MaryAnne Kolton

MaryAnne Kolton’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in myriad literary publications including the Lost Children Charity Anthology, Thrice Fiction, and Connotation Press, among others. Her story “A Perfect Family House” was short listed for The Glass Woman Prize. Author interviews have appeared most recently in the Herald de Paris, Los Angeles Review of Books, Her Circle Zine, The Literarian/City Center, January Magazine, Word Riot and Prime Number. MaryAnne can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

Articles

A Nasty Tale of Redemption: A Conversation With Susan Rukeyser
MaryAnne Kolton talks with Susan Rukeyser about her novel “Not on Fire, Only Dying”, a lost Kingston, NY, and dealing with anxiety....
MaryAnne KoltonMay 28, 2016
- Fiction
The Murder behind the Myth: Jayne Anne Phillips talks to MaryAnne Kolton
Jayne Anne Phillips' new novel is based on an actual murder turned myth....
MaryAnne KoltonOct 11, 2013
A Mother, Her Daughter, and an Incestuous, Murdering Father
A daughter’s voyage of discovery and a mother’s childhood hell....
MaryAnne KoltonAug 28, 2013
Digging Into Crimes: A Conversation with Peter May
MARILYN STASIO of The New York Times wrote, “Peter May is a writer I’d follow to the ends of the earth.” Should you choose to dip your toes in the overflowing pool of May’s dazzling, ...
MaryAnne KoltonJun 16, 2013
Roxana Robinson on Sparta, Killing People, Iraq, and Writing
EXTRAORDINARY, brave and compelling, Sparta enfolds the reader. It wraps its arms around you, much too tightly, and won’t let loose until you’ve read the last page. Roxana Robinson has written a tour de force, a raw, ...
MaryAnne KoltonJun 3, 2013
Married Love: A Conversation with Tessa Hadley
TESSA HADLEY HAS LONG BEEN PRAISED for her contemporary settings with rarified suggestions of earlier times, her psychological approach to narrative, and her subtle characterizations. This British resident of Cardiff, Wales, has a new collection, Married Love and Other Stories, which ...
MaryAnne KoltonMay 8, 2013
An Interview with Ken Bruen: The Jack Taylor Series
SLY, PROFANE, CHARMING, ALCOHOLIC, sensitive, lonely, handsome, addicted to drugs, ballsy, well read, wry, nasty, self-deprecating, savvy, vicious, darkly humorous, vulnerable, cunning, insecure, emotionally damaged, loves his music, melancholy, short-tempered, bookstore lover. Jack Taylor or Ken Bruen?  ¤ Do you ...
MaryAnne KoltonNov 24, 2012
I Want to Destroy Your Equilibrium
SO MUCH HAS BEEN said and written about this stunning, prolific author that many of us have strong perceptions of her, be they right or wrong. I tried to bring an open mind, and a sincere desire to know her better ...
MaryAnne KoltonJun 11, 2012
- Nonfiction