The Workshop Sarah Anne Johnson

WORKSHOP - The Art of the Author Interview

Learn how to initiate, research, conduct, and publish interviews with authors and other creative people. We'll cover the nuts and bolts of conducting the interviews, and you'll leave with an inspirational explanation of how the process can feed and enhance your own work and career as a writer. To schedule this workshop at your school, conference, or in your community, email sajwriter@comcast.net.

Students Publishing Their Interviews

If you are a student of The Art of the Author Interview and have published an interview, send an email to sajwriter@comcast.net and I'll post your publication.


Sally Ashton, An Interview with David Lehman, The Writer's Chronicle.
Remica Bingham, An Interview with Ethelbert Miller, Mosaic.
Roberta Brownroot, An Interview with Susan Cheever, The Writer's Chronicle.
Barbara Brooks, An Interview with Alice Mattison, Glimmertrain Stories.
Barbara Brooks, Kathleen Hill, Inkwell, Fall 2004.
Gina Ochsner, Writers' Digest.
Penny Dickerson, An Interview with Thomas Sayers Ellis, Mosaic.
Sherry Ellis, An Interview with Paul Lisciky, Provincetown Arts Magazine.
Sherry Ellis, An Interview with Fred Leebron, Provincetown Arts Magazine.
Sherry Ellis, An Interview with Elizabeth McCracken, Provincetown Arts Magazine.
Sarah Kanning, An Interview with Liam Rector, American Poetry Review .
Marjorie Manwaring, An Interview with Amy Gerstler, The Writer's Chronicle.
Scott McCabe, An Interview with Dennis Lehane, The Writer's Chronicle.
William Pierce, An Interview with Askold Melnyczuk, Glimmertrain Stories.
Ellen Santasiero, Interview with Kim Barnes, Northwest Review.
Ellen Santasiero, Interview with Floyd Skloot, Marlboro Review.
Kelsea Smith, An Interview with Thomas Sayers Ellis, Agni Online .
William Vandegrift, An Interview with Virgil Suarez, Quarterly West
William Vandegrift, An Interview with Toi Derricotte, The Writer's Chronicle.
Amy Yelin, An Interview with Helen Epstein, The Writer's Chronicle.