Interview with historical novelist D. J. Green

Novelist D. J. Green joins me today to chat about her new post-World War II action-adventure novel, No More Empty Spaces. Bio:D. J. Green is a writer, geologist, and sailor, as well as a bookseller and partner in Bookworks, an independent bookstore in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She lives near the Sandia Mountains in Placitas, New Read More

Interview with historical fiction novelist Teresa H. Janssen

My special holiday guest author is Teresa H. Janssen to chat about her new historical fiction, The Ways of Water: A Novel. Bio:Teresa H. Janssen, a career educator, studied history and French at Gonzaga University and has an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Washington. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in a Read More

Interview with memoirist Debbie Chein Morris

Writer Debbie Chein Morris chats with me today about her memoir, We Used to Dance: Loving Judy, My Disabled Twin. Bio:Born in the Bronx, NY, Ms. Morris lived on Long Island (Plainview) for most of her adult life. The youngest (she was born five minutes after her twin sister) of four children, family has always Read More

Interview with novelist Thomas Reed

Novelist Thomas Reed joins me today to chat about his new dark family comedy, Pocketful of Poseys. Bio:Thomas Reed was born in Oberlin, Ohio and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, where his father was a university professor. Tom taught literature, film, and writing at Dickinson College for thirty years. Pocketful of Poseys draws on Read More

Interview with writer Jennifer Cramer-Miller

Writer Jennifer Cramer-Miller joins me today to chat about her memoir, Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope. Bio:Jennifer is an author and speaker, focusing on stories of hope. She serves as the 2023-2026 Board Chair for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Serving Minnesota, an NKF PEER Mentor, and a Donate Life ambassador. As Read More

Interview with novelist Joanna Fitzpatrick

Today’s special guest author is Joanna FitzPatrick and we’re chatting about her new historical mystery, The Artist Colony. Bio: Joanna Fitzpatrick’s MFA thesis from Sarah Lawrence College was about her life as a rock ’n’ roll star’s wife. She’s written two previous novels, Katherine Mansfield, Bronze Winner of the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award in Read More

Interview with literary fiction author Jane Ward

Writer Jane Ward joins me today to chat about her new literary fiction, In the Aftermath. Bio: Jane Ward is the author of Hunger (Forge 2001) and The Mosaic Artist. She graduated from Simmons College with a degree in English literature and began working almost immediately in the food and hospitality industry: private events planner Read More

Interview with memoirist Cheryl Krauter

Today’s special guest is writer Cheryl Krauter and we’re chatting about her memoir, Odyssey of Ashes: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Letting Go. Bio: Cheryl Krauter is an existential humanistic psychotherapist with more than forty years of experience in the field of depth psychology and human consciousness. Her background in theater arts, working with Read More