Kathleen West interview

The 278th episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with Kathleen West, author of the debut novel Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes. Her second novel Are We There Yet? is scheduled for publication in March 2021.

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Expand Your Reading

Here’s a great list of African-American mystery writers from the Los Angeles Public Library.

Octavia Butler is an acclaimed African-American science fiction writer. Her novels, among others, include Kindred, Bloodchild, and Parable of the Sower.

Butler was a multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and she became in 1995 the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

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Dean Koontz interview

James Lee Burke interview

Allison Pang interview

Richard Knaak interview