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NAW Interview with Miranda Neville

Miranda Neville

Miranda Neville grew up in Wiltshire in southwest England. She studied history at the University of Oxford and is the bestselling author of The Burgundy series and The Wild Quartet series. Her latest book LADY WINDERMERE’S LOVER is out now.…

NAW Interview with Laura McBride

Laura McBride

Laura McBride is a writer and teaches English at the College of Southern Nevada. We Are Called To Rise is her first novel. She graduated in American Studies from Yale University, and wrote part of this novel while in residency at Yaddo. NAW-…

NAW Interview with Jeff Kinney

Jeff Kinney with Greg

Jeff Kinney is the bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He is also a cartoonist, producer and game designer. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was released in April 2007 and quickly became a New York Times bestseller, eventually reaching the…

NAW Interview with Lisa See

Lisa See

Lisa See was born in Paris but grew up in Los Angeles. She lived with her mother, but spent a lot of time with her father’s family in Chinatown. Her first book, On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of…

NAW Interview with Alan Brennert

Alan Brennert

Alan Brennert was born in Englewood, New Jersey. Since 1973, he has lived in Southern California, where he received a B.A. in English from California State University at Long Beach and did graduate work in screenwriting at UCLA Film School.In…

NAW Interview with Anne Hillerman

Anne Hillerman

Anne Hillerman’s bestselling first novel Spider Woman’s Daughter (HarperCollins) became a New York Times Bestseller in its first week on shelves! The book follows the trail of the Navajo detectives her father Tony Hillerman created. The book went on to win the prestigeous 2014 Spur Award for the Best…

NAW Interview with Mahtab Narsimhan

Mahtab Narsimhan

Mahtab Narsimhan was born in Mumbai, India. She worked in the Middle East (Bahrain, Dubai and Oman)  for a couple of years before immigrating to Canada in 1997. Her debut work, The Third Eye won  the Silver Birch Fiction Award. Learn more about…

NAW Interview with Katherine Harbour  

Katherine Harbour

Katherine Harbour was born in Albany, NY and now lives in Sarasota, FL. She is the bestselling author of the Thorn Jack Trilogy. She briefly attended college in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before attempting life as a painter (the artsy kind). She has been…

A Tree at the Centre of Flood

Gabriel Bamgbose

A tree stands at the centre of flood, the only thing standing on our land, overthrown by flood.   I long to see that stump on which we used to sit, after the farm’s work. That fire place, where we…

Signs Taken for Wonders

Gabriel Bamgbose

They came with their rod and showed us signs that they were God sent. Laden with the merciful mantle to lead us to our own promised land; they showed us signs in your name and immerse our minds in wonders.…

NAW Interview with Kamin Mohammadi

Kamin Mohammadi

Kamin Mohammadi is a  writer, journalist and broadcaster specialising in Iran. She also writes travel books and is a magazine editor and lifestyle journalist too with specialities in Italy, health, beauty, yoga and fashion. Her book, The Cypress Tree, was published…

NAW Interview with Jaye Robin Brown

Jaye Robin Brown

Jaye Robin Brown lives and writes in the mountains north of Asheville, North Carolina. NO PLACE TO FALL is her debut novel. It’s about dreams, singing, friendship, love, betrayal, family, and mistakes. It’s also a love song to small town girls…