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3 weeks ago |
publishersweekly.com | Lenny Picker
In Clint: The Man and the Movies, the film critic digs into the life and times of the legendary Hollywood actor and director. Was there something from your research that really surprised you? The big surprise about Clint Eastwood is that his is one of the longest careers in Hollywood, either in front of or behind the camera. This is a man who, at age 94, released a movie last year, funded by a studio.
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1 month ago |
publishersweekly.com | Lenny Picker
In Karen: A Brother Remembers (Harper Select, out now), actor Kelsey Grammer recalls the vibrancy of his younger sister's life, as well as the horrific circumstances of her murder in 1975, when she was almost 19. In the book, you tell the story of Karen's life. What would you like readers to most know about her? That she was lightning in a bottle. She was a wonderful, loving, fantastic person—a very brave person. She faced life, and drank it with all the gusto that a person can.
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1 month ago |
publishersweekly.com | Lenny Picker
The 79th Edgars Awards, held last night at Manhattan's Marriott Marquis in Times Square, featured a mix of humor and gravitas, as the Mystery Writers of America honored two new Grand Masters, Laura Lippman and John Sandford; presented 15 awards, mostly to emerging authors; and announced that the 2026 ceremonies would include the debut of a new Hall of Fame award, honoring writers who died before they could be honored as Grand Masters.
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1 month ago |
publishersweekly.com | Lenny Picker
In The Raven Scholar, the first volume of the Eternal Path trilogy, award-winning historical mystery author Antonia Hodgson masterfully combines epic fantasy and a fair-play whodunit. How long had you been thinking about what ultimately became this trilogy? Since 2019. I had pretty much finished working on the previous series, the Thomas Hawkins quartet of mysteries set in Georgian England. At that point, I felt that it was time for me to do something else, and I'd always wanted to write fantasy.
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2 months ago |
publishersweekly.com | Lenny Picker
In Retreat, Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter follows up her fiction debut, the suspenseful legal mystery Bonfire, with a twisty thriller centered on the con artist Liz Dawson, who seizes an unexpected opportunity to start a new life on the Mexican coast. We spoke with Ritter about coming up with the idea for the novel, her attraction to complex women protagonists, and more. What gave you the idea for this novel?
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