Fiction

An interview with Chris Pavone, author of the thrilling novel, Two Nights in Lisbon. The book is story of a woman under pressure, and what she will resort to when everything is on the line.

An interview with Toya Wolfe, debut author of the novel, Last Summer on State Street. The book is a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, community, and resilience, set in the housing projects of Chicago.

An interview with Tom Lin, author of the novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu. A twist on the classic western, it’s a story of one man's quest for redemption in the face of a distinctly American brutality.

An interview with Brendan Slocumb, author of the novel, The Violin Conspiracy. Part literary thriller and part mystery, the book is a gripping coming-of-age story about the love of music and a young man’s resilience.

What makes a good subject of a great book, fiction or nonfiction? And are we indeed living in a "golden age of historical fiction," as the New York Times essayist Megan O’Grady penned?

An interview with Samantha Silva about her latest book, Love and Fury, a moving account of Mary Wollstonecraft, mother to writer Mary Shelley and arguably the world’s first feminist.

This is an encore presentation. Chris Bohjalian is a bestselling novelist whose work frequently appears on the New York Times bestseller list. His newest…

A literary thriller, Bearskin is set in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains. Rice Moore is the caretaker of this nature preserve, a man running from a…

This encore interview originally aired in January, 2019.Personal stories of lives affected by terrorism have been the well-trod terrain of many books,…

Jonathan Evison is a writer whose work frequently appears on the New York Times bestseller list.In his latest novel, Evison tells the story of Mike Muñoz,…