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.
Neville Frankel is an Emmy award-winning writer of literary and historical fiction.
A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Neville Frankel immigrated to the US with his
Before becoming Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer of the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, Chad Boudreaux served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of
Angela Woodward is the author of the novel Ink (2023), part of the University Press of Kentucky New Poetry and Prose series. Her other books include the novels
Chelsea Stickle’s debut flash fiction chapbook Breaking Points was the Editor’s Choice in the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition and was released by Black Lawrence Press on
Derek Dwight Anderson is an independent high school history teacher and librarian with 35 years of teaching experience. He is also a dedicated world traveler who loves
Cara Reinard is an author of women’s fiction and novels of domestic suspense, including Into the Sound and Sweet Water (hit #1 on the Amazon Kindle bestseller list). She has been employed
Helen Benedict, a professor at Columbia University, is the author of seven novels, six books of nonfiction, and a play.
Her newest nonfiction book is, Map
Eyad Awwadawnan, formerly a law student from Damascus, Syria, is a writer and poet currently living as a refugee in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is the co-author with Helen
Mary Allen is the author of The Deep Limitless Air: A Memoir in Pieces, published in May 2022 by Blue Light Press. Her literary memoir, The Rooms of Heaven,
Former stringer for the New York Times, John Yearwood taught in high schools and universities for 30 years, and was an award-winning journalist for 15 years. He has