Interview

Shelf Unbound: Your main character is an aging theoretical physicist who has been rather alone for many years since losing his young wife in an accident. Tell us about...

Shelf Unbound: Aftermath is a science fiction novel about humans banding together in small groups to survive after an apocalyptic alien invasion. How did you come up with the...

Shelf Unbound: You’ve written several books on Indo-European and Niger-Congo languages. What interested you in these topics? Graham Dunn: My mother believed in the value of Latin, teaching me...

Shelf Unbound: Your main character Lucy is dying from cancer; her estranged brother, a devout Catholic priest, is her next of kin in control of her end-of-life decisions and...

Shelf Unbound: How does the setting of the Australian Outback influence the story? Victoria Capper: They say, “write what you know,” and I know the Australian Outback. It’s different,...

Shelf Unbound: You’ve written a number of humorous mystery novels starring Aussie detective Paddy Pest. Tell us about Pest and about how you created him.  Gerry Burke: Patrick Pesticide...

Persevering against hard knocks and strife, the residents of Calloustown are rendered with humanity and humor by short story master George Singleton.  Shelf Unbound: How did you come up...

Richly rendered characters populate Reliance, Illinois, which examines the lives of women in the late 1800s.  Shelf Unbound: How did you come up with the name of the imaginary...