An Interview with Alice Simpson

A visual artist describes how her story leapt out of pictures and onto the page.

An Interview with Lalita Tademy

The author of the acclaimed Red River and Cane River is back with her third historical novel.

An Interview with Davar Ardalan

The NPR producer discusses culture, memoir, and the release on Kindle of her e-book, The Persian Square: 101 Things to Know about Iranian-Americans.

An Interview with Jim Davies

The author of Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Makes Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe talks about the inner workings of the mind.

An Interview with Craig Laurance Gidney

Skin Deep Magic is a unique short-story collection. In it, author Craig Laurance Gidney combines “new weird” and “magical realist” sensibilities to craft deep character explorations that probe the nature of identity. He discusses his work here.

An Interview with Sarah Janssen

Back in 2003, Sarah Janssen was a lowly intern at The World Almanac. Today, she helms the masthead as senior editor. Here, she discusses what it takes to create and maintain the seminal book of facts.

An Interview with Caroline Moorehead

About the only black and white you'll find in Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France are the photographs. In this impassioned work, author Caroline Moorehead chronicles the town of Chambon’s resistance during World War II. It is a true tale of heroism, cowardice, and the spectrum of behavior lurking in between.

An Interview with Hannah Pittard

Can childhood wounds ever heal? Maybe, says the author.