James Patterson Talks Creating Readers and Future Scientists With His Latest, Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment
Over a 40-year career, the super-prolific James Patterson has written and collaborated on more than 100 (and counting!) books for…
Interviews
Author Torrey Maldonado Talks Hating School, Loving Comics, and His Inspiration for Tight
I love first-person middle grade stories that don’t sugarcoat real life, such what it’s really like when a father comes…
Rebecca Roanhorse Talks Mythology, Alternate Endings, and the Future of the Sixth World
Navajo mythology drives the intense post-apocalyptic fantasy thriller Trail of Lightning, one of the best debut novels of 2018. Mags Hoskie…
Breaking Down the Magical Apocalypse of Peng Shepherd’s The Book of M
Peng Shepherd’s post-apocalyptic epic is elegaic in tone and striking in its originality. Most dystopias are a thought experiment in…
A Conversation with Carl Hiaasen, Author of Squirm, an October Kids’ Book Hangout Selection
What was the inspiration behind Squirm? Who is your favorite character in the book and why? For Squirm, I had…
The Goblin Market Reimagined: Rena Rossner Discusses Her Magical Debut The Sisters of the Winter Wood
The woods are full of mystery in The Sisters of the Winter Wood, an enchanting tale of family loyalty and secrets.…
Alex London and Katherine Locke Discuss Keeping Magic in the Family
Autumn is always a dauntingly fantasy-packed season, and it can be tough to make a book stand out from the…
A Story That’s Lasted for Millenia: Eric Shanower on the New Edition of Age of Bronze
Eric Shanower’s long-running chronicle of the Trojan War, Age of Bronze, has now well outlasted the war itself. For the…
Escaping from Houdini Author Kerri Maniscalco talks Card Tricks, Flipping Tropes, and Devil’s Deals with Stephanie Garber
Across three books and counting, Kerri Maniscalco has followed the adventures of Audrey Rose Wadsworth, whose fascination with dead bodies…
Imagine Your Way Into Another Life: Lucy Tan and Chloe Benjamin in Conversation
The booksellers who handpick books for our Discover Great New Writers program were floored by Chloe Benjamin’s The Immortalists and…
The Fab Four in Four Colors: Bill Morrison on Adapting Yellow Submarine for Comics
Bill Morrison is a legendary graphic designer, editor, and publisher. His promo art has been used for Disney classics like…
Jenny Han Spills on the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Netflix Movie Premiere!
If you’re a Jenny Han fan—and who isn’t—you’ve been waiting with bated breath for her New York Times bestselling romance…
Advice from Alex: Chloe shares her #1 writing question with bestselling author Alexandra Bracken
When I announced The Darkest Minds as the July pick for Chloe’s Book Club, I knew it was going to…
These Rebel Waves Author Sara Raasch and For a Muse of Fire Author Heidi Heilig Talk Revolution and Magic
Today Sara Raasch kicks off a new high fantasy adventure with These Rebel Waves, set in a world where a cold…
The Cheerleaders Author Kara Thomas Talks with Karen McManus About the Resurgence of the YA Thriller
Kara Thomas’s The Cheerleaders is the tangled tale of a trio of cold cases that heat up five years later:…
A Deeply Personal Story: Diane Guerrero Shares Her Journey in My Family Divided
Before she became a familiar face on television shows like Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, Diane Guerrero…
Reverse Engineering the Future: Becky Chambers on Record of a Spaceborn Few
Many of the characters in this book feel really close to home, from the exhausted mother trying to get her…
Obsessive Tendencies: Scott McCloud on 25 Years of Understanding Comics
Twenty-five years ago, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art began appearing on the bookshelves of discerning comic book lovers everywhere, and…
R. F. Kuang on the Dark History Behind The Poppy War
The costs of war are at the forefront of this China-inspired new epic fantasy. When Rin is accepted into the…
The Strange Everyday Worlds of Manga Creator Inio Asano
That’s quite a carte blanche, coming from the creator of so many complex and sometimes enigmatic manga. Asano’s first works…