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.
Maryann Lesert writes about people and place in equal measure. Her first novel, Base Ten (Feminist Press, 2009), featured an astrophysicist’s quest for self among Lake Michigan’s forested dunes and the
Janet A. Wilson writes: South African-born author and adventurer passionate about Africa’s wilderness, wildlife, and diverse cultures. I graduated with a nursing and sociology degree at the University
Van Hoang’s first name is pronounced like the van in minivan. Her last name is pronounced “hah-wawng.” She is the author of Girl Giant and the Monkey King, Girl Giant and
Allison Landa is a Berkeley, CA-based writer of fiction and memoir whose debut novel BEARDED LADY was published by Woodhall Press. Her work has been featured in venues
Merrill Joan Gerber has written thirty-one books including The Kingdom of Brooklyn, winner of the Ribalow Award from Hadassah Magazine, and King of the World, winner of the
Paige writes about superheroes and sentient cities, were-spiders and gun-loving fairies, werewolves and fighter pilots. By day, Paige writes articles and technical books for O’Reilly Publishers about analytics
Patricia D’Arcy Laughlin was born in Trinidad of British and French ancestry. She was educated there, the UK, and the USA. She is a world traveler and an
I wrote a two-act play, a book for a musical and a novel before finishing high school. They are memories now; thankfully, none of their pages exist.
Tyler C. Gore is the author of My Life of Crime: Essays and Other Entertainments, which the Washington Independent Review of Books called “immensely readable…full of the people and peculiarities of New
Boston native Eugenio Volpe was awarded the PEN Discovery Award for Fiction and nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes. Volpe’s essay “Jesus Kicks His Oedipus