Author Interviews Page 5 of 34
From quick Q&As to in-depth interviews, get to know some of our favourite authors. Learn how they write and discover what they read—plus so much more.
Author Interviews
Michael Robotham, author of Lying Beside You
Michael Robotham is a former investigative journalist whose bestselling psychological thrillers have been translated into twenty-five languages.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Shelley Read on bringing life to quiet characters
Michael spoke with Shelley Read, author of the novel Go as a River, about crafting characters in historical settings and the miracle of writing a first novel.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Zoe Whittall on the truth about liars
Nathan spoke with Zoe Whittall about her new novel The Fake, a story about a pathological liar, the people she exploits, and why liars are irresistible.
Author Interviews
Fredrik Backman, author of The Winners
Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, Beartown, Us Against You, and Anxious People.
Author Interviews
Nelson DeMille, author of The Maze
Nelson DeMille is the bestselling author of twenty-two novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers.
Author Interviews
Robert J. Wiersema on the speculative core of storytelling
Robert J. Wiersema is the author of four novels, including Before I Wake. He was the judge for the 2023 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Speculative Fiction.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Hua Hsu on the strange characters of memoir
Michael spoke with New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu about his unforgettable memoir, Stay True, one of the best works of non-fiction published last year.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Lindsay Wong tells us pleasant things about discomfort
Nathan spoke with Lindsay Wong, author of the memoir The Woo-Woo, and the new short story collection, Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality.
Author Interviews
Emily Urquhart on folklore, family, and creativity
Emily Urquhart’s Beyond the Pale was shortlisted for the 2016 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. We spoke with her as she set out to judge the 2023 prize.
Author Interviews
Santa Montefiore, author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn
Santa Montefiore is the bestselling author of The Temptation of Gracie, the Deverill series, and An Italian Girl in Brooklyn.