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NAW Interview with Deborah Harkness

Deborah Harkness

  Deborah Harkness is an American history scholar, novelist and wine enthusiast. She is best known as the author of The New York Times best selling novel A Discovery of Witches.  NAW- In your day job, you are a professor of history…

NAW Interview with John Shors

John_Shors

John Shors lived for several years in Kyoto, Japan, where he taught English. On a shoestring budget, he later trekked across Asia, visiting ten countries and climbing the Himalayas. After returning to the United States, he became a newspaper reporter…

NAW Interview with Melissa Landers

Melissa Landers

Melissa Landers is a former teacher who writes with a mix of romance and science fiction. She is the author of the bestselling book Alienated. The sequel, INVADED, will release February 3, 2015. NAW- Tell us about your book, ‘Alienated.’ How did…

NAW Interview with Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Cheryl Kaye Tardif is an award-winning, international bestselling Canadian suspense author. Her novels include Divine Sanctuary,Submerged,Divine Justice, Children of the Fog, The River, Divine Intervention, and Whale Song, which New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice calls “a compelling story…

NAW Interview with Matthew Quick

Matthew Quick

Matthew Quick’s debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and received multiple Oscar nominations with Jennifer Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. The Good Luck of Right Now is…

NAW Interview with Jay Crownover

Jay Crownover

Jay Crownover is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of Rome. She is also the author of the very popular Marked Men Series and the The Point series. She loves tattoos and body modification. Better When He’s Bad…

NAW Interview with Ellen Banda-Aaku

Ellen Banda-Aaku

Ellen Banda-Aaku is a Zambian born in the UK who has lived, studied and worked in Ghana, South Africa, the UK and Zambia. She has published three books for children and her short stories have appeared in anthologies published in Australia, South Africa…

NAW Interview with Erik Williams

Erik Williams

Erik Williams is a Defense Contractor, former Naval Officer, Iraq War Veteran, and former Kenpo Karate instructor. He is the author of BIGFOOT CRANK STOMP, PROGENY, GUARDIANS, DEMON and numerous short stories.  NAW- Tell us about your book, ‘Walking Shadows.’…

NAW Interview with Aditya Magal

Aditya Magal

Aditya Magal is a writer and blogger from India who runs the popular The Secret Journal of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala blog. His first novel How to Become a Billionaire by Selling Nothing was published by Random House. NAW- Tell us about your blog. Did you…

NAW Interview with Greg M. Dodd

Greg M Dodd

Greg M. Dodd was born in Greenville, South Carolina and has lived in the Palmetto State for most of his adult life. His current title, “A Seed for the Harvest,” began as a short story idea for his Sunday school…

NAW Interview with Season Vining

Season Vining

Season Vining is the author of Beautiful Addictions, her first book. She is also a designer and a philanthropist. Learn more about her here. NAW- Tell us about your book, ‘Beautiful Addictions.’ How did you get the idea for it? What is…

NAW Interview with Shahnaz Bashir

Shahnaz Bashir

Shahnaz Bashir is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the Central University of Kashmir. His memoir, an account of “A Crackdown in Natipora” has been anthologized in Of Occupation and Resistance—Writings from Kashmir (Westland) 2013. The Half Mother, his debut…