Author interviews almost always focus on questions regarding an author’s latest publication (and that’s great because it’s how readers discover new books!) but sometimes it’s fun to ask authors to talk about their lives beyond the book they’ve just written. Authors Answer poses 20 standing questions and asks authors to pick FIVE that they want to write about.
I began Authors Answer in 2020 as a stand alone blog. In 2025 I moved the project into a Substack newsletter. All of the posts that appeared on the original blog are available below. [You can also scroll through the original posts by date.]
Are you an author? Visit the Questions page to pick five of the twenty questions you’d like to answer and have shared in the Authors Answer Substack Newsletter.
Jones Deady lives in northern Vermont with his wife. He is a dog lover and thinks they are windows to the soul. He grew up in the South
Janet Stilson lives in two worlds. On the one hand, she is a journalist. On the other, she writes scripts, novels and short stories that largely fall in
Patrick Hicks is the author of The Commandant of Lubizec, Adoptable, Library of the Mind, and The Collector of Names, among others. His work has appeared on NPR, The PBS NewsHour, American Life in Poetry, and
Tim Grove writes about American history, striving to show the complexity of the past and making history accessible to all ages. His most recent book, Star-Spangled, was a Kirkus Reviews
Julie Carrick Dalton is the author of Waiting for the Night Song (Jan. 12, 2021, Forge Books, Macmillan) and The Last Beekeeper (coming in 2022.) She is a
Dr. Kellie Brown has been a member of the Milligan University music faculty since 1998 and holds the positions of Chair of the Music Department, Professor of Music,
I am a retired trial lawyer having practiced for over 40 years. I was involved in all kinds of civil litigation in state and federal courts throughout the
Donna Rifkind is the author of The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood (Other Press, Jan. 2020) Her book
Joan Gelfand’s reviews, stories, essays and poetry have appeared in over 150 national and international literary journals and magazines including the LA Review, PANK! The Huffington Post, Rattle,
Barry Eisenberg is the author of Primal Calling, his debut novel. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, among others. An associate professor of health care