Episode 92: Interview with Author Susan Coll

Author Susan Coll

In episode 92 of Literary Prospects, we talk with author Susan Coll about her new novel, The Literati.

Susan is the author of eight novels, including Bookish People and Real Life and Other Fictions, a USA TODAY bestseller. Her third novel, Acceptance, was made into a television movie starring Joan Cusack. Her latest novel, The Literati, is out now. Susan’s work has appeared in publications including the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine, Moment Magazine, NPR.org, and Atlantic.com. She is the events advisor at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, and was the president of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation for five years.

In this interview, Susan talks about how serving 5 years as president of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation informed her latest book, finding and embracing her comedic voice as an author, getting out of tricky plot situations, and much more…