by Pamme Boutselis While researching more than 20 books for adults and children, award-winning author Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire, bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica, worked in a pit of 18,000 slithering snakes in Manitoba, hunted a tiger in India, and…
Liane Moriarty talks about her New York Times Bestseller “The Husband’s Secret,” the story of a wife who finds a letter from her husband addressed to her with the instructions “To be opened in the event of my death,” and her struggle to decide what to do with the letter…
In this 2008 interview with Barnes & Noble Booksellers, bestselling author John Grisham discusses his writing process, his inspiration and one of his many books, “The Appeal.”
In this compilation video from Charlie Rose, Malcolm Gladwell discusses finding the story, Martin Amis talks about the war on clichés, Zadie Smith speaks of her her faith in fiction, Joan Didion about writing novels, Jonathan Franzen addresses the novelist’s charge and Fran Lebowicz addresses her fear of writing.
James Patterson has sold over 180 million books and, as he says in the interview below, works on up to 30 pieces at any given time. He sat down with Tim Morrison, a TIME magazine contributor, for a 10-question interview.
Multi-award-winning author Neil Gaiman in interviewed in Barnes & Noble in their “Meet the Writers” series.
Torrene Boone interviews bestselling author Toni Morrison, discussing the inspiration and history behind her latest book “Home,” a New York Times Notable Book, a Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction, and a Best Book of the Year: NPR. Morrison offers an in-depth look into her creative process in this compelling video.
Yann Martel, author of the Mann Booker Prize-winning novel “Life of Pi,” discusses how becoming less reasonable in his life led to the writing of his much-acclaimed book.
Meet Meg Cabot, the wildly popular, #1 New York Times bestselling author of adult, teen and tween fiction, in Barnes & Noble’s “Meet the Writers” interview series.
A 2010 BBC interview with Sir Terry Pratchett, the author of 50 bestselling fantasy novels, in which he discusses “I Shall Wear Midnight,” what it’s like to be famous and how to write about serious subjects using a bit of humor.