Archive for the ‘Author Interview’ Category

Scott Simon

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

NPR’s Scott Simon, veteran journalist, war correspondent and host of Weekend Edition with Scott Simon talks to host Frank Stasio about his new novel, “Pretty Birds” (Random House/2005.)
“Pretty Birds” tells the story of Irena, a basketball playing, Madonna loving, half Serb, half Muslim teenager in Sarajevo about the seige of the city and the brutal Bosnian war. (59:00) (Listener Call-in)

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Martin Clark

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

As a circuit court Judge in southern Virginia, Martin Clark has seen a long parade of hardened criminals and hapless losers. He’s transformed several real life defendants into characters in his novels “The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living” (Knopf/2000) and “Plain Heathen Mischief” (Knopf/2004). Melinda Penkava talks to Martin Clark about his work as a judge and the workings of his novels. Listener Call-in. (32:00)

Martin Clark