Author Interview

A Crossmedia Love Story: Cadaver by Jonah Ansell

CADAVER - written by jonah ansell

Writer and filmmaker Jonah Ansell shares how he took his story “Cadaver” from a poem written for his sister to a short film to a graphic novel and, hopefully, a feature film.

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Jeet Thayil on Courting Controversy, Challenging Convention in Narcopolis

Narcopolis

Jeet Thayil answers questions about his novel Narcopolis, courting controversy in India, his reception abroad, and challenging convention in fiction.

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Interview with Policeman-Turned-Novelist Ah Yi

Chinese author Ah Yi

Roger Tagholm interviews Chinese author Ah Yi about his career change from policeman to blogger to novelist.

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Sakkadoo: Russia’s Boris Akunin on “The Way of the Writer”

Russian novelist Grigory Chkhartishvili, a.k.a. Boris Akunin, is an international publishing phenomenon. A scholar of Japanese language and culture, and a former literary translator, he  … 

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Meg Wolitzer Talks About Humor, Film, and The End of Sex

By Erin L. Cox NEW YORK—This week, novelist Meg Wolitzer releases her new book, THE UNCOUPLING, about a strange spell that is cast over the  … 

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Myth and Memory in South Africa: David Schmahmann’s Ivory from Paradise

By Edward Nawotka The year 2011 marks the end of a busy decade for Boston-based novelist David Schmahmann. It was a period that he spent  … 

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