Two interviews with Helen Simonson about her first and second novels: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and The Summer Before the War.
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Abbi Waxman, talks about family, life and her debut novel, The Garden of Small Beginnings
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Crystal King discusses her debut novel, Feast of Sorrow, and what led her to write a novel about ancient Rome's most famous gourmand.
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In two interviews, Vaddey Ratner discusses her first and second books book, In the Shadow of the Banyan and Music of The Ghosts, and how they reflect the experiences of her and her family during and after the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia.
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Memoirist and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke discusses her first book of short stories, Foreign Soil, which swept the Australian book awards when first published in 2015, and is now available in the USA.
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Greer Macallister outlines the real-life characters that populate her novel Girl in Disguise, including Kate Warne, who became the first female Pinkerton agent in 1856.
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Claire Mackintosh discusses the similarities between her careers as a police officer and a writer of two bestsellers - I Let You Go and I See You
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An interview with Jane Harper about her debut novel, The Dry set in Australia's Outback.
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News of the World
A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.
The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016
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A richly layered novel of hearts broken seemingly beyond repair and then bound by a stunning act of human devotion.
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