The Strand Remembers Elmore Leonard Here is an excerpt of Andrew Gulli’s interview with Elmore Leonard which was published in the Strand Magazine: AFG: I know that in your latest book, Up in Honey’s Room, Carl Webster, ‘the hot kid’ from your previous novel reappears. Tell me a little more about the new book. EL: Yes, Carl is […]
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The Verdict is in: Landay and Quirk win the top prizes
The Verdict is in: Landay and Quirk win the top prizes On Wednesday, July 10, at an invitation-only cocktail party at the Society of Illustrators in Manhattan, William Landay won The Strand Critics Award for Best Novel for Defending Jacob (Delacorte) and Matthew Quirk won the Best First Novel award for The 500 (Reagan Arthur […]
Interview with Carl Hiaasen
Interview with Carl Hiaasen AFG: We all know about the several challenges of writing, but what are some of the challenges you face with a YA book? CH: Kids are a sharp audience, and if you’re writing humor it had better be dead-on funny. They love the irreverence of satire, skewering phonies, poking fun at […]