Pamela Paul is the author of, most recently, “My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues.” She is the editor of The New York Times Book Review and oversees all books coverage at The Times. She is also the author of three previous books, and the editor of the anthology, “By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review.”

Workshops: Private lives, public books and How to write a book review