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Author News & Interviews

Interview: Steven Hale, author of Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber

Apr 18, 2024

In the vein of WAITING FOR AN ECHO and DEAD MAN WALKING, DEATH ROW WELCOMES YOU is a deeply immersive look at justice in America, told through the interwoven lives of condemned prisoners and the men and women who come to visit them. In this interview conducted by Michael Barson, Senior Publicity Executive at Melville House, award-winning journalist Steven Hale talks about his inspiration for the book and the challenges he faced during the writing process, the lessons he has learned from befriending death row inmates, and his thoughts on the fate of capital punishment.

Interview: Chris Bohjalian, author of The Princess of Las Vegas

Mar 21, 2024

Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, THE PRINCESS OF LAS VEGAS, revolves around a Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister who find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of money and murder. In this interview conducted by Bookreporter.com reviewer Roberta O’Hara, Bohjalian talks about his inspiration for the story; why he believes the world is still fascinated by Lady Di, more than 25 years after her untimely passing; how it feels to have his books brought to life on the screen; and what he’s working on now --- and when his lucky readers can expect to see it.

Interview: C. J. Box, author of Three-Inch Teeth: A Joe Pickett Novel

Feb 29, 2024

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts --- one animal, one human --- in THREE-INCH TEETH, the riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. In this interview conducted by Michael Barson, a former publicist at G.P. Putnam’s Sons who worked with Box and is now the Senior Publicity Executive at Melville House, Box talks about the challenges he faced writing the first two entries in this series, his portrayal of the bureaucrats in Wyoming that serves as comic relief in his books, and the characters he’d like to focus on more in future installments.

Interview: Jeffrey Siger, author of At Any Cost: A Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Mystery

Feb 15, 2024

Greece is burning, and Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis is determined to save his country from disaster. He will do it AT ANY COST, which is the 13th and latest installment in Jeffrey Siger's critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling mystery series. In this interview conducted by Michael Barson, Senior Publicity Executive at Melville House, Siger talks about why he decided to revisit his protagonist following the 2008 publication of his debut novel, MURDER IN MYKONOS; how the Greek locals and media have reacted to his novels and his portrayal of their country; and the writers whose work inspired some of the characters and dialogue in his books.

Interview: Jahmal Mayfield, author of Smoke Kings

Feb 8, 2024

In the vein of Get Out and RAZORBLADE TEARS, SMOKE KINGS is Jahmal Mayfield’s widely praised debut novel. This powerful and propulsive work of fiction asks us to consider what would happen if reparations were finally charged and exacted. In this interview conducted by Michael Barson, Senior Publicity Executive at Melville House, Mayfield talks about his inspiration for writing his first book and the challenges that went along with it. He also pays tribute to the authors who influenced him the most to become a novelist and offers his thoughts on the state of the book publishing industry and how it has changed in the last decade.