No such thing as a bad question. People like to talk about themselves, so feel free to ask things like “how did you get interested in writing?” or “Tell me how you go about writing — when do you do it, where, how (as in on a computer, typewriter, whatever).” You’ll be surprised at the answers you’ll get. Then you can get into the business of their most famous work.
When I interviewed people, my last question was always, “Is there anything I didn’t ask you that you wanted to mention?”
No such thing as a bad question. People like to talk about themselves, so feel free to ask things like “how did you get interested in writing?” or “Tell me how you go about writing — when do you do it, where, how (as in on a computer, typewriter, whatever).” You’ll be surprised at the answers you’ll get. Then you can get into the business of their most famous work.