/tv, and (of course) her favorite audiobooks and what she loves about independent bookstores.
Meet a Bookseller: Mary Laura Philpott
We’re proud to introduce Mary Laura Philpott, bookseller at Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN, and author of #1 April Indie Next pick I Miss You When I Blink.
Author Interview: Stephanie Garber
Readers have been drawn into a fantastical new world by Stephanie Garber’s Caraval series. Finale, the third and final audiobook, is coming May 7, 2019. I spoke with Stephanie at Winter Institute (before I’d read the first two books), and she filled me in on her inspiration, the joys and challenges that came with finishing […]
The Literary Life: Min Jin Lee
If you’ve read and enjoyed either of Min Jin Lee’s two novels, Free Food For Millionaires or the National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, and you want to dig a little deeper into the author’s life, her process and what motivates her to write, treat yourself to this interview with her on The Literary Life podcast.
The Literary Life: Dani Shapiro
Narratives are powerful things. You live your life, make decisions, do your day-to-day work largely based on narratives you assume are true: narratives about the world, narratives about your obligations, your work, your family, and in author Dani Shapiro’s case, narratives about your identity.
Author Spotlight: David Sedaris
For many, it has become a holiday tradition to gather around whatever audio output device everyone now uses and listen to writer and humorist David Sedaris read the essay that made him famous: SantaLand Diaries. First read by Sedaris on NPR in 1992, SantaLand Diaries recalls Sedaris’ experiences the two years he was employed by Macy’s as a Christmas elf. With grim humor and dead-on observations, SantaLand Diaries set Sedaris on a trajectory of becoming one of America’s foremost humor writers.