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Listen to some of your favorite authors in these podcast interviews. BookOpinion has pulled together links to a few recent AOL interviews with authors.

All Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P. Jones

“Following the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Known World (2003), Jones offers a complex, sometimes somber collection of 14 short stories, four of which have appeared in the New Yorker,” writes Publisher’s Weekly.

Listen to AOL’s Interview With Edward P. Jones (10 minutes)

Knit 2 Together: Patterns and Stories for Serious Knitting Fun by Tracey Ullman, Mel Clark, and Eric Axene

“The multitalented Ullman now graces audiences with another gift: a funny and accessible book on knitting, co-written with the owner of her local Santa Monica, Calif., yarn store,” writes Publisher’s Weekly. “Ullman’s been knitting for three years, and Clark, a New Zealander, is her knitting mentor. The duo shares more than 30 original designs, accompanied by Ullman’s witticisms and Clark’s trustworthy advice.”

Listen to AOL’s Interview with Tracey Ullman and her co-author (13 minutes)

Paint It Black by Janet Fitch

“Fitch follows her bestselling debut, White Oleander, by revisiting the insidious effects of a powerful, narcissistic mother on an only child,” writes Publisher’s Weekly.

Listen to AOL’s Interview with Janet Fitch (11 minutes)

The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood by Joe Eszterhas

“After 31 years in the Hollywood trenches and 15 films including Flashdance, Basic Instinct and Showgirls, screenwriter Eszterhas delivers a dishy, catty mix of reminiscences and Hollywood trivia in the guise of a handbook for wannabe screenwriters,” writes Publisher’s Weekly.

Listen to AOL’s Interview with Joe Eszterhas (12 minutes)

Piece of Work by Laura Zigman

Publisher’s Weekly writes: “Zigman (Animal Husbandry) visits the popular chick lit landscape of Manhattan public relations, but with a less glamorous twist. The publicist is 36-year-old Julia Einstein, a Connecticut housewife who has been relishing her life as a stay-at-home mom to toddler son Leo. When her husband, Peter, loses his job, Julia is thrust back into the world she left behind. After calling on a savvy and successful friend for advice, Julia ends up at John Glom Public Relations, a ‘firm that handles desperate has-beens,’ where she must work with actress Mary Ford, billed as a ‘client, paying for the right to suck the life out of us.’”

Listen to AOL’s Interview with Laura Zigman (9 minutes)