Inside Scoop Live!
168 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to The Inside Scoop Live podcast, where we bring you captivating conversations with independent authors.
In each episode, we go beyond the pages of the books and delve into the minds of the authors themselves. Our engaging host sits down with these literary maestros, providing a platform for them to share their inspirations, writing processes, and the stories behind their captivating works.
Whether you’re a devoted fan or new to their writing, The Inside Scoop Live podcast takes you on an intimate journey with authors from various genres and backgrounds.
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A Gay Man's Guide to Life - An Interview with Author Britt East
February 25, 2021 14:36 - 30 minutes - 33.5 MBBRITT EAST is an author and speaker who uses his experience, strength, and hope to challenge and inspire change-oriented gay men to get down to the business of improving their lives. With over two decades of personal growth and development experience in a variety of modalities, such as the 12 Steps, Nonviolent Communication, yoga, meditation, talk therapy, and the Hoffman Process, Britt is committed to building a personal practice of self-discovery that he can then share with gay men everywh...
Supreme Betrayal - An Interview with Author Mark M. Bello
February 18, 2021 12:28 - 36 minutes - 37.2 MBAs an attorney and civil justice advocate, author Mark M. Bello draws upon over 40 years of courtroom experience in his Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. A Michigan native, Mark received his B.A. in English Literature from Oakland University and his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After working extremely high profile legal cases, Mark wanted to give the public a front-row glimpse of what victims face when standing up for justice. Combining his legal experience and passion f...
Interview with Mark M. Bello - Author of Supreme Betrayal
February 18, 2021 12:28 - 36 minutes - 37.2 MBAs an attorney and civil justice advocate, author Mark M. Bello draws upon over 40 years of courtroom experience in his Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. A Michigan native, Mark received his B.A. in English Literature from Oakland University and his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After working extremely high profile legal cases, Mark wanted to give the public a front-row glimpse of what victims face when standing up for justice. Combining his legal experience and passion f...
You've Got Some Nerve - An Interview with Author Derryen Plante
January 05, 2021 21:20 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBDERRYEN PLANTE is a survivor who battled back from a traumatic brain injury and redefined herself in the wake of a horrific attack that altered the course of her life. Derryen received her BS from St. Lawrence University in 2015 (mathematics-economics combined and psychology), her master's degree in criminal justice from Boston University in 2019, and is currently working on her doctorate degree in business administration from Northcentral University. She currently works as a Principal Reve...
The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola - An Interview with Author Melissa Muldoon
December 04, 2020 15:50 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBMelissa Muldoon is the author of Dreaming Sophia, Waking Isabella, Eternally Artemisia, and The Secret Life of Sofonsiba Anguissola. She is an artist, designer, and creator of the Studentessa Matta Dual-language Blog and Youtube channel. Through her many projects and her programs to study in Italy, Melissa promotes Italian language and culture. She has a B.A. in fine arts, art history, and European history and a Master's in art history. She studied painting, language, and art history in Fl...
Soul Seeker - An Interview with Author Kaylin McFarren
October 30, 2020 13:11 - 29 minutes - 28.3 MBKaylin McFarren has received more than fifty national literary awards, in addition to a prestigious RWA Golden Heart Award nomination for Flaherty’s Crossing—a book she and her oldest daughter, New York Times/USA Today best-selling author Kristina McMorris, co-wrote in 2008. Prior to embarking on her writing journey and developing her popular Threads psychological thriller series, she poured her passion for creativity into her work as the director of a fine art gallery in the Pearl District...
Crimson at Cape May - An Interview with Author Randy Overbeck
October 08, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 31.4 MBDr. Randy Overbeck is a veteran educator who has served children as a teacher and school leader. For more than three decades, his educational experiences and responsibilities ranged from coach and yearbook advisor to principal and superintendent, and he’s lived the roles of many of the characters in his stories. An accomplished writer, he has been published in trade journals, professional texts and newspapers, as well as in fiction, now with his third published novel. As a member of the M...
Betrayal High - An Interview with Author Mark M. Bello
July 30, 2020 18:36 - 56 minutes - 53.4 MBAs an attorney and civil justice advocate, author Mark M. Bello draws upon over 40 years of courtroom experience in his Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. A Michigan native, Mark received his B.A. in English Literature from Oakland University and his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After working extremely high profile legal cases, Mark wanted to give the public a front-row glimpse of what victims face when standing up for justice. Combining his legal experience and passion fo...
Writer Get Noticed! - An Interview with Colleen M. Story
June 05, 2020 12:35 - 39 minutes - 30.6 MBColleen M. Story inspires writers to overcome modern-day challenges and find creative fulfillment in their work. Her first non-fiction book, Overwhelmed Writer Rescue, was named Book by Book Publicity’s Best Writing/Publishing Book in 2018, and her novel, Loreena’s Gift, was a Foreword Reviews' INDIES Book of the Year Awards winner, among others. Her latest release, Writer Get Noticed!, was a gold-medal winner in the 2019 Reader’s Favorite Book Awards for writing and publishing, and a recent...
Pernicious Pursuit - An Interview with Author Gary D. McGugan
May 26, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBGary D. McGugan loves to tell stories and is the author of Three Weeks Less a Day, The Multima Scheme, Unrelenting Peril and Pernicious Pursuit. Whether sharing a vision with colleagues in large multinational corporations, helping consulting clients implement expert advice, or writing a corporate thriller, Gary uses artful suspense to entertain and inform. His launch of a new writing career—at an age most people retire—reveals an ongoing zest for new challenges and a life-long pursuit of kno...
Savagery - An Interview with Author Jessica Mehta
May 21, 2020 16:23 - 38 minutes - 38 MBJessica (Tyner) Mehta is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, multi-award-winning poet, and author of over one dozen books. Place, space, and personal ancestry inform much of her work. She’s also the Editor-in-Chief of Crab Creek Review and owner of an award-winning small business. MehtaFor is a writing services company that offers pro bono services to Native Americans and indigenous-serving non-profits. Her novel The Wrong Kind of Indian won gold at the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards ...
The Trumpet Lesson - An Interview with Author Dianne Romain
May 15, 2020 13:52 - 38 minutes - 31.5 MBDianne Romain grew up in Missouri and studied philosophy at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. After completing her PhD in Philosophy at UC Berkeley, she taught feminist ethics and philosophy of emotion at Sonoma State University and published Thinking Things Through, a critical thinking textbook. While in California, she practiced fiction writing techniques in a women’s writing group. In Guanajuato, where she lives with novelist Sterling Bennett, she took up the trumpet as research...
Maximilian's Treasure - An Interview with Author James D. Bell
May 15, 2020 13:51 - 34 minutes - 34.2 MBJames D. Bell is an award-winning author and retired Judge who received the highest bar association approval ratings ever given to a Mississippi Circuit or County Judge. He is listed in Preeminent Lawyers, Outstanding Lawyers of America and Top 100 Attorneys of North America. He is the author of two novels, Vampire Defense and Maximilian’s Treasure. His short story, The Adventures of Sherlock Hound, was published in Mardi Allen’s collection, Dog Stories for the Soul, alongside stories from...
Veil of Secrecy - An Interview with Author Margaret Franceschini
May 15, 2020 13:51 - 21 minutes - 18.4 MBMargaret Franceschini’s desire to write in a dramatic way began at a young age. Her passion for poetry and short stories can be traced back to early childhood when she wrote about the creatures she watched in her backyard. Entering into adult life led her to join poetry sites, where she was able to share her innermost feelings with those of the same type of writings. Later in life, she became intrigued with children with autism as she worked best with this population. Earning her credits wi...
Payback: Tales of Love, Hate, and Revenge - An Interview with Author Steve Bassett
May 15, 2020 13:50 - 32 minutes - 30 MBSteve Bassett was born, raised and educated in New Jersey, and, although far removed during a career as a multiple award-winning journalist, he has always been proud of the sobriquet, Jersey Guy. He has written for several publications, including the Pulitzer Prize winning Salt Lake Tribune. He’s worked for the Associated Press, where his exposés gained national recognition, and CBS television news in Los Angeles, earning three Emmy Awards for his investigative documentaries. His book, “Go...
Father Divine's Bikes - An Interview with Author Steve Bassett
May 15, 2020 13:50 - 41 minutes - 42.1 MBSteve Bassett was born, raised and educated in New Jersey, and, although far removed during a career as a multiple award-winning journalist, he has always been proud of the sobriquet Jersey Guy. He has been legally blind for almost a decade but hasn’t let this slow him down. Polish on his mother’s side and Montenegrin on his father’s, with grandparents who spoke little or no English, his early outlook was ethnic and suspicious. As a natural iconoclast, he joined the dwindling number of itine...
Poetry Matters Project - An Interview with Founder Lucinda J. Clark
May 15, 2020 13:49 - 32 minutes - 33 MBLucinda Clark is the Founder of P.R.A. Publishing and the Poetry Matters Project Ltd. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa. now residing in Georgia. She has written and published a four-part poetry series titled View From the Middle of the Road with various emerging writers from many areas of the arts. She is currently a contributor to the Accentuated Reading Project. Her mission is to build community connections through collaborations based on literary arts. Lucinda describes herself as fol...
End Times - An Interview with Author Michael McCord
May 15, 2020 13:49 - 44 minutes - 45.2 MBMichael McCord, the former political editor and columnist for The Portsmouth (NH) Herald, is an award-winning journalist and writer. A U.S. Army veteran, he covered his first presidential primary campaign in 1980 and has written for dozens of publications – including the Boston Globe Magazine, Boston Globe, New Hampshire Business Review, Boston Herald, New Hampshire Magazine – and has won New England & New Hampshire press association awards for investigative reporting, political commentary,...
The Tukor's Journey - An Interview with Author Jeannine Kellogg
May 15, 2020 13:49 - 37 minutes - 36.2 MBJeannine Kellogg loves a grand adventure and a great story. She has traveled to fifteen countries and her adventures include hiking in New Zealand, sea-kayaking above the Arctic Circle, and wading through rice fields in Thailand. Yet she has grown certain that the great inspirations are found not in distant adventures, but in the often-overlooked details of everyday life. Jeannine’s career has spanned a variety of industries and roles, but it has mostly involved analyzing lots of numbers an...
Kick Kennedy's Secret Diary - An Interview with Author Susan Braudy
May 15, 2020 13:49 - 21 minutes - 21.6 MBSusan Braudy is the bestselling author of six books. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Ms. Magazine, New York Magazine, Jezebel, The Week, and the New Journal at Yale. The Men’s Issue she created and edited for Ms. Magazine was the highest selling in the magazine’s history. She’s a recipient of the Dick Goldensohn Fund Award for investigative reporting and was a judge for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize at Columbia University. Alfred A. Knopf nominated her last bo...
Eternally Artemisia - An Interview with Author Melissa Muldoon
May 15, 2020 13:49 - 33 minutes - 33.2 MBMelissa Muldoon is the author of three novels set in Italy: “Dreaming Sophia,” “Waking Isabella,” and “Eternally Artemisia.” All three books tell the stories of American women and their journeys of self-discovery to find love, uncover hidden truths, and follow their destinies to shape a better future in Italy. Melissa is also the author of the Studentessa Matta website, where she promotes the study of Italian language and culture through her dual-language blog written in Italian and English...
Dirty Science - An Interview with Author Bob Gebelein
May 15, 2020 13:48 - 23 minutes - 23.1 MBBob Gebelein graduated from Harvard with a BA in Mathematics in 1956, and then went on to have a legendary career as a computer programmer and creator of software systems. But the main focus of his adult life has been to create a new civilization, because of the threat of nuclear annihilation and other cultural problems. His methods were psychotherapy, withdrawal from the culture, and dream analysis. He succeeded in his quest by discovering how “human nature” itself can be changed, to compa...
Love is the Answer God is the Cure - An Interview with Author Aimee Cabo Nikolov
May 15, 2020 13:48 - 23 minutes - 24.5 MBAimee Cabo Nikolov is a Cuban American who has lived most of her life in Miami. She is a trained nurse and the president and owner of IMIC, Inc, a medical research company in Palmetto Bay, Florida. She lives with her husband, Dr. Boris Nikolov, and her three children, Danielle, Sean and Michelle. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure is her first book. To learn more about Aimee Cabo Nikolov and her book, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure, visit her website at www.godisthecure.com. Topics...
Vice and Virtue - An Interview with Author Paul Kloschinsky
May 15, 2020 13:48 - 14 minutes - 14.5 MBPaul Kloschinsky was born in Saskatchewan in 1963. He received a BSc in Computer Science and an MD from the University of British Columbia in the 1980’s. He is now an avid photographer, songwriter and poet. Paul lives in Delta, BC, Canada. He won the 2007 MusicAid Award for Best Canadian Songwriter for his original song “Wearin’ Blue.” In 2010, he was accepted as a full member of the League of Canadian Poets. He has since won multiple awards for his songwriting, poetry and photography. He ...
Gazelle in the Shadows - An Interview with Author Michelle Peach
May 15, 2020 13:48 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBMichelle Peach worked in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the 1990s, serving in London in the News Department and the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Private Office. She spent three years as the radio communications officer and visa assistant in the British Embassy in Sana’a, in the former Yemen Arab Republic. During those three years, she witnessed the beginning of the Iraq/Kuwait War in a country which supported Saddam Hussein with popular, violent demonstrations. She obtaine...
Raina's (Un)Happy Birthday - An Interview with Author Britta Stromeyer Esmail
May 15, 2020 13:47 - 29 minutes - 28.1 MBBritta Stromeyer Esmail is a writer and a mom passionate about raising resilient girls to find their own voice. The mother of two girls lives in Northern California. When she is not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, horseback riding and reading with her daughters Maya and Anya. To learn more about Britta Stromeyer Esmail and her book, “Raina’s (Un)happy Birthday, visit www.rainasunhappybirthday.com. Topics of Conversation: Writing to show kids they have a voice Relatable...
Extinction - An Interview with Author Geza Tatrallyay
May 15, 2020 13:47 - 28 minutes - 30.3 MBGeza Tatrallyay is the author of ten published books in the genres of thrillers, memoirs, poetry and children’s books. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Geza escaped with his family in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution, immigrating to Canada the same year. He grew up in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto Schools, where he was school captain and graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Human Ecology. Geza was selected as a Rhodes Scholar from Ontario, attending Oxford University ...
15 Minute Pause - An Interview with Author Michelle Burke
May 15, 2020 13:47 - 32 minutes - 31 MBMichelle Burke is a highly respected and sought-after Communication, Team and leadership Coach, Consultant, and Speaker. She is Founder and President of Energy Catalyst Group, a consulting, training and coaching company for well-being. Burke has devoted her 20-year career to helping leaders, their teams and organizations thrive by increasing self-awareness, accountability and shifting negative attitudes and behaviors that get in the way of an energized life and workplace. Her deep experience...
Will There Be Free Appetizers? - An Interview with Author Don Ake
May 15, 2020 13:47 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBDon Ake is a funny guy. His humor writing is clever, witty, and totally entertaining. Instead of telling jokes, he paints funny pictures inside your head. You will smile, then snicker, and finally laugh out loud. Often you will laugh with him, sometimes you will laugh at him, but you will laugh and laugh a lot. Don takes simple everyday things and situations and makes them hilarious. His perspective on life is unique, sometimes even bizarre. His humor writing has been compared to the telev...
To Make Riders Faster - An Interview with Author Anna Dopico
May 15, 2020 13:46 - 26 minutes - 27 MBAnna Dopico never imaged herself as a writer but felt compelled to write the story of Phil White and Gerard Vroomen, co-founders of Cervélo Cycles. Married to Phil, she had an insider’s view of their story from when Phil and Gerard met to when they sold their company. Anna was not only Phil’s wife but a business person, as well, with financing experience that proved useful after Phil and Gerard started their company. She provided a home for Cervélo in the early years, became a business advis...
Aldo - An Interview with Author Betty Jean Craige
May 15, 2020 13:46 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MBBetty Jean Craige retired from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia in 2011, after thirty-eight happy years. During this time, she published books in the fields of literature, poetry translation (from Spanish), history of ideas, ecology, and art. She curated two museum exhibitions of the art of Alvar Suñol and produced a documentary about him titled Alvar: His Vision and His Art, which won first place in its category in the Indie Gathering Film Festival. Her non-academic books are Co...
Selling to China - An Interview with Author Stanley Chao
May 15, 2020 13:46 - 32 minutes - 31.7 MBA Chinese American and son of Chinese immigrants who escaped from the Communist takeover of China in 1949, Stanley Chao grew up in California in a very traditional Chinese family: living with three generations under one roof, speaking only Chinese until grade school, and learning that anything less than an A grade was unacceptable, and that working hard was the only way to get ahead in life. Chao holds a BSEE degree from Columbia University, an MSEE from the University of Pennsylvania, and a...
Tata's Earrings - An Interview with Author Desiree Calderon de Fawaz
May 15, 2020 13:46 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBDesirée Calderón de Fawaz is a writer and illustrator specializing in stories about children from different cultural and religious backgrounds; stories that have universal appeal and hidden wisdom. Born and raised in Mexico City, Desirée’s earliest memories are of painting with oils and writing poems, both natural activities in a family where writers like Jose Vasconcelos and painters like Frida Kahlo flourished. In 2015, Desirée traveled to Lebanon in search of the perfect town that would s...
Without Jenny - An Interview with Author Mark Guenther
May 15, 2020 13:45 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBMark Gunther has been many things in his life— student, hippie, cook, husband, carpenter, father, dancer, administrator, musician, entrepreneur, athlete. He has worked in staff or board roles in small businesses and nonprofit organizations for forty years. After his daughter Eva was killed by a drunk driver in 1997, he and his wife started the Eva Gunther Foundation (www.evafoundation.org), to “fuel hope in the heart of a girl.” Mark received an MFA in Creative Writing in December of 2015 ...
A Penny for Your Thoughts - An Interview with Author Sherrill S. Cannon
May 15, 2020 13:45 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MBSherrill S. Cannon is a former teacher and grandmother of ten and the author of nine published rhymed children’s stories in addition to this newest book of poetry. Her books have received fifty-eight National and International awards. “A Penny for Your Thoughts” is a collection of poetry she has written through the years. As a teacher, she used poetry to help counsel many troubled teens and friends and has continued this pattern throughout the years. She is also a playwright with seven pu...
Lost in the Reflecting Pool - An Interview with Author Diane Pomerantz
May 15, 2020 13:45 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBDr. Diane Pomerantz is a clinical psychologist who has been in practice working with children, adolescents, and adults in the Baltimore, Maryland area for over thirty-five years. She has done extensive work in the area of trauma and child abuse, and research in the area of personality development of abused children. She currently runs Healing Through Writing groups in her practice. She is a breast cancer survivor and has two wonderful grown children. She and her shaggy dog, Rug, live amidst ...
Characters on the Green - An Interview with Author J. Peter Hoyer
May 15, 2020 13:45 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBJ. Peter (Pete) Hoyer was born and raised in New York State, about 40 miles north of NYC. He graduated from the Citadel, Military College of SC, then served a 22-year career with the Army. He traveled throughout the United States, Europe, and South Korea. After retiring from the Army, he worked 20 more years as a civilian instructor with the Department of Defense, teaching logistics, transportation, and military tactics. He has received many military and civilian awards and decorations but...
Faces Behind the Masks - An Interview with Author Thomas J. Brodeur
May 15, 2020 13:44 - 36 minutes - 14.7 MBSince childhood, Thomas J. Brodeur has been telling stories. Early efforts included drawing his own comics, a skill he honed from grade school through college. In high school, he composed three graphic novels and wrote his first short story. His first published novel, Regina Silsby’s Secret War (2004), was nominated for the Scott O’Dell award for historical fiction. Besides writing, Mr. Brodeur managed to graduate college and divert some attention to a multi-faceted career. His corporate ex...
Tears Before Exaltation - An Interview with Author Fidelis Mkparu
May 15, 2020 13:44 - 27 minutes - 10.6 MBFidelis O. Mkparu was born in Onitsha Nigeria. He is a Harvard-trained cardiologist who has written medical articles for both scientific and lay audiences. His previous novel, Love’s Affliction, was a 2016 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner for Fiction, a Reader Views Literary Award Winner for 2015/2016, and a finalist for the 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award for Multicultural Fiction. He lives in Canton, Ohio USA. For more information about Fidelis Mkparu and his books visit his websit...
Waking Isabella - An Interview with Author Melissa Muldoon
May 15, 2020 13:44 - 38 minutes - 15.4 MBMelissa Muldoon is an artist, graphic designer, and award-winning author of the Studentessa Matta Website, a dual language blog, where she promotes the Italian language and culture. Through the Matta Website, she organizes small group language immersion programs in Italy twice a year, in collaboration with Italian schools as well as private Italian language homestay vacations, with teachers all over Italy. Waking Isabella follows Melissa’s debut novel Dreaming Sophia, published in 2016. In ...
Permanent Happiness - An Interview with Author Iyabo Ojikutu
May 15, 2020 13:43 - 23 minutes - 9.41 MBDr. Iyabo Ojikutu is a board-certified pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She received her medical degree at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She has been practicing medicine since she was 22 years old, and currently owns, and runs her practice in Atlanta, Georgia, where she lives with her two daughters. Permanent Happiness is her first book. Her writing began in December 2015, after her dear father passed. For more information on Dr. Iyabo ...
The Paymaster - An Interview with Author Adeed Dawisha
May 15, 2020 13:43 - 33 minutes - 13.5 MBAdeed Dawisha was born and raised in Iraq and educated in England, where he received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics in 1974. Until September 2016, he was University Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Miami University, Ohio, and is the recipient of many prestigious fellowships and awards. In addition to over 80 academic and public policy articles and book chapters, Dr Dawisha has 12 scholarly books, the most recent of which are the new and expanded editions of Ara...
Twisted Threads - An Interview with Author Kaylin McFarren
May 15, 2020 13:43 - 31 minutes - 12 MBKaylin McFarren has received more than 40 national literary awards, in addition to a prestigious Golden Heart Award nomination for Flaherty’s Crossing – a book she and her oldest daughter, Kristina McMorris, co-authored in 2008. Prior to embarking on her writing journey and developing the popular Threads action/adventure romance series, she poured her passion for creativity into her work as the director of a fine art gallery in the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon; she also served as a gov...
Something About Ann - An Interview with Author Everett Prewitt
May 15, 2020 13:43 - 26 minutes - 9.9 MBJ. Everett Prewitt is a Vietnam veteran and a former Army officer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, and a Master of Science Degree in Urban Studies from Cleveland State University. Prewitt was awarded the title of distinguished alumni at both schools. His debut novel Snake Walkers placed first for fiction in four different literary contests and won the Bronze Award for General Fiction in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year contest. Snake Walkers w...
The Last Train - An Interview with Author Michael Pronko
May 15, 2020 13:42 - 32 minutes - 12.7 MBMichael Pronko has lived in Tokyo for twenty years but was born in Kansas City, a very different world. After graduating from Brown University in philosophy, he hit the road, traveling around the world for two years working odd jobs. He went back to school for a Master’s in Education, and then took a teaching position in Beijing. For two years, he taught English, traveled China and wrote. After more traveling and two more degrees, another M.A. in Comparative Literature in Madison, Wisconsin...
Mistress Suffragette - An Interview with Author Diana Forbes
May 15, 2020 13:42 - 30 minutes - 12.8 MBDiana Forbes is a 9th generation American, with ancestors on both sides of the Civil War. Diana Forbes lives and writes in Manhattan. When she is not cribbing chapters, Diana Forbes loves to explore the buildings where her 19th Century American ancestors lived, loved, survived and thrived. She is passionate about vintage clothing, antique furniture, ancestry, and vows to master the quadrille in her lifetime. Diana Forbes is the author of New York Gilded Age historical fiction. For more info...
Something's Bound to Happen - An Interview with Author Michael Kasenow
May 15, 2020 13:42 - 24 minutes - 9.79 MBMichael Kasenow is an award-winning novelist (View From The Edge; A Wicked Thing); an award-winning poet (Six Feet Down); and the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Last Paradise. He has traveled extensively, living in many places among a variety of unique personalities. His lifetime resume includes waiter, cab driver, bartender, lumberman, janitor, and ranch hand in New Mexico. These experiences add authenticity to his written work. He is currently a Geology Professor at Eastern M...
Schooled on Fat - An Interview with Author Nicole Taylor
May 15, 2020 13:41 - 35 minutes - 14.5 MBNicole Taylor is an anthropologist who explores contemporary social issues related to education and health through the analytic lens of language practices. Her research includes teasing and bullying in schools, childhood obesity, and body image concerns and social media use among youth. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English and a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Arizona. Following graduate school, she worked in nonprofit and corporate settings conducting resea...
Sorrow and Songs: One Lifetime-Many Lives - An Interview with Author Janice Wood Wetzel
May 15, 2020 13:40 - 32 minutes - 12.9 MBJanice Wood Wetzel is a graduate of the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and a former Dean and Professor Emerita of Social Work at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. She has served as a United Nations Representative in New York since 1988. Dr. Wetzel is a well-published international educator and researcher who has specialized in the human rights, mental health and advancement of women from a global perspective for more than 40 years. A mother of ...
Help Me! - An Interview with Author Donna Zadunajsky
May 15, 2020 13:37 - 34 minutes - 13.4 MBDonna Zadunajsky grew up in a small town in Ohio named Bristolville, spending her childhood reading, writing, and fishing. In her teens, she read nothing but Stephen King books, and it was then that she told herself she would one day write her own books. Donna’s writing career began with seven children's books about her daughter and the adventures she went on, but her dream has always been to write mystery/suspense novels. For more information about Donna Zadunajsky and her books, visit he...