Learn about Ben’s phobias (clowns, sharks, dentists), his workspace wall hangings (antlers, skulls, dead tarantulas), and more in this Q&A by Powell’s Books.
For the Love of the Thrill: Ben discusses the elements that combine to create thrilling fiction on Talk of Iowa (Iowa Public Radio).
Taking a Knife to the Nerve of the Moment, Nothing but Comics, April 2015
In Touch with the Tooth and Claw, Guernica Magazine, interviewed by Alicia Otulski, January 13, 2014.
Episode 174 of Other People, podcast interview by Brad Listi. May 15, 2013.
Ten Questions on Lit Reactor, interviewed by Keith Rawson, May 7, 2013.
“Werewolves and Terrorism and Infectious Disease.” Interviewed in the L Magazine by Kristen Iverson. May 6, 2013.
Interviewed by New York Metro, May 6, 2013.
Siblings at Workshop Both Named NEA Fellows by Mike Kilen, Des Moines Register, December 12, 2011
Benjamin and Jennifer Percy interviewed on the National Endowment for the Arts blog.
Writing is in Benjamin Percy’s blood, giving life to Central Oregon, The Oregonian, Sunday, August 14, 2011.
Interviewed on “Talk of Iowa” Iowa Public Radio, 11/30/10
Powells.com Interview and Review of The Wilding. October 3, 2010
Interview with Willamette Week, October 2010
Shelf Awareness Interview. October 1, 2010
Interview with Shawn Mitchell for Fiction Writers Review. September, 28, 2010.
Interviewed by Claire Kirch for Publishers Weekly profile. “The Wild West of Benjamin Percy.” August 9, 2010 edition
Interviewed by Carolyn Kellogg, LA Times/Jacket Copy, June 4, 2010
The Iraq War Moves from Story to Comic to Film Newsarama interview with Ben, James Ponsoldt and Danica Novgorodoff on the Refresh, Refresh graphic novel.
Interviewed by Kate McIntyre and Emily Wunderlich in the Missouri Review, Summer 2009.
June 2, 2009. Interviewed by Jessica Naudziunas at NPR-affiliate station WNIN, Indiana.
July 15, 2008. Interviewed by Benjamin Pheiffer for Ask the Writer at Write Well.
April 24, 2008. Interviewed by Chris Williams for Popmatters.com.
March 24, 2008. Interviewed Jenny Shank at New West magazine. To read the interview, click here.
February 21, 2008. Alternet.org. Interviewed by Courtney Martin.
January 31, 2007. Luna Park Review. Interviewed by Travis Kurowski.
November 14th, 2007. The Literally Literal WSUM, 91.7 FM, Madison. Interviewed by Andrew Hirshman.
The Sadness They Carried On Their Backs: A Profile Of Benjamin Percy by Kris Babe. Poets & Writers. Fall/Winter 2007. To read the article (Adobe PDF) click here.
October 2007. Bookslut.com. Interviewed by Weston Cutter. To read the interview, click here.
September 12, 2007. The Source Weekly. Interviewed by Ellen Santasier.
January 25, 2007. Interviewed by Jane Hamden for Lake Effect on WUWM, Milwaukee Public Radio. To download the podcast click here.
November 30, 2006. Interviewed by Craig Reinbold for the Shepherd Express.
October 25, 2006. Interviewed by Laura van den Berg for the Ploughshares blog.
September 19, 2006. Interviewed by David Medaris for Isthmus, the weekly arts newspaper of Madison, Wisconsin. To read the interview, click here.
June 20, 2006. Interviewed by Jane Hamden, At Ten Show – WUWM, Wisconsin Public Radio, FM 89.7.
April 2, 2006. Interviewed by David Jasper of the Bend, Oregon Bulletin for a feature story in the Community Life Section on Writing Stories the Color of Oregon To read this article: Click Here
September 12, 2005. Live E-Panel: Long Time Writers, First Time Authors. Interviewed by Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writer’s Network.