The Year in Mysteries: What I Read in 2019
Highlights of my year of great crime reads. (The takeaway: Go get DISAPPEARING EARTH right now.)
Reading List: Books for Spies
Best Spy Books of 2014: An interview with Andy Brennan at Parnassus Books
What’s Your Writing Process?
The how, when, and where of a writer’s “process,” sure. But more importantly, the why.
A Story of Twitterly Friendship and Brilliant Book Marketing
In which I Twitter-friend author Jen Miller and invite her to Nashville. She arrives on Thursday. #NoveladeStand #AuthorParty #DeliciousCocktails
Make Your Own Job: Cambodian Edition
Her job is to help young women in a remote village gain control over their own bodies and lives. My job is to help tell her incredible story—in the form of a memoir.
Interview with Ruta Sepetys
Behind the story: a lovely afternoon in a favorite author’s kitchen
One Beautiful Thing
How art helps us to zoom in on what’s essential.
Literary Fashion, Part 2
Would you judge a person by the book cover they wear?
The Greenery 