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Writing an Old Friend: Spotlight on J. William Lewis The teenage protagonist in J. William Lewis’s debut novel, The Essence of Nathan Biddle, seeks to answer life’s biggest questions May 24, 2021 An uncle who enacts a deranged Christian test of faith, a high school teacher who encourages poetry writing, and an ill-fated joyride in a stolen maintenance vehicle. These are the characters and events that shape the sprawling debut bildungsroman from J. William Lewis, set in the lawyer-novelist’s home state of Alabama in the 1950s and featuring Kit Biddle, who obsesses about...

In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a mystery concerning public pension plans, a thriller about hunting humans, and more.

Meet the Finalists of the 2020 BookLife Prize in Nonfiction By PW Staff By PW Staff | May 12, 2021 Four books were selected by a panel of guest judges as the finalists for the 2020 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest. One title was chosen from each of the following genres: Self-Help/Relationships, Memoir/Autobiography, Inspirational/Spiritual, and Business/Personal Finance. Here we meet the finalists who are each now in-the-running for the grand prize, which will be announced on May 24. Self-Help/Relationships What the judge said: “What an engaging read. I have ne...

A pulpy graphic novel series transports readers to 1980s Los Angeles Apr 22, 2021 In the Reckless series of graphic novels, written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Phillips, a principled—if unorthodox—private eye looks back on his career as a “trouble-maker for hire.” In the latest book, Friend of the Devil, Ethan Reckless investigates the disappearance of a missing woman and, in the process, exposes a seedy and sinister side of Hollywood. The longtime collaborators spoke to PW about their inspirations for the series, developing character across multiple story arcs, and ...

By Lenny Picker | In You’ve been a science educator and children’s book author for a while. What led you to write this book? I’ve been doing Kate the Chemist—where I travel across the country and blow stuff up for kids to make science fun, exciting, and entertaining—for three or four years. At the end of my shows, I always get kids running up with questions, but I started to notice that parents were coming up, too. They were saying, “Little Bobby has a question about electromagnetic radiation,” and I was like, really, little Bobby does? Or maybe you do? I’d start ...