My guest today is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Commander with 25 years of military service. He holds a Bachelor of Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Now, he has logged over 7,000 hours in his 10 years as a school volunteer. His children’s books have themes of courage, teamwork, and trust. No surprise as those … Read More

My guest today is English but emigrated to New Zealand when she was 59. She published her first book just before her 70th birthday and is currently writing book number 8. Having discovered her passion, she now intends to write till she dies! Living well is the best revenge, so they say, and one of … Read More

My guest today always wanted to be a librarian, but when she lost her eyesight, she did the next best thing and became a sweet contemporary Western romance author. And novels aren’t the only thing she writes. She has two award-winning short stories and has been known to pen a few lines of poetry. But … Read More

My guest today was raised in Texas, but after graduating from Brown University, she taught in Egypt, Turkey, and Japan. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and was awarded a teaching Fulbright to Syria. Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in The Barcelona Review, National Public Radio, and … Read More

My guest today writes fiction, essays, and book reviews and reads anything that’s not nailed down. She brings a long career in social justice to her work, covering authors of color and women writers as a critic and author interviewer at NPR Books, the Washington Post, The Millions, and elsewhere. She also publishes short fiction … Read More

My guest today was born in Hong Kong, and is a British writer. She has a degree in Spanish and a Masters in Responsible Business Practice and Sustainability. She’s a published nonfiction author who has also worked as an international freelance journalist. Her fiction is inspired by her many years living and working in different … Read More

My guest today has an MBA in corporate finance and has been self-employed for twenty-five years. The father of three, he and his wife live in Concord, MA, and his book of poems, Where Inches Seem Miles, was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best independent books. He was born in 1954, the … Read More

My guest today is a San Antonio-based writer, award-winning child advocate, and retired U.S. Army Major. As a former foster care youth and abuse survivor, she chronicled her journey from childhood trauma to child advocacy in her memoir, Misplaced Childhood: A True Story of Resiliency and Child Advocacy. She donates author profits or royalties to … Read More

My guest today owns Creative Lakes Media, LLC, a freelance writing and book editing services company. She’s the author of the novel The Moments Between Dreams, five nonfiction educational books, and a short story contributor to the Minnesota Stories anthology. She instructs writing craft and completed the Iowa University Mini-MFA Workshop. She splits her time … Read More

My guest today is a transplanted New Englander who makes her home in Northern Virginia. In addition to writing upmarket fiction with environmental themes, she writes non-fiction in the science, technology, and business categories with a passion for research, seashells, birds, and the ocean. She has been a member of the Boston Malacological Club since … Read More