Anthony Marra and NoViolet Bulawayo discuss their provocative debuts, and the honorable responsibility of drawing fiction from history.

The Da Vinci Code's author on defining hell, challenging his hero, and deciphering Dante in his latest historical thriller, Inferno.

The author of The Liars' Gospel on making unorthodox fiction out of the life of Jesus.

The authors on the state of literary criticism, "discoverability," and where they find great fiction.

The author of Picking Up takes our "cornucopia of commodities" to the curb.

The author of Shouting Won't Help on hearing loss, the arts, and the causes of our increasingly louder world.

The ringleaders of the annual Tournament of Books unveil the history of the coveted Rooster.

The author of Mary Coin on photography, teenagers, and writing a new kind of biography.

The author of How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia discusses his choice of a narrative point of view.

The author and naturalist exposes the inspirations behind her remarkable illustrations.

The author of The Love Song of Jonny Valentine on bubblegum pop, marketing lingo, and fun with playlists.

The memoirist talks about the bar as solace, sanctuary -- and second home.

The author and evolutionary biologist talks about what pre-industrial societies can teach our own.

The iconic Israeli writer talks about his memoir of the War of Independence and his late-in-life literary celebrity.

The author of Phantom on Harry Hole's struggle and the crime novel's moral mission.

A fantasist explores the animal nature within in a new work of paranormal fiction for teens.

The author of Between Heaven and Here talks about the thin line between motherhood and authorship.

The mysterious author's alter ego talks about pen names, Agatha Christie, and his new series, All the Wrong Questions.

The author of The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson on his writing process, the challanges historians face, and how his subject acheived the full potential of the presidency.

Sharon Olds talks about her new collection of verse and what consolation art can offer in the face of loss.

The author of Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story discusses the immersive style and titanic ambition of the novelist.

The authors -- and old friends -- discuss their writing processes, the countries that are close to their hearts, and the mysteries of love and death.

The novelist talks war writing, military culture, and the origins of his new novel in Iraq's cubicle combat zone.

The author on her bestselling mysteries, and their roots in a changing culture.

The poet and critic on her new book and the strange journeys of a reader's life.

The author and artist's life chronicled in suits and sharks.

How the great writer's life in exile emerged in a career of artistic revolution.

The author of Digital Vertigo sees the future in status updates, and it isn't a rosy one.

The author talks with her son about her new memoir, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, and the stories behind it.

The cartoonist and author of the memoir Are You My Mother? on writing, therapy, and a daughter's quest for love.