Powells.com is donating 100% of its royalties from the sale of this book to LVA. The Powells.com Interviews presents 22 candid conversations with a remarkable selection of critically acclaimed authors and artists. The subjects interviewed in this special collection have earned the highest honors in publishing � a Pulitzer Prize, two Booker Prizes, a National Book Award, a PEN/Faulkner Award, a Newbery Medal, and inclusion in the recent Best American Short Stories of the Century collection, to list just a few.

From children's books to suspense novels, poetry to portrait photography, the titles produced by these talented men and women represent the best of contemporary publishing. Here, the authors discuss their influences and shed light on the creative process � they invite you inside their books. Readers will gain new appreciation for some of their favorite works and find many more recommended titles to enjoy years into the future.

The Powells.com Interviews includes conversations with Nicholson Baker, John Berendt, David Brancaccio, Susie Bright, Bill Bryson, Robert Olen Butler, Mary Higgins Clark, Christopher Paul Curtis, Bryan Di Salvatore, Roddy Doyle, Helen Fielding, Ian Frazier, William Least Heat-Moon, A.M. Homes, Pico Iyer, Joe Jackson, Ha Jin, Gish Jen, Annie Leibovitz, Susan Orlean, Michael Ondaatje, and Paul Theroux.

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