Author Interviews

Pop Culture of My Life: Kevin Wilson on True Grit, Origami Yoda, and the one VHS tape he couldn't quit
Artist George McCalman wants his new book to be an 'accessible Bible' of Black history
Bobby Moynihan explains why Not All Sheep Are Boring and what Jerry Seinfeld is like as a director
Anissa Gray's upcoming novel Life and Other Love Songs explores family, loss, and generational trauma
Taylor Jenkins Reid on her new novel, Carrie Soto Is Back
Books That Represent Us: Rasheed Newson centers LGBTQ history in debut novel My Government Means to Kill Me
Gabrielle Union-Wade says her new children's book Shady Baby Feels was inspired by her daughter's tantrums
Poet Rupi Kaur on her upcoming writing book: 'It's meant to send readers on a journey of self-exploration.'
Schitt's Creek writer Monica Heisey on her debut novel and how heartbreak can be hilarious
Why prolific sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson's latest book is about real-life mountains
Son of famed musician Roy Ayers explores his identity in a new memoir — despite his absent father
Books That Represent Us: Aaron Foley channels his love for Detroit into his fiction debut
Channing Tatum on his new kids' book and why daughter Evie 'demands 100 percent' of his attention
Books That Represent Us: Grace D. Li on her debut novel — and its Netflix adaptation
What's in a Page: Mark Greaney previews the latest book in the Gray Man series
Pop Culture Personality Test: Danny Pellegrino yells at The View and once wrote a fan letter to James Cameron
How a decades-old conversation and Benazir Bhutto inspired Kamila Shamsie's new novel
One Night on the Island author Josie Silver on how she crafts her cozy tales
Tara Westover on crying through the new Jennifer Egan and attempting Fifty Shades of Grey
What's in a Page: Phil Stamper reveals how The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants inspired new book Golden Boys
Tahereh Mafi on her biggest movie mistake
What If? author and XKCD creator Randall Munroe previews his next book
Jessamine Chan and Jennifer Haigh discuss the 'colossal accident' of writing their timely new novels
Lindsay Vonn on how a childhood meeting with Picabo Street changed her life
Why Eve Rodsky wants to live inside a Marlo Thomas & Friends album
What's in a Page: Wahala author Nikki May on the importance of food in books
Rachel Roasek gives Cyrano de Bergerac an LGBTQ twist in debut Love Somebody
Jason Reynolds and his BFF Jason Griffin answer our burning pop culture questions
Find Me author Alafair Burke shares intel on her new thriller and recommends other crime novels
Hanya Yanagihara's Paradise found
Edgar Gomez's High-Risk Homosexual seeks answers to questions about Pulse shooting and queerness
Writer's Room: Noah Hawley on how he answers life's biggest questions through his work
What's in a Page: Jessamine Chan on the making of The School for Good Mothers
Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli share what inspired Here's to Us and books they love
Jami Attenberg and Bernardine Evaristo on chronicling the grit behind their glamorous careers
You'll Be the Death of Me author Karen M. McManus reveals how she puts thrilling tales together
Sloane Crosley's new novel will be a rom-com with a side of New York City cult
Amalie Howard debuts new cover and addresses 'doing the work' to write inclusive historical romance
Tamron Hall on the Jada Pinkett movie she watches on repeat and the book that helped her with her own debut
Emily Ratajkowski's quest for honesty led her to write My Body
R.L. Stine has an all-new collection of Stinetinglers ready to scare young readers
How N.K. Jemisin's Green Lantern comic taught her to think visually
Surprise! Emma Straub wrote a new novel about time travel
Glory Edim on the magic of Octavia Butler and how Well-Read Black Girl changed her life
Dani Shapiro is publishing her first novel in 15 years: 'It was like a lightning bolt'
How a literary conscious uncoupling and Laura Linney helped Elizabeth Strout write Oh, William!
What's in a Page: Chibundu Onuzo wants us all to read more Alexandre Dumas
What's in a Page: Alice Hoffman on the conclusion of her Practical Magic series
Jake Tapper is writing another novel, inspired by everything from The Tempest to Evel Knievel
Seth Rogen is launching a podcast that isn't at all about Seth Rogen
The Conversation: Christine Pride and Jo Piazza wrote the interracial friendship they wanted to read
Actor-writer couple Jessica St. Clair and Dan O'Brien on the TV shows (and more) they turn to for comfort
James Han Mattson on the real-life horrors behind Reprieve
What's in a Page: Joshua Ferris on writing humor into the darkest of times
Literary Mood Board: The delightfully obscure items that inspired Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land
Chris Colfer reveals which character in his new book A Tale of Sorcery is openly gay — and why it's so important
Laurie Woolever on the pain and pleasure of publishing Anthony Bourdain's story
Sophie Santos on the power of the personal essay and crying through The Haunting of Bly Manor
What's in a Page: Why Things We Couldn't Say author Jay Coles writes in the dark
The Spectacular author Zoe Whittall loves Hacks and wants to live in Stars Hollow
Book Smart: Phoebe Robinson on ghosting, refusing failure, and shaking up the publishing industry
Get a first look at Tracy Flick Can't Win, Tom Perrotta's follow-up to Election
Tarana Burke on the power of The Color Purple, Babyface, and Ted Lasso