Writer laments "lack of productive dialogue" in fracking debate

Jeff Glor talks to Kristopher Jansma, author of "The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards." Jansma's debut novel follows a young man's quest to become a writer who becomes caught in a never-ending web of lies.

Jeff Glor talks to Herman Koch, author of "The Dinner," an internationally bestselling suspense novel about families struggling with a difficult decision over the course of a meal. Between the polite discourse at a fashionable restaurants, two couples show how far they are prepared to go to protect their children.

Chris Pavone, author of "The Expats," talks about how he came up with one of the central questions posed in his book - What is it we don't know about each other?

Jeff Glor talks to Chris Pavone, author of "The Expats," an instant New York Times bestseller that is being published in fifteen languages on five continents, and developed for film. The story follows an American woman living in Luxembourg and hiding a tremendous, life-defining secret that begins to unravel her newly established expat life, and is Pavone's first novel.

Adam Mansbach, author of "Rage Is Back," talks about how the public perception and experience of graffiti has changed over the last 30 years.

Jeff Glor talks to Adam Mansbach about his new novel, "Rage Is Back," in which he explores the world's most beautiful crime -- graffiti. The book follows the journey of the son of two famous graffiti artists from New York City's "golden era of subway bombing. Mansbach is the also the author of "Go the F*ck to Sleep," a number one New York Times bestseller, "The End of the Jews," winner of the California Book Award, and "Angry Black White Boy," a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2005.

J. Grigsby Crawford, author of "The Gringo: A Memoir," gives his advice to other young people interested in possibly serving in the Peace Corps and talks about what's next for him.

Jeff Glor talks to J. Grigsby Crawford about "The Gringo: A Memoir." Crawford joined the U.S. Peace Corps after graduating from George Washington University in 2008 and spent nearly two and a half years in Ecuador. The book recounts his journey full of of danger, drugs, sex and alarming illness, as well as his take on the Peace Corps' place in the 21st century.

Writer Tom Chiarella talks about how both sides in the fracking debate are pitted against one another. Chiarella's article, "Thank You for Fracking" appears in the January 2013 issue of Esquire.

Writer Tom Chiarella talks about what he sees as the likely inevitability of fracking continuing and if so, how best to deal with its risks. Chiarella's article, "Thank You for Fracking" appears in the January 2013 issue of Esquire.

Jeff Glor talks to Tom Chiarella about "Thank You for Fracking," his article published in the January 2013 issue of Esquire magazine. The piece examines the debate surrounding hydrofracturing -- a controversial technique used to extract petroleum or natural gas from shale. Chiarella is a writing professor at DePauw University and writer-at-large and fiction editor of Esquire.

Jeff Glor talks to author Stephanie LaCava about, "An Extraordinary Theory of Objects," a collection of illustrated narratives about a young American growing up in Paris who finds comfort in strange and beautiful objects that she acquires.