Jasper Fforde
Three separate interviews in which Jasper Fforde discusses the Thursday Next series, his Nursery Crime novels and Shades of Grey, the first in a trilogy set in a future world recognizable as our own - but only just.
Abraham Verghese
An interview with Abraham Verghese about his life and writing and in particular about his extraordinary 2009 novel Cutting for Stone, set in 1960s and '70s Ethiopia and 1980s New York.
Martha A Sandweiss
An interview with Martha Sandweiss in which she discusses her book Passing Strange, a biography of Clarence King who lived a double life—as the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer Clarence King and as a black Pullman porter named James Todd, married to Ada with whom he had five children.
Amy Greene
Amy Greene talks about her first novel, Bloodroot, which brings her native Appalachia—and the faith and fury of its people—to rich and vivid life.
I was born in Omaha, Nebraska on New Year's Eve, a scant 80 minutes
prior to 1966, and led a largely nomadic life in the beginning. My father
was still a student, working to get into a masters program, and he was
eventually accepted at the University of Minnesota (where I lived for two
years), then later at the University of Southern California where he
earned his Ph.D. In 1974, the family moved to Fair Oaks, California, and
that was pretty much where I was raised. I survived elementary school,
flourished in high school and somehow ended up the valedictorian. Running
was my true passion however, and I was fortunate enough to receive a full
track scholarship to the University of Notre Dame.
Then, unfortunately, things got tough. I got injured, I went a little
insane, and after breaking the Notre Dame record in the 4x800 relay (at the Drake relays-a record that still stands), I was injured for the rest
of the year. On summer break back home after my freshman year, icing my
tendon and moping around the house, my mom said "Do something-don't
just pout." I asked "What?" She shrugged and said, "I
don't know...write a book." "Fine," I said, and eight weeks
later I was the proud creator of my first novel, The Passing, a
book that was never published. I laid it to rest at a literary graveyard
of sorts-my attic-and it's still there, next to my football card
collection. In all honesty, it's a wonderful story-except for the writing.
Fast forward through college-good friends, lots of football games, too
much beer-until March 1988. I met a girl, Cathy, on Spring Break in
Florida. She was from New Hampshire, and it was love at first sight. I
told her the day after we met that we would be married someday. She
laughed at me and told me to get another drink. In July, 1989, we married,
and in 1991 Miles Andrew was born. Two years later, Ryan Cody entered the
world, and my two sons are the greatest things that have ever happened to
me.
In 1989, I wrote my second novel, The Royal Murders. It's also
in the attic, filled with rejection slips. I decided to concentrate on
another career. Since I was rejected not only by publishers but by law
school as well, I went through a number of short-term jobs looking for
something that captivated my interest. I appraised real estate, bought and
restored houses, waited tables, sold dental products by phone, and finally
started my own business. Like many small businesses, it was a struggle,
and I eventually sold it and became a pharmaceutical representative. In
1993, I was transferred to New Bern, North Carolina, where I currently
live.
This biography was last updated on 08/01/2002.
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