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The phenomenally successful American novelist John Grisham joins Eleanor Wachtel in Toronto to discuss his new novel, The Reckoning, and his dedication to fighting for the wrongly convicted.

This week, from London, Somali-British writer Nadifa Mohamed. Somali-British writer Nadifa Mohamed's latest novel, The Fortune Men, is based on the true story of Mahmood Mattan, a Somali seaman who was executed in 1952 in Cardiff, Wales, for a murder he didn't commit. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Costa Best Novel Award. *Note: The audio for this episode was recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown and contains occasional low-level equipment-related distortion.

From Pasadena, California, the provocative American writer Percival Everett. In 1955, the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi brought nationwide attention to racial violence and injustice. The perpetrators were never punished. But in Percival Everett's powerful new novel, The Trees, that history comes back to haunt Money's white townsfolk, in a wave of retribution for the brutal legacy of lynching in the American South. *Note: The audio for this episode was recorded…

Eleanor speaks with British Indian novelist and journalist, Hari Kunzru. His latest book, White Tears, addresses the dark history of exploitation and greed in American blues music.

This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with Michael Chabon. From Wonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay to his latest, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, he's a great American storyteller.