Author Chats
Have you ever wished you could get an author’s take on some of your unanswered questions? Author Chat connects readers and writers and gives your group the opportunity to talk to select Vintage and Anchor authors so you can pose those questions yourself.
Check out our list of authors below and select the author you’d like to speak with, then click on the button below to submit your request. We’ll contact you via email to schedule your chat.
Phone calls will be scheduled on a case–by–case basis with each group at the convenience of the author.
Limited to residents of the United States and Canada.
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| Sarah Gardner Borden author of Games To Play After Dark Trade Paperback  Sarah Gardner Borden holds an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in a variety of journals, including Open City, Willow Springs, the Chicago Reader, Other Voices, Literary Mama, and the New Haven Review. She lives in Brooklyn. (Author Photo © Catherine Westergaard)READ MORE |
Meghan Daum author of Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House Trade Paperback  Meghan Daum is the author of the essay collection My Misspent Youth and the novel The Quality of Life Report, a New York Times Notable Book. Her column on political, cultural, and social affairs appears weekly in the Los Angeles Times and is distributed nationally through the McClatchy news service. (Author Photo © Laura Kleinhenz)READ MORE |
| Karen Essex author of Dracula in Love Trade Paperback  Karen Essex is the author of Kleopatra, Pharaoh, and the international bestseller Leonardo’s Swans, which won Italy’s prestigious 2007 Premio Roma for foreign fiction. An award-winning journalist and a screenwriter, she lives in Los Angeles, California. (Author Photo © Lisa Rutledge)READ MORE |
Julia Glass author of The Widower’s Tale Trade Paperback  Julia Glass is the author of Three Junes, winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction; The Whole World Over; and I See You Everywhere, winner of the 2009 Binghamton University John Gardner Book Award. (Author Photo © Dennis Cowley)READ MORE |
| Myla Goldberg author of The False Friend Trade Paperback  Myla Goldberg is the author of the bestselling Bee Season, which was named a New York Times Notable Book in 2000 and made into a film, and of Time’s Magpie, a book of essays about Prague. (Author Photo © Jason Little)READ MORE |
Laurence Gonzales author of Lucy Trade Paperback  Laurence Gonzales is the author of three novels and five books of nonfiction. His best-selling book Deep Survival has been published in six languages. (Author Photo © Jonas Dovydenas)READ MORE |
| Jaimy Gordon author of Lord of Misrule Trade Paperback  Jaimy Gordon’s Lord of Misrule won the National Book Award in 2010, and was also a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. Bogeywoman, her third novel, was on the Los Angeles Times list of Best Books for 2000. (Author Photo © Peter Blickle)READ MORE |
Adam Haslett author of Union Atlantic Trade Paperback  Adam Haslett is the author of You Are Not A Stranger Here, a short story collection, which was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and won the PEN/Winship Award. (Author Photo © Brigitte Lacombe)READ MORE |
| Alex Kava author of Hotwire Paperback  Alex Kava’s two stand-alone novels and seven novels featuring FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell have been published in more than twenty countries, appearing on the bestseller lists in Britain, Australia, Poland, Germany, and Italy. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. (Author Photo © Deborah Groh Carlin)READ MORE |
Sue Miller author of The Lake Shore Limited Trade Paperback  JSue Miller is the best-selling author of the novels The Senator’s Wife, Lost in the Forest, The World Below, While I Was Gone, The Distinguished Guest, For Love, Family Pictures, and The Good Mother; the story collection Inventing the Abbotts; and the memoir The Story of My Father. (Author Photo © Mary Walsh)READ MORE |
| Jane Mendelsohn author of American Music Trade Paperback  Jane Mendelsohn is a graduate of Yale University. She is the author of two previous novels, including the New York Times bestseller I Was Amelia Earhart. (Author Photo © Nick Davis)READ MORE |
Julie Orringer author of The Invisible Bridge Trade Paperback  Julie Orringer is the author of the award-winning short-story collection How to Breathe Underwater, which was a New York Times Notable Book. She is the winner of The Paris Review’s Discovery Prize and the recipient of numerous fellowships. (Author Photo © Stephanie Rausser)READ MORE |
| Ann Packer author of Swim Back to Me Trade Paperback  Ann Packer received the Great Lakes Book Award for The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, which was a national bestseller. She is also the author of Mendocino and Other Stories. She is a past recipient of a James Michener award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. (Author Photo © Elena Seibert)READ MORE |
Jane Smiley author of Private Life Trade Paperback  Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, as well as four works of nonfiction. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. (Author Photo © Mark Bennington)READ MORE |
| Julia Stuart author of The Tower the Zoo and the Tortoise Trade Paperback  Julia Stuart is an award-winning journalist and the author of one previous novel, The Matchmaker of Périgord. She lives in London.(Author Photo © Sarah Gawler) READ MORE |
J. Courtney Sullivan author of Maine (Coming in Trade Paperback May 29th)  J. Courtney Sullivan’s work has appeared in The New York Times, New York, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Allure, Men’s Vogue, the New York Observer, Tango, and in the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love. (Author Photo © Michael Lionstar)READ MORE |
| Lisa Unger author of Twice Trade Paperback  Lisa Unger is the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Lies and Black Out. Her novels have been published in more than twenty-five countries. She lives in Florida with her husband and daughter. (Author Photo © Tanya Sharkey)READ MORE |
John Vaillant author of The Tiger Trade Paperback  John Vaillant’s first book was the national bestseller The Golden Spruce, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, as well as several other awards. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Outside, National Geographic and The Walrus, among other publications. (Author Photo © Dan Deitch)READ MORE |
| Penny Vincenzi author of The Best of Times Trade Paperback  Penny Vincenzi is the author of several major bestsellers, including Sheer Abandon. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as a journalist for Vogue, Tattler, and Cosmopolitan. She lives in London. (Author Photo © Trevor Leighton)READ MORE |
Ayelet Waldman author of Red Hook Road Trade Paperback  Ayelet Waldman is the author of Daughter’s Keeper and of the Mommy-Track mystery series. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, Child Magazine, and other publications, and she has a regular column on Salon.com. (Author Photo © Reenie Raschke)READ MORE |