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5 days ago4 min read
A New Year of Interviews
A sneak peek at author interviews planned for January 2025, with Fiona Davis, Joseph Finder, Poppy Kuroki, and Kate Mosse
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cplesley
Dec 13, 20244 min read
Watching Characters Grow
A discussion of what an author means by "watching characters grow" in a single novel or across a series
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cplesley
Sep 20, 20245 min read
Bookshelf, Fall 2024
Fall 2024 Bookshelf: Suzanne Allain, Monica Chenault-Kilgore, Christina Dodd, Vanessa Kelly, Mimi Matthews, Alyson Richman, and Elif Shafak
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cplesley
Aug 30, 20246 min read
Interview with Andrew Varga
Interview with Andrew Varga, whose latest Jump in Time novel (YA), set on the Eurasian steppe, has just come out from Imbrifex Books
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cplesley
Jun 28, 20245 min read
Interview with Ellery Lloyd
Written interview with the husband-and-wife team who publish as Ellery Lloyd, about their latest suspense novel, just out from Harper
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cplesley
May 17, 20245 min read
Interview with Audrey Burges
Interview with author Audrey Burges about her latest novel, A House Like an Accordion
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cplesley
Apr 12, 20245 min read
Interview with Joyce Yarrow
Interview with Joyce Yarrow about her contemporary suspense series, Zahara and the Lost Books of Light and Stolen Lives
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cplesley
Feb 23, 20242 min read
Food and Character
An exploration of food as an indicator of character in novels, citing Ruth Reichl and her work
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cplesley
Nov 10, 20237 min read
Cats Mysterious and Contemplative
Survey of cats, mysterious and contemplative, in fiction—especially cozy mysteries
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cplesley
Nov 3, 20235 min read
Holiday Roundup 2023
Holiday roundup of 2023 books by Rhys Bowen, Bernard Cornwell, Clara McKenna, Erica Neubauer, Anne Perry and Karen Swan
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cplesley
Oct 12, 20236 min read
Interview with Karen Swan
Interview with Karen Swan, author of The Wild Isle series and many other novels, most recently "Christmas by Candlelight"
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cplesley
Aug 18, 20235 min read
Interview with Nan Fischer
Interview with author Nan Fischer about her latest novel, The Book of Silver Linings (Berkley, August 2023)
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