Author Interview – Karissa Laurel, “Touch of Smoke”

Today I am honored to interview Karissa Laurel on the release of her latest book Touch of Smoke, a paranormal romance available as both e-book and paper book. Tell me about your book, and is it a standalone or part of a series? Touch of Smoke is a paranormal romance that takes place in the …

Author Interview – Paul Magnan

Today I am delighted to present an interview with a writer acquaintance, Paul Magnan. His debut novel,  Kyu, The Unknown: The Coming of Dis (Book 1) is the first in an urban fantasy series set in an alternate world.   The Territories have been unified for a thousand years, brought together under the sword of Harra …

Quick Note – Anne Rice Interview

For Anne Rice fans, if you missed it yesterday, here is a video of an interview Ms. Rice did yesterday at AA Knopf with her editor. They discuss a lot of things: Anne's literary inspirations, her love of Jane Eyre and Great Expectations, living in New Orleans, and even 50 Shades of Grey. Her latest …

Authors in Conversation at Newsweek

Just thought some of you might be interested in this. It's a roundtable with several authors (Susan Orlean, Lawrence Block, Elizabeth Strout, Robert Caro, Kurt Andersen) in the July 13, 2009 issue of Newsweek: The Write Stuff Holden Caulfield had it right. The test of a great book, he said in The Catcher in the …