On this episode, we hear from Amy Silverberg, a stand-up comedian in addition to being a novelist. Her first novel, First Time, Long Time, is out now.

Beth Macy's latest book is Paper Girl, which explores the deep divisions in the U.S. It was recently nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Her book Dopesick was made into an Emmy-winning series on Hulu.

Daniyal Mueenuddin’s new book This is Where the Serpent Lives draws from feudal society in Pakistan, in the country and the city.

Emma Pattee is an accomplished climate journalist who’s written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and more. Now we hear from her about her debut novel, Tilt.

William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies recently marked its 70th birthday. To help celebrate, Dutch artist Aimee de Jongh created a gorgeous graphic novel adaptation of it.

As records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case begin to come forward from the Justice Department, we re-visit our conversation with Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter who dug most thoroughly and persistently into the case.

In this tense literary thriller, the only Asian-American partner in a NYC law firm is accused of murder.

In her novel The Ten Year Affair, author Erin Somers investigates the married life of her millennial characters.

In Tamar Shapiro's debut novel Restitution, a family wrestles with the personal consequences of the reunification of Germany.

Fort Myers's Artis Henderson was just 5 years old when her father was killed in plane crash. As an adult, she dug up the explanation for the crash as well as other family secrets.