Wally Lamb, the 62 years old novelist, has five novels to his name, including two titles selected by Oprah Winfrey for her star-making book club. Lamb's debut, She's Come Undone, took readers by surprise with its sensitive but unpitying portrayal of a woman tested too much in one lifetime, and his follow-up, I Know This Much Is True, took his reputation to an empathetic writer who effectively balances accessibility and depth. Now, the novelist is back with his new book, We Are Water, that takes on another troubled character, the outsider artist Annie Oh, who's preparing to marry her powerful gallerist lover, Viveca.
Lamb is often inspired by news events in his fiction. He himself was in the headlines earlier this year when the York Correctional Institution temporarily banned She's Come Undone and I'll Fly Away, one of two anthologies he edited written by incarcerated women. Lamb struck a frenzy on Facebook, and within 24 hours both books were back on prison library shelves. Now he wears a T-shirt that proclaims "Read Banned Books,". The T-shirt was given to him by the prison's librarian.
Goodreads have published Lamb's interview that will unfold several secrets about him and his style of fiction.
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