Record #:

34287

Author(s):

Brown, Nic

Abstract:

David Sedaris is widely considered America’s leading humorist. In an interview, Sedaris discusses growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina. His new book, Calypso, is a memoir set in Emerald Isle.

Source:

Garden and Gun (NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 12 Issue 3, June/July 2018, p37-39, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Authors--Interviews; Writers; Books

Record #:

18766

Author(s):

Abstract:

Appalachian author Pamela Duncan sits down with fellow author Silas House to discuss the way in which she writes strong female characters and the impact her Appalachian heritage has on her work.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 19, 2010, p90-100, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Authors--Interviews

Record #:

27896

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Garner resident Mariak Chuor is telling the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Chuor was a child solider and refugee in Sudan. Chuor tells his story of hardship from his childhood in Sudan and explains why he is writing his book. He wants to write the book to help educate others and so the situation in Sudan never repeats itself again.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 13, March 2010, p16-19 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Authors; Authors--Interviews; Refugees; Soldiers

Record #:

28018

Author(s):

Smith, Zack

Abstract:

Nicolas Sparks is North Carolina’s most successful author in terms of book sales. Sparks has published 16 novels and 7 of his novels have been made into films. Sparks discusses how his themes help him keep his novels and characters unique, why he chooses to often set his stories along the Carolina coast, what it is like to write a screenplay of a novel, and what makes for a good story.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 37, September 2010, p31 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Writing; Literature--North Carolina; Authors--Interviews

Record #:

28230

Author(s):

Greenlee-Donnell, Cynthia

Abstract:

Durham author Zelda Lockhart discusses her African-American family’s Indian heritage. Her maternal great-grandmother was a Choctaw who married her black great-grandfather. Lockhart discusses the history of African-American and Indian relations and how both groups were involved in the slave trade. Her latest novel brings to life what she learned of her family’s hidden native heritage through fiction.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 13, March 2007, p33-34 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Authors, North Carolina; Authors--Interviews; Indians of North America--Relations with African Americans

Record #:

19763

Author(s):

Branan, Tonita

Abstract:

Through this interview with North Carolina author Clyde Edgerton, the interviewer gets a picture of the events of Edgerton's life that progressed from his childhood dream of becoming an Air Force pilot to his realization he wanted to become a writer of literature. Edgerton's frankness and colorful stories help to bring out the fullness of his life.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 12, 2003, p9-29, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-; Authors--Interviews

Record #:

25366

Author(s):

Abstract:

Rick Atkinson talks about the conflict in the Middle East and about his book Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War in an interview with East magazine.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Winter 2003, p25-28, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Persian Gulf War, 1991; Authors--Interviews

Record #:

1508

Author(s):

Hemley, Robin

Abstract:

Hemley asked four other transplanted Yankee writers to comment on their impressions of North Carolina's literary environment. Collectively they feel that North Carolina offers a congenial atmosphere for their craft.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Spring 1994, p129-135, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Authors--Interviews

Record #:

27543

Author(s):

Ruley, Melinda

Abstract:

Nancy Peacock is a Chatham County author known for her rough characters. Peacock recently won the N.C. Writer’s Network’s Fiction Syndicate Competition. She often writes about disappointment, sadness, frustration and says her material comes from observation. Working jobs as a waitress, carpenter, dairyworker, and bartender helped her gather material.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 7 Issue 15, June 15-21 1989, p10-11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Authors, American--Chatham County; Authors--North Carolina; Authors--Interviews