The Best of NPR Books for September 24, 2015

This week: Chaucer returns, Percival Everett, Kevin Henkes, Chinelo Okparanta and author incomes. View this email in your browser update preferences

This week, our educated friend Geoffrey Chaucer returns with back-to-school advice, Percival Everett says he wrote his latest volume of Western tales while living in Paris, and Kevin Henkes remembers becoming a children's book author. Plus, we talk to Nigerian author Chinelo Okparanta about her latest novel -- and we look at the sorry state of author incomes. Book News & Features Advyce For The Sesoun Of Returninge To Scole All hail the return of our favorite medieval advice columnist, who is here to get us through the back-to-school season, including helping us dress for photos and pull all-nighters. Read this story Author Interviews For Prolific Author Percival Everett, The Wilderness Is A Place Of Clarity Everett praises Wyoming, where many of his new stories are set, for being "so sparsely populated." And he says the outdoors aren't dangerous — human voices in the wilderness are far scarier. Read this story Author Interviews Some Kids' Books Are Worth The Wait: 'They Do Take Time,' Says Kevin Henkes The Caldecott and Newbery award-winning author says he won't publish anything he isn't proud of. His new picture book is about five figurines on a windowsill who are all waiting for something. Read this story Author Interviews Finding Love And Self-Acceptance 'Under the Udala Trees' Chinelo Okparanta's new novel follows a Nigerian girl as she grows up during a violent civil war and struggles to come to terms with her sexuality. Read this story Book News & Features When It Comes To Book Sales, What Counts As Success Might Surprise You A survey from the Authors Guild reveals a 30 percent decline in author income since 2009. "You used to be able to make an absolutely living wage as a writer," says Guild President Roxana Robinson. Read this story

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