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Thomas Harris The reclusive author's acclaimed novels about the evil Hannibal Lecter have sold in their millions and inspired influential movies. A fourth book on the iconic villain's early days is due soon. But will it spoil the essential mystery? The Observer, November 19th 2006 Sania Mirza Jason Cowley on the tennis sensation who is drawing scorn from India's Muslim clerics. New Statesman, October 17th 2005 Ian McEwan Terror and the UK - He is the closest thing we have to a "national novelist": one who can speak to and for the nation at times of crisis. Ian McEwan profiled by Jason Cowley. New Statesman, July 18th 2005 David Sylvian With their dyed hair, poetic ambitions and liberal use of eyeliner, Japan gave a sense of identity to a generation of disaffected suburban teens. Among them was Jason Cowley. Twenty years on, David Sylvian, the band's frontman, talks about his latest solo album and his life as an old New Romantic. The Observer, April 10th 2005 Rian Malan The South African writer Rian Malan grew up in revolt against his colonial inheritance. His first and only book offers vital insights into the white man's experience of apartheid. New Statesman, March 14th 2005 Kate Bush With her first single up for a Brit Award and a new album soon to be released, Kate Bush is back in a big way. It's been a long wait, writes Jason Cowley, but she's worth it. New Statesman, February 7th 2005 Dan Brown The author of the bestselling Da Vinci Code has tapped into our post-9/11 anxieties and fear of fundamentalism. New Statesman, December 13th 2004 William Shawcross Once a model progressive, he is now the royal choice to write the Queen Mother's life and an apologist for war in Iraq. New Statesman, December 15th 2003 Daniel Libeskind A Jewish Museum in Berlin, a war museum in Manchester, even a Rwanda massacre memorial - is Libeskind being typecast? If so, it may help him to the biggest prize in contemporary architecture. Prospect, Issue 83, February 2003 Helon Habila Before he won the 2001 Caine Prize, which is worth $15,000, Helon Habila had never left Nigeria. He was working as a hack writer on a "romance" magazine called Hints, mechanically producing Mills & Boon-style stories of love lost and regained. The Daily Telegraph, October 2002 Barbara Cassani When easyJet buys out BA's low-cost airline later this week, Go's high-flying founder will make a personal fortune. Barbara Cassani reveals how she found big thrills in the world of no-frills flying. The Observer, July 28th 2002 Mario Vargas Llosa To read Mario Vargas Llosa is to encounter a writer engaged in a complicated process of remaking the modern world in fiction. He is an undeviatingly serious writer, a visionary, whose novels are steeped in the darkness, the violence and the obsessions of his native Latin America. The Daily Telegraph, April 2002 Tom Clancy He is the most popular novelist on earth, whose images of catastrophe animate the modern American psyche. New Statesman, September 24th 2001 Zhou Wei Hui Jason Cowley on Wei Hui, whose novel has been banned and burned in China for being too sexually explicit. New Statesman, July 23rd 2001 Ernest Hecht Ernest Hecht, deep in manuscripts in his office at Souvenir Press, is 71 and has no intention of retiring. Like many Jewish families, the Hechts fled the Nazis in Czechoslovakia. The Times, November 11th 2000 Will Self Putting drug and alcohol addiction behind him, Will Self has found his calling. But it's still hard being one of our most notorious writers. The Times, June 24th 2000 Ian Curtis Ian Curtis was more than a singer, and Joy Division were more than a band. Twenty years on, Jason Cowley is more than a fan. The Times, May 17th 2000 Victor Pelevin Russian literary culture is in disarray but it can still have a good row about its most fashionable writer. New York Times; Prospect, Issue 50, March 2000 Caprice She has turned her brightly packaged self into a corporate image fit for a king - or at least a prince. New Statesman, March 6th 2000 JM Coetzee The ideal chronicler of the new South Africa, he deserves to make literary history as a double Booker winner. New Statesman, October 25th 1999 Jim Crace His novels are such journeys of the imagination that not even Jim Crace himself knows where they will end up. Jason Cowley hears about the latest. The Times, September 18th 1999 Iris Murdoch In one of the last interviews with Iris Murdoch, Jason Cowley found her still pondering on the spaces that God left behind. New Statesman, February 12th 1999 John le Carre A literary barbarian? Or a writer to whom future generations will turn for insights into our times? By Jason Cowley. New Statesman, February 5th 1999 JG Ballard The author of "Crash" and "Empire of the Sun" talks to Prospect about sex, technology and the 1960s. Do his dark obsessions amount to a serious quest to understand modernity? Prospect, Issue 33, August 1998 Stephen Hawking Ten years after the publication of A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking is still seeking the last piece of the cosmic jigsaw. Interview by Jason Cowley. The Times, June 17th 1998 VS Naipaul To his critics he is an arrogant apologist for colonialism and a cheerleader for Hindu nationalism. To his admirers he is the finest writer in the English language and creator of a new literary form. Jason Cowley talks to the literary King of rootlessness and finds him content, at last, with life and England. Prospect, Issue 31, June 1998 Toni Morrison Toni Morrison's new book is expected to sell a million. Jason Cowley meets the pride of America. The Times, May 5th 1998 Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer, the South African Nobel laureate, continues to grapple with her nation's complexities. Interview by Jason Cowley. The Times, February 17th 1998 Mark Hollis With his new album, Mark Hollis says goodbye forever to his life as a reluctant pop star. Jason Cowley reports. The Times, February 13th 1998 Charles Causley Jason Cowley meets the poet Charles Causley, who at 80 has just seen his collected works published. The Times, December 30th 1997 Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy's first and only novel has won her this year's Booker Prize and made her a millionaire. Jason Cowley finds out what inspired India's rising star. The Times, October 18th 1997 Alan Maclean Donald Maclean's betrayal of his country to the former Soviet Union ended his brother's career. But Alan Maclean refuses to condemn him. Interview by Jason Cowley. The Times, September 23rd 1997 George Steiner Polymath, scholar and instinctive outsider, George Steiner talks to Jason Cowley about risk, passion and the decency of the English. The Times, September 22nd 1997 Bernard MacLaverty Bernard MacLaverty, author of the controversial Cal, is tipped to make the Booker Prize shortlist with his latest novel, Grace Notes. He takes Jason Cowley on a pub crawl around his home town of Belfast. The Times, September 13th 1997 Martin Amis He is a writer of reckless ambition and one of the few serious novelists that most people have heard of. Yet he wins no prizes and literary London is split over him. Jason Cowley visits Amis and finds him wondering how posterity will judge his work. Prospect, Issue 22, August 1997 Brian Evenson Mormon Brian Evenson has been reviled by his Church for writing what they feel is sadistic and perverted fiction. The Times, July 15th 1997 Jennifer Aniston She had to lose 30lb and alter her image, but now Jennifer Aniston just can't stop earning. Interview by Jason Cowley. The Times, July 3rd 1997 E. Annie Proulx E. Annie Proulx wrote her first novel at the age of 56 - and has been winning awards ever since. Her latest book was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Interview by Jason Cowley. The Times, June 5th 1997 Fiona Shaw Sampling the life of a nun put Fiona Shaw in touch with her spirituality, says Jason Cowley. The Times, April 15th 1997 Kenzaburo Oe The birth of his son turned Kenzaburo Oe from suicide, and eventually gave literature its latest Nobel laureate. Jason Cowley reports. The Times, April 15th 1997 |
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