Bobbie Ann Mason’s California Story
After a nine-year break, Kentucky writer Bobbie Ann Mason returns to the literary scene with her new novel, 'Dear Ann.'
David Armand Explores Blind Faith in ‘The Lord’s Acre’
After publishing a memoir and two poetry collections, David Armand, an award-winning Louisiana author, has released 'The Lord's Acre.'
Just Say No to Family Road Trips
An interview with Samantha Downing, author of summer read 'He Started It.'
Heartbreak Most of the Time: Harper Lee’s Lost True Crime Novel
Sixty years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird and five years after Go Set A Watchman, Casey Cep talks about Harper Lee’s abandoned novel, her struggles with success, its impact on her writing and a possible biography.
Cool Off With Kimberly Belle’s New Lakeside Thriller
A rags to riches story that turns deadly, Stranger in the Lake explores how far people will go to keep a secret.
New Evidence on ‘In Cold Blood’ Sixty Years Later
An interview with Gary McAvoy, author of 'And Every Word is True,' a new book about the Clutter murders that proposes Truman Capote's book was not the end of the story.
Minrose Gwin on a Woman’s Right to Choose in ‘The Accidentals’
Promise author Minrose Gwin examines the plight of girls and women in the 1950s in her latest novel.
Jami Attenberg on Writing Her First New Orleans Novel
'All This Could Be Yours' is classic Jami Attenberg, but it's also a love letter to her new home city of New Orleans.
A Monster Story With a Heart
Shaun Hamill delivers on a feel-good monster story in A Cosmology of Monsters, the perfect read for October.