Annie Proulx, master of short stories, talks with NPR's Scott Simon about writing and about how she created the characters in her most famous short story, "Brokeback Mountain."
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Lee's new novel is about the promise and perils for Koreans who pursue a Western education. Her previous book, the 2017 novel Pachinko, was a finalist for a National Book Award.
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Writer Ian Rankin takes us to the underbelly of uber wealthy London life in his new novel The Heights.
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In a small town in Ohio, farm animals and people start turning into monsters. But somehow they seem happier that way, in John Scalzi's novel "Monsters of Ohio." He talks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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Dame Judi Dench has a new autobiography out, "Is It Too Late to Make A Run for It?" NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Dench and her co-author, Brendan O'Hea.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Frank Huyler, author and ER doctor, about his new novel. "The Red Dress" follows a yacht captain and his little girl to a mysterious island owned by a tech titan.
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The Nobel Prize-winning novelist says he honed his skills while working as a songwriter. Now, Ishiguro's 2021 novel Klara and the Sun has been adapted to film. Originally broadcast March 17, 2021.
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Best-selling children's author R.J. Palacio talks about her new picture book called The Haunted Playground. It's about what ghosts get up to when they're off the clock.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with author Becca Freeman about her new romance Back Where We Started, about returning home and reuniting with someone left behind.
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Jordan Neely was frightening fellow passengers. A former Marine named Daniel Penny put Neely into a chokehold, killing him. Journalist Anand Giridharadas investigates the incident in Man in the Mirror.
