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Author2Author

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Bill Kenower, Editor-in-Chief of Author magazine, talks to writers of all genres about the books we write and the lives we lead, and how these two are one in the same.

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Author2Author with Wendy Webb

January 26, 2021 22:00 - 32 minutes - 29 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Wendy Webb to the show. Wendy got her first writing job with City Pages, an arts and entertainment weekly in Minneapolis. She has been a journalist ever since, writing for national and local magazines and newspapers, including Duluth Superior Magazine, where she was editor-in-chief for almost eight years. Even though she loved her career as a journalist, she never forgot her dream of being a novelist. Though it took several years, she eventually found the time to start ...

Author2Author with Bharti Kirchner

January 19, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 28.1 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Bharti Kirchner to the show. Winner of the 2020 prestigious SALA Award in creative writing, Bharti is the prolific author of twelve books -- eight novels and four cookbooks. Her latest is MURDER AT ANDAMAN: A MAYA MALLICK MYSTERY. Her sixth, a literary historical novel Goddess of Fire was short-listed for the Nancy Pearl Award. Her work has been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, Marathi, Thai and other languages. Her fourth novel Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and ...

Author2Author with Jon Sealy

January 12, 2021 22:00 - 34 minutes - 30.3 MB

Bill welcomes novelist and publisher Jon Sealy to the show. Jon Sealy is the author of The Whiskey Baron, The Edge of America, and The Merciful, as well as the craft book So You Want to Be a Novelist. An upstate South Carolina native, he has a degree in English from the College of Charleston and an MFA in fiction writing from Purdue University. His short fiction has appeared in The Normal School, PANK, and The Sun, among other venues, and his nonfiction has appeared in The Rumpus, The Millio...

Author2Author with Tara Moss

January 05, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MB

Bill welcomes novelist and memoirist Tara Moss to the show. Since 1999 Tara Moss has written 13 bestselling books, published in 19 countries and 13 languages. Her latest is the internationally bestselling historical crime novel The War Widow published with with HarperCanada, HarperCollins Australia, and launching in Dec 2020 with Dutton Books at Penguin Randomhouse US, and translated to German in Jan 2021 with AufBau as Die Jägerin. Her first non-fiction book, the critically acclaimed The Fic...

Author2Author with Edwin Hill

December 15, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 29.1 MB

Bill welcomes suspense novelist Edwin Hill to the show. Edwin is the Edgar- and Agatha-award nominated author of Little Comfort, The Missing Ones, and Watch Her. After attending Wesleyan University and graduating with a B.A. in American Studies, he headed west to San Francisco for the dotcom boom. Later, he returned to Boston, earned an MFA from Emerson College, and switched gears to work in educational publishing. He served as the vice president and editorial director for Bedford/St. Martin'...

Author2Author with Christopher Zyda

December 08, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MB

Bill welcomes memoirist Christopher Zyda to the show. Christopher served as Disney’s Chief Investment Officer, overseeing more than $4 billion of company investments. In 2007, he launched Mozaic, a boutique investment management firm. Chris serves on the Board of Visitors for the UCLA Department of English, the Advisory Board for Veterans in Media & Entertainment, and the Advisory Board for the Landing Zone Grace Warrior Retreat. He is also the author of the new memoir The Storm: One Voice Fr...

Author2Author with E. A. Barres

December 01, 2020 22:00 - 35 minutes - 32 MB

Bill welcomes suspense author E. A. Barres to the show. E.A. Barres' is the author, The Unrepentant, and (most recently) They're Gone; as well as the anthologies The Swamp Killers, and The Night of the Flood; in both anthologies, he served as co-editor and contributor. His column, "Decisions and Revisions," appears monthly in the Washington Independent Review of Books, and he is also the Managing Editor of The Thrill Begins, ITW's online resource for aspiring and debut thriller writers; he al...

Author2Author with Joan Frank

November 24, 2020 22:00 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Joan Frank back to the show. Joan's two most recent books are WHERE YOU'RE ALL GOING: FOUR NOVELLAS, which won the Mary McCarthy Prize, and TRY TO GET LOST: ESSAYS ON TRAVEL AND PLACE, which won the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Joan's 2017 novel, ALL THE NEWS I NEED, won the Juniper Prize for the Novel.Her collected essays about the writing life, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO: A WRITING LIFE, won the ForeWord Reviews Silver Book of the Year Award. She also reviews liter...

Author2Author with Stuart Evers

November 17, 2020 20:30 - 38 minutes - 34.6 MB

Bill welcomes British novelist Stuart Evers to the show. A former bookseller, Stuart is the award-winning author of Your Father Sends His Love, Ten Stories About Smoking, the acclaimed novel If This Is Home, and his most recent, and very fascinating novel, The Blind Light.

Author2Author with Ian K. Smith

November 10, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 28 MB

Bill welcomes bestselling suspense author Ian K. Smith, M. D. to the show. Ian is best-known for his #1 New York Times bestselling health books, including SHRED: The Revolutionary Diet, and The Clean 20, and his frequent national television appearances on shows including The Rachael Ray Show, The Doctors, Celebrity Fit Club, as well as The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, Dr. Oz, Steve Harvey Show, The Talk, Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, MSNBC and many others. The author of fifteen ...

Author2Author with Clifford Brooks

November 04, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MB

Bill welcomes poet and editor Clifford Brooks back to the show. Clifford is the founder of the Southern Collective Experience and Editor-in-Chief of the Blue Mountain Review. He hosts Dante's Old South on NPR/WUTC and This Business of Music & Poetry. He has three books of poetry: The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Exiles of Eden. He currently bounces around Georgia writing his new collection, The Book of Old Gods. His poetry/fiction hybrid, The Salvation of Co...

Author2Author with Brian Selfon

October 27, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.3 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Brian Selfon to the show. Brian Selfon has worked in criminal justice for nearly twenty years, more than fifteen of them with law enforcement agencies in New York. As the Chief Investigative Analyst for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, he handled cases ranging from money laundering to first-degree murder. He now lives in Seattle and works as an investigator for the county public defender. He has published nonfiction pieces in the Detroit Jewish News and F...

Author2Author with Bridgit Dengel Gaspard

October 20, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 30 MB

Bill welcomes author and coach Bridgit Dengel Gaspard to the show. Bridgit is the author of The Final 8th, and the founder of the New York Voice Dialogue Institute. She is a former performer who earned a master's degree from Columbia University and teaches at numerous professional settings, including the Omega Institute. She lives in New York City, where she maintains a thriving private practice. Don't miss it!  

Author2Author with Joseph Reid

October 06, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.9 MB

Bill welcomes suspense novelist Joseph Reid to the show. Joseph is a patent attorney and the author of a popular series about air marshal Seth Walker. His most recent book is Departure, in which Walker is called to investigate the disappearance of an electrical engineer from one of America’s premier tech companies who disappears inside the San Francisco International Airport before an overseas flight. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with David Hajdu

September 29, 2020 21:00 - 35 minutes - 31.3 MB

Bill welcomes journalist, music critic, and debut fiction author David Hajdu to the show. David  is the music critic for The Nation and a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Before joining The Nation in January 2015, he served for more than ten years as the music critic for The New Republic. His most recent book, Adrianne Geffel, is "fictional work of nonfiction," a biography of a nonexistent songwriter. He is currently working on a nonfiction book about artifi...

Author2Author with Brad Parks

September 22, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 30.4 MB

Bill welcomes internationally bestselling suspense writer Brad Parks to the show. Brad is the only writer to have won the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty Awards, three of American crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. His novels have been translated into 15 languages and have won critical acclaim across the globe, including stars from every major pre-publication review outlet. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Parks is a former journalist with The Washington Post and The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger....

Author2Author with Jen Knox

September 15, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 29.1 MB

Bill welcomes author and educator Jen Knox to the show. Jen is an educator and storyteller who teaches writing, leadership, and meditation. She is also is the co-owner of Unleash Creatives. Her books include the short story collections The Glass City and After the Gazebo, and her novel-in-stories, RESOLUTIONS. Her writing has been nominated for the Pen Faulkner, The Best of the Net, and a Pushcart. Her stories have been featured in textbooks, classrooms, and both online and print publications...

Author2Author with Donald M. Rattner

September 08, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.5 MB

Bill welcomes architect and author Donald M. Rattner to the show. Donald's professional and academic activities have been featured on CNN and in such publications as The New York Times, Work Design Magazine, Better Humans, Town & Country, Robb Report, Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, Builder, Traditional Building, L-Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, ChildArt Magazine, Design Milk, and Core77. Donald is also the author of My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innov...

Author2Author with Rea Frey

September 01, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 29 MB

Bill welcomes novelist and coach Rea Frey to the show. Rea is an award-winning author of several nonfiction books and the novels Not Her Daughter, Because You’re Mine, and Until I Find You. She is also the founder and CEO of Writeway, which teaches writers about the business of publishing—not just the craft. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Sharon Harrigan

August 25, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MB

Bill welcomes author Sharon Harrigan to the show. Sharon is the author of the new novel Half. In a starred review Booklist said, “Fans of Jeffrey Eugenides, Andre Dubus III, and Jane Smiley will adore Harrigan’s suspenseful, lyrical, and consuming exploration of two difficult lives, intertwined. . . Raw and powerful, Half will stay with you.” Publisher’s Weekly wrote, “Harrigan’s bold stylistic choices and memorable voice lend the novel a sense of mystery and magic, well suited to the themes ...

Author2Author with Geraldine Woods

August 18, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 30.5 MB

Bill welcomes author and educator Geraldine Woods to the show. Geraldine  has taught and tutored every level of English from 5th grade through AP for more than four decades. She makes snarky comments on grammar and usage in her blog, www.grammarianinthecity.com. She is the author of more than 50 books, most recently, 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way. She's written many Dummies books, including Basic English Grammar for Dummies, English Grammar for Dummies, English Grammar Workbook...

Author2Author with Cecilia Aragon

August 11, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MB

Bill welcomes memoirist, aviator, and professor Cecilia Aragon to the show. Cecilia is a professor at the University of Washington, and the winner of many awards for her work. She’s published hundreds of articles, co-authored the book Writers in the Secret Garden, taught astronauts to fly, and worked with Nobel Prize winners. Her innovative research has been lauded by President Obama. She is also the author of Flying Free, a memoir of her journey from fearful child to airshow pilot. She overc...

Author2Author with Jude Rittenhouse

July 28, 2020 22:30 - 35 minutes - 31.9 MB

Bill welcomes poet, teacher, and councilor Jude Rittenhouse to the show. An award-winning poet, short-story, and non-fiction writer, Jude  is also a teacher, speaker, and holistic practitioner with a Master’s degree in Counseling. For over twenty years, she has been helping others learn how to use their creativity to achieve positive change and growth. Her work has been published in literary magazines and anthologies, including Nimrod International Journal; Tiferet: Literature, Art, & the Cre...

Author2Author with Glen Erik Hamilton

July 21, 2020 22:30 - 33 minutes - 29.9 MB

Bill welcomes suspense author Glen Erik Hamilton to the show. A native of Seattle, Glen Erik Hamilton was raised aboard a sailboat and grew up around the marinas and commercial docks and islands of the Pacific Northwest. His novels have won the Anthony, Macavity, and Strand Magazine Critics awards, and been nominated for the Edgar®, Barry, and Nero awards. He now lives in California with his family, and frequently returns to his hometown to soak up the rain. His most recent novel is A Dangero...

Author2Author with Heather Siegel

July 14, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 29.1 MB

Bill welcomes memoirist Heather Siegel to the show. Heather Siegel is a writer, teacher, and creative with interests in the arts, food, and animal welfare. In her past life, she founded several independent businesses, including a coffeehouse, a café, an organic juice bar, and a natural beauty bar. She currently teaches creative and academic writing for local colleges, continuing education programs, and private workshops. She is also the author of two memoirs, Out From the Underworld, and, mos...

Author2Author with David Klass

July 07, 2020 21:00 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MB

Bill welcomes novelist and screenwriter David Klass to the show. David is the author of many young adult novels, including You Don't Know Me, Losers Take All, and Grandmaster. He is also a Hollywood screenwriter, having written more than twenty-five action screenplays, including Kiss the Girls, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, Walking Tall, starring The Rock, and Desperate Measures, starring Michael Keaton and Andy Garcia. He studied at Yale University, where he won the Veech Award f...

Author2Author with August Norman

June 30, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.8 MB

Bill welcomes literary suspense author August Norman to the show. August has called Los Angeles home for two decades, writing for and/or appearing in movies, television, stage productions, web series, and even, commercial advertising. A lover and champion of crime fiction, August is an active member of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and Sisters In Crime (National and LA), and regularly attends the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference. He is the author of Come...

Author2Author with Ann Crawford

June 23, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 28.7 MB

Bill welcomes novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker Ann Crawford to the show. Ann is the bestselling author of ten books, a screenwriter, and an award-winning filmmaker. She has been a part of an improv team, did the odd acting gig here and there, and even had a stint in talent management. Her latest novel, Life in the Hollywood Lane, takes a funny and compassionate look at the challenging life of being an actress. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Aimee Liu

June 09, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MB

Bill welcomes novelist, essayist, and teacher Aimee Liu to the show. Aimee is the author of numerous bestselling novels as well as nonfiction books on medical and psychological topics. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Ms., and many other publications. She is on the faculty of Goddard College's MFA in Creative Writing Program at Port Townsend, WA. Aimee earned her MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars. She worked as a flight attendant, edited business...

Author2Author with Ashley E. Sweeney

June 02, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes - 28.1 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Ashley E. Sweeney to the show. Ashley is the winner of the 2017 Nancy Pearl Book Award for her debut novel, Eliza Waite. A native New Yorker, she is a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and resides in the Pacific Northwest and Tucson. Answer Creek is her second novel. She has long been enamored with underserved women’s voices. Her technique to hitch a heroine to history dovetails with an unfortunate fact: women’s stories make up only a fraction of nar...

Author2Author with Albert Flynn DeSilver

May 26, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 29.1 MB

Bill welcomes poet, memoirist and speaker Albert Flynn DeSilver to the show. Albert Flynn DeSilver is an American poet, memoirist, novelist, speaker, and workshop leader. His work has appeared in more than 100 literary journals worldwide including ZYZZYVA, New American Writing, Hanging Loose, Jubilat, Exquisite Corpse, Jacket (Australia), Poetry Kanto (Japan), Van Gogh’s Ear (France), and many others. He is the author of several books of poems and the memoir Beamish Boy. He also served as Mar...

Author2Author with Amy Engel

May 19, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.8 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Amy Engel to the show. Amy is a former criminal defense attorney who grew up in Iran and Missouri. Her debut novel, The Book of Ivy, published in 2014, won the Missouri Gateway Readers Award and the Georgia Peach Book Award. After this promising start, she's gone on to publish The Revolution of Ivy, The Roanoke Girls, and, her most recent, The Familiar Dark. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Sahar Mustafah

May 12, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.5 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Sahar Mustafah to the show. Sahar is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, from which she draws inspiration for her fiction. She is an acclaimed writer of short stories, having been awarded the Guild Literary Complex Prize for fiction, a Distinguished Story honor from Best American Short Stories, and three Pushcart Prize nominations. The Beauty of Your Face is her first novel. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Allie Pleiter

May 05, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 30 MB

Bill welcomes novelist, speaker, and productivity coach Allie Pleiter to the show. An avid knitter, coffee junkie, and devoted chocoholic, Allie writes both fiction and non-fiction. The enthusiastic but slightly untidy mother of two, Allie spends her days writing books, buying yarn, and finding new ways to avoid housework. Allie hails from Connecticut, moved to the midwest to attend Northwestern University, and currently lives outside Chicago, Illinois. The “dare from a friend” to begin writi...

Author2Author with Kate Ristau

April 28, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MB

Bill welcomes novelist, speaker, and folklorist Kate Ristau to the show. Kate is an author, and the executive director of Willamette Writers. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and she is the author of the middle grade series, Clockbreakers, and the young adult series, Shadow Girl, including her most recent, Shadow Queen. In her ideal world, magic and myth combine to create memorable stories with unforgettable characters. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Anne Enright

April 21, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MB

Bill welcomes celebrated Irish Novelist Anne Enright to the show. Anne has published three volumes of stories, one book of nonfiction, and several novels. In 2015, she was named the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. Her novel The Gathering won the Man Booker Prize, and The Forgotten Waltz won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Her latest novel is Actress. This show was prerecorded. Enjoy!

Author2Author with Gloria Mindock

April 14, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

Bill welcomes poet Gloria Mindock to the show. Gloria Mindock is the founding editor of Červená Barva Press and one of the USA editors for Levure Litteraire (France). She is the author of, I wish Francisco Franco Would Love Me (Nixes Mate Books, 2018), Whiteness of Bone (Glass Lyre Press, 2016), La Portile Raiului (Ars Longa Press, Romania, 2010) translated into the Romanian by Flavia Cosma, Nothing Divine Here, (U Šoku Štampa., 2010), and Blood Soaked Dresses (Ibbetson, 2007).  Gloria has be...

Author2Author with Katrin Schumann

March 31, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 28.7 MB

Bill welcomes bestselling novelist Katrin Schumann. Katrin's work has been featured multiple times on TODAY and in Woman’s Day, The London Times and on NPR, as well as other national and international media. Her debut novel, The Forgotten Hours was a Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. Her latest novel This Terrible Beauty has been called "luminous and unflinching," "unputdownable," and "hard to forget." It was chosen by SheReads as among the "Most Anticipated Women's Fiction in 20...

Author2Author with Nadine Kenney Johnstone

March 24, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 28.9 MB

Bill welcomes memoirist Nadine Kenney Johnstone to the show. Nadine is the author of the memoir, Of This Much I'm Sure, winner of the CWA Book of the Year award. Coverage of her memoir has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Today’s Parent, MindBodyGreen, Metro, and Chicago Health Magazine, among others. She teaches at Loyola University and received her MFA from Columbia College in Chicago. Her other work has been featured in various magazines and anthologies, including Chicago Magazine, The Moth, PANK...

Author2Author with Andrea Polard

March 03, 2020 22:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MB

Bill welcomes author and psychologist Andrea Polard back to the show. Andrea is a life-long meditator. Her interest in psychology and happiness began early, at age sixteen. She became a Clinical Psychologist in Germany (1993) and California (2001) and was trained in Primal Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Self-Psychology, and Positive Psychology. When Andrea discovered that happiness is possible even for those who were previously traumatized, she decided to share the necessary skills. S...

Author2Author with Louise L. Schiavone

February 25, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 29 MB

Bill welcomes lecturer, newscaster, and filmmaker Louise L. Schiavone to the show. Louise is a member of the full-time faculty and Senior Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. She teaches “Business Leadership and Human Values” and “Business Communication” to graduate level students at the Baltimore and Washington D.C. campuses. A career journalist, and TEDx speaker, Schiavone has covered Congress, the White House, as well as news at the Pentagon, Treasury, State, Tra...

Author2Author with Jess Zafarris

February 18, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 28.2 MB

Bill welcomes debut author and digital marketing guru Jess Zafarris to the show. Jess Zafarris is the author of Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids. She is also an award-winning innovator of digital content and marketing solutions and a prolific online and print journalist, having served as the Executive Director of Marketing & Communications for Gotham Ghostwriters. Before that, she served as Digital Content Director and Content Strategist for Writer’s Digest and Script, and ...

Author2Author with John Michael Cummings

February 11, 2020 22:00 - 34 minutes - 30.2 MB

Bill welcomes novelist, essayist and short story writer John Michael Cummings to the show. John is the author of the nationally acclaimed coming-of-age novel "The Night I Freed John Brown", winner of The Paterson Prize and recommended by USA TODAY for Black History Month. His 2011 short story collection, "Ugly To Start With", was an IndieFab Award Finalist hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer for its "sharp observation and surpassing grace." His last novel, Don't Forget Me, Bro was excerpted i...

Author2Author with Christina Adams

February 04, 2020 22:00 - 33 minutes - 29.3 MB

Bill welcomes author Christina Adams to the show. Christina is an award-winning writer, journalist, author, and speaker. She and her work have been featured by National Public Radio, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and the LA Times Magazine. Her book Camel Crazy: A Quest for Miracles in the Mysterious World of Camels explores the scientific and cultural importance of camels and their milk. Her book, A Real Boy reveals the world of autism and her son’s early intervention. Her seri...

Author2Author with Amy K Green

January 28, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 28 MB

Bill welcomes debut suspense author Amy K. Green to the show. Amy was born and raised in a small New England town where she was once struck by lightning. She was a practicing CPA before leaving the corporate life to work in film production, write, and wear fewer high heels. Her first novel, The Prized Girl, is receiving rave reviews. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Joseph Finder

January 14, 2020 22:30 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MB

Bill welcomes bestselling suspense writer Joseph Finder to the show. Joe is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen previous suspense novels, including JUDGMENT, THE SWITCH, THE FIXER and SUSPICION. He introduced “private spy” Nick Heller in VANISHED, an instant bestseller, and the continuing series includes BURIED SECRETS, GUILTY MINDS and, most recently, HOUSE ON FIRE. Joe’s novels HIGH CRIMES and PARANOIA have been adapted as major motion pictures. GUILTY MINDS and COMPANY MAN won...

Author2Author with Lee Goldberg

January 07, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MB

Bill welcomes bestselling crime writer and TV writer and producer Lee Goldberg to the show. Lee is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Washington Post best-sellers Killer Thriller and True Fiction, as well as King City, The Walk, fifteen Monk Mysteries, and the internationally bestselling Fox & O’Hare books, cowritten with Janet Evanovich. He has also written and/or produced scores of TV s...

Author2Author with Michael Bianco-Splann

December 10, 2019 22:00 - 32 minutes - 28.9 MB

Bill welcomes author and transformational coach Michael Bianco-Splann to the show. Michael Bianco-Splann, conscious leadership expert, visionary author and inspirational speaker, brings unique and powerful expertise to deliver a differentiated and transformative approach to leaders, organizations and those seeking a life fully engaged and true to one's passion and purpose. He is the author of Conscious Leadership, and, most recently, Dying to Live: A Tapestry of Reinvention. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Peter Curtis

December 03, 2019 22:00 - 31 minutes - 28 MB

Bill welcomes author Peter Curtis to the show. Peter was born in Slovakia in 1937, grew up in England, and studied medicine in London. Always as interested in people’s lives as in their ailments, he wrote and published short stories about his country practice. After he and his family moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina where he was a professor of Family Medicine, he began to write the story of what his parents, grandparents and he went through in the great and tragic dislocation of WWll. His...

Author2Author with Carmen Gentile

November 19, 2019 22:00 - 32 minutes - 28.8 MB

Bill welcomes journalist and memoirist Carmen Gentile to the show. Carmen has written for some of the world’s leading publications including the New York Times, TIME, Newsweek, USA Today and many others. He has also produced online video reporting for The Times and TIME. He also regularly produces radio reports and has published numerous photos with his work. He has covered both the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, embedding with soldiers on the frontline. His work has also taken him to Nigeria,...

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