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Elizabeth Brooks ’ debut novel, The Orphan of Salt Winds , was hailed by BuzzFeed as “evocative, gothic, and utterly transportive.” She grew...

From my Q&A with Melissa Ginsburg , author of  The House Uptown : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? The...

Emma Stonex is a novelist and The Lamplighters is her debut under her own name; she is the author of several books written under a pseudon...

Featured at the Page 99 Test: Learning to Love: Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora by Raksha Pande . About the book , from...

Forsyth Harmon is the illustrator of The Art of the Affair by Catherine Lacey, and has collaborated with writers Alexander Chee, Hermione H...

Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Stills : A Novel by Jess Montgomery . About the book , from the publisher: With compassion and insight, J...

Debbie Babitt left her career as the Copy Chief for a major publishing company to focus on writing fiction. A former actress, playwright, a...

Featured at the Page 99 Test: Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa by Matthe...

From my Q&A with  Mark Edward Langley , author of  Death Waits in the Dark : How much work does your title do to take readers into the s...

A. K. Blakemore is the author of two full-length collections of poetry: Humbert Summer (2015) and Fondue (2018), which was awarded the 20...

Featured at the Page 99 Test: A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution by Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson . About the book , from th...

Featured at the Page 69 Test: Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley . About the book , from the publisher: Drink down the brew and dream of a bett...

Megan Nolan lives in London and was born in 1990 in Waterford, Ireland. Her essays, fiction and reviews have been published in The New York...

Featured at the Page 99 Test: Ciao Ousmane: The Hidden Exploitation of Italy's Migrant Workers by Hsiao-Hung Pai . About the book , fr...

Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman have been great friends for over 20 years. Their friendship has sustained them through the ups and downs o...

From my Q&A with Emma Stonex , author of  The Lamplighters : A Novel : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? ...

Featured at the Page 99 Test: Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States by John D. Ciorciari . About the book , from the publisher: In fragile...

Laurie Elizabeth Flynn is a former model who lives in London, Ontario, with her husband and three children. She is the author of three youn...

Featured at the Page 69 Test: Death Waits in the Dark by Mark Edward Langley . About the book, from the publisher: It took all of thirty s...

Chris Whitaker lives in the United Kingdom with his wife and three young children. When not writing he works part-time at a local library, ...