http://www.publishersweekly.com en-US Copyright 2026 PublishersWeekly.com Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:05:49 GMT editor@publishersweekly.com (Editor) http://www.publishersweekly.com/favicon.ico http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/index.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101461-pw-studio-pw-close-up-jennifer-armentrout-on-a-crown-of-ruin.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101461-pw-studio-pw-close-up-jennifer-armentrout-on-a-crown-of-ruin.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101550-motown-memories-pw-talks-with-louvain-demps.html One Step Away: My Story of the Andantes, Motown, and the Women Behind the Sound of Young America (Harper, Dec.), the author recounts her career as a Motown Records backup singer during the label’s formative years.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101550-motown-memories-pw-talks-with-louvain-demps.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101549-love-bites-pw-talks-with-rosie-danan.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101549-love-bites-pw-talks-with-rosie-danan.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101547-matthew-salesses-and-the-art-of-grieving.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101547-matthew-salesses-and-the-art-of-grieving.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101544-mysterious-creatures-middle-grade-author-kara-lareau-on-her-feline-rebecca-retelling.html Licorice, illustrated by Kelly Murphy (Scholastic Press, Oct. 20), re-casts the insecure heroine of Daphne du Maurier's gothic tale as a newly adopted cat.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101544-mysterious-creatures-middle-grade-author-kara-lareau-on-her-feline-rebecca-retelling.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101536-in-conversation-wade-hudson-and-raj-tawney-on-publishing-with-a-mission.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101536-in-conversation-wade-hudson-and-raj-tawney-on-publishing-with-a-mission.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101535-longing-for-connection-pw-talks-with-allie-millington.html Olivetti author Allie Millington returns with her third middle grade novel, Trunk No. 3 (Feiwel and Friends, Oct. 20), about a library of “almost-ordinary objects” capable of storing memories.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101535-longing-for-connection-pw-talks-with-allie-millington.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101487-backseat-driving-pw-talks-with-edward-niedermeyer.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101487-backseat-driving-pw-talks-with-edward-niedermeyer.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101477-sara-paretsky-is-the-crime-boss.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101477-sara-paretsky-is-the-crime-boss.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101476-indie-spotlight-october-2026.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101476-indie-spotlight-october-2026.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101489-curiouser-and-curiouser-pw-talks-with-maggie-tokuda-hall.html PW about her new nonfiction picture books and her commitment to nurturing lifelong learning and curiosity.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101489-curiouser-and-curiouser-pw-talks-with-maggie-tokuda-hall.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101485-think-like-the-audience-pw-talks-with-b-j-novak.html The Book with No Pictures (2018, Dial) to younger children with his new board book, The Little Book with No Pictures (Rocky Pond, Oct. 20). ]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101485-think-like-the-audience-pw-talks-with-b-j-novak.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101459-video-killed-the-radio-star-pw-talks-with-libba-bray.html Radio Free Texas (Scholastic Press, out now), small-town teens navigate big changes and tumultuous adolescence.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101459-video-killed-the-radio-star-pw-talks-with-libba-bray.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101411-a-catalog-of-disappearance-pw-talks-with-ashon-thomas-crawley.html From Infinite World (Norton, Dec.) explores the intersecting histories of gospel music and the AIDS crisis.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101411-a-catalog-of-disappearance-pw-talks-with-ashon-thomas-crawley.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101410-killer-tunes-pw-talks-with-mindy-mcginnis.html The First Cut Is the Deepest (Putnam, Jan.).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101410-killer-tunes-pw-talks-with-mindy-mcginnis.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101407-it-will-never-be-earlier-pw-talks-with-paul-t-jaeger.html Book Bans, Disinformation, and Cultural Erasure: The Censorship Movement in Libraries, Schools, and Society (Bloomsbury, Nov.).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101407-it-will-never-be-earlier-pw-talks-with-paul-t-jaeger.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101392-adrienne-young-s-place-of-acceptance.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101392-adrienne-young-s-place-of-acceptance.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101417-nycc-pw-talks-with-todd-mcfarlane.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101417-nycc-pw-talks-with-todd-mcfarlane.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101401-care-and-intention-pw-talks-with-ren-e-watson.html Everything New Again (Bloomsbury, Oct. 13), a YA novel rooted in the real history of the Black migration to the Pacific Northwest. ]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101401-care-and-intention-pw-talks-with-ren-e-watson.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101393-writing-through-things-pw-talks-with-nic-stone.html Dear Martin, author Nic Stone returns to that same world with middle grade spin-off novel, Dasia (Forever).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101393-writing-through-things-pw-talks-with-nic-stone.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101382-make-em-laugh-pw-talks-with-annie-barrows.html The Lost Three (Little, Brown, Sept. 29).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101382-make-em-laugh-pw-talks-with-annie-barrows.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101376-how-a-love-hate-relationship-with-food-turned-into-a-picture-book.html The Kimchi Fridge, illustrated by Cindy Kang (Little Bee, Oct. 6), reflects on the meteoric rise of kimchi in American markets, and her own complicated relationship with the Korean dish.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101376-how-a-love-hate-relationship-with-food-turned-into-a-picture-book.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101369-what-it-is-to-be-a-human-pw-talks-with-e-lockhart.html The Pools, E. Lockhart’s new YA fairy tale–inspired love story with a dark twist.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101369-what-it-is-to-be-a-human-pw-talks-with-e-lockhart.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101355-pw-studio-for-bestseller-jeremy-robinson-rest-is-truly-for-the-weary.html and thrillers—and is always producing more.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101355-pw-studio-for-bestseller-jeremy-robinson-rest-is-truly-for-the-weary.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101343-seismic-shift-pw-talks-with-danielle-l-jensen.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101343-seismic-shift-pw-talks-with-danielle-l-jensen.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101342-you-don-t-need-to-have-a-guitar-pw-talks-with-michael-cragg.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101342-you-don-t-need-to-have-a-guitar-pw-talks-with-michael-cragg.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101340-jane-schoenbrun-wants-you-to-put-down-your-phone.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101340-jane-schoenbrun-wants-you-to-put-down-your-phone.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101326-bookselling-through-the-centuries-pw-talks-with-andrew-pettegree.html The Bookshop (Basic Books, Oct.), explores the evolution of the trade, from the invention of the printing press to the ascent of Amazon.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101326-bookselling-through-the-centuries-pw-talks-with-andrew-pettegree.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101337-moving-pictures-pw-talks-with-sofia-warren.html New Yorker cartoonist discusses her debut middle grade graphic novel, Film Nerds (Putnam, Sept. 29), a poignant story starring best friends who are budding filmmakers.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101337-moving-pictures-pw-talks-with-sofia-warren.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101332-in-conversation-ayana-gray-and-john-stephens-on-their-gilded-age-set-ya.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101332-in-conversation-ayana-gray-and-john-stephens-on-their-gilded-age-set-ya.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101317-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-foreigner-pw-talks-with-e-l-shen.html Foreigners (HarperCollins, out now), is an intergenerational story loosely inspired by her own grandmother.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101317-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-foreigner-pw-talks-with-e-l-shen.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101315-lynette-noni-on-expanding-her-ya-fantasy-worlds.html Shadow Reaper (Knopf, out now), and the first U.S. edition of Akarnae (Astra), her 2015 debut.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101315-lynette-noni-on-expanding-her-ya-fantasy-worlds.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101310-hispanic-and-latinx-heritage-month-2026-children-s-book-creators-on-showcasing-history-and-pride-for-young-people.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101310-hispanic-and-latinx-heritage-month-2026-children-s-book-creators-on-showcasing-history-and-pride-for-young-people.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101306-a-new-direction-pw-talks-with-leo-timmers.html Kiki & Me (Gecko, Oct. 6), translated from the Dutch by David Colmer.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101306-a-new-direction-pw-talks-with-leo-timmers.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101305-our-primordial-desires-pw-talks-with-amy-alznauer.html Where the Wild Horses Are (Holiday House/Porter, Oct. 13), the story of horse-loving Nash and her efforts to gentle a wild mustang.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101305-our-primordial-desires-pw-talks-with-amy-alznauer.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101274-pw-studio-beyond-the-book-richard-curtis-digital-inc.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101274-pw-studio-beyond-the-book-richard-curtis-digital-inc.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101202-pw-studio-pw-close-up-audrey-niffenegger-returns-with-sequel-to-time-traveler-s-wife.html The Time Traveler's Wife, about the pressure of following up such a massive hit, her side-gig as a visual artist, and how her childhood in Chicago has worked its way into her fiction. (Sponsored)]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101202-pw-studio-pw-close-up-audrey-niffenegger-returns-with-sequel-to-time-traveler-s-wife.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101279-frankfurt-book-fair-2026-raina-telgemeier-on-rewriting-the-future.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101279-frankfurt-book-fair-2026-raina-telgemeier-on-rewriting-the-future.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101277-indie-spotlight-on-picture-books.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101277-indie-spotlight-on-picture-books.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101271-searching-for-scorsese-pw-talks-with-mark-binelli.html Just a Shot Away (Metropolitan, Nov.), the journalist chronicles how Martin Scorsese became one of the world’s most influential filmmakers.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101271-searching-for-scorsese-pw-talks-with-mark-binelli.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101270-the-cost-of-deepfakes-pw-talks-with-meena-kandasamy.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101270-the-cost-of-deepfakes-pw-talks-with-meena-kandasamy.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101257-genki-kawamura-knows-the-lines-between-fantasy-and-reality-are-blurred.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101257-genki-kawamura-knows-the-lines-between-fantasy-and-reality-are-blurred.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101268-a-raven-s-eye-view-pw-talks-with-rosanne-parry.html A Raven of the Rainforest (Greenwillow, Sept.).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101268-a-raven-s-eye-view-pw-talks-with-rosanne-parry.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/101262-translation-conversation-kit-maude-and-lindsay-turner.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/101262-translation-conversation-kit-maude-and-lindsay-turner.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101256-in-conversation-veronica-roth-and-chloe-gong-on-expanding-their-dystopian-visions.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101256-in-conversation-veronica-roth-and-chloe-gong-on-expanding-their-dystopian-visions.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/101243-minding-the-gap-pw-talks-with-translators-sawad-hussain-and-nour-jaljuli.html The Necklace of Seven Souls (Yonder, Sept.), a YA novel written in Arabic by Hooda Shawa and illustrated by Nada Esmaeel (Yonder, Sept.).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/101243-minding-the-gap-pw-talks-with-translators-sawad-hussain-and-nour-jaljuli.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101239-the-reality-we-live-in-pw-talks-with-sarah-everett.html The Continuation of Summer Dillon (HarperCollins, Sept. 15).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101239-the-reality-we-live-in-pw-talks-with-sarah-everett.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/101194-for-james-muldoon-chatbots-offer-a-pale-imitation-of-humanity.html Love Machine (Faber & Faber, out now), the sociologist looks at real people’s intimate relationships with AI chatbots, and how they could change relationships among humans. ]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/101194-for-james-muldoon-chatbots-offer-a-pale-imitation-of-humanity.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101226-celebrating-culture-pw-talks-with-ana-siqueira.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101226-celebrating-culture-pw-talks-with-ana-siqueira.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101230-pw-studio-pw-spotlight-bedtime-stories-make-room-for-fear.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101230-pw-studio-pw-spotlight-bedtime-stories-make-room-for-fear.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101214-drinking-the-kool-aid-pw-talks-with-mari-howes.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101214-drinking-the-kool-aid-pw-talks-with-mari-howes.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101211-was-kissinger-really-that-important-pw-talks-with-barbara-j-keys.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101211-was-kissinger-really-that-important-pw-talks-with-barbara-j-keys.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101201-louise-kennedy-has-found-her-home.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101201-louise-kennedy-has-found-her-home.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101217-and-justice-for-all-sandra-w-headen-and-autumn-krause-in-conversation.html Roi and Me and the Double V (Holiday House) and The Gods Will Sing Our Song (Delacorte)—both tales of resilience and hope in the face of wartime discrimination.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101217-and-justice-for-all-sandra-w-headen-and-autumn-krause-in-conversation.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101212-a-vehicle-for-play-daniel-kwan-on-his-new-picture-book-collab.html Everything Everywhere All at Once—and co-author Julia Pott, along with illustrator Sean Lewis, about their process for creating Have You Ever Seen a Ghost?]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101212-a-vehicle-for-play-daniel-kwan-on-his-new-picture-book-collab.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101191-the-oldest-joke-in-the-book-pw-talks-with-pete-holmes.html Spells to Cast on Your Parents, is an interactive picture book where kids have the power.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101191-the-oldest-joke-in-the-book-pw-talks-with-pete-holmes.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101197-walking-a-tightrope-pw-talks-with-r-f-kuang.html Taipei Story (Morrow, out now), the story of a Chinese American student enrolled in an intensive language program in Taiwan, the novelist makes a bold foray into literary fiction. ]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101197-walking-a-tightrope-pw-talks-with-r-f-kuang.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101166-a-novel-idea-pw-talks-with-john-mutter.html Shelf Awareness makes his literary debut next month with Fortune and Glass (Left Field), a literary thriller and love story set in Nazi Germany.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101166-a-novel-idea-pw-talks-with-john-mutter.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101128-down-the-rabbit-hole-pw-talks-with-dashka-slater.html The Wild Season (Little, Brown, Sept.), the true story of a rabbit rescue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Heights Park.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101128-down-the-rabbit-hole-pw-talks-with-dashka-slater.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101127-always-dreaming-big-pw-talks-with-shannon-hale.html Dream Big (Roaring Brook), the follow-up to her middle grade graphic novel Dream On, both illustrated by Marcela Cespedes; and Christmas in Austenland (Bloomsbury), the third book in her adult series that began in 2007.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101127-always-dreaming-big-pw-talks-with-shannon-hale.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101152-amanda-peters-is-branching-out.html The Birthing Tree, was inspired by a cryptic conversation with her elderly grandmother.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101152-amanda-peters-is-branching-out.html Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101144-an-artist-s-muse-pw-talks-with-james-cahill.html The Beverly Hills Housewife: Hockney’s Californian Muse and the World Beyond the Pool (Thames & Hudson, Nov.), the art critic explores the 1966 painting and its subject, art collector Betty Freeman.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101144-an-artist-s-muse-pw-talks-with-james-cahill.html Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101143-untranslatable-pw-talks-with-kuzhali-manickavel.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101143-untranslatable-pw-talks-with-kuzhali-manickavel.html Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101135-voracious-appetites-pw-talks-with-katherine-rundell.html Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise (Knopf, Sept.).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101135-voracious-appetites-pw-talks-with-katherine-rundell.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101126-out-of-this-world-pw-talks-with-shaun-tan.html Hometown (Levine Querido, out now), a graphic novel about a child on another planet who faces an existential decision.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101126-out-of-this-world-pw-talks-with-shaun-tan.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101108-pw-studio-spotlight-becoming-a-helper.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101108-pw-studio-spotlight-becoming-a-helper.html Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101069-pw-studio-pw-close-up-abigail-moyer-s-one-of-my-patients-is-a-vampire.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101069-pw-studio-pw-close-up-abigail-moyer-s-one-of-my-patients-is-a-vampire.html Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101104-indie-spotlight-august-2026.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101104-indie-spotlight-august-2026.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101097-behind-the-mythology-of-bookselling-pw-talks-with-liz-hottel-of-naiba.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101097-behind-the-mythology-of-bookselling-pw-talks-with-liz-hottel-of-naiba.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101090-chad-harbach-steps-back-up-to-the-plate.html The Art of Fielding, the author returns with a novel set at the same Midwestern college.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101090-chad-harbach-steps-back-up-to-the-plate.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101088-bad-behavior-pw-talks-with-nafissa-thompson-spires.html The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford (Scribner, Oct.).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101088-bad-behavior-pw-talks-with-nafissa-thompson-spires.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101083-america-s-game-pw-talks-with-peter-king.html The Game (Norton, Oct.), the sportswriter recounts the history of the NFL through stories from his four decades covering the league.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101083-america-s-game-pw-talks-with-peter-king.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101087-time-and-again-pw-talks-with-jessica-spotswood.html The Harrow Home for Wayward Girls (Holt, Aug.), which combines paranormal phenomena and post-WWII history.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101087-time-and-again-pw-talks-with-jessica-spotswood.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101086-a-return-to-form-pw-talks-with-andrea-beatriz-arango.html No Place on Earth (Random House, Aug.), a contemporary middle grade novel told in verse and prose.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101086-a-return-to-form-pw-talks-with-andrea-beatriz-arango.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101081-past-present-future-traci-n-todd-and-vashti-harrison-in-conversation.html That You Are Here Is No Small Thing (Viking, Sept.), an evocative exploration of the history of Black Americans.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101081-past-present-future-traci-n-todd-and-vashti-harrison-in-conversation.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101059-we-re-just-beginning-billie-jean-king-and-elizabeth-rusch-in-conversation.html See It to Be It (Calkins Creek), written with Liz Robbins for young adults, tells the inspirational stories of 11 women overcoming challenges to become modern sports legends.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101059-we-re-just-beginning-billie-jean-king-and-elizabeth-rusch-in-conversation.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101051-jasper-fforde-has-series-business.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101051-jasper-fforde-has-series-business.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101050-family-dinner-pw-talks-with-tony-shalhoub.html We Thought They’d Never Leave: Musings on Food and Family (Gallery, Oct.), the actor and his daughter, Josie Adams, share heartfelt memories of their family’s summer reunions.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101050-family-dinner-pw-talks-with-tony-shalhoub.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101049-we-re-still-on-that-hurtling-train-pw-talks-with-nathaniel-philbrick.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101049-we-re-still-on-that-hurtling-train-pw-talks-with-nathaniel-philbrick.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101043-my-small-secret-world-writing-about-living-with-ocd-as-a-youth.html Exposures (First Second, out now).]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101043-my-small-secret-world-writing-about-living-with-ocd-as-a-youth.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101042-three-on-a-theme-girls-bite-back.html Natural Selection, Rimma Onoseta’s The Revenge Playbook, and Rebecca Stafford’s The Ending You Deserve are part of a slate of summer YA novels in which predators and abusers become unsuspecting prey.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101042-three-on-a-theme-girls-bite-back.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101014-t-geronimo-johnson-isn-t-buying-happy-endings.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/101014-t-geronimo-johnson-isn-t-buying-happy-endings.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101012-another-american-history-tale.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/101012-another-american-history-tale.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101008-new-beginnings-pw-talks-with-imbolo-mbue.html Every Story Is a Love Story (Random House, Oct.), a Cameroonian American widower debates whether to meet the woman who accidentally killed his wife. ]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101008-new-beginnings-pw-talks-with-imbolo-mbue.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101007-why-explanations-are-like-orgasms-pw-talks-with-tania-lombrozo.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/101007-why-explanations-are-like-orgasms-pw-talks-with-tania-lombrozo.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100984-speed-racer-pw-talks-with-angelica-cheng.html The Fast Track (S&S, Aug.), a contemporary YA rom-com about an Asian American teenage girl navigating the competitive racing world—inspired by Cheng’s experience as a woman in the male-dominated finance industry.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100984-speed-racer-pw-talks-with-angelica-cheng.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100975-josh-silver-s-fruit-fly-is-a-smart-send-up-of-the-publishing-machine.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100975-josh-silver-s-fruit-fly-is-a-smart-send-up-of-the-publishing-machine.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/100916-pw-studio-the-couple-that-stays-together-publishes-together.html books that will both be released on September 8. (Sponsored)]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/100916-pw-studio-the-couple-that-stays-together-publishes-together.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/100943-audrey-niffenegger-goes-back-to-the-future.html The Time Traveler’s Wife.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/100943-audrey-niffenegger-goes-back-to-the-future.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100942-quantum-spirituality-pw-talks-with-wole-talabi.html The Fist of Memory (DAW, Oct.), a South African astronomer crosses paths with a Nigerian assassin as an alien spaceship hurtles toward Earth.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100942-quantum-spirituality-pw-talks-with-wole-talabi.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100941-the-new-manhattan-project-pw-talks-with-kevin-roose.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100941-the-new-manhattan-project-pw-talks-with-kevin-roose.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100945-let-s-sculpt-this-together-pw-talks-with-matthew-burgess-and-matthew-forsythe.html If the Moon, a spare, incantatory bedtime reverie.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100945-let-s-sculpt-this-together-pw-talks-with-matthew-burgess-and-matthew-forsythe.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100935-three-on-a-theme-life-after-death.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100935-three-on-a-theme-life-after-death.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100921-writing-out-loud-pw-talks-with-julie-andrews-and-emma-walton-hamilton.html Shy (Abrams, Aug.), inspired by Andrews’s real-life poodle, who had a hidden talent for music to match her owner’s.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100921-writing-out-loud-pw-talks-with-julie-andrews-and-emma-walton-hamilton.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100915-four-questions-for-chloe-ito-ward.html All the Ways We Learn, illustrated by fellow neurodivergent creator Yaroslava Apollonova, pulls from her classroom experiences as a student and teacher to celebrate the diverse ways that children learn and grow.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100915-four-questions-for-chloe-ito-ward.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100914-four-questions-for-t-c-kemper.html Stepford Wives–inspired origins of her debut middle grade novel, The Ginghams, and how her background in journalism shaped the book’s themes of censorship.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100914-four-questions-for-t-c-kemper.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/100898-sarah-langan-s-trad-terrors.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/100898-sarah-langan-s-trad-terrors.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100897-forest-for-the-trees-pw-talks-with-oliver-k-langmead.html The Killing of a Chestnut Tree (Tordotcom, Oct.), a Sherlock Holmes pastiche in which gay sleuth Havelock Harper and his sidekick, Sebastian Wright, investigate the murder of a tree.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100897-forest-for-the-trees-pw-talks-with-oliver-k-langmead.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100895-he-could-get-away-with-anything-pw-talks-with-cheyenne-roundtree.html Rolling Stone reporter’s Bad Boy for Life (Holt, Sept.) reveals shocking patterns of abuse in hip-hop mogul Sean Combs’s past.]]> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/100895-he-could-get-away-with-anything-pw-talks-with-cheyenne-roundtree.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400