Writers' Voices: Recent Episodes
Writers' Voice
In A Bit Much, comedy writer and poet, Lyndsay Rush, presents her debut book, a collection of poetry containing over 140 funny and heartwarming poems about her experiences with life, love, and womanhood. Rush, who became a poet by accident, became a viral sensation when her witty and relatable poems were posted on her popular Read More
In Technology is Dead: The Path to a More Human Future, former managing director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, author, and global speaker, Chris Colbert, writes an insightful and thought-provoking book centered around humanity’s dependance on technology and how we as a society can use that to produce positive outcomes for us rather than unintended, Read More
In Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World, developmental and clinical psychologist, Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, and her co-author, Michelle Jurkiewicz, PsyD, explore the changing culture of gender in today’s world. According to Ehrensaft, this is a time in history where the uncertainty of this topic is making many people anxious. Read More
In Suspended by No String: A Songwriter’s Reflections on Faith, Aliveness, and Wonder, Emmy and Grammy-nominated musician and writer, Peter Himmelman, presents a collection of essays that touches on topics that both inspire and reflect on everyday life. While his book includes some personal recollections, he doesn’t consider it to be his memoir even if Read More
In The Puzzle Box, New York Times bestselling author, Danielle Trussoni, writes an intriguing follow-up to her 2023 hit thriller, The Puzzle Master. Set in Japan during the Year of the Wood Dragon, her novel tells the story of a puzzle savant named Mike who has been invited to Tokyo to help crack the ancient Read More
French American author, Aurélie Thiele, joins Writer’s Voices to talk about her debut novel, a historical fiction titled The Paris Understudy. Set in Paris in the time before, during, and after WWII, the book tells the story of two rival women, French opera extraordinaire, Madeleine Moreau, and her understudy, a novice named Yvonne Chevallier. When Read More
In Mattie, Milo, and Me, Moth StorySLAM winner, Anne Abel, shares her moving memoir about the role her dogs, Mattie and Milo, played in her journey of recovery from her traumatic childhood. Her first dog was Mattie, one she took in when her son was 10 years old, and ended up falling completely in love Read More
Author and marketing expert, Crystal King, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss her third novel, a blend of mythology mixed with history and goth, titled In the Garden of Monsters. Set in 1948 in Italy’s Sacro Bosco, her book is a retelling of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone, and is told from the point Read More
Bestselling historical fiction author, Greer Macallister joins Writer’s Voices to discuss her newest historical novel, The Thirteenth Husband. Set during the Gilded Age, the book tells the story of a real-life Bohemian heiress named Aimee Crocker. According to Macallister, “She was an heiress from a well-to-do, California family. Her father was actually the lawyer for Read More
The Best Lies is New York Times #1 bestselling author, David Ellis’, 11th published crime novel. The book follows Leo Balanoff, an attorney and diagnosed pathological liar, who’s framed for the murder of a local gangster. In exchange for life in prison, Leo chooses to go undercover for the FBI to help take down the Read More
Therapist, adjunct professor, and author, Holly LaBarbera, joins us to discuss her debut novel, All I Know. As she describes it, “The story is about two intertwined, dysfunctional families… it’s about this one woman’s discovery to move beyond your childhood wounds and issues and how to find love and live a healthy life with healthy Read More
New York Times bestselling author and professor of English literature, Eloisa James, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss her newest historical romance, Viscount in Love. The first novel in her Accidental Brides series,Viscount in Love tells the story of Viscount Dominic Kelbourne, the caregiver of two orphaned twins, who has intentions of marrying his fiancée Leonora, Read More
In his second novel, Familiaris, author David Wroblewski writes the precursor to his #1 New York Times bestselling book, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Chosen as Oprah’s Book Club Picks, both books follow members of the Sawtelle family and their life on a farm in northern Wisconsin. This story, however, delves into the origin of Read More
In his 19th book, journalist and author, Michael Castleman, writes The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing, a comprehensive guide chronicling the history of publishing. Well-written and filled with extensive research, The Untold Story of Books provides a wealth of information and interesting facts that anyone, from aspiring writers to someone Read More
In This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me, Lucy Antek Johnson, along with her father, Samuel Antek, present an in-depth, firsthand account of Arturo Toscanini, one of the greatest and most influential conductors of the 20th century. Told from the point of view of Samuel, a first violinist of seventeen years in Toscanini’s Read More
In his second novel, musician and former producer, Don Silver, presents Scorched, a coming-of-age, mystery thriller. Set in Philadelphia, the story follows the life of 14-year-old Jonas Shore who, after the death of his father, makes some misguided decisions that land him in Lafayette Academy, a boarding school for orphans and delinquents. According to Silver, Read More
Writing coach, editor, and author, Jacqueline Gay Walley, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss her intriguing new novel, The Waw. The book tells the story of an American woman who, in the hopes of escaping her life, journeys abroad after envisioning a small, lovely English town by the sea. In her voyage of self discovery, she Read More
Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, Eric Weiner, stops by to discuss his newest nonfiction book, an unconventional biography about Benjamin Franklin, titled Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life. Part memoir, part biography, part travelogue and more, Ben & Me explores the various parts Read More
Former lawyer and politician, Leo Daughtry, stopped by to share his debut novel, Talmadge Farm. Set in North Carolina in the 1950’s, Talmadge Farm follows the lives of Gordon Talmadge, a wealthy landowner, and the two sharecropping families who reside and tend to the tobacco farm on his property. As readers delve into the novel, Read More
Korean American laywer and author, Mai Corland, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss her latest novel, an epic fantasy saga, Five Broken Blades. Part of a three book series, it is the first in the trilogy, with the second book, Four Ruined Realms, coming out in January 2025 and the third book expected to be released Read More
In Flightless Falcon, debut author, James Charles Smith, writes a coming-of-age, historical novel set during the Vietnam War and tells the story of a young man named Sam Roberts. It begins in April of 1969 and Sam, who disagrees with the U.S.’s stance on the Vietnam War, has just resigned from the Air Force Academy Read More
In The Good Eater: A Vegan’s Search for the Future of Food, sociologist, author, and educator, Nina Guilbeault, PhD, takes readers deep into the world of veganism and explores the impact our foods have on us and our environment. Born from a decade-long project, this book stemmed from Guilbeault’s dissertation that she wrote while at Read More
Scientist, speaker, and dean of the Franke College of Forestry & Conservation at the University of Montana, Dr. Alan Townsend, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss his memoir, This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist’s Path from Grief to Wonder. In his book, Dr. Townsend wrote about the two devastating events in his life that occurred a decade Read More
In Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pet’s Wildest Behaviors, nonfiction writer and entomologist, Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, provides readers with a slew of interesting facts about our pets’ everyday lives and how they interact with the world. Illustrated by the talented Rob Wilson, her book is filled with fascinating information about all Read More
Award-winning journalist and author, Gina DeMillo Wagner, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss her first book, a memoir titled Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home. The book tells of her journey as the sibling and caregiver of a disabled brother and how that experience shaped her as an adult. Wagner explained, Read More
Author and businessman, Tom Seeman, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss his remarkable, new memoir, Animals I Want To See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds. As one of 12 children, Seeman and his siblings grew up in an African-American community in the projects of Toledo, Ohio. While his family Read More
In Just Another Epic Love Poem, writer and mental health therapist, Parisa Akhbari, presents a coming-of-age, young adult romance novel about two best friends and the bond that connects them as they navigate their last year of high school together. Told in both prose and poetry, the girls also have the added stress of dealing Read More
The writing duo of Jaima Fixsen and Regina Sirois, who write under the pen name Audrey Blake, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss their latest historical novel, The Woman With No Name. Set in England in the 1940’s and based on a true story, the novel is about Yvonne Rudellat, a French woman in her mid-40’s Read More
In her debut memoir, Little Avalanches: A Novel, author and writing instructor, Becky Ellis, writes about her emotional and tumultuous journey growing up as a World War II veteran’s daughter. Along the way, she delves into her father’s war story as he fought as a combat soldier in World War II and the horrific traumas Read More
In The Times That Try Men’s Souls: The Adams, the Quincys, and the Battle for Loyalty in the American Revolution, historian and Constitutional scholar, Joyce Lee Malcolm, delves intimately into our nation’s history and spotlights the lives of prominent families during the time of the American Revolution. In her research, she found that the Revolutionary Read More
In Once We Were Home, award-winning author, Jennifer Rosner, writes a compelling novel following four children who were displaced and sent into hiding during WWII, how their lives changed in the aftermath of war, and their emotional journey back to their roots. While the characters are fictionalized, their experiences were true of many Jewish children Read More
Columbia University professor, Helen Benedict, known for her work regarding the plight of asylum-seekers and war, presents a disconcerting novel about refugees in Greece titled The Good Deed. Her book tells the stories of five women, four of whom are seeking comfort and protection from their native countries, but end up in a terrible, overcrowded Read More
New York Times bestselling author, Caroline Paul, visits us to share her inspirational book about the connection between outdoor activities and aging titled Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking – How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives As We Age. While her book is geared towards women 50 years and older, women as young Read More
Award-winning fiction and nonfiction writer, Leah Lax, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss her illuminating new book about the immigrant experience, Not From Here: The Song of America. Interestingly, the book came about when Lax was first asked to write an opera for the Houston Grand Opera recognizing local immigrants and refugees in the community. From Read More
In his second published novel, Like It Never Happened: A Novel, prize-winning suspense novelist, Jeff Hoffman, writes an intriguing story about four long-time friends and a years-long secret they keep that ultimately threatens to destroy each of their lives. Hoffman explains, “Four boys do something terrible when they’re 18 and then their friendship falls apart Read More
National bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Reay, joins us to talk about her 11th published book and newest historical novel, The Berlin Letters: A Cold War Novel. The story centers around Luisa Voekler, a CIA code breaker, who was separated from her father as a young child after the rise of the Berlin Wall, but Read More
USA Today bestselling author, Heather Webb, sits down with us to discuss her latest historical fiction and 9th published novel, Queens of London: A Novel. Set in London in 1925, Queens of London tells the story of Alice Diamond, aka “Diamond Annie,” the leader of the notorious Forty Elephants gang, the first all-female crime syndicate Read More
In The Busy Brain Cure: The Eight-Week Plan to Find Focus, Tame Anxiety, and Sleep Again, board-certified physician and award-winning wellness speaker, Dr. Romie Mushtaq, writes a comprehensive wellness guide to healing your “Busy Brain” with an easy-to-follow, eight-week protocol. Coined by Dr. Mushtaq herself, the “Busy Brain” is a term she uses to describe Read More
In Yaguareté White: Poems, educator and award-winning poet, Diego Báez, presents a remarkable collection of poetry comprised of topics such as home, history, and language, all written in a mix of different languages. In it, readers will find a variety of different types of poetry, including prose, short and long poems, lyric poems, and abstract Read More
Medical doctor and assistant professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University, Mojgan Ghazirad, sits down with us to talk about her autobiographical, historical fiction novel, The House on Sun Street. Set in Iran, The House on Sun Street tells the story of a young girl named Moji and the hardships her and her family Read More
Award-winning author, Veera Hiranandani, talks to us about her latest middle-grade, historical fiction novel, Amil and the After. A follow-up to her previous book, Newberry Honor winner, The Night Diary, Amil and the After takes place in 1949 after the Partition of India and tells the story of 12 year-old Amil as he adjusts to Read More
Bestselling nonfiction writer, Abbott Kahler, stops by to discuss her intriguing debut novel, Where You End. In the story, identical mirror twins, Kat and Jude Bird, face a crisis when Kat is involved in a serious car accident that leaves her in a coma, and when she wakes up, all she remembers is her sister’s Read More
Acclaimed artist and author, Jonathan Santlofer, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss his latest suspense thriller, The Last Van Gogh: A Novel. The story follows Alexis and Luke, both art enthusiasts, as they trace the path of a missing Van Gogh painting, believed to be the painter’s last self-portrait. Along the way, they discover that this Read More
In Voidopolis, transmedia playwright and artist, Kat Mustatea, presents a one-of-a kind, augmented reality book set in New York City during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mustatea, who was born in Bucharest and immigrated to the U.S. with her family in the 80’s, began this unique project by first, deleting every post from her Read More
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian, Katherine Howe, chats with us to discuss her latest pirate adventure tale, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself. A True Account is a dual narrative, historical fiction that begins in 1726 in Boston, Massachusetts. Hannah Masury, a young woman in her Read More
Lawyer and university administrator at Troy University, Allen Mendenhall, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss his debut novel, A Glooming Peace This Morning. Categorized as Southern Gothic, the story is set in the 1970’s in the fictional town of Andalusia in fictious Magnolia County. Mendenhall explains, “It’s really a retelling of Greek tragedy and more specifically, Read More
Canadian bestselling author, Lesley Crewe, joins us to discuss her heart-warming, new novel, Recipe for a Good Life. Set in 1955, Recipe for a Good Life follows the life of Kitty, a mystery novelist living in Montreal, Canada, who is suffering from writer’s block and decides she is done writing any more detective novels. This Read More
In Down the Steep, Chicago author, A.D. Nauman, takes us into 1960’s Virginia during the Jim Crowe era and tells the story of young Willa McCoy, a 13-year old girl who deeply admires her father, a member of the Klan, but comes to learn the reality of what he actually stands for. Nauman elaborates, “So Read More
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College, Helena de Bres, shares with us her fascinating new book about twins, How To Be Multiple. Illustrated by her own identical twin sister, Julia, How To Be Multiple explores the various philosophies of twinhood, the relationship between twins, her own personal experiences as a twin, the role of Read More
In The Human Trial, award-winning novelist, Audrey Gale, tells the remarkable story of Randall Archer, an underprivileged adolescent-turned-Harvard student with great ambitions of becoming a pathologist. Set in the 1930’s Depression era, “The story is about a young man from a violently abusive home who happens to be absolutely brilliant… he’s finished high school by Read More
In Brother Maria, poet and playwright who writes under the pseudonym of Brother Ludovico, tells a story set in 14th century Italy during the time of the largest and most fatal pandemic in recorded human history, the Black Death. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by publisher Rodney Charles, the tome is a medieval historical fiction Read More
Multi-award winning novelist, Hannah Lynn, visits us to discuss her first historical fiction novel, Athena’s Child. Her story, which is a retelling of the myth of Medusa, was the 2020 Gold Medalist at the Independent Publisher’s Award. As for what drew her to write this version of the ancient tale, Lynn said, “…I was drawn Read More
Author of hundreds of essays and a dozen books, Robert Boyers, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss his newest book, Maestros and Monsters: Days and Nights with Susan Sontag and George Steiner. Categorized as a memoir, this book is about Boyers’ close friendships with both Sontag and Steiner, both brilliant and intellectual minds, who despised each Read More
In Living and Leaving My Legacy, educator, speaker and author, Merle R. Saferstein, writes a two volume memoir drawn from her vast collection of personal journal writing. The first volume, which was published in June 2022, covers her earlier life and discusses her career, her marriage, and raising children, and the second volume, released in Read More
Former graphic designer and current technical writer, Sierra Godfrey, stops by to discuss her second novel, The Second Chance Hotel: A Novel. Set in a fictional island in Greece, The Second Chance Hotel is a romantic comedy that follows Amelia Lang, a young woman from San Francisco, who goes through a series of unfortunate events, Read More
Former entertainment lawyer and screenwriter, Kelly Sather, visits us to discuss her debut short story collection, Small in Real Life: Stories . Her book is filled with nine of her short stories and while most of the stories are set in sunny California, all them contain an element of sadness to it. Sather elaborates, “Yes, Read More
In Morning in This Broken World, novelist and creative writing instructor, Katrina Kittle, tells the story of Vivian Laurent, a 74-year-old recent widow, Luna, a 30-year-old single mother of two, and Luna’s two children, Wren and Cooper. Vivian is a resident at the nursing facility that Luna works at and where Luna cared for Vivian’s Read More
In Key West Sketches: Writer’s at Mile Zero, veteran American journalist and former editor-in-chief of Cuisine, American Health, and Smithsonian magazines, Carey Winfrey, delights us with a collection of essays written by authors who have lived and worked in Key West, Florida. The town, which has long been a hotspot for American writers, has been Read More
Academic advisor and early career development expert, Ana Homayoun, joins us to discuss her latest book, Erasing the Finish Line: The New Blueprint For Success Beyond Grades and College Admission. Written as a guide for middle schoolers, high schoolers and their families, her book focuses on the essential skills and strategies students need to be Read More
Award-winning journalist, writing coach, and speaker, Estelle Erasmus, sits down with us to discuss her informational guide for writers,Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published. Her book includes a myriad of topics including how to write, what format to write in, finding your voice, designing a great pitch, tips Read More
Former English teacher and recipient of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color, Yasmin Angoe, talks to us about the final book in her Nena Knight trilogy, It Ends with Knight. For those new to the series, Angoe explains, “The Nena Knight trilogy follows Nena Knight. She is an elite Ghanaian assassin Read More
Former educator and New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction and multiple other books, J. Elle, chats with us to discuss the first book in her fantasy romance trilogy, House of Marionne. As Elle describes it, “House of Marionne is like Game of Thrones meets Succession with tiaras and pretty dresses. It follows Read More
Writer, speaker, educator and amateur baker, Aimie Runyan, chats with us to discuss her seventh published novel, A Bakery in Paris. Set in dual timelines, Runyan’s story follows Lisette Vigneau, a baker in 1870’s Paris, and Micheline Chartier, a student enrolled in a famous baking academy post World War II. ” Runyan explains, “A Bakery Read More
New York Times editor and critic, Ken Jaworowski, visits us to discuss his debut crime novel, Small Town Sins. His story takes place in Locksburg, a small town in Pennsylvania, where we meet three hapless individuals who are each struggling with issues in their own difficult lives. According to Jaworowski, “None of these three are… Read More
Former journalist and current co-host of one of Australia’s highest ranked podcasts, Michael Thompson, joins Writer’s Voices from Sydney, Australia, to discuss his debut novel, How To Be Remembered. Part speculative fiction, part magical realism, How To Be Remembered tells the remarkable story of Tommy Llewellyn, a boy who is forgotten by everyone he knows Read More
Poet and former associate professor at Duke University, Stephen C. Pollock, shares with us his first book of poetry, Exits. Beautifully written and elegantly told, his collection is filled with thought-provoking poems that center around life and mortality, nature and death, each paired with a work of art that complements the poem. When discussing the Read More
Sports journalist and former Golf Channel anchor, Lisa Cornwell, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss her riveting memoir in Troublemaker: A Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming. Co-written by Tucker Booth, her book details the hostile environment she worked in while employed at the Golf Channel, and the discrimination, and subsequent Read More
Romance and women’s fiction author, Donna Hill, chats with us to discuss her newest novel, a historical fiction, titled I Am Ayah: The Way Home. The story begins in Manhattan where we meet aspiring photographer, Alessandra Fleming, who receives an unexpected phone call one day that her estranged father is in the hospital. Alessandra decides Read More
Former Marine turned author, John Milas, joins us to discuss his chilling debut novel, The Militia House. Set in 2010 on a military base in Afghanistan, The Militia House tells the haunting tale of Corporal Alex Loyette and members of his unit as they venture into an old, abandoned militia house against the warnings of Read More
Internationally bestselling author, Bryn Turbull, visits Writer’s Voices to share her latest historical fiction, The Paris Deception. Set in Nazi-occupied Paris, her novel follows two women, Sophie, an art conservator, and her estranged sister-in-law, Fabienne, a bohemian artist, as they work together to replace stolen “Degenerate” art, a collection of modern art specifically hated by Read More
Former Research Engineer with IHHR-Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of Iowa, Chris Jones, visits Writer’s Voices to share his book of essays highlighting the truth behind Iowa’s poor water quality in The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality. Published by Ice Cube Press, The Swine Republic describes how Iowa’s Read More
Litigator and author, Logan Steiner, joins us to share her fascinating debut novel, After Anne: A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Life. Her story is a fictionalized account of the life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the famed Canadian author of the beloved Anne of Green Gables series, and tells of Maud’s marriage to a Presbyterian Read More
In Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less, learning expert and associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Ellen Braaten, presents a guidebook for parents, educators, caregivers, and others who work with children, that helps to explain the lack of motivation that we see in seemingly bright children and what we as can do Read More
Academic turned novelist, Ashley Winstead, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss her latest romantic comedy, The Boyfriend Candidate. Set in Austin, Texas, this witty novel follows elementary school librarian, Alexis Stone, as she decides to pursue a one-night stand after the end of her last relationship. What she doesn’t expect is to meet fiery, gubernatorial candidate, Read More
In The Gap Between: Loving and Supporting Someone with Alzheimer’s, lawyer and debut author, Mary Moreland, provides readers with an insightful resource for those caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. Structured by theme, her book includes direction and advice on how to manage and care for the sick loved one, challenges they may Read More
Internationally acclaimed writer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction, Ruta Sepetys, returns to Writer’s Voices to discuss her nonfiction debut,You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory. Designed for aspiring writers, her book is a how-to for developing storytellers to use and incorporate their own life experiences and memories Read More
Critically acclaimed writer and author of three award-winning books of poetry, Shelley Puhak, shares with us her fascinating nonfiction debut, The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World. Her story about two rival, medieval queens, Brunhild and Fredegund, surfaced when she was doing research on another project. As she learned more about Read More
Artist, curator, and author, Janie Paul, joins us to discuss her riveting new book about integrating art in the Michigan prison systems, Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance. Paul, along with her late husband Buzz Alexander, co-founded The Annual Exhibitions of Artists in Michigan Prisons, an organization that hosts yearly exhibitions at the University Read More
Award-winning writer and internationally exhibited artist, Rebecca A. Keller, visits us to share her exciting debut novel, You Should Have Known. In this mystery thriller, 72-year-old retired nurse Frannie Green is grieving the loss of her granddaughter, Bethany, and has recently moved into an assisted living facility after injuring her knee. While there, she befriends Read More
In The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, Katherine A. Sherbrooke tells the alluring tale of Aster Kelly, a runway model who heads to Los Angeles with aspirational dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Inspired by her own mother, the story is told in dual timelines, beginning in the late 1940’s to the mid 1970’s, and Read More
Neurodivergent author and creative-writing instructor, Meg Eden Kuyatt, shares her debut novel geared towards middle-grade readers in Good Different. “So, Good Different is about an autistic girl who wishes she was powerful like a dragon and learns to find her power through writing poems.” Written in verse, the heroine, Selah, is experiencing what many middle-school Read More
In The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine, Dr. Ricardo Nuila tells a fascinating, eye-opening story about the American healthcare system and follows the journeys of five uninsured individuals, each with their own extreme health crises, who find their way to Ben Taub Hospital, a charity hospital in Houston, Texas, where they were Read More
New York Times reporter and journalist, Kate Zernike, visits us to share her latest book, The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science. Based on the story she broke for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions tells the true story of sixteen female scientists who spoke out against the discrimination of female Read More
In A Midsummer Night’s Scheme, Harper Kincaid entertains readers with a second novel in her Bookbinding Mystery series. Set in Vienna, Virginia, this story is the sequel to To Kill a Mocking Girl, and follows Quinn Caine and her sidekicks on another mystery, but this time around the killer is targeting womanizers, including former resident Read More
Author Jeff Hobbs returns to Writer’s Voices to discuss his newest nonfiction book, Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System. In Children of the State, Hobbs takes a closer look into the personal lives of those who live and work in the juvenile detention centers, including the teachers, Read More
In her fifth published novel, author and newspaper editor Tracy Clark brings us into the world of Detective Harriet Foster in her latest crime thriller, Hide. Set in Chicago, the novel follows 43 year-old detective, Harriet Foster, as she hunts down a serial killer with a proclivity for red-haired females. Initially, Hide was intended to Read More
TV and podcast host, Nancy Regan, shares her candid, debut memoir, From Showing Off to Showing Up: An Imposter’s Journey from Perfect to Present. Part memoir and part self-help, her book delves into her evolution from someone who judged herself too harshly and worried about what others thought of her to letting down her guard, Read More
Veteran journalist and contributing editor for The Daily Beast, Goldie Taylor, visits us to share her powerful debut memoir, The Love You Save. In her book, she chronicles her difficult childhood, having been raised in East St. Louis by a single mother who worked constantly to make ends meet while she and her two older Read More
Former Chicago Sun-Times and Austin American-Statesman music critic and now journalism professor, Don McLeese, joins us to discuss his riveting new memoir, Slippery Steps: Rolling and Tumbling Toward Sobriety. Published by Ice Cube Press, the memoir delves into McLeese’s alcohol dependence, his denial regarding his substance abuse, and how Alcoholics Anonymous eventually helped him down Read More
In her twenty-fourth published novel, The Chemistry of Love, USA Today best-selling author, Sariah Wilson, writes about Anastasia “Anna” Ellis, a cosmetic chemist, who engages in a fake romance with Marco, the half brother of Anna’s boss, Craig, whose heart Anna is trying to win over. When creating this novel, Wilson said, “I knew that Read More
In his debut novel, Please Report Your Bug Here: A Novel, Josh Riedel takes us into the tech startup world of Silicon Valley where we meet 24-year old Ethan Block, a recent college grad who lives in San Francisco and has a job working with a new dating app called DateDate. “In the book, really Read More
Former musician, song writer, and music producer, Rick Bleiweiss, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss the second book in his Pignon Scorbion series, Murder in Haxford. Set in the fictitious town of Haxford, England, this historical detective mystery takes place in the summer of 1910, and occurs about a month after Chief Inspector Scorbion arrives in Read More
In her debut novel, The Sisters We Were, Wendy Willis Baldwin tells the emotional story of two adult sisters, Ruby and Pearl Crenshaw, and the bond they share as they work to overcome their childhood traumas. While one sister, Ruby, goes through her own major changes, it’s Pearl that has the life-changing transformation, from battling Read More
In her first published book, Have Mercy On Us, Lisa Cupolo shares with us her collection of ten extraordinary short stories, which encompass a wide variety of characters from all walks of life with many different voices. Winner of the 2020 W.S. Porter Prize for short story collections, Have Mercy On Us, includes stories set Read More
Award-winning author, Elizabeth Shick, stops by to discuss her debut novel and winner of the 2021 AWP Prize for the Novel, The Golden Land. A historical fiction set in dual timelines, “The story is about…Etta, she’s the narrator. It’s first person and she’s grieving the death of her grandmother, her Burmese grandmother, who she had Read More
Journalist, former L.A. Times reporter, and New York Times best-selling author, Sam Quinones, visits us to discuss his latest book, The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth. A follow-up to 2015’s Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, The Least of Us tells of Read More
New York Times bestselling author, Michael Tougias, returns to Writer’s Voices to discuss his riveting survival biography, Extreme Survival: Lessons From Those Who Have Triumphed All Odds. Filled with real-life accounts from survivors who have faced extreme circumstances, Extreme Survival also includes survival techniques that readers can use in many different situations and in everyday Read More
Author of Boston Globe’s best-selling novel, Clover House, Henriette Lazaridis, shares with us her newest book, Terra Nova. Set in 1910, Terra Nova is a historical fiction that chronicles the incredible tale of Edward Heywoud and James Watts, two Antarctic explorers who are racing to the South Pole, and Edward’s wife, Viola, the woman who Read More
Award-winning author and journalist, Elisa Bernick, joins us to discuss her engaging, new memoir, Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Ball (and other lies). “So Departure Stories is part social history, part memoir, that uses my family’s story to explore both antisemitism and the struggle for women’s rights in Minnesota in the 1960’s and early Read More
In her debut novel, Daughters of the New Year, E.M. Tran tells the stories of three Vietnamese-American sisters whose mother emigrated from Vietnam to the United States after the Fall of Saigon. Remarkably, Tran’s novel is also told in reverse, starting in 2016 and going back to the 1970’s, spanning four decades. “It starts in Read More
Historian and journalist, Dr. Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, visits with us to discuss her riveting new book, The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd. “In the course of writing my first book, …The Pirate Next Door: The Untold Story of Eighteenth Century Pirates’ Wives, Families, and Communities, I learned about Sarah Kidd and Read More
Former Days of Our Lives star and now author, Staci Greason, visits with us to discuss her fourth novel, All the Girls in Town. In addition to writing novels, Greason also writes essays, short stories, and screenplays. Her newest book tells the story of three women whose lives come together after they are all wronged Read More
Author of two novels and three short story collections, Peter Orner, shares with us his new book, Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin. Filled with personal essays and short stories, Still No Word from You was named after a line in a letter Orner found written from his grandfather to his grandmother. Read More
Author H.H. Leonards and CEO of R.H. Boyd Publishing, Dr. LaDonna Boyd, join us to discuss their memoir, Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: Life, Lessons. and Leadership. Leonards is the founder of The Mansion on O Street, a place where Rosa Parks sought refuge for the last decade of her life after she was brutally Read More
Emeritus professor of law and former director of Drake University’s Agricultural Law Center, Neil Hamilton, joins us to discuss his book, The Land Remains: A Midwestern Perspective On Our Past and Future. Published by Ice Cube Press, The Land Remains “tells the story of our land and our relationship to it, particularly with an Iowa Read More
Author of more than 20 books of fiction, essays, and personal narratives, Scott Russell Sanders visits with us to discuss his book, Small Marvels: Stories. The book contains a series of short stories about a fictional family, the Mills family, who lives in a fictitious town in southern Indiana. “All of the stories in the Read More
Author and poet laureate of color, Keith Recker, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss his third book on color, Deep Color: The Shades that Shape Our Souls. For Recker, “The first push into color really came out of my experience as a retailer and trying to decipher what people were thirsty for and how best to Read More
Children’s author, Rachel Vail, chats with us to discuss her newest book, Sometimes I Grumblesquinch. The story, a companion title to her best-seller,Sometimes I Bombaloo, tells of a girl named Katie who has big, angry feelings towards her little brother, Chuck. As readers engage in the story, they see as Katie grumblesquinches and suppresses her Read More
Author, painter, and sign language interpreter, Eileen Brill, joins us to discuss her debut novel, A Letter in the Wall. The idea for the novel came in 2007, when her and her family moved into her current home and an electrician stumbled upon a letter he found within the wall. The letter was addressed to Read More
Freelance journalist and parenting author, Lisa L. Lewis, speaks with us about her new book, The Sleep-Deprived Teen. In it, she explains why sleep is so important for teenagers and how detrimental it can be when they don’t get their recommended 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night. While there are things parents can Read More
High school senior and author, Polo Altynski Ross, joins us to discuss his first book, a translation of his great grandfather’s memoir titled, The Polish Prince. Before his great grandfather, Zbigniew Janczewski, passed away in 2018, he learned that Ross had a great interest in his memoir. Because of this, he gave Ross his story Read More
Annie Hartnett visits with us to discuss her newest novel, Unlikely Animals. “It is a book that is about a young woman named Emma who has returned home to a small town in New Hampshire, and she’s got a slight healing touch in her hands that she was born with, so there’s like a touch Read More
Karen Winn’s debut novel, Our Little World, explores the relationship between two sisters and how it’s affected after the disappearance of a young girl in their small, east coast town. “So Our Little World, it does take place in a small, rural town in New Jersey called Hammend. It’s a fictional town but it is Read More
Children’s book author, Tui Sutherland, joins us to discuss the latest book in her Wings of Fire series,The Flames of Hope. Named the #1 New York Times best-selling series, Wings of Fire begins with seven dragon kingdoms that are based on the habitats they live in. “There are mud dragons, and sky dragons, and ice Read More
Author and associate professor, Melissa Febos, visits Writer’s Voices to introduce her memoir, Girlhood. Newly published in paperback, Girlhood is a collection of personal essays detailing the deepest, most intimate parts of her life. “I would say that Girlhood is… it takes the experiences of my adolescence, particularly around sexuality and body image, and really…dissects Read More
Author and sorority alumnae, Robin Benoit, visits us to talk about her debut novel, The Eighty-Year-Old Sorority Girls. The book tells the story of a group of 80-something friends who are dealing with the decline of their friend’s mental health. “The hardest aspect of this for me was the main character, Vivian. Vivian is the Read More
USA Today and international bestselling author, Wade Rouse, visits with us to talk about his newest memoir, Magic Season: A Son’s Story. “It’s a book very deeply personal that follows the relationship of me and my father through the very last baseball game we ever watched together, which was a 2015 playoff game between the Read More
J Fremont’s historical novel, Magician of Light, tells the story of renowned French jeweler and glass designer, Rene Lalique. “He was just such a prolific artist that you could just go on and on and on about everything that he did and so that was one thing when I wrote this is I had to, Read More
Author and investigative reporter, Katherine Stewart, visited with us to discuss her second book, The Power Workshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism. “I’ve been writing about the rise of the religious right as a political force and its consequences on our democracy, and a lot of times people think of the religious right Read More
Tom Clavin, author of 18 nonfiction books and several national best-sellers, speaks with us about his new book, To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South’s Most Feared Ship – and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War. “…What most people don’t know is that there was this major Read More
Connie Berry, author of the Kate Hamilton Mysteries, chats with us to discuss the fourth book in her series, The Shadow of Memory. In this latest novel, Kate, an American antiques dealer, works to uncover a dark secret hidden in Victorian England. While The Shadow of Memory is part of a series, this book can Read More
Author and public interest lawyer, Justine Cowan, sits with us to discuss her memoir, The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames, in which she tells the harrowing story of her mother’s traumatic childhood raised in a London orphanage. “…I had never heard the name Dorothy Soames when I was growing up, but I didn’t really know Read More
Author and internal medicine physician, Lydia Kang, joins us to talk about her WWII, historical spy novel, The Half Life of Ruby Fielding. Her story follows the lives of brother and sister, Will and Maggie Scripps, both of whom work for the war effort in 1940’s New York City. “One of the characters, Will Scripps, Read More
Professor, physician, and New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Sayantani DasGupta, speaks with us to discuss her young adult debut novel, Debating Darcy. Her story is a retelling of Jane Austen’s classic, Pride and Prejudice, and her heroine is Leela Bose, a member of her high school’s speech and debate club, who has met her Read More
Professor, licensed psychotherapist, and author, Beth Anstandig, talks to us about her first book, The Human Herd: Awakening Our Natural Leadership. Part memoir, part self-help, the book introduces readers to her Natural Leadership model, a concept she pioneered and has taught for the past 25 years. The idea is that our Natural Leadership can emerge Read More
Award-winning author, Vanessa Hua, joins us to discuss her bestselling, historical novel, Forbidden City. Set in 1960’s China, Forbidden City takes place in the time before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution, and is centered around Mei Xiang, a young villager, who is recruited to be a dancer for the Chinese Communist Party leader, Chairman Read More
Author and former literature professor, Larry Baker, visits with us to talk about his newest novel,Wyman and the Florida Knights. The book tells the story of Peter Wyman, a famous American portrait painter, who is nearing the end of his life and wants to escape his past by seeking a place of refuge. “He’s told Read More
First time author, Kate Swenson, talks to us about her heartwarming, new memoir, Forever Boy: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy. “So my son Cooper is now 11 and he was diagnosed with severe nonverbal autism at age 3 and the title really talks… I’m hoping the title really shines a light on Read More
Former log-rolling champion, avid hiker, explorer, motivational speaker, and author, Kristine Ochu, joins us to talk about her international best-selling novel, Campfire Confessions. “So the story is about, you know, three best friends with three big secrets. Their lives seem perfect, but of course, you know that’s deceiving, appearances, right? …So when Annie’s secret is Read More
In Knocked Down, award-winning author, Aileen Weintraub, enthralls readers with her hilarious, yet touching, memoir detailing her childhood through to her difficult pregnancy. “So Knocked Down is my story about being a Brooklyn girl who moves to the country, ends up having this whirlwind romance, and ends up on bed rest in a rickety old Read More
Author of two acclaimed memoirs, Annette Libeskind Berkovits, joins us to discuss her debut novel, The Corset Maker. The story follows the life of 12-year old Rifka Berg and tells of her extraordinary journey beginning in pre-World War II Poland, then to Palestine, through the Spanish Civil War, and finally to post-war Paris, all the Read More
In Paul Merrill’s first book, Fast Food Detective: An Offbeat Novel, he writes “a detective-comedy-romance spoof on men and women’s relationships.” The story is about Larry, a hapless assistant manager at a fast food restaurant, who loses his job and then tries unsuccessfully at getting any future jobs in the industry. From there, he decides Read More
Leader of the JOMO movement, podcast host, and author, Christina Crook, speaks with us about her newest book, Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully in the Digital Age. She explains that the concept “good burdens” comes from an American philosopher of technology named Dr. Albert Borgmann. Borgmann, who is also a professor emeritus at the Read More
International best-selling author, Sabaa Tahir, talks to us about her seventh published book, All My Rage. “So All My Rage is a contemporary novel, as opposed to a fantasy. It is following the story of two characters, three characters, actually. The main two are Noor and Salahudin. They are two young kids growing up in Read More
Author and 5th generation Iowan, Mary Christopher, joins us to discuss her first book, Our Friend Sitting Bull, which tells the real-life account of her great grandparents, Lizzie and George Dell, and their friendship with the famous Lakota Indian chief, Sitting Bull. The story begins with the four-month long journey of 20-year old Lizzie and Read More
In I Must Betray You, New York Times best selling author, Ruta Sepetys, writes a historical fiction thriller set in communist Romania in 1989. Sepetys said, “…it follows the story of a 17-year old high school student, who is blackmailed by the Romanian secret police to become an informer for the Communist regime. They expect Read More
Artist, illustrator, web designer and now author, Emilya Naymark, sits with us to discuss the second novel in her Sylvan series, Behind the Lie. The series centers around Laney Bird, a former NYPD cop turned PI, who had worked a Russian racketeering case gone wrong. From there, a sequence of unfortunate events occur with her Read More
Screenwriter, novelist, and stand-up comic, Erica Ferencik, joins us to discuss her third published novel, Girl in Ice. “The storyline is about an American linguist named Val who is tasked to go to a very remote climate research center off the coast of Greenland where a girl has been found in the ice and she’s Read More
Sissie Klein is Completely Normal is Kris Clink’s standalone sequel to her first novel, Goodbye Lark Lovejoy. Both stories are part of Clink’s Enchanted Rock series and are set in Texas’ beautiful Hill Country. Sissie Klein is Completely Normal is centered around the title character Sissie, who was introduced to readers in the first novel. Read More
In Fixed: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving, Amy Herman writes about her methodology for helping individuals find solutions through observing works of art. Herman is the founder and president of The Art of Perception, Inc., an organization that provides professional development courses for leaders from around the world. Her work has Read More
Writer’s Voices sat down to chat with author, publisher, and owner of Ice Cube Press, Steve Semken. Semken, who started as a publisher in 1991, has published many genres of books including poetry, graphic novels, memoirs, nonfiction, thrillers, and more. “I guess what I really like are interesting, unusual stories.” Throughout his long career, he’s Read More
Jeffrey Morse joins us from Mooresville, North Carolina, where he discusses his memoir, Finding Forward: You Have the Will Within. Morse, who had built successful careers in both the military and commercial aviation, awoke one day to find he had suffered from a brain aneurysm and a dissected artery. When asked why he wanted to Read More
Veteran Broadway, television and film actor and now author, Rick Lenz, joins us to discuss his novel, Hello, Rest of My Life. While not quite autobiographical, the book is loosely based on Rick and his wife, Linda, who have been married 40 years. His novel tells of the romance between film actor, Danny Maytree, and Read More
In his fourth book of poetry, Sneezing Coyotes, Sal Marici explores darker, real-life topics including aging, death and the pandemic. During the interview, Caroline described his work as “a very wide range of interests and abilities in writing poetry.” Sal said, “The poem, Sneezing Coyotes, is the title of one of my poems in my Read More
Charlie Holmberg speaks to us about her fantasy book, Star Mother, her 15th published novel. “The idea behind Star Mother is it has its own god folklore and stars are godlings and they are the batteries of the universe but they can only be born from the sun god and a mortal mother and the Read More
“For anyone who has been intrigued by this time period and these people from the Hamilton musical or from other books about that time period, biographies of Hamilton or Adams, this is a different take; a look from a feminine perspective and really a lot of fun.” Love, Theodosia, Goldstein’s historical fiction debut, tells of Read More
The Silence of Scheherazade, written by Turkish novelist Defne Suman, was first published in 2015 in Turkey and Greece. It made its English language debut in August of 2021. Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, the story is about four families whose lives intertwine during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, as told by Read More
“Beheld is very timely for this time of year because we’re coming right up on Thanksgiving… which in our, sort of, culture is a celebration of a myth of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and that is the subject matter of this historical novel, Beheld.” The story centers around the death of Dorothy Bradford, first Read More
In the Bohemians, Jasmin Darznik writes about Dorathea Lange, the great American documentary photographer known for her Depression-era work and her iconic photograph, Migrant Mother. Her story begins with the arrival of Lange in San Francisco in 1918, where her passion for photography was just growing. “She came to San Francisco as a young woman Read More
The poetry in Ananda Lima’s “Mother/Land” delves into the intersection of motherhood and immigration, combining English and Portuguese for a deeply moving and lyrically beautiful experience. The Brazilian-born author plays with both the meaning and sounds of words in both languages, as well as with various poetic forms. The result is poetry that can be Read More
Galia Gichon joins Writers Voices for a lively discussion of her novel – The Accidental Suffragist “What has come up in so many of these conversations, like I did a podcast in Georgia, I did a podcast in Texas just really around the book … and they say “How’s this book relevant today?” – because Read More
Historical novelist Liza Nash Taylor talks about her latest work – All in Good Faith – and how she manages writing from two perspectives. ” It’s funny for me My writing process is – I’ll sit down and some days I feel like I can write dialog , I can write a scene in dialog. Read More
Laura Galloway and her memoir – Dalvi – Six years in the Arctic tundra. … “I made a trip to the Arctic and I absolutely loved it…. it was such a profound juxtaposition from the life that I was living in New York,…. ..During my travels to the Arctic … I met a reindeer herder Read More
Dolores Johnson tells us about suffering and joys of her bi-racial family in – Say, I’m Dead, a family memoir of race, secrets and love. “Say I’m dead is a multi generational story of my family; who endured fear, secrets and separation and finally transformation; because they were not bound by the forbidding race mixing Read More
Winner of the Iowa Short Story Fiction Award Blake Sanz’s short story collection -The Boundaries of Their Dwelling takes us into the place where all of us are immigrants. He talks with us about his work. “The title comes from a line in the Bible, from Act’s I believe, and the full line is “and Read More
“Rob said to me, ‘Don’t think of what’s best for you, think of what’s best for your readers; because your readers want to learn more about what autism is, what kind of an impact you have on others, and more importantly the educators and the parents of kids who have autism…this is going to impact Read More
Daniel Handler aka. Lemony Snicket -talks about his love of writing and his new book for adults – Poison for Breakfast. “When I was young and first interested in books. I felt so deeply connected to books and the world of literature that I knew I wanted to participate in some way. It felt like Read More
I survived the attacks of September 11, 2001 – the graphic novel version of the latest in Lauren Tarshis popular I Survived – series for children. She talks about how it began. “I started writing the series more than ten years ago. And I would say it was shaped by a couple of different forces. Read More
Poet Maggie Smith shares her insights into life and suffering and :joy talking about her new book – Goldenrod, “You are not betraying your grief by feeling joy, You are not being graded and you do not receive extra credit for being miserable 100% of the time. Find pockets of relief, even happiness, where and Read More
A dancer and a writer Renee K Nicholson reflects on the experience of writing her memoir – Fierce and Delicate – Essays on dance and illness. “Anytime you’re writing a memoir, you’re excavating your past and there are things in our past that are always painful. But there was also something wonderfully cathartic about it. Read More
Kristin Contino talk about the craft of writing and her second novel – A House Full of Windsor. “The book is about Debbie and her daughter Sara. We follow Debbie from the 1980’s through the present day; her history of loving the royal family and being a royal family collector to the point where she Read More
Katherine Dean Mazerov talks about the inspiration behind her new novel -Summer Club. “I’m a life long career journalist. I worked as both a writer and an editor and I had never considered writing a book…especially fiction because I come from the nonfiction world. Quite a few years ago I decided to stay at home Read More
Alka Joshi returns to Writers Voices with the second installment of her historical fiction trilogy – The Secret Keeper of Jaipur. She talked with us about her novels and her writing process. ” I am not a good person for routines. I’ve never been good with routines. So for me the best thing to do Read More
The Agitators – Dorothy Wickedness’ new history of three friends who fought for abolition and women’s rights. “It’s so heart-breaking to think of all the women’s live that have been completely lost, and this of course is true for almost every African American, certainly, who are descendants of enslaved people. The histories are gone, mostly, Read More
Kathy Gereau talks about gathering the stories that went into her memoir – Serious Little Catholics “One of the things people ask me about is; How can you remember all that stuff that happened? When ever (my family ) would get together we would tell stories. Remember when this happened? So it’s kind of something Read More
Ellen Michaelson’s award winning novella – The Care of Strangers. ” It’s about how we take care of each other in challenging times. And it’s also about how we get beyond our family expectations to be who we want to be or to do what we want to do in life. It covers a lot Read More
Write a poem, Save your life, A Guide for Teens, Teachers and Writers of All Ages “Well it’s my story, and It’s what motivated me and put me on the mission to teach others and show others this incredible path of writing for healing and empowerment and self expression.” ” I think the really challenging Read More
“The book title: It’s called The Field House ; A Writer’s Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine. The Field House is the name of Rachel Field’s summer house. That is what it has been called for fifty years by Sutton Islanders. She called it – The Playhouse – because she used money Read More
Tracy Clark author of – Runner – the fourth in the Chicago Mystery series, talks about the research she did to give her novel authenticity “Once I knew that Cass ( the main character) had this sort of background in police work I took two police detectives, female, to breakfast. I said. Well, exactly how Read More
Anita Diamant and Melissa Berton the creators, respectively, of a book and an Oscar winning film dealing with menstrual injustice” – Period, end of sentence. Anita’s collection of essays was inspired by the film and her research. “The real question here is about dignity, One should be able to take care of ones necessary bodily Read More
Lori McMullen grew up in Florida. Her novel – Among the Beautiful Beasts – tells the story of the early life of Everglades advocate Marjory Stoneman Douglas. “Anybody who grew up in south Florida and went through the public school system … knows the name of Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” She is kind of a fixture Read More
“When we as white people adopted black children we learned that there was a whole lot that we did not know and we thought in writing this book that we could bring a perspective that might be helpful for white people in general.” Fern L. Johnson and Marlene G Fine share their insights in their Read More
When the Tempest Passes…and the Wicked is No More -is set in the l890’s; it’s author Linda Kephart-Nash tells her grandmothers story from the early the deaths of her siblings to the disappearance of the fiancé she loved so much and the humiliation of being left at the altar, “The wedding was set and the Read More
Romance writer RaeAnn Thayne talks about her novel – The Path to Sunshine Cove – and her motivations for writing. ” I like stories that make people feel good and that they can be happy at the end of the day, when they were reading them. That was sort of a better fit for my Read More
Gary Kelley talks about why he created his graphic novel – Moon of the Snow Blind, ” “My uncle ..taught me to draw, Gene Kelley, had a lot of books in his house, which was not far from where I was, growing up in Algona. Some of those books kind of got me attracted to Read More
Cozy mystery writer Mia P Manansala talks about her debut novel Arsenic and Adobo. and her motivations for writing it. “I still haven’t been able to find books that represent me and my experience and my family life the way I see it. I have yet to see Filipino Americans in most main stream media Read More
Musician and writer Doug Hoekstra has a new CD out – The Day Deserved . He talks with Writers Voices about his new short story collection – Ten Seconds In-Between – “I’d always written prose here an there… That’s something I’d always done in an on going way. And when I was focused on my Read More
Pam Jenoff is with us again talking about her latest novel – The Woman with the Blue Star – Historical fiction set in Poland during WW2 “I like to tell all the stories and I like the gray areas in people. When I grew up, history was very black and white, in broad brush strokes. Read More
Tami Charles talks about her new young adult novel – Muted – and why she became a writer. “It was through my teaching that I rediscovered my love of writing and my continued passion for books ” “it was my students who said, because we were writing stories together, .., Miss Charles you should really Read More
Historical Fiction writer Jane Healey describes the core of her fascinating new WW2 spy novel -The Secret Stealers. “The Secret Stealers is based on the trues stories of the women of the OSS, the office of strategic services, which was the precursor to the CIA in WW2… it’s also based on some of the true Read More
Writers Voices talks with Jennifer Jordan and Liza Rodman co-authors of -The Babysitter – My summers with a serial killer. A true crime memoir about Liza’s childhood caretaker, serial killer Tony Costa. Liza talks about her writing – ” I wrote my first book when I was ten years old…100 pages. After that I wrote Read More
Alan Gratz takes on 9/11 for young adult readers in his novel – Ground Zero. “I was getting requests from kids, ( they know I write about tough topics) – ‘ Write about 9/11! Write about 9/11!’. And I kept thinking, I don’t know if I can do that emotionally; if I’m ready to go Read More
Judithe Little talks with us about her latest work of historical fiction – The Chanel Sisters. “ I was first drawn to the idea when I found out Coco had a sister, because I had no idea that she even did. And then I was just so intrigued by the idea of what it would Read More
Jenny Lacoat speaks with WRiters Voices about – The Girl from the Channel Islands – a World War II novel based on real events “The channel islands were the only ( part of Britain) that was occupied during the war…. The islanders were left completely defenseless against the might of the Wehrmacht (Nazi.s)” “This was Read More
I dream of Popo, a richly illustrated children’s book, shares it’s creators childhood immigrant experiences. It’s author, Livia Blackburn immigrated from Taiwan with her family at age five. The illustrator, Julia Kuo’s family immigrated from Taiwan before she was born, Both of them leaving their culture and extended families behind. “There are a lot of Read More
Writing team Maika and Maritza Moulite talk with us about their latest book – One of the Good Ones – and about what got them started wring in the first place. “We had grown up reading a ton of books… because our parents didn’t allow us to watch TV during the week. So we went Read More
Stacey Wise introduces us to a world of secrecy and revenge in her new novel -Lie, Lie Again. “I think a lot of (the book) was definitely inspired by just looking a round and seeing what is going on in my own neighborhood. And how, whether it’s on the soccer field or at dance class Read More
Michael Kaufman shares the premise of his new dystopian mystery novel – The Last Exit. “This is a world of growing inequality, of rising unemployment because of… automation, and growing population…By this point big pharma companies have developed longevity treatments,… they’ve made it staggeringly expensive – the ultra rich can live if not forever, then Read More
Joy Jorden-Lake talks about -Under A Gilded Moon. A southern novel of historical fiction. “There’s something fascinating about the gilded age and this era…Very charming but also very worrisome The immense wealth that could be used in beautiful ways … some used their wealth in ways that some of us would be kind of horrified Read More
The Paris Apartment author Kelly Bowen talks about how she got started “When I had my first son I was on maternity leave and I actually sat down and thought, ‘I should try writing a novel. I love writing. Now seems to be a good time to do it’…. I love history, so I decided Read More