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NAW Interview with Carlos Aleman

Carlos Aleman

Carlos Aleman is a Cuban American writer, painter, illustrator, book cover designer, digital product artist/prototyper and web designer. An early e-book draft of this novel entitled As Happy As Ling was a finalist in the 2012 International Latino Book Awards.…

NAW Interview with Helen Rappaport

Helen Rappaport

Helen Rappaport is an Author, Historian and Russianist. She fell in love with Russian while attending Chatham Girls’ Grammar School and studied for a degree in Russian Special Studies at Leeds University. Helen is a fluent Russian speaker and a specialist…

NAW Interview with Romy Ash

Romy Ash’s first novel Floundering was shortlisted for The Miles Franklin Award, The Prime Minister’s Award, The Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, The Dobbie Award and longlisted for The Stella Prize. She has been anthologised in Best Australian Stories and Best Australian…

‘Shadow Sister’ by Carole Wilkinson (Book Excerpt)

Shadowsister book cover

About the author- Carole Wilkinson is the author of the bestselling, award-winning Dragonkeeper and Ramose series. Here you can read the book excerpt from Shadow Sister which is book five in the Dragonkeeper series. Courtesy- Carole Wilkinson.   Chapter One Bellyache The dragon groaned.…

NAW Interview with Carole Wilkinson

Carole Wilkinson

Carole Wilkinson is the author of the bestselling, award-winning Dragonkeeper and Ramose series. Stagefright was her first attempt at young adult fiction. Visit her here. NAW- Tell us about your book series, Dragonkeeper. How did you get the idea for it?…

NAW interview with Kankana Basu

Kankana Basu

Kankana Basu is an author, illustrator, columnist and a travel writer. Her first novel Cappucino Dusk was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Watch out for her forthcoming work, The Messiah.  NAW- Tell us about your forthcoming book, ‘The Messiah.’…

NAW Interview with Brigid Schulte

Brigid Schulte

Brigid Schulte is the author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time. Brigid is also a regular contributor to the She The People blog and has written for Style, Outlook, the Washington Post magazine, and other outlets.…

NAW Interview with Sonora Jha

Sonora Jha

Sonora Jha was born in India, where she had a successful career as a journalist in Mumbai and Bangalore before moving to Singapore and then the United States to earn a Ph.D. in Political Communication. She is now a professor of…

NAW Interview with John David Anderson

John David Anderson

John David Anderson is a young adult author and is the author of Sidekicked,Standard Hero Behavior, and the soon-to-be-released Minion. He lives with his wife and twins in Indianapolis, Indiana.  NAW- Tell us about your book, Minion.How did you get the idea…

NAW Interview with Timeri N. Murari

Timeri N. Murari

Timeri N. Murari is an Indian author, journalist, playwright and screenwriter. He is the author of best-sellers such as The Taliban Cricket Club and Taj, and has written extensively for Indian and international newspapers including The Guardian. He wrote and produced the Award winning film…

‘Shirley’ by Susan Scarf Merrell (Book Excerpt)

Shirley Book Cover

Shirley, the latest book by writer Susan Scarf Merrell is the story of a fictional young couple who spend a year at Bennington in 1964 with novelist Shirley Jackson and her husband in this captivating psychological thriller. Read the excerpt below.…

NAW Interview with Carol Drinkwater

Carol Drinkwater

Carol Drinkwater is an Anglo-Irish actress, author and filmmaker, best known for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small. As an author, she has achieved bestselling…