Skip to main content

Author News & Interviews

Author Talk: Karen Mack, author of The Kings of Vegas

Jul 14, 2026

Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman have teamed up again for their latest novel, THE KINGS OF VEGAS. This sexy and suspense-packed thriller is about the prodigal daughter of a Las Vegas casino empire who returns to take over her family business --- only to discover that she’s up against the Mob, the Feds and her own brothers. In this interview, Karen and Jennifer discuss their writing process, their research, the inspiration for the book, and what they hope readers will take away from it.

Author Talk: Carla Power, author of The Lady Imam: How amina wadud's Life and Faith Changed the World

Jun 29, 2026

THE LADY IMAM is a timely and soul-stirring biography of one of today’s most influential Islamic female scholars. In this interview, Carla Power explains her decision to write a book about amina wadud, what she hopes readers will take away from it, why she is drawn to study Islam, and the figures who have had the greatest impact on her writing style and worldview.

Author Talk: Emily Saxe Nydam, author of Journeying Home

Jun 10, 2026

JOURNEYING HOME is a sweeping, dual-timeline love story that begins in the early 1900s and unfolds across generations. In this interview, Emily Saxe Nydam talks about her inspiration for her debut novel, her thoughts on fate and destiny, the meaning of home, and why she includes poetry in the book.

Author Talk: Emily Lynn Paulson, author of The Revenge Party

May 28, 2026

When a husband’s lies are no longer a secret and manipulation passes for love, a wife must decide how far she’s willing to go to expose the man she married --- and what justice truly means --- in Emily Lynn Paulson’s debut thriller, THE REVENGE PARTY. In this interview, Paulson talks about what inspired her to write her first novel, the research she conducted, the character she connects with the most, and what she hopes readers will take away from the book.

Author Talk: Kelsey K. Sather, author of Lives of a Salvager: Ancient Language of the Earth, Book Two

May 13, 2026

LIVES OF A SALVAGER is Kelsey K. Sather’s second Ancient Language of the Earth book, a stand-alone novel in her multigenerational fantasy series about plant magic, memory, and the cost of saving a dying planet. In this interview, Sather discusses her approach to building a world as deep and complex as Aligaea; how her writing process differed from that of the first book in the series, BIRTH OF THE ANIMA; and the impact that her love of nature has had on the creation of these sweeping tales.