Interviews with Elizabeth Crook
Featured Interviews
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Video Interviews:
- Laura Beth Vietor interviews Elizabeth Crook for Association of Rice Alumni and Friends of Fondren Library, November 2024
- The Houston Chronicle and Texas Book Festival: Book Club with The Madstone’s Elizabeth Crook, July 2024
- Elizabeth in conversation with Michele Chan Santos of the Texas State Library and Archives, about the selection of The Which Way Tree as the adult Texas Great Read for 2024.
- The Wittliff Collections – Elizabeth Crook on her novel The Madstone, November 2023
- Sterling Municipal Library – Live Author Event with Elizabeth Crook, March 2021
- An Evening With S.C. Gwynne and Stephen Harrigan, moderated by author Elizabeth Crook, October 2019
- Why There Are Words Austin: “Some Place Like Home” at Malvern Books: Interview with Elizabeth Crook, June 2018
- The Chez Zee Author Series with Cari Clark: Interview with Elizabeth Crook, June 2018
- Hans Staats, High School Humanities Faculty at Austin Waldorf School, in conversation with Elizabeth Crook for class instruction on The Which Way Tree
- Meet the Texas author of “The Which Way Tree”: Interview on Good Morning Texas, WFAA 8 ABC discussing The Which Way Tree, February 2018
- LBJ Library, Harry Middleton Lectureship: Elizabeth Crook reading and in discussion with Mark Updegrove about Monday, Monday, September 2014
- Texas Monthly Talks, KLRU, Austin PBS: Evan Smith, editor Texas Monthly, interviews Elizabeth Crook, 2006
- Irving Community Television Conversations: Interview with Elizabeth Crook, 2006
Audio Interviews:
- Diverse Voices with host Hopeton Hay: Navigating History and Heart in “The Madstone”: Elizabeth Crook’s Earnest Tale of Adventure in…, December 2023
also available as mp3
- Bookmarked: Priscilla interviews local San Marcos author Elizabeth Crook on her novel The Madstone, December 2023
also available as mp3
- Book Public: ‘The Madstone’ by Elizabeth Crook, November 2023
also available as mp3
- Thoughts from a Page Podcast: Elizabeth Crook – THE MADSTONE, November 2023
Listen on Thoughts from a Pagealso available as mp3
- The Texas Standard: ‘The Which Way Tree’ Explores Gender Roles, Race And Revenge During The Civil War, March 2019
Listen on The Texas Standard website
- Write On Four Corners – Elizabeth Crook, The Night Journal, The Which Way Tree, and other novels, September 2018
- WYPL Book Talk Interview: Elizabeth Crook, April 2018
also available as mp3
- Writing on the Air Podcast: Elizabeth Crook, March 2018
also available as mp3
- The Texas Standard: A New Novel Tells The Story Of Two Orphans’ Search For ‘Demonio De Dos Dedos’ (The editor of Kirkus Reviews, Claiborne Smith, talking about The Which Way Tree), February 2018
Listen on the Texas Standard website
also available as mp3
- Thacker Mountain Radio Hour: Interview and Reading with Elizabeth Crook at the Texas Tales! Hip Hop and Bluegrass! Live Event at Off Square Books, February 2018
Click here to listen to the entire event on ThackerMountain.com - Kirkus Reviews’ Fully Booked Podcast: Elizabeth Crook in conversation with Claiborne Smith
also available as mp3
- Talk At Ten Interview: Elizabeth Crook On Her New Book, Monday, Monday
Listen on Marfa Public Radio.org
also available as mp3
- New Novel Tells The Story Of The First Mass School Shooting, WBUR: Here and Now
also available as mp3
- Elizabeth Crook’s ‘Monday Monday’ Revisits UT’s Infamous Tower Shooting
- Telling the Stories of the Whitman Shooting [Podcast]
Listen on Texas Exes - Listen to Elizabeth Crook on KUT 90.5 in conjunction with Texas Monthly June 2010 story “Our House” | View article as pdf
also available as mp3
- Audio Interview on Written Voices Radio
also available as mp3
Online Interviews:
- Interview on Chron.: New novel brings a post-Civil War Texas to life
- Interview on The Dallas Morning News: Elizabeth Crook’s new novel taps into Texas history, brings back a favorite character
- Interview on The Austin American-Statesman: Texas Book Festival set to honor novelist Elizabeth Crook with the 2023 Texas Writer Award
- 2023 Texas Writer Award Recipient: Elizabeth Crook. TBF Literary Director, Hannah Gabel, interviewed Crook about her life and work.
- Interview on Literary Hub: Exclusive cover reveal: Elizabeth Crook’s The Madstone
- Interview on Medium: 5 Questions with Elizabeth Crook, author of The Which Way Tree
- Interview on the Houston Chronicle: In ‘The Which Way Tree,’ a story of vengeance on the Texas frontier: A conversation with Elizabeth Crook about her new novel
- Interview on Texas Book Festival: Elizabeth Crook on Her New Novel “The Which Way Tree”
- Interview on North Melbourne Books: North Melbourne Books April Newsletter – featuring Elizabeth Crook
- Interview on Dallas News: How a panther sighting and a frontier diary fueled Elizabeth Crook’s memorable new Texas novel
- Interview on Lone Star Literary Life: Elizabeth Crook on a Writer’s Family, Past and Present
- Interview on Austin Woman magazine: The Creative Worlds of Crook, Candler and McQueen
- Interview on the Huffington Post: Elizabeth Crook on School Shootings, Gun Control, and her Novel ‘Monday, Monday’
- Q & A with Elizabeth Crook in Rice Magazine Summer 2014 (pg.46)
- Interview on CultureMap.com: What to read right now: Elizabeth Crook on her new novel and books every Texan should read
- Read an interview on Daily Texan Online: Elizabeth Crook’s latest novel “Monday, Monday” sheds new light on 1966 Tower shooting
- Read an interview on Kirkus Reviews about Monday, Monday
- Read an interview with Elizabeth Crook on bestselling novelist, Caroline Leavitt’s blog
- Read an interview at Lamourproject.com
- Read an interview at ReadingGroupChoices.com
- Read an interview at BookReporter.com
- Read an interview at BellaOnline
Other Interviews:
- Author Q&A with Elizabeth Crook | Linear Reflections, June 3, 2007
- Presently, author is immersed in past | Contra Costa Times, April 30, 2006
- The Night Journal | Garage Band, April 13, 2006
- Author dove into history of Pecos Pueblo in 1890s | San Antonio Express, February 2006
- A Conversation about The Night Journal: Penguin Reader’s Guide | December 2005
- Conversations with Texas Writers | March 2005
- Novel Ideas | The Houston Chronicle, Feb 2001
- Elizabeth Crook’s Texas | The Austin Chronicle, July 1994
- Austin Author Says Onasis had Insight, Concern as Editor | Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 1994
- Feeling a Powerful Compulsion to Write | The Houston Chronicle, March 1994
- Recalling the Alamo Differently | The Dallas Morning News, March 1994
- Revolutionary View | Austin American-Statesman, March 1994
- San Marcos Native Offers Engaging New Historical Novel of the Texas Revolution | San Marcos Daily Record, March 1994
- Bookjam: Three Writers, One Topic | The Wall Street Journal, June 1993
- Crook’s Novel Shines a Light on Sam Houston and Eliza Allen | San Marcos Daily Record, March 1991
- Eliza Mystery Lured Writer | Corpus Christi Caller-Times, March 1991
- A Lover’s Knot | Texas Monthly, March 1991
- The Mystery Woman | Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 1991
- Sam Houston’s Bride Revisted | The Washington Post, March 1991
- ‘Raven’s Bride’ a Sucess Now, but Author Struggled for Years | The Houston Post