Deb Olin Unferth: World Rebuilder The author knows humans are destroying the planet, and is using her latest novel to help sound the alarm.

Need ideas for escaping the planet? Deb Olin Unferth's fab sci-fi novel, Earth 7, is set in a world where people are moving to Mars and uploading themselves onto microchips. @debolinunferth.bsky.social @kathy-daneman.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social
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Andrey Kurkov Dispatches Kyiv After years spent covering the Russia-Ukraine war as a journalist and commentator, the author returns to fiction.

Here's my profile of Andrey Kurkov, celebrated writer of surrealist fiction. After years spent covering the Russia-Ukraine war as a journalist/commentator, Kurkov returns to novels with the darkly humorous The Lost Soldiers. @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Walter Mosley’s Real Love For his latest novel—and first foray into the romance genre—the acclaimed author examines race, violence, and personal freedom.

Here's my profile of Walter Mosely. Mosely steps into the romance genre with his new novel Ghalen. “I wanted to write a book about Black love, and about Black people being in love,” Mosley told me. Ghalen is out in May from Amistad/ @harpercollins.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Ali Smith’s Fighting Words The author’s new novel is set in a harsh near-future England where storytelling is required for survival.

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All Aboard with Emma Straub The bestselling author went on a New Kids on the Block cruise in 2023 and based her new novel on the experience

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Emma Straub for Publishers Weekly:

All Aboard with Emma Straub The bestselling author went on a New Kids on the Block cruise in 2023 and based her new novel on the experience

Here's my Publishers Weekly profile of Emma Straub. Emma went on a New Kids on the Block cruise in 2023 and based her novel American Fantasy on the experience. We talked boy band mania, midlife crises & getting drunk on a boat. @riverheadbooks.bsky.social
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Will Self’s Savage World The author faced down cancer to write his spectacular new novel, a cutting satire of modern culture.

Here's my profile of Will Self. The author faced down cancer to write his spectacular new novel, The Quantity Theory of Morality, a cutting satire of modern culture, out in March from @groveatlantic.bsky.social. I loved this convo and his new book.
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Tayari Jones’s Healing Words Before finishing her latest novel, the bestselling author had to overcome serious illness and self-doubt.

Here's my Publishers Weekly profile of Tayari Jones. Tayari talks writing KIN, set in the South in the 50s & 60s, while battling Graves' & wearing an eyepatch; loving Toni Morrison; being an Oprah pick; & baking cakes. Kin is out in Feb. @aaknopf.bsky.social
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Jo Nesbø Is Coming to America The latest thriller from the Norwegian crime writer—about a police detective tracking a serial killer—is his first set in the United States.

Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø was almost arrested in Minnesota while researching Wolf Hour, out in Feb. Nesbø and I chatted about the book, as well as his upcoming @netflix.com series and his film adaptation of Blood on Snow directed by Cary Fukunaga.
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Julian Barnes’s Mortal Dilemma The Booker Prize–winning author is turning 80 and releasing his final book—about love, death, and a comically flawed marriage.

Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes is turning 80 and publishing his final book—about love, death, and a comically flawed marriage. My profile:
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Laura Restrepo and the Power of Myths For her latest novel, the Colombian author drew inspiration from the story of the Queen of Sheba as well as her work with refugees for Doctors Without Borders

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Death Becomes Rachel Hawkins The bestselling author’s new novel is a modern gothic thriller about murder and extreme weather in the American South.

Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of @ladyhawkins.bsky.social. Rachel discusses Alabama hurricanes, 80s true crime scandals, deadly Barbie Ferraris & relying on books in hard times. Her novel The Storm is out in Jan.❤️ @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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Laura Restrepo and the Power of Myths For her latest novel, the Colombian author drew inspiration from the story of the Queen of Sheba as well as her work with refugees for Doctors Without Borders

My @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Colombian author Laura Restrepo. Her new novel Song of Ancient Lovers is a modern retelling of the Queen of Sheba myth set in the refugee camps of Yemen.
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Olivia Laing’s Art Work Olivia Laing wrote their new novel, a queer thriller set in 1970s Italy, in three months, and is still catching their breath

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Olivia Laing for Publishers Weekly:

Olivia Laing’s Art Work Olivia Laing wrote their new novel, a queer thriller set in 1970s Italy, in three months, and is still catching their breath

Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of British author Olivia Laing. We talked fascism, free speech, & the fight for artistic expression. Olivia's queer thriller The Silver Book, about 1970s Italian cinema & murder, is out Nov @fsgbooks.bsky.social.
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David Levithan and Jens Lekman

I'll be at Anderson's Bookshop tonight in conversation with novelist David Levithan and Swedish musician Jens Lekman. We'll be talking about their new novel Songs for Other People's Weddings. 7PM CT.
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Mitch Albom Loves Love In his latest novel, Mitch Albom explores true love and the downside of second chances

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Mitch Albom for Publishers Weekly:

Arundhati Roy’s Rebel Yell In her first memoir, the Booker Prize winner explores her relationship with her volatile mother and living life on her own terms.

Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of bad ass Booker winner Arundhati Roy. Her memoir is out Sept/Scribner. Roy discusses her mom, who had the "edginess of a gangster"; running off to Delhi at 16; fending off jail threats; & keeping it real. ❤️
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Why Oral History Matters: PW Talks with Garrett M. Graff The bestselling Pulitzer finalist discusses 'The Devil Reached Toward the Sky,' his oral history of the atomic bomb, which arrives on the 80th anniversary of the weapon's use on Hiroshima and…

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social interviewed @vermontgmg.bsky.social for Publishers Weekly about his new book "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky," an oral history of the Manhattan Project and the dropping of the atomic bomb: buff.ly/5j8HCML

Kirsten Miller Takes on Women’s Work The bestselling author wants to effect social change through fiction—and wake women up to their witchy powers.

Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Kirsten Miller. We talked women with witchy powers, toxic men, the art of revenge & the benefits of having your house burn down. Miller's novel The Women of Wild Hill is out in Oct. @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social
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Arundhati Roy’s Rebel Yell In her first memoir, the Booker Prize winner explores her relationship with her volatile mother and living life on her own terms.

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Arundhati Roy for Publishers Weekly:

Arundhati Roy’s Rebel Yell In her first memoir, the Booker Prize winner explores her relationship with her volatile mother and living life on her own terms.

Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of bad ass Booker winner Arundhati Roy. Her memoir is out Sept/Scribner. Roy discusses her mom, who had the "edginess of a gangster"; running off to Delhi at 16; fending off jail threats; & keeping it real. ❤️
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Kiran Desai’s Labor of Love The Booker Prize winner has devoted the past two decades of her life to writing The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a novel that weighs in at 688 pages

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Kiran Desai for Publishers Weekly:

Kiran Desai’s Labor of Love The Booker Prize winner has devoted the past two decades of her life to writing The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a novel that weighs in at 688 pages

Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Kiran Desai. Her novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, took 20 years to write & is about star-crossed lovers in a globalized world. We talked India, loneliness & her fierce devotion to writing.
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David Levithan: Music Man David Levithan collaborated with Swedish musician Jens Lekman on a dream project—a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs.

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social‬ profiled David Levithan for Publishers Weekly:

David Levithan (author of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Boy Meets Boys, etc.) teamed up with Swedish musician and wedding singer Jens Lekman on a novel about a wedding singer that features 16 original songs that readers can listen to as they read the book...

David Levithan: Music Man David Levithan collaborated with Swedish musician Jens Lekman on a dream project—a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs.

David Levithan (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) collaborated w/ Swedish musician Jens Lekman
on a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs. Songs for Other People’s Weddings is out in August/Abrams Books. My @publisherswkly.bsky.social piece:
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Holly Smale Is Living Out Loud For Holly Smale, being diagnosed with autism at age 39 changed her life and reshaped her fiction

NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social‬ profiled British novelist Holly Smale, whose YA "Geek Girl" series inspired a Netflix show, for Publishers Weekly:

Holly Smale Is Living Out Loud For Holly Smale, being diagnosed with autism at age 39 changed her life and reshaped her fiction

Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of lovely Holly Smale, co-creator of the Geek Girl @netflix.com
series. Holly discusses being autistic, selling millions of novels & writing I Know How This Ends (out this August). @harpercollins.bsky.social
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There and Back with Wally Lamb For his first novel in nine years, Wally Lamb draws on his battles with self-doubt and addiction.

Wally Lamb's The River is Waiting was just picked by Oprah for her book club. Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social
profile of Wally Lamb. We discuss Oprah, addiction, and the pressure of writing fiction...
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