Fussy’s favorites: Week of April 19, 2021

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week. 

Author interviews 

• Author Gary Paulsen has written his own survival story 

• Meet Fussy writer Jolie Tunnell

Screen time 

• Cast members are revealed for Where The Crawdads Sing movie  

• Dakota Johnson will star in a modern version of Persuasion 

• LeVar Burton will be a Jeopardy! guest host

British estate updates  

• Agatha Christie's house is for sale 

• Jane Austen’s House: There's no tempest brewing over tea cups

Not-so-good news  

• Author Richard Dawkins's humanist of the year award is revoked 

• Open letter takes aim at some Simon & Schuster publishing deals 

• Philip Roth biographer's agency drops him over abuse claims