Guest Authors

In celebration of Nanowrimo, I'm rerunning some of my favorite guest author posts (and trying to tidy them in the process). This one was written by Booker …

[Read more...] about Karen Joy Fowler: First Words

I'm delighted to have as my guest this week Jennifer Haupt, whose debut novel, In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills is just out! Jennifer went to Rwanda as a …

[Read more...] about STOP Writing — Without Giving Up

Today's guest author, Ethel Rohan, has just released her third book and first novel, The Weight of Him, which Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child author Eowyn …

[Read more...] about A Brief Guide to Theft

My dear friend Harriet Scott Chessman's new novel, The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas, is just out this week, and is FABULOUS! She's the author of four prior …

[Read more...] about In Praise of Stubbornness

My guest today is debut novelist Abby Fabiaschi, author of I Liked My Life. A former tech executive who left to pursue a career in writing, Abby is also a human …

[Read more...] about It’s Not Rejection; It’s Feedback

Micah Perks won an NEA grant and The New Guard Machigonne Fiction prize for excerpts of her new novel, What Becomes Us, which is out this week and which …

[Read more...] about Here's to Mad Persistence!

Ruth Whippman is a British journalist, author and documentary film-maker living in California.  She has written for the New York Times, Time magazine, The …

[Read more...] about Writing while parenting

I'm delighted to kick off a new 1st Books feature--3 Minute Interviews--with the amazing Caroline Leavitt, whose new novel, Cruel Beautiful World, is just out. …

[Read more...] about 3-Minute Interview with New York Times Bestseller Caroline Leavitt

Constance Hale is a San Francisco–based journalist probably best known for her books on language and literary style, including the best-selling Sin and Syntax, …

[Read more...] about Best-seller Constance Hale on New Ideas in Publishing