The Writers Who Read series continues this week with mystery author Kassandra Lamb. I’ve had the pleasure of beta-reading Kassandra’s Kate Huntington mystery series, and have especially enjoyed the long-term romance between the main couple in the series. Who are you? I am a retired psychotherapist/college professor turned mystery writer. Some of my favorite things … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with poet Susan Rich. Who are you? I am a word addict. I’m into confetti and aquamarine; I love double-barreled words like “doorknob” and “backstabber,” “watermelon” and “windowpane” where I can grab two images for the price of one. Mostly, I answer to “poet” with a new book, CLOUD … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with YA author Amy Kathleen Ryan. Who are you? I am Amy Kathleen Ryan, author of the young adult Sky Chasers series, which has been published in over a dozen languages, and also the contemporary YA novels Vibes and Zen and Xander Undone. What are three beloved … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Elizabeth Enslin. Who are you? Elizabeth Enslin, author of While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal, recently released from Seal Press. I was once an academic anthropologist but now write literary nonfiction and raise yaks, pigs, geese and chickens on … [Read more…]
I asked the authors who’ve participated in my Writers Who Read interview series a simple question: What’s the scariest story you’ve ever read? Down below are their answers, from Stephen King to Shelley to an old MR James collection of ghost stories. Adrienne Celt H.P. Lovecraft’s “Dreams in the Witch House” I read The Dream … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Heidi Hutner. Who are you? I am Heidi Hutner, a professor of literature and sustainability, and I am the director of the sustainability studies program at Stony Brook University. I am a single mom, a writer, and an environmentalist. I’m working on two big writing projects: a … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with young adult romantic comedy author Tellulah Darling. I highly recommend her book Sam Cruz’s Infallible Guide to Getting Girls. It’s hilarious and fun, and I love the voice of the male character. Who are you? Tellulah Darling noun 1. YA romantic comedy author because her first kiss sucked … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Ann Gelder. Who are you? A novelist, nonfiction writer, and recovering academic. My first novel, Bigfoot and the Baby, published by Bona Fide Books this past June, tells the story of a frustrated homemaker who searches for God and finds Bigfoot instead. (You can learn more at Bona Fide … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with young adult author Maureen O’Leary Wanket. Who are you? My name is Maureen O’Leary Wanket and my young adult novel How to Be Manly is coming out September 16th with Giant Squid Books. How to be Manly is about how in the course of one summer, Fatty Matty … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with Kelly Ann Jacobson. Who are you? My name is Kelly Ann Jacobson, and I am the author of the literary novel Cairo in White and the young adult series The Zaniyah Trilogy. Cairo in White is about a closeted Egyptian teen, Zahra, who finds herself in an arranged … [Read more…]