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Press: Interviews


Oct 2017

VideoOut: The Most Valuable Thing Is Love

Sometimes life is hard, and sometimes you realize you’re living a lie, but that’s why love is the most valuable thing we can have.

Sep 2017

Audio: Kansas Public Radio: Conversations with Dan Skinner

Andrew Solomon talks to Conversations host Dan Skinner about the newly published young adult edition of his award-winning 2012 book on families living with difference.

Sep 2017

How do people get through unbelievable, harrowing difficulty?

I hope my books make some people at least a little less unjust in their interactions with others some of the time.

Sep 2017

Video: Idaho Public TV: Scout Dialogue: Journalist Andrew Solomon

Author Andrew Solomon relates how he went from being a bullied child suffering from depression to an award-winning journalist traveling the world. This conversation was taped at the 2017 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.

Aug 2017

Video: Mirror Media: He Loves Him, and Their Son

In this interview, which follows the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, Andrew Solomon and his husband, John Habich, discuss their lives, their marriage, and their journey to parenthood.

Aug 2017

Audio: Mom Talk Radio: On Families Living With Difference

Andrew Solomon talks to Mom Talk Radio guest host Mary Donnellan about “Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity,” newly published in a young adult edition by Simon & Schuster.

Jul 2017

Audio: Roughly Speaking: Trump’s Decision on Transgender in the Military

President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will no longer “accept or allow” transgender people in the military is “deeply horrifying,” an action that “enshrines prejudice.”

Jul 2017

Audio: Conversations LIVE! Andrew Solomon Discusses the New Young Adult Edition of “Far from the Tree”

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes back Andrew Solomon to Conversations Live to discuss the new young adult edition of “Far from the Tree.”

Jul 2017

Audio: Feisty Side of Fifty: Far from the Tree

Andrew Solomon discusses his award-winning book “Far from the Tree” with host Mary Anne Williams.

Jul 2017

Audio: It’s Your Health with Lisa Davis: Our Differences Unite Us

Andrew Solomon talks with It’s Your Health host Lisa Davis about the new young adult edition of his award-winning book, “Far from the Tree.”