EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today believes life is an opportunity to learn and grow. She is a best-selling author of Beyond the Bookclub: We are the Books We Must Read, Acting Lessons for Living, and its accompanying Guided Journal. Her other professional roles include facilitating growth as a body-centered psychotherapist and coach and certified hypnotherapist. … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is an international author, former member of the military, and world traveler. He writes science fiction, action-adventure, and historical fiction. Welcome to Authors Over 50, J.W. Orchard. EPISODE NOTES J.W. Orchard’s Website  J.W. Orchard’s Twitter

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today majored in English at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and worked in the technology sector in an administrative capacity. For fifteen years, she and her husband owned a professional photography studio. She has dedicated the last sixteen years to developing her craft of fiction writing and is also regularly … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today was born in Portland, Maine and shortly after graduation in 1973, he moved to Boston and began writing in earnest. He has three adult children and currently lives in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He works as a housing counselor for a non-profit agency. During Covid and still, he helps prevent people from … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a first mother and a late discovery step-adoptee. She grew up in rural Central Minnesota with no running water or electricity, and by the time she graduated from high school, she’d learned books were an oasis and her guitar a good friend. After earning a Social Work degree, she … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is the author of Scattered Lights, a collection of short stories that was a finalist for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction. He also has written three historical novels: The Language of Trees, This Old World, and Slant of Light. The fourth novel in that series will be coming out … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today grew up in Great Neck, New York. She attended college and law school at Yale. For many years, she practiced as an appellate attorney with a public defender’s office before turning to writing full time. She studied at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, and her work has been … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a writer, an artist, and a former therapist. She is the author of picture books for children, including a series called “The Way I Feel.” Her work has been translated into ten languages and sold over two million copies worldwide. Welcome to Authors Over 50, Cornelia Spelman. EPISODE NOTES … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a lifetime lover of books. Born in Brooklyn, she was raised in New Jersey before attending a small, quirky liberal arts college and a large, preppy university, both in New York State. A book publicist by profession, she lives with her husband and sons in suburban New Jersey. She … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today writes her story of joy and sorrow mixed with humor and rage as both mother and advocate for her injured daughter, Jenn. Emotionally invested in her narrative, she had the advantage to write in raw detail about the triumphs and heartbreaks that follow her main character. My guest witnessed first-hand … Read More