This week, Word Nerd's Q&A is with thriller writer Marcus Sakey. His new book hit shelves a week ago or so, and his first book, "The Blade Itself" has gotten lots of good press.

To learn more about the new book and Sakey, read the interview here.

Historical fiction author Jennifer Donnelly answers questions about her latest book and her work.

Click here for the full interview.

My book-blogging alter ego took a much-needed hiatus from doing the weekly Q&A columns with authors as I went through a pretty big transition, moving 400 miles to a new city and starting a new career.

Now that this job is feeling comfortable and most of the boxes are unpacked at my new place, I decided it's time to get back at it.

Therefore, I am re-opening the call for interviews. Have a book published already? Have one coming out? (Not vanity or print-on-demand titles,…

CrimeSpace member Harry Hunsicker in the spotlight this week.

Read the interview here.

Want to know what it's like to write about political scandal?

Word Nerd chats with Cynthia Dennis, who wrote a memoir of her father's attempt to become the governor of Kansas. The interview is here.

YA author Scott Westerfeld is this week's guest, chatting about his Uglies series and more.

Click here to read the interview.

CrimeSpace-r J.D. Rhoades chats this week with Word Nerd, on his books, his past jobs and other topics.

Click here to read the interview.

We turn from mysteries to fantasy this week.

It's Jacqueline Carey, sharing about her books and writing.

Word Nerd talks it up this week with CrimeSpace member Eric Stone.

His second novel comes out in September. He talks about that book and more things here.

Another CrimeSpace fellow is in the hot seat this week.

Dave Zeltserman chats about his new with Word Nerd here.

Another Wednesday brings another interview with an author.

Here's Jon Armstrong, talking about his debut novel, "Grey."

Another week, another interview.

This week, it's Jay MacLarty in the hotseat.

Read what he's got to say here.

A day early because of the holiday tomorrow, but here's the weekly author Q&A.

This week, the author up is James Grippando, author of the Jack Swyteck series and a new stand-alone thriller, "Lying with Strangers."

Read the interview here.

CrimeSpace-r Seth Harwood talks this week about podcasting his novels.

Check it out here.

CrimeSpace's own Charles Kelly is this week's interviewee.

Check it out here, as he talks about his book and how he got there from his career in journalism.

And promise, that blog's not all in italics. (This one won't let me type if I unitalicize it at the moment...)

Lesley Kagen, author of "Whistling in the Dark" is in Word Nerd's hot seat this week.

Check it out here.