Ramona Koval has been praised as a master of the interview genre, renowned for engaging writers in conversations that are incisive, provocative, and downright funny. In this collection, she shares the most fascinating interviews from her 2005 book, Tasting Life Twice, along with brand new interviews with some of the most important writers of our times. Through Koval, we are privy to the extraordinary minds of Joseph Heller, Joyce Carol Oates, Mario Vargas Llosa, Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, David Malouf, P.D. James, John Mortimer, Ian McEwan, Amos Oz, Gore Vidal, Harold Pinter, John le Carre, Barry Lopez, Malcolm Bradbury, William Gass, Judith Wright, Les Murray, Fay Weldon, A.S. Byatt, Margaret Drabble, Martin Amis, Toni Morrison, Andre Brink, John Banville, Jeanette Winterson, Hanif Kureishi, and Anne Enright, among others.
Author Biography:
Ramona Koval is a writer, editor and broadcaster. She is the host of The Monthly's 'The Monthly Book' and was previously the host of The Book Show on ABC Radio National, heard weekdays across Australia, and podcast globally. She is the author of a novel, Samovar, and four books of non-fiction.