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.
Brennen Matthews is the editor of ROUTE Magazine, the leading Route 66 and classic Americana magazine, and the former Editor-in-Chief of Destination Magazine, East Africa’s premiere lifestyle publication.
Barbara Rubin writes this story of joy and sorrow mixed with humor and rage as both mother and advocate for her daughter Jenn. In this role, she witnessed
Jody Keisner’s (she/her/hers) memoir Under My Bed and Other Essays explores the fears that keep us up at night, their origin stories, and our struggle to keep them
Christine Nolfi is the bestselling author of fifteen novels, including The Passing Storm, cited by Publishers Weekly as “Tautly plotted, expertly characterized, and genuinely riveting” and gold medal
John Cameron is an historian who writes about the American Civil War and 18th century France. Cameron’s nonfiction book, Tar Heels in Gray, was published in 2021. His
Colin Dodds has written several books, including Ms. Never and Windfall. He grew up in Massachusetts and lived in California briefly, before finishing his education in New York
Suzanne Moyers, a former teacher, was an education editor and writer for over 20 years. A lifelong history geek, Suzanne spends her free time as a volunteer archeologist,
A native New Yorker, Ashley E. Sweeney is the award-winning author of three novels, Eliza Waite, Answer Creek, and Hardland. She lives and writes in Tucson and the
Katie Keridan made her literary debut at ten years of age when she won a writing contest by crafting a tale about her favorite childhood hero, Hank the
Kyomi O’Connor is actively working to address her past emotional abuse, she moved to the States in 1990 to work as a researcher. There she met her husband-to-be,