Ten Questions for Khaled Mattawa
“Don’t ever find your voice.” —Khaled Mattawa, author of Fugitive Atlas
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Ten Questions
Read weekly interviews with authors to learn the inside stories of how their books were written, edited, and published; insights into the creative process; the best writing advice they’ve ever heard; and more.
Ten Questions for Destiny O. Birdsong
“There are so many ways.” —Destiny O. Birdsong, author of Negotiations
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Ten Questions for Heid E. Erdrich
“You may not see it, but I am always writing.” —Heid E. Erdrich, author of Little Big Bully
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Ten Questions for Cicely Belle Blain
“Write with yourself and your own healing in mind, before you think of anyone else.” —Cicely Belle Blain, author of Burning Sugar
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Ten Questions for Juan Felipe Herrera
“We are all authors. Let us acknowledge everyone.” —Juan Felipe Herrera, author of Every Day We Get More Illegal
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Ten Questions for Fariha Róisín
“I’ve been writing it for eighteen years. More than half my life.” —Fariha Róisín, author of Like a Bird
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Ten Questions for Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
“Choose the bilingual, the multilingual, and the polyglot.” —Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, author of The Life Assignment
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Ten Questions for Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump, the author and the translator of That Time of Year.
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Ten Questions for Joshua Bennett
“I had to sit with the fear and let it talk to me.” —Joshua Bennett, author of Owed.
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Ten Questions for Daisy Johnson
“The glimmer of an idea appears in my notebook long before I begin writing.” —Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters
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Ten Questions for Khadijah Queen
"Writing is part of my life, and life is part of my writing.” —Khadijah Queen, author of Anodyne
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Ten Questions for Shruti Swamy
“Often it was the help of an outside perspective that allowed me see what I was trying to do.” —Shruti Swamy, author of A House Is a Body
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Ten Questions for Melissa Faliveno
“It’s pretty clear that the entire system is due for a serious reckoning.” —Melissa Faliveno, author of Tomboyland
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Ten Questions for francine j. harris
“I write sporadically and edit often.” —francine j. harris, author of Here Is the Sweet Hand
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Ten Questions for Cherie Dimaline
“I would remind myself that every book has its own life and to just have faith in the story.” —Cherie Dimaline, author of Empire of Wild
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Ten Questions for Adrian Tomine
“We need the industry to be more reflective of the audience.” —Adrian Tomine, author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
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Ten Questions for Ryad Girod and Chris Clarke
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Ryad Girod and Chris Clarke, the author and the translator of the novel Mansour’s Eyes.
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Ten Questions for Kendra Atleework
“Feel for the thread. Follow it through the dark.” —Kendra Atleework, author of Miracle Country
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Ten Questions for Andrew Durbin
“Kevin Killian always told me great fiction lets you know how things smell.” —Andrew Durbin, author of Skyland
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Ten Questions for Sophie Mackintosh
“There’s a balance to be struck between what you reveal and what you hold back.” —Sophie Mackintosh, author of Blue Ticket
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Ten Questions for Kyle McCarthy
“Writing is supposed to be fun. Enjoy yourself.” —Kyle McCarthy, author Everyone Knows How Much I Love You
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Ten Questions for Emily Temple
“I always write better from a place of joy than I do from a place of discipline.” —Emily Temple, author of The Lightness
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Ten Questions for Rachel Eliza Griffiths
“The uneven rhythms of grief don’t allow you to do or to feel life as you did before.” —Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author of Seeing the Body
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Ten Questions for Lauren Russell
“What’s most fundamental is being able to listen.” —Lauren Russell, author of Descent
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Ten Questions for Ilana Masad
“I have a deeply unhealthy work-life balance in that the Venn diagram of those things is a circle.” —Ilana Masad, author of All My Mother’s Lovers
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