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Alix E. Harrow and her first novel The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Interview With an Author: Alix E. Harrow

September 05, 2019

Alix E. Harrow is a part-time historian with a full-time desk job, a lot of opinions, and excessive library fines.

Authors, Interview, LAPL Reads
Tim Mason and his first adult novel, The Darwin Affair

Interview With an Author: Tim Mason

August 22, 2019

Tim Mason is a playwright whose work has been produced in New York and throughout the world. Among the awards he has received are a Kennedy Center Award, the Hollywood Drama-Logue Award, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Rockefeller Foundation grant.

Authors, Interview, Tim Mason, LAPL Reads
Del Howison and his first novel, The Survival of Margaret Thomas

Interview With an Author: Del Howison

August 08, 2019

Del Howison is an award-winning editor, journalist, fiction author, and actor. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award four times (and won it once), for the Black Quill Award twice, for the Shirley Jackson Award and for the Rondo Hatton Award.

Authors, Interview, Del Howison, LAPL Reads
Author Casey McQuiston and her first novel, Red, White & Royal Blue

Interview With an Author: Casey McQuiston

July 25, 2019

Casey McQuiston grew up in the swamps of Southern Louisiana, where they cultivated an abiding love for honey butter biscuits and stories with big, beating hearts.

Authors, Interview, LAPL Reads
Author Sarah Gailey and her novel, Magic For Liars

Interview With an Author: Sarah Gailey

July 11, 2019

Hugo award winner Sarah Gailey lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Their nonfiction has been published by Mashable and the Boston Globe, and their fiction has been published internationally.

Authors, Interview, Sarah Gailey
Kris Waldherr and her book

Interview With an Author: Kris Waldherr

June 27, 2019

Kris Waldherr is an award-winning author, illustrator, and designer. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, and her fiction has been awarded with fellowships by the Virginia Center of the Creative Arts and a reading grant by Poets & Writers.

Authors, Interview, Waldherr
Seanan McGuire and her book Middlegame

Interview With an Author: Seanan McGuire

June 20, 2019

Seanan McGuire is the award-winning author of the October Daye urban fantasy series, the InCryptid series, and the

Authors, Interview, Seanan McGuire
Author Yangsze Choo and her latest novel, Smoke and Summons

Interview With an Author: Charlie Holmberg

June 13, 2019

Charlie N. Holmberg was raised a Trekkie alongside three sisters, who also have boy names, in Salt Lake City, UT. She plays the ukulele, owns too many pairs of glasses, and finally adopted a dog.

Authors, Interview, Charlie Holmberg
T.J. Martinson and his debut novel, The Reign of the Kingfisher

Interview With an Author: T.J. Martinson

June 06, 2019

T.J. Martinson grew up just outside Chicago. He received his MA in literary studies from Eastern Illinois University and is currently working toward a Ph.D. at Indiana University Bloomington.

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Anthony Horowitz and his latest Mystery series book, The Sentence is Death.

Interview With an Author: Anthony Horowitz

May 30, 2019

Anthony Horowitz is a prolific journalist and writer for television and the author of both young adult and adult literature. He has been commissioned by the Doyle and Fleming estates to write new adventures for both Sherlock Holmes and James Bond.

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