BRANDON SANDERSON

In this interview, conducted in November 2008, Brandon Sanderson talks about how he got into writing, some of the books he's written, how he got chosen to complete the Wheel of Time Series, and what he's working on next.

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PETER STRAUB

In this interview, conducted in March 2010, Peter Straub talks about how he got started writing, who he likes to read, how he met and co-authored books with Stephen King, what his writing process is like, and what he may do in the future.

MIRA GRANT

In this interview Mira Grant talks about zombies, where she got the idea for Feed, what she thinks of George Romero, and most importantly what Seanan McGuire thinks of Mira Grant.

DASH SHAW

Dash Shaw is a graphic novel artist and graphic novel writer; a perfect combination to make great works of art; he's also not scared to use color . . . lots of it. He's created and published Love Eats Brains, GardenHead, The Mother's Mouth, and Bottomless Belly Button. His most recent publication is the unusual and interesting BodyWorld involving some very unusual characters, telepathy and lots of the color orange.

BRIAN WOOD

Brian Wood is a graphic novel writer and illustrator of such popular series as DMZ and Northlanders. In this interview he talks about how he got started with writing and illustrating graphic novels, where he got the idea for Northlanders, as well as how much research it requires, and what he's currently working on.

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NAOMI NOVIK

Nomi Novik is the author of the bestselling Temeraire series. In this article/interview -- "Dancing With Dragons: An Interview With Naomi Novik" -- she talks about what got her into writing, where Temeraire came from, some of the other projects she's working on, and what she likes to do in her spare time. Her latest book is the sixth in the series, Tongues of Serpents.

BRIAN FAGAN

Brian Fagan is the professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous books, including Chaco Canyon, From Stonehenge to Samarkand, The Great Warming, and most recently Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans.

JUSTIN CRONIN

Justin Cronin is the author of The Summer Guest and Mary and O'Neil, and the first book in a epic trilogy about vampires and a post-apocalyptic world called The Passage. In the interview, Justin talks about how he got started writing, where the ideas and storylines for The Passage came from (totally worth hearing), why he began writing The Passage, who some of his influences are, and how he feels readers should handle dealing with an almost 800 page book.

SALMAN RUSHDIE

Salman Rushdie is an author that most people know in one way or another.  He is the winner of the Booker Prize (what has been called the British equivalent of the Pulitzer), he has been appointed a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II, and has had a fatwā issued against him for his book The Satanic Verses.  His latest book is Luka and the Fire of Life, a fantasy tale about a boy whose father is sick and it is necessary for the boy – Luka – to travel into a fantasy world and capture some of this “fire of life” to cure his father; but he is up against unbeatable odds: no one has ever made through this fantasy world and survived; no one has ever managed to capture the fire of life; and no one has ever made it back to the real world with the fire of life.  The book was written for his second son, after he originally wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories, for his first son; they’d each asked for a story they could read and enjoy.