Francesca Serritella and Carol talk about her debut novel, Ghosts of Harvard, in which a Harvard freshman seeks to unravel the mystery of her brother’s suicide on that campus the previous year. Francesca talks about her own years at Harvard, her…

Wade Rouse, the award-winning memoirist who writes under the pen name, Viola Shipman, discussed his new novel, The Heirloom Garden. The book follows two women, separated by a generation but equally scarred by war, who find hope, meaning and friendship…

In our latest “Bookreporter Talks To” interview, Carol Fitzgerald interviews Don Winslow, about Broken, his new collection of intense, crime fiction novellas. Each of the six pieces in Broken delivers the kind of sharp propulsive writing that readers…

Robert Kolker, the New York Times bestselling author of Lost Girls, talks to Carol about his new book Hidden Valley Road, which follows the true story of a large family upended by acute schizophrenia in the 1960’s and 1970’s. At that…

Lisa Wingate is a journalist, and inspirational speaker, and a #1 New York Times bestseller who wrote over thirty novels. The Book of Lost Friends takes place in 1875 and 1987 in Louisiana. Over a hundred years ago, three women travel to find a freed…

Lisa See is a number one New York Times bestselling novelist who was named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women. The Island of Sea Women tells the story of two best friends who gain the dangerous…

Diane Chamberlain is the bestselling author of over 20 novels. Her latest, Big Lies in a Small Town, is about a young artist imprisoned for a crime she did not commit. She’ll be released if she can restore an old mural. In restoring this art…

Kate Elizabeth Russell, who holds a PhD in creative writing, talks about her first book, My Dark Vanessa, which is already a New York Times bestseller. Carol talks to Kate about why she wrote her book over many years, the way Kate found Vanessa’s…

Therese Anne Fowler is the New York Times Bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and A Well-Behaved Woman. In her newest novel, A Good Neighborhood, Therese tells the story of two neighboring families struggling…

Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 30 suspense novels and a writer for various television series, including Netflix’s newly released series, The Stranger. The Boy from the Woods tells the story of a young man…