I’ve never really understood Los Angeles. It’s one of those sprawling cities where I get very confused every time I visit. Where is the center? Where is the hole in…
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Part-thriller, part-family saga What Could Be Saved is a compelling read. Set in Bangkok in the early 1970s and Washington DC more recently, Liese O’Halloran Schwarz’s third novel is riveting,…
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I caught up with Susie Yang author of White Ivy, Yang’s stunning debut novel. Yang studied to be a pharmacist, then tried tech in Silicon Valley before she took a year…
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I loved this book, loved with a capital L. And I was thrilled to get to interview the self-deprecating, humorous, hugely talented Lily King. If you haven’t read Writers &…
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I caught up with best selling author William Kent Krueger whose latest novel, This Tender Land, is an epic story that will draw you in and take you away to a different…
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I caught up with the charming Scottish-born, Massachusetts-based writer Margot Livesey whose 9th novel, The Boy in the Field, grabs your attention with its first sentence: Here is what happened one…
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Anyone who read my earlier Xmas shopping blog knows how much I rely on those nearest and dearest for help. The friend who really stands out, who should charge me…
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People ask me how I met Stretch- the best way, I say, through friends. He was vetted by people I trust and like, passed all quality controls so I didn’t…
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I was already a fan of Debra Jo Immergut’s writing months before reading her latest book and the topic of this Q&A – You Again. Immergut’s article for the NYT’s…
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Sue Miller’s latest novel Monogamy is a book that sticks with you. I enjoyed it as much on the second reading as the first. And, I am sure at some…
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