Speaking of Writers …

There have been plenty of author interviews posted online recently. I won’t endeavor to catalogue them all, but let me point you to at least a few notable ones: Hilary Davidson talks about her new novel, One Small Sacrifice, with Speaking of Mysteries host Nancie Clare; Jeffery Deaver is quizzed by the Reading and Writing Podcast on the subject of The Never Game, his first novel starring missing-persons specialist Colter Shaw; in an exchange with The Guardian, James Ellroy covers subjects ranging from his forthcoming book, This Storm, to his distaste for Raymond Chandler’s fiction and his continuing fondness for Ed McBain’s work; Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Krentz) answers some questions from Crimespree Magazine regarding her recent mystery/espionage yarn, Tightrope; and Casey Cep, the author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, chats with Longreads about Lee’s failed but fascinating attempt to compose a true-crime book like Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.