Jonathan Levi

‘It’s a miracle that Granta survived our mutual adolescence.’

Sandra Newman

‘While you’re still arguing you still have hope.’

Henry Marsh

Issue 6

Daniel Kon

‘But you had to be on the islands to know what it was really all about.’

Karan Mahajan

‘The through line in my work that I see is how easily we can turn people into the other’

Karl Ove Knausgaard

'What is your most unappealing habit? Maybe all the brain-like chewing gums I leave behind everywhere I work.'

Kseniya Melnik

Kseniya Melnik, chosen in 2010 as a Granta New Voice, shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.

Lillian Li

‘I don’t think I ever learned how to tell a story in the literal sense.’

Michael Mendis

‘Mostly, writing is part of my process of understanding the world.’

Nadifa Mohamed

A short film featuring Nadifa Mohamed, one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists.

Nicole Krauss

‘The ancient stories we tell, as beautiful as they may be, also serve to shape our conventions about who we think we are or should be’

Ian Leslie

Ian Leslie on Barack Obama's election in 2008 and forthcoming administration.

Stephan Mendel-Enk

‘Frustrated reporters have described him whistling rather than answering their questions and giving most of the credit for the books to someone named Oscar. The only thing that seems certain about him is that he’ll continue to write.’

Sana Krasikov

‘The world is teeming with demons who are always looking for ways to screw with your good fortune.’