Fussy’s favorites: Week of May 2, 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 

• James Patterson on writing a novel with a president 

• A conversation with Fussy author Kari Trumbo

• Meet the flight attendant who signed a seven-figure book deal  

Feel-good stories 

• Writers are drumming up donations for India COVID relief 

• How to become a bestselling poet: Have a Twitter-savvy grandkid 

• Estates of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his wife have made up

Books to watch for

• Retired graphic-novel author Alan Moore signs a book deal 

• Stacey Abrams's first three novels will be reissued in 2022 

• Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has written a children's book