Elaine Szewczyk
@elaineszewczyk.bsky.social
Books, Films, TV, mostly. I write author profiles for Publishers Weekly. Instagram: @elaineszewczyk and @stupidnovel on another platform. (Just started on Bluesky...moving slowly over here.)
Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes is turning 80 and publishing his final book—about love, death, and a comically flawed marriage. My profile:
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Julian Barnes’s Mortal Dilemma
The Booker Prize–winning author is turning 80 and releasing his final book—about love, death, and a comically flawed marriage.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes is turning 80 and publishing his final book—about love, death, and a comically flawed marriage. My profile:
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Laura Restrepo for Publishers Weekly:
Laura Restrepo and the Power of Myths
For her latest novel, the Colombian author drew inspiration from the story of the Queen of Sheba as well as her work with refugees for Doctors Without Borders
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November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Laura Restrepo for Publishers Weekly:
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of @ladyhawkins.bsky.social. Rachel discusses Alabama hurricanes, 80s true crime scandals, deadly Barbie Ferraris & relying on books in hard times. Her novel The Storm is out in Jan.❤️ @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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Death Becomes Rachel Hawkins
The bestselling author’s new novel is a modern gothic thriller about murder and extreme weather in the American South.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of @ladyhawkins.bsky.social. Rachel discusses Alabama hurricanes, 80s true crime scandals, deadly Barbie Ferraris & relying on books in hard times. Her novel The Storm is out in Jan.❤️ @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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My @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Colombian author Laura Restrepo. Her new novel Song of Ancient Lovers is a modern retelling of the Queen of Sheba myth set in the refugee camps of Yemen.
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Laura Restrepo and the Power of Myths
For her latest novel, the Colombian author drew inspiration from the story of the Queen of Sheba as well as her work with refugees for Doctors Without Borders
www.publishersweekly.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Colombian author Laura Restrepo. Her new novel Song of Ancient Lovers is a modern retelling of the Queen of Sheba myth set in the refugee camps of Yemen.
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Olivia Laing for Publishers Weekly:
Olivia Laing’s Art Work
Olivia Laing wrote their new novel, a queer thriller set in 1970s Italy, in three months, and is still catching their breath
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September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Olivia Laing for Publishers Weekly:
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of British author Olivia Laing. We talked fascism, free speech, & the fight for artistic expression. Olivia's queer thriller The Silver Book, about 1970s Italian cinema & murder, is out Nov @fsgbooks.bsky.social.
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Olivia Laing’s Art Work
Olivia Laing wrote their new novel, a queer thriller set in 1970s Italy, in three months, and is still catching their breath
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September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of British author Olivia Laing. We talked fascism, free speech, & the fight for artistic expression. Olivia's queer thriller The Silver Book, about 1970s Italian cinema & murder, is out Nov @fsgbooks.bsky.social.
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I'll be at Anderson's Bookshop tonight in conversation with novelist David Levithan and Swedish musician Jens Lekman. We'll be talking about their new novel Songs for Other People's Weddings. 7PM CT.
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David Levithan and Jens Lekman
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September 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'll be at Anderson's Bookshop tonight in conversation with novelist David Levithan and Swedish musician Jens Lekman. We'll be talking about their new novel Songs for Other People's Weddings. 7PM CT.
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Mitch Albom for Publishers Weekly:
Mitch Albom Loves Love
In his latest novel, Mitch Albom explores true love and the downside of second chances
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September 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Mitch Albom for Publishers Weekly:
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Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of bad ass Booker winner Arundhati Roy. Her memoir is out Sept/Scribner. Roy discusses her mom, who had the "edginess of a gangster"; running off to Delhi at 16; fending off jail threats; & keeping it real. ❤️
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Arundhati Roy’s Rebel Yell
In her first memoir, the Booker Prize winner explores her relationship with her volatile mother and living life on her own terms.
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August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of bad ass Booker winner Arundhati Roy. Her memoir is out Sept/Scribner. Roy discusses her mom, who had the "edginess of a gangster"; running off to Delhi at 16; fending off jail threats; & keeping it real. ❤️
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social interviewed @vermontgmg.bsky.social for Publishers Weekly about his new book "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky," an oral history of the Manhattan Project and the dropping of the atomic bomb: buff.ly/5j8HCML
Why Oral History Matters: PW Talks with Garrett M. Graff
The bestselling Pulitzer finalist discusses 'The Devil Reached Toward the Sky,' his oral history of the atomic bomb, which arrives on the 80th anniversary of the weapon's use on Hiroshima and…
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August 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social interviewed @vermontgmg.bsky.social for Publishers Weekly about his new book "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky," an oral history of the Manhattan Project and the dropping of the atomic bomb: buff.ly/5j8HCML
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Kirsten Miller. We talked women with witchy powers, toxic men, the art of revenge & the benefits of having your house burn down. Miller's novel The Women of Wild Hill is out in Oct. @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social
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Kirsten Miller Takes on Women’s Work
The bestselling author wants to effect social change through fiction—and wake women up to their witchy powers.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Kirsten Miller. We talked women with witchy powers, toxic men, the art of revenge & the benefits of having your house burn down. Miller's novel The Women of Wild Hill is out in Oct. @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Arundhati Roy for Publishers Weekly:
Arundhati Roy’s Rebel Yell
In her first memoir, the Booker Prize winner explores her relationship with her volatile mother and living life on her own terms.
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August 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Arundhati Roy for Publishers Weekly:
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of bad ass Booker winner Arundhati Roy. Her memoir is out Sept/Scribner. Roy discusses her mom, who had the "edginess of a gangster"; running off to Delhi at 16; fending off jail threats; & keeping it real. ❤️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Arundhati Roy’s Rebel Yell
In her first memoir, the Booker Prize winner explores her relationship with her volatile mother and living life on her own terms.
www.publishersweekly.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of bad ass Booker winner Arundhati Roy. Her memoir is out Sept/Scribner. Roy discusses her mom, who had the "edginess of a gangster"; running off to Delhi at 16; fending off jail threats; & keeping it real. ❤️
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Kiran Desai for Publishers Weekly:
Kiran Desai’s Labor of Love
The Booker Prize winner has devoted the past two decades of her life to writing The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a novel that weighs in at 688 pages
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August 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled Kiran Desai for Publishers Weekly:
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Kiran Desai. Her novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, took 20 years to write & is about star-crossed lovers in a globalized world. We talked India, loneliness & her fierce devotion to writing.
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Kiran Desai’s Labor of Love
The Booker Prize winner has devoted the past two decades of her life to writing The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a novel that weighs in at 688 pages
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July 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of Kiran Desai. Her novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, took 20 years to write & is about star-crossed lovers in a globalized world. We talked India, loneliness & her fierce devotion to writing.
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled David Levithan for Publishers Weekly:
David Levithan: Music Man
David Levithan collaborated with Swedish musician Jens Lekman on a dream project—a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled David Levithan for Publishers Weekly:
David Levithan (author of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Boy Meets Boys, etc.) teamed up with Swedish musician and wedding singer Jens Lekman on a novel about a wedding singer that features 16 original songs that readers can listen to as they read the book...
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled David Levithan for Publishers Weekly:
David Levithan: Music Man
David Levithan collaborated with Swedish musician Jens Lekman on a dream project—a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
David Levithan (author of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Boy Meets Boys, etc.) teamed up with Swedish musician and wedding singer Jens Lekman on a novel about a wedding singer that features 16 original songs that readers can listen to as they read the book...
David Levithan (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) collaborated w/ Swedish musician Jens Lekman
on a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs. Songs for Other People’s Weddings is out in August/Abrams Books. My @publisherswkly.bsky.social piece:
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on a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs. Songs for Other People’s Weddings is out in August/Abrams Books. My @publisherswkly.bsky.social piece:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
David Levithan: Music Man
David Levithan collaborated with Swedish musician Jens Lekman on a dream project—a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs.
www.publishersweekly.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
David Levithan (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) collaborated w/ Swedish musician Jens Lekman
on a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs. Songs for Other People’s Weddings is out in August/Abrams Books. My @publisherswkly.bsky.social piece:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
on a novel about a wedding singer featuring original songs. Songs for Other People’s Weddings is out in August/Abrams Books. My @publisherswkly.bsky.social piece:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled British novelist Holly Smale, whose YA "Geek Girl" series inspired a Netflix show, for Publishers Weekly:
Holly Smale Is Living Out Loud
For Holly Smale, being diagnosed with autism at age 39 changed her life and reshaped her fiction
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June 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NBCC member @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social profiled British novelist Holly Smale, whose YA "Geek Girl" series inspired a Netflix show, for Publishers Weekly:
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of lovely Holly Smale, co-creator of the Geek Girl @netflix.com
series. Holly discusses being autistic, selling millions of novels & writing I Know How This Ends (out this August). @harpercollins.bsky.social
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series. Holly discusses being autistic, selling millions of novels & writing I Know How This Ends (out this August). @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Holly Smale Is Living Out Loud
For Holly Smale, being diagnosed with autism at age 39 changed her life and reshaped her fiction
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June 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social profile of lovely Holly Smale, co-creator of the Geek Girl @netflix.com
series. Holly discusses being autistic, selling millions of novels & writing I Know How This Ends (out this August). @harpercollins.bsky.social
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series. Holly discusses being autistic, selling millions of novels & writing I Know How This Ends (out this August). @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Wally Lamb's The River is Waiting was just picked by Oprah for her book club. Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social
profile of Wally Lamb. We discuss Oprah, addiction, and the pressure of writing fiction...
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profile of Wally Lamb. We discuss Oprah, addiction, and the pressure of writing fiction...
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There and Back with Wally Lamb
For his first novel in nine years, Wally Lamb draws on his battles with self-doubt and addiction.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wally Lamb's The River is Waiting was just picked by Oprah for her book club. Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social
profile of Wally Lamb. We discuss Oprah, addiction, and the pressure of writing fiction...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
profile of Wally Lamb. We discuss Oprah, addiction, and the pressure of writing fiction...
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@keirgraff.bsky.social Congrats on your new book Chicago's Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder. You said murder, right...?! 🕵️
Come on out for the launch of CHICAGO'S FINE ARTS BUILDING: MUSIC, MAGIC, AND MURDER
7pm on Friday, June 13 at the FAB (410 S Michigan)
Books for sale by Exile in Bookville!
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7pm on Friday, June 13 at the FAB (410 S Michigan)
Books for sale by Exile in Bookville!
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June 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@keirgraff.bsky.social Congrats on your new book Chicago's Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder. You said murder, right...?! 🕵️
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NBCC member Elaine Szewczyk profiled Helen Schulman for Publishers Weekly:
Helen Schulman Is Nobody’s Fool
The new collection from the acclaimed author spans three decades of her stories about the pitfalls of life and love.
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May 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NBCC member Elaine Szewczyk profiled Helen Schulman for Publishers Weekly:
Love, foolish love. Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social
profile of Helen Schulman. Helen's new story collection, Fools for Love, is out in July. Her last book, Lucky Dogs, has been optioned by Kaia Gerber/Library Science.
profile of Helen Schulman. Helen's new story collection, Fools for Love, is out in July. Her last book, Lucky Dogs, has been optioned by Kaia Gerber/Library Science.
NBCC member Elaine Szewczyk profiled Helen Schulman for Publishers Weekly:
Helen Schulman Is Nobody’s Fool
The new collection from the acclaimed author spans three decades of her stories about the pitfalls of life and love.
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May 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Love, foolish love. Here's my @publisherswkly.bsky.social
profile of Helen Schulman. Helen's new story collection, Fools for Love, is out in July. Her last book, Lucky Dogs, has been optioned by Kaia Gerber/Library Science.
profile of Helen Schulman. Helen's new story collection, Fools for Love, is out in July. Her last book, Lucky Dogs, has been optioned by Kaia Gerber/Library Science.
My new piece in @mcsweeneys.net!
"Have you ever wanted to use gasoline as lipstick? Or wished someone would start a campfire up your nose? That’s what it feels like to eat the new Pringles Hot Ones...."
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"Have you ever wanted to use gasoline as lipstick? Or wished someone would start a campfire up your nose? That’s what it feels like to eat the new Pringles Hot Ones...."
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Reviews of New Food: Pringles Hot Ones Los Calientes Rojo Crisps
Have you ever wanted to use gasoline as lipstick? Or wished someone would start a campfire up your nose? That’s what it feels like to eat the new P...
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May 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My new piece in @mcsweeneys.net!
"Have you ever wanted to use gasoline as lipstick? Or wished someone would start a campfire up your nose? That’s what it feels like to eat the new Pringles Hot Ones...."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pri...
"Have you ever wanted to use gasoline as lipstick? Or wished someone would start a campfire up your nose? That’s what it feels like to eat the new Pringles Hot Ones...."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pri...