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NAW Interview with Alan Brennert

Alan Brennert

Alan Brennert was born in Englewood, New Jersey. Since 1973, he has lived in Southern California, where he received a B.A. in English from California State University at Long Beach and did graduate work in screenwriting at UCLA Film School.In…

NAW Interview with Anne Hillerman

Anne Hillerman

Anne Hillerman’s bestselling first novel Spider Woman’s Daughter (HarperCollins) became a New York Times Bestseller in its first week on shelves! The book follows the trail of the Navajo detectives her father Tony Hillerman created. The book went on to win the prestigeous 2014 Spur Award for the Best…

NAW Interview with Mahtab Narsimhan

Mahtab Narsimhan

Mahtab Narsimhan was born in Mumbai, India. She worked in the Middle East (Bahrain, Dubai and Oman)  for a couple of years before immigrating to Canada in 1997. Her debut work, The Third Eye won  the Silver Birch Fiction Award. Learn more about…

NAW Interview with Katherine Harbour  

Katherine Harbour

Katherine Harbour was born in Albany, NY and now lives in Sarasota, FL. She is the bestselling author of the Thorn Jack Trilogy. She briefly attended college in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before attempting life as a painter (the artsy kind). She has been…

A Tree at the Centre of Flood

Gabriel Bamgbose

A tree stands at the centre of flood, the only thing standing on our land, overthrown by flood.   I long to see that stump on which we used to sit, after the farm’s work. That fire place, where we…

Signs Taken for Wonders

Gabriel Bamgbose

They came with their rod and showed us signs that they were God sent. Laden with the merciful mantle to lead us to our own promised land; they showed us signs in your name and immerse our minds in wonders.…

NAW Interview with Kamin Mohammadi

Kamin Mohammadi

Kamin Mohammadi is a  writer, journalist and broadcaster specialising in Iran. She also writes travel books and is a magazine editor and lifestyle journalist too with specialities in Italy, health, beauty, yoga and fashion. Her book, The Cypress Tree, was published…

NAW Interview with Jaye Robin Brown

Jaye Robin Brown

Jaye Robin Brown lives and writes in the mountains north of Asheville, North Carolina. NO PLACE TO FALL is her debut novel. It’s about dreams, singing, friendship, love, betrayal, family, and mistakes. It’s also a love song to small town girls…

NAW Interview with Katie McGarry

Katie Mcgarry

Katie Mcgarry is the author of bestselling young adult novels, Pushing The Limits, Dare You To, Crash Into You, and Take Me On. Her fifth full length novel, BREAKING THE RULES, will be released on December 30, 2014.  NAW- Tell us…

NAW Interview with Chris Pavone

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Chris Pavone’s first novel, The Expats, was a New York Times and international bestseller, with nearly twenty foreign editions and a major film deal, and received both the 2013 Edgar Award and Anthony Award for Best First Novel. The Accident, published in March 2014, was also…

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

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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…