I want the reader to feel like they are in conversation with, and spending time with, someone as neurotic as they are.
INTERVIEW: Steve Almond, Author of Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories
Category: Interviews
Our archive of interviews with authors, publishers, agents, filmmakers, and other literary and publishing professionals.
INTERVIEW: Jessica J. Lee, Author of Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
The main thing is to think carefully about the power of language.
INTERVIEW: Estelle Erasmus, Author of Writing That Gets Noticed
Estelle Erasmus takes readers through the process, from writing to querying to contracts.
INTERVIEW: Mimi Zieman, Author of Tap Dancing on Everest : A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure
One of the metaphors I use…is thinking about my path to Everest as a dashed line on a hiking trail map.
INTERVIEW: Peg Alford Pursell, Founder of Betty Books
Our interview with Peg Alford Pursell gives a peek into the publishing process at Betty Books.
INTERVIEW & REVIEW: Sue William Silverman, Author of Acetylene Torch Songs
There’s a difference between truth and fact. Sure, we can’t just make stuff up, so CNF is rooted in actual experience.
INTERVIEW: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Author of Touching the Art
Family is of course one of the original myth-making machines.
INTERVIEW: Susannah Kennedy, Author of Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir
One of the reasons I’m so drawn to memoir is I learn so much by reading the journeys of others.
INTERVIEW: Suzette Mullen, Author of The Only Way Through is Out
One of the things I’ve learned in this process is the importance of advocating for yourself.
INTERVIEW: Susan Kiyo Ito, Author of I Would Meet You Anywhere
In a boundary-breaking memoir Susan Kiyo Ito unveils the truth of her origins.
