Teddy Wayne

New York

Author of the novels THE WINNER (5/28/24), THE GREAT MAN THEORY, APARTMENT, LONER, THE LOVE SONG OF JONNY VALENTINE, and KAPITOIL.

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

2 weeks ago | lithub.com | Teddy Wayne

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to:*Amity Gaige (Heartwood)Kevin Nguyen (Mỹ Documents)Ken Kalfus (A Hole in the Story)Ariel Courage (Bad Nature)Annie Hartnett (The Road to Tender Hearts)*Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about? Amity Gaige: It’s about missing the sense of orientation one feels as a child in a mother’s arms.
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

1 month ago | lithub.com | Teddy Wayne

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to:*Kurt Baumeister (Twilight of the Gods)Callie Collins (Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine)Daniel D’Addario (The Talent)Susan Morrison (Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live)Mariam Rahmani (Liquid: A Love Story)*Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about? Callie Collins: Austin. Texas. The burn of cheap tequila.
Our Son Lionel’s Back at School

2 months ago | mcsweeneys.net | Teddy Wayne

Dear Miss Julie,As you’re about to discover, we’re sending Lionel back to preschool today after his two-week-long illness-related absence.
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

2 months ago | lithub.com | Teddy Wayne

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to:*Justin Haynes (Ibis)Shane McCrae (New and Collected Hell: A Poem)Haley Mlotek (No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce)Maggie Su (Blob: A Love Story)John Warner (More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI)*Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about?
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Jan 14, 2025 | lithub.com | Teddy Wayne

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to:Article continues after advertisement*Catherine Airey (Confessions)Karissa Chen (Homeseeking)Pico Iyer (Aflame: Learning from Silence)Article continues after advertisementRebecca Kauffman (I’ll Come to You)Betty Shamieh (Too Soon)*Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about?
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Dec 10, 2024 | lithub.com | Teddy Wayne

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books (and for the end of the year, two with books we missed the first time around). This month we talk to:Article continues after advertisement*Ella Baxter (Woo Woo)Christopher Bollen (Havoc)Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon)Ryan Chapman (The Audacity)Eliza Moss (What It’s Like in Words)*Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about?
Trump's Presidential Time-Machine Fantasies, According to Teddy Wayne

Nov 29, 2024 | airmail.news | Teddy Wayne

You are given a time machine to travel back to four discrete points in recent history, each time assuming the form of another human, in order to prevent Donald Trump from ever becoming president. 1987You become the cover designer of Trump’s first book, The Art of the Deal. The original cover portrays Trump with Central Park in the background, looking every bit a confident Master of the Universe.
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Oct 8, 2024 | lithub.com | Teddy Wayne

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books.
Let’s Have a Long Talk About Our Relationship Just Before Bed!

Sep 16, 2024 | newyorker.com | Kate Greathead |Teddy Wayne

Babe, are you nodding off? I know we’re both exhausted after a long day, a dinner party at which you made a three-word comment that left me feeling like you don’t know me at all, and the subsequent ninety-minute fight that culminated in a tentative truce. But, now that we’re finally in bed, what do you say to my ripping off your sleep-apnea mask and our having a marathon discussion about the state of our relationship?
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Sep 10, 2024 | lithub.com | Teddy Wayne

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to:Article continues after advertisement*Cebo Campbell (Sky Full of Elephants)Matthew Davis (Let Me Try Again)Carolyn Jack (The Changing of Keys)Article continues after advertisementNora Lange (Us Fools)Devika Rege (Quarterlife)*Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about? Carolyn Jack: Troubled men.