In honor of Halloween, we asked a few of our authors about the scariest part of the writing process. Check out their spooky answers below!

The entire process is terrifying, from writing your lede to worrying about your facts to clearing quotes to hitting “send” on your final draft. But the mo…

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The Blonde on Blonde Fab Five

By Daryl Sanders, author of That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

When Chicago Review Press asked if I would a contribute a piece to the CRP blog about my five favorite tracks from the 1966 Bob Dylan album Blonde on Blond

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Creating “Pictures in Sound” with Sir George Martin

By Ken Womack, author of Sound Pictures

For George Martin, the illustrious producer behind the Beatles’ unparalleled achievements in popular music, the recording studio emerged as a kind of magic workshop where sound could be transforme…

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In honor of back-to-school season, we've asked authors of our 2018 middle-grade titles if they have any words of encouragement for students. Read below for some motivation as well as new nonfiction picks to add to your reading list.



 

Elizabeth Raum, author of The Big, Bold, Adventurou

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Exploring a great mystery of the American South, The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story reveals the grisly history of the nation’s first serial killer. The story has been the subject of much speculation in literature and on the web—and most recently on the FX television series American Horro…

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Inspired by last week's Staff Reads we asked our authors with books pubbing in the early months of 2016 what they read over the holidays.

 

Tim Hanley (Investigating Lois Lane): Inspired by Chinese mythology, Cindy Pon's Serpentine is unique and dark, and a wonderful read. This YA novel d…

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Inspired by the myriad year-end roundups that are popping up all over our social media feeds, we asked authors of books we’ve published this year to share a favorite memory of giving or receiving a book for the holidays.

Tom Acitelli (American Wine): My story is less about giving a book or getti

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We asked authors of our October and November titles what books they’re squeezing in between promoting their new releases and roasting turkey, turducken, or tofurkey. Check out what they had to say below!

Amy McCullough (The Box Wine Sailors): In my recent Off-Book Q&A for the CRP blog, I m…

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We asked authors of our Women of Action series what books they're losing themselves in when they're not writing about amazing women and girls of conviction and courage through the ages.  Check out what they had to say below!

 


Kathryn Atwood (Women Heroes of World War II, Code Name Pau…

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