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.
Kelly Ann Jacobson is a prolific author and editor specializing in queer fiction and unique twists on genre fiction. In addition to Tink and Wendy, her recent books
Pamela Seelig is a yoga teacher and the author of Threads of Yoga: Themes, Reflections, and Meditations to Weave into Your Practice. She began her yoga and meditation
Jenn Bouchard’s debut novel First Course was published by TouchPoint Press in 2021. It was named a finalist in the American Fiction Awards. Her short stories have appeared
Christine Nolfi is the bestselling author of twelve novels of women’s and book club fiction, including The Road She Left Behind, Sweet Lake, and her 2021 release, The Passing Storm. Her award-winning
Joan Schweighardt writes both fiction and nonfiction. Her most recent work is a trilogy that moves back and forth from the New York metro area to the South
Alison Stine is the author of TRASHLANDS (MIRA Books, October 26, 2021) and ROAD OUT OF WINTER (MIRA Books), which won the 2021 Philip K. Dick Award. She
Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a trial attorney turned award-winning young adult author and book blogger. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly
Lucretia grew up in the Bahamas on a remote out-island. She spent summers with her father who was in a cult. Her professors at Sarah Lawrence College taught
Gabrielle Selz is an award-winning author. Her books include the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, Light on Fire, and the memoir, UnStill Life. Her articles have appeared
Diane Wald’s novel Gillyflower was published in April 2019 by She Writes Press, and won first place in the novella category from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards,