Abby West
Abby West is a recovering journalist and pop culture junkie, whose decades at prominent media organizations such as Essence, Entertainment Weekly, and People have given her a love of stories that explore, empower, and celebrate underrepresented communities.
Articles & Interviews
Steve Burns Gives Us A Clue About 'Foreverywhere'
Steve Burns (Steve from Blue’s Clues!) talks about performing and co-creating a magical world with unicorns, monsters, an intergalactically powerful cosmic rock goddess princess, and riffs kids will love in his new Audible Original ‘Foreverywhere.’
Carla Grauls' 'Life Ever After' Shows Relationships Will Always Matter More Than Tech
With her audio play Life Ever After, Carla Grauls set out to explore transhumanism and what it means to really be human as we use technology enhance/augment human intellect and physiology.
Chisa Hutchinson's Audio Play 'Proof of Love' Finds The Nuances In Writing About Love, Black People, And Class
The first playwright from Audible’s Emerging Playwrights Fund to hit the stage, Chisa Hutchinson discusses the complicated issues she tackled and how fun it was to work in a new format.
Lori Gottlieb's Engaging New Memoir Shows Therapy Is Really About Making Connections
Therapist and journalist Lori Gottlieb achieves a double delight with her entertaining and therapeutic memoir that takes you into the therapy room and allows us to see her as both the therapist and the patient.
Damon Young Takes A Stern Yet Funny Look At Masculinity and Black Life In His New Memoir
In ‘What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker’, cultural critic Damon Young uses his life to dig into the sometimes performative aspects of being a black man in America.
Claire Adam's Debut Novel 'Golden Child' Shows That No Person Is An Island, Even When Living On One
Debut author Claire Adam talks about the power of books, complicated family dynamics, and how her debut novel, 'Golden Child,' set on a Caribbean Island and centered on a poor but proud family, resonates with people from all walks of life.
'Bird Box' Author Josh Malerman Still Loves The World He Created 13 Years Ago. Now Millions More Are Also On Board.
The prolific author of the book that eventually lead to one of the season's most viral memes, spoke with editor Abby West about having his debut work take off and land in the zeitgeist so many years after he wrote it.
Digging Into The Subversive Power Behind That Little Show About Sex, Cosmos, Shoes, and So Much More
The bestselling author of 'Sex and the City and Us' explores what a big impact this series made -- on the culture and individuals like her -- when it hit the zeitgeist 20 years ago.
Meet the debut authors of three of 2018's buzziest books: Stephen Markley, Zoje Stage, and Tommy Orange
The authors of ‘Ohio,’ ‘Baby Teeth,’ and ‘There, There’ were game to answer our questions to help Audible — and you! — get to know them.
TV Columnist Michael Ausiello Knew Recording His Heartbreaking Memoir 'Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies' Meant Not Sugarcoating A Single Thing
The TV news impresario opens up about celebrating the life and love of his husband Kit after his devastating death.
Rick Riordan's new imprint emphasizes the need for diversity in kidlit
The Percy Jackson author talks about championing diversity with his new Disney imprint, and we hear from Roshani Chokshi, author of the first book, ‘Aru Shah and the End of Time.’