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| Hadley Leggett's Debut: All They Ask is Everything | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:21:53 | |
Hadley Leggett writes layered book club fiction exploring truth in shades of gray. Before becoming a novelist, her winding career path included degrees in medicine, biochemistry, Spanish, and science journalism, as well as a ten-year stint as a stay-at-home mom. She began writing fiction — her secret lifelong dream — when her youngest child started preschool and she finally got a moment to herself. Hadley's short stories and essays have appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review, Literary Mama, and Halfway Down the Stairs, and her science writing can be found at Wired.com and Stanford News. She lives in Seattle with her husband and three children, as well as her parents, three cats, and an ever-rotating troop of foster kittens. When she’s not writing, you can find her swimming laps, poring over a jigsaw puzzle, or buying too many books. Learn more at: hadleyleggett.com Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Sara Goodman Confino: Behind Every Good Man | 28 Aug 2024 | 00:30:21 | |
Sara Goodman Confino dishes about her path to publishing, her mad love for everything Springsteen, researching her latest novel, and the story behind the cover of Behind Every Good Man. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Michael Callahan: The Allure of the Beach Read | 18 Jul 2024 | 00:24:06 | |
Michael Callahan shares a few of his lucky breaks: the magazine article that brought him to the threshold of writing his first novel, Searching for Grace Kelly, and the invitation to Anna Wintour's house where he met the editor of Vanity Fair. For more information visit callahanwrites . net Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Meredith Schorr's As Seen on TV | 15 Dec 2022 | 00:26:30 | |
A born and bred New Yorker and lifelong daydreamer, Meredith Schorr fueled her passion for writing everything from restaurant reviews, original birthday cards, and even work-related emails into a career penning romantic comedies. When she’s not writing books filled with grand gestures and hard-earned happily-ever-afters or working as a trademark paralegal, she’s most often reading, running, or watching TV…for research, of course. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Writing for Young People with Anthony McGowan | 12 Dec 2022 | 00:26:19 | |
Anthony McGowan is one of the most widely acclaimed young adult and children’s authors in the UK. His books have won numerous major awards. In 2020, he was awarded the CILIP Carnegie Medal for Lark. He was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal with Rook and won the Booktrust Teenage Prize and the Catalyst Award for Henry Tumour. His YA novel The Knife that Killed Me was made into a critically-lauded film in 2014. Anthony lives in London, with his wife, two children and dog. Anthony’s latest novel is Dogs of the Deadlands. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Stacy Gold is Wild at Heart | 06 Dec 2022 | 00:30:09 | |
Compulsive tea drinker. Outdoor sports junkie. Lover of good (and bad) puns. When Stacy’s not busy reading or writing, you can find her in Boulder, Colorado dancing, laughing or playing hard in the mountains with her wonderful hubby and happy dogs. Learn more, and join the Gold Club for early release news, freebies, contests and more at http://stacygold.com Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Gin Phillips's Family Law | 30 Nov 2022 | 00:28:00 | |
Gin Phillips has written six novels, and her work has been sold in 29 countries. Her debut novel, The Well and the Mine, won the 2009 Barnes & Noble Discover Award. Her novel Fierce Kingdom was named one of the Best Crime Novels of 2017 by the New York Times Book Review. It was also named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Publishers Weekly, Amazon, and Kirkus Reviews. A Kirkus starred review called it “poignant and profound,” adding that "this adrenaline-fueled thriller will shatter readers like a bullet through bone.” The New York Times called the novel “expertly made…clever and irresistible,” noting that “Phillips…beautifully captures the quirks, tedium and magic of parenting a young child.” Gin’s novels also have been named as selections for Indie Next, Book of the Month, and the Junior Library Guild. Born in Montgomery, Al., Gin graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a degree in political journalism. After time spent in Ireland, New York, and Washington, D.C., she currently lives with her family (plus a schnoodle and a mini golden mountain doodle) in Birmingham. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Literary Agent Gina Panettieri-First Book Mistakes & Advice for Querying Writers | 27 Nov 2022 | 00:38:00 | |
Gina Panettieri is an literary agent with Talcott Notch Literary who has an affinity for quirky, edgy characters. She represents a variety of genres including women’s fiction, paranormal, urban fantasy, horror, science fiction, historical, mystery, thrillers and suspense. On occasion, Gina participates as an instructor and workshop leader for Writer's Digest. Founded in 2002, Talcott Notch Literary, is a five-member, full-service literary agency representing the freshest voices in both adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction. With an impressive list of New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and #1 Amazon bestsellers as well as a vast array of award-winning fiction and nonfiction, our agents proudly represent the newest rising stars and acclaimed established authors. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Gary Goldstein-From Screenwriter to Novelist | 20 Nov 2022 | 00:16:40 | |
Gary Goldstein is an award-winning writer for film, TV, and the theatre with more than thirty produced screen and stage credits. The New York native and longtime L.A. resident has also been a contributing film reviewer and arts feature writer for the Los Angeles Times since 2007. His first novel, the romantic comedy "The Last Birthday Party," won a 2022 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence in Fiction. His second novel, the family drama "The Mother I Never Had," will be published October 2022 by Hadleigh House. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Philippa Gregory's Latest: Dawnlands | 16 Nov 2022 | 00:24:36 | |
Philippa Gregory is one of the world’s foremost historical novelists. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature and it sold worldwide, heralding a new era for historical fiction. Her flair for blending history and imagination developed into a signature style and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen. Now a recognised authority on women’s history, Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London. Philippa is a member of the Society of Authors and in 2016, was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers’ Association. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Nielsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output. www.PhilippaGregory.com. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Kim Taylor Blakemore: Writing Historical Novels about Fierce Women | 11 Nov 2022 | 00:30:55 | |
Kim Taylor Blakemore writes historical novels that feature fierce, audacious, and often dangerous women. She writes about the thieves and servants, murderesses and mediums, grifters and frauds - the women with darker stories, tangled lies and hidden motives. She is the author of the historical thrillers THE DECEPTION, Silver Falchion Award winner AFTER ALICE FELL, THE COMPANION, and the historical novels BOWERY GIRL, and CISSY FUNK, a WILLA Literary Award winner for Best Young Adult novel. In addition to writing, she is a developmental editor, and founder of Novelitics, which provides workshops and community to writers in the United States and Canada. She lives with her family and passel of rescue cats and dogs in the Pacific Northwest. She loves the rain, is afraid of scary movies, and thinks the best meal consists of a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Louise Marburg You Have Reached Your Destination | 11 Nov 2022 | 00:14:41 | |
Louise Marburg studied design at the Kansas City Art Institute, is a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin Division, and holds an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Her stories have appeared in Narrative, Ploughshares, The Louisville Review, The Carolina Quarterly, The Pinch, The Chicago Quarterly Review, Post Road, and many other publications. A native of Baltimore, she lives in New York City with her husband, the artist Charles Marburg. Learn more at: Louisemarburg.com Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Katie Sise's Latest: The Break | 03 Nov 2022 | 00:29:54 | |
Katie Sise is a bestselling author of six novels. Her books have been included on best-of lists by Good Morning America, The New York Post, PopSugar, Parade Magazine, and PureWow. Her current novel, The Break, is a Zibby's Book Club pick for November. Katie is a former TV host and jewelry designer, and lives outside of New York City with her husband, four children, and a golden retriever who has finally calmed down. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Lori Brand: Bodies to Die For | 17 Jul 2024 | 00:18:36 | |
Lori Brand is a lifting enthusiast, group fitness instructor, yoga teacher, and software quality engineer. In past lives, she’s been a gymnast, dancer, Playboy model, and bodybuilder. Her time in the body wars trenches led to her realization that getting strong, rather than shrinking, is the way out. In an effort to spread the word, she’s had articles published in STRONG Fitness Magazine, T-Nation, Inside Fitness Magazine, D’FYNE Fitness Magazine, and more. Her debut novel is Bodies to Die For. Learn more at: loribrandwrites.com Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Lynne Reeves-Dark Rivers to Cross | 30 Oct 2022 | 00:26:17 | |
Lynne Reeves Griffin is a nationally recognized expert on relationships and family life. Writing as Lynne Reeves, her novel of domestic suspense, The Dangers of an Ordinary Night was described by The New York Times as “a sensitive examination of a dysfunctional family and a full-of-secrets community that claims to be seeking the truth.” Her next novel, Dark Rivers to Cross will be published November 8, 2022. Lynne is also the author of the acclaimed novels, Girl Sent Away (SixOneSeven Books, 2015), Sea Escape (Simon & Schuster, 2010), and Life Without Summer (St. Martin’s Press, 2009). She’s written the nonfiction guides Let’s Talk About It: Adolescent Mental Health (SixOneSeven Books, 2015) and Negotiation Generation: Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment (Penguin, 2007). Lynne has taught family studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and has acted as the visiting scholar of education at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore and consulted with schools in China about preventive mental health. She teaches writing at Grub Street Writers, and is a developmental editor for writers of fiction and nonfiction. Lynne has acted as the prose writer-in-residence at the Chautauqua Institution, moderated panels at national conferences such as the Muse & The Marketplace Conference, the Boston Book Festival, and the 2020 & 2022 Key West Literary Workshops. Her short stories, essays, are articles have appeared in Solstice Literary Magazine; Chautauqua; The Drum Literary Magazine; Brain, Child; The Writer; School Library Journal; Parenting; Boston Globe; Writer Unboxed; Boston Herald; Psychology Today; Huffington Post, and more. She lives outside Boston, Massachusetts with her family. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Mazey Eddings-Embracing Neurodivergence for Writers & Readers | 23 Oct 2022 | 00:21:10 | |
Mazey Eddings is a neurodiverse author, dentist, and (most importantly) stage mom to her cats, Yaya and Zadie. She can most often be found reading romance novels under her weighted blanket and asking her boyfriend to bring her snacks. She’s made it her personal mission in life to destigmatize mental health issues and write love stories for every brain. With roots in Ohio and Philadelphia, she now calls North Carolina home. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Listen, World! with Allison Gilbert | 07 Oct 2022 | 00:32:57 | |
New York Times–bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert have written the first biography of American writer Elsie Robinson: Listen, World! (Seal Press, September 27, 2022). Robinson, a newspaper columnist who used her national platform to defy social mores, became the highest-paid woman writer in the William Randolph Hearst media empire. Their cinematic narrative weaves meticulous research with Robinson’s own inspiring and often hilarious words, taken from her columns, interviews, books, and letters—most never digitized or previously available to today’s readers. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Sarah McCraw Crow & The Wrong Kind of Woman | 23 Sep 2022 | 00:29:48 | |
Sarah McCraw Crow is the author of the novel The Wrong Kind of Woman (MIRA Books). She is a longtime magazine writer, editor, and book reviewer, and her articles, essays, and reviews have run in BookPage, The Christian Science Monitor, Prime Number, Family Circle, Ladies’ Home Journal, Parents, Parenting, American Baby, Baby Talk, and Working Mother, among others. Her short fiction has won prizes from So to Speak and Good Housekeeping, and her stories have been honored as contest finalists by Press 53, New Letters, Yemasee, and Stanford Alumni Magazine. As a child, Sarah lived in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas as her dad finished his medical training and served in the military, but she did most of her growing up in Virginia. For the past twenty years, she has called New Hampshire home. She lives with her husband and three almost-grown children on an old farm, where she gardens in the summer and snowshoes in the winter, if there’s snow. And although she’s a transplanted Southerner, she has come to realize that temperamentally, she’s a northern New Englander. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College (AB, history), Stanford University (MA, journalism), and Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA in writing), and she’s a member of Grub Street, Boston, and the National Book Critics Circle. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Christie Leigh Babirad Discusses Fiction and Poetry | 14 Sep 2022 | 00:19:52 | |
Christie Leigh Babirad is a published fiction author of four books and a companion journal, and a poetess of two full-length collections, Sapphire Stars and Scarlet Secrets. The primary hope she has for her readers is that her words and stories comfort and
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| Bradeigh Godfrey's Debut: Imposter | 14 Sep 2022 | 00:21:32 | |
Bradeigh Godfrey is a physician, mom of four, and a writer. Her medical career is focused on caring for veterans with visible and invisible disabilities, and she is passionate about improving quality of life and wellness in veterans through research, teaching, and clinical work. Her debut novel, IMPOSTER, is a psychological thriller exploring sisterhood, secrets, and the neuroscience of memory and trauma (Blackstone, September 13, 2022). She’s an avid reader and book reviewer and can be found on Instagram (@bradeighgodfrey) sharing her latest reads. Bradeigh also co-writes romantic women’s fiction under the pen name Ali Brady (www.AliBradyBooks.net). Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Kelly J. Ford & Real Bad Things | 28 Aug 2022 | 00:33:40 | |
Kelly J. Ford is the author of Real Bad Things (summer 2022) and the award-winning Cottonmouths, a novel of “impressive depths of character and setting” according to the Los Angeles Review, which named it one of their Best Books of 2017. An Arkansas native, Kelly writes about the power and pitfalls of friendship, the danger of long-held secrets, and the transcendent grittiness of the Ozarks and their surrounds. She lives in Vermont with her wife and cat. Kelly is also a co-host of the Writer’s Bone podcast Happy Hour episodes. Learn more at KELLYJFORD.COM Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Amina Akhtar's Kismet & Launching A Novel at The Strand | 16 Aug 2022 | 00:23:17 | |
Amina Akhtar is a former fashion writer and editor. Her satirical first novel, #FashionVictim, drew rave reviews and acclaim and was covered in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, Entertainment Weekly, Fashionista, Book Riot, CrimeReads, and more. Akhtar’s new book Kismet takes on the world of wellness and all the crystals that go with it. This #OwnVoices novel is set in Sedona, Arizona, where nature is just as much a character as anyone else. Akhtar has worked at Vogue, Elle, the New York Times, and New York Magazine, where she was the founding editor of the women’s blog The Cut. She’s written for numerous publications, including Yahoo Style, Fashionista, xoJane, Refinery29, Billboard, and more. She currently lives not too far from the Sedona vortexes. Kismet is her second novel. Learn more at aminaaktar.work Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Beth Anstandig's The Human Herd | 19 Jul 2022 | 00:36:38 | |
As a life-long cowgirl, licensed psychotherapist and teacher, Beth Anstandig has 25 years of experience developing, implementing and training people in Natural Leadership—a model she pioneered. She’s trained thousands of leaders and teams from some of the most renowned corporations, universities, and nonprofits, helping them awaken their innate power and awareness to live, lead and work with more authentic relationships and connection. Beth owns Take a Chance Ranch in Morgan Hill, California providing leadership, culture and well-being programs through The Circle Up Experience. Together with an ever-growing menagerie of animals, Beth works with human herds onsite and online. Her fresh perspective and work integrating basic animal practices into everyday human life have been featured in global media including BBC World Service, PBS, and Forbes. Beth has built a life with animals at its center so she can continue listening to the voice of her own animal, reclaiming the mammalian signal system that is alive and well within each of us. Her book is an invitation to you to do the same. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Barbara Bourland's The Force of Such Beauty | 08 Jul 2022 | 00:26:35 | |
Barbara Bourland is the author of Fake Like Me, a finalist for the 2020 Edgar Best Novel Award. Fake Like Me was published by Grand Central in North America, and riverrun abroad, and in Japan by Hayakawa. It was written with support from The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY. Her debut novel, I’ll Eat When I’m Dead, was a Refinery29 Best Book of 2017 and Irish Independent Book of the Year. It was published in North America by Grand Central Publishing; in Ireland, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa by riverrun; and in Hebrew by Matar Press in Israel. Her third novel, The Force of Such Beauty, follows a retired Olympic athlete who marries a prince. It will be published by Dutton in 2022. Bourland's novels use imaginative escapism to process an emotional condition (in chronological order: I'll Eat When I'm Dead, the compulsion to control our appearance; Fake Like Me, the worry that we aren’t good enough; The Force of Such Beauty, the desire to be special) endemic to contemporary women’s lives. Cast in the mold of universal literary forms—the detective story, the thriller, the fairytale—they weave in and out of their genres, until the plot turns inside out and the narrative, upon reflection, appears to be something else entirely. She lives in Baltimore. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Lexi Blake's Happy Place | 11 Jul 2024 | 00:20:47 | |
New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake lives in North Texas with her husband and three kids. Since starting her publishing journey in 2010, she’s sold over three million copies of her books. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn’t until she started writing romance that she found success. She likes to find humor in the strangest places and believes in happy endings. For more information visit www.LexiBlake.net Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Marilyn Simon Rothstein & Crazy to Leave You | 28 Jun 2022 | 00:20:38 | |
Marilyn Simon Rothstein is the author of three novels: Crazy to Leave You (May, 2022), Husbands and Other. Sharp Objects (2018) and Lift and Separate 2016), winner of the Star Award presented by the Women's Fiction. Writers Association for Outstanding Debut. All are published by Lake Union. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Eileen Brill and A Letter in the Wall | 20 Jun 2022 | 00:24:15 | |
Eileen Grace Brill is a painter, writer, and Sign Language Interpreter who grew up outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a B.S. in Economics. She has written professionally for the restaurant, hotel, and commercial real estate industries. A Letter in the Wall is her first novel, though she has been a writer all her life, beginning at age four when she wrote a poem (filled with spelling errors!) for her babysitter. Eileen’s short story “Christmas Angel” appeared in the international literary magazine Beyond Words in 2021. She and her husband Eli raised their sons in her hometown of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, where they still live, along with their two adopted mutts, Athena and Gaia. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Matchmaker's Gift | 15 Jun 2022 | 00:25:30 | |
Lynda Cohen Loigman grew up in Longmeadow, MA. She received a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Her debut novel, Two-Family House, was a USA Today bestseller and a nominee for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards in Historical Fiction. Her second novel, The Wartime Sisters, was selected as a Woman’s World Book Club pick and a Best Book of 2019 by Real Simple Magazine. The Matchmakers Gift is her third novel. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Jill Shalvis & The Friendship Pact | 12 Jun 2022 | 00:22:34 | |
Multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is … mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s bestselling, award-winning heartwarming and full of humor novels wherever books are sold and visit her website for a complete book list and blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures. Her most recent book, The Family You Make, was just published last month and her next book, The Friendship Pact, comes out in June. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Nicole Baart & Everything We Didn't Say | 06 Jun 2022 | 00:21:11 | |
Nicole Baart is a New York Times bestselling author, collaborator, ghostwriter, and speaker. Her critically acclaimed novels have been featured in Southern Living, Country Woman, Book Page, Glam, and Yahoo! Lifestyle among several others. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Carleton Eastlake's Monkey Business | 31 May 2022 | 00:30:05 | |
MONKEY BUSINESS is writer-producer Carleton Eastlake’s debut novel about a conflicted TV writer on location in Florida who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman at a nightclub when she upends everything he thought he understood about life, limerence, bonded love, power, creativity, paintball combat, and what psychologists and philosophers refer to as the Hard Problem of human consciousness. Monkeys – and parrots – do play a role. As does Chairman Mao. And, in a cameo appearance, NASA. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Jennifer Weiner & The Summer Place | 28 May 2022 | 00:32:00 | |
Jennifer Weiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen books, including That Summer, Big Summer, Mrs. Everything, In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, and a memoir in essays, Hungry Heart. She has appeared on many national television programs, including the Today show and Good Morning America, and her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Davida Breier's Novel, Sinkhole | 25 May 2022 | 00:23:50 | |
Davida G. Breier was born in Miami, FL and spent her formative years in Florida, rural Minnesota, urban New Jersey, and suburban Pennsylvania. She’s worked as a youth sports photographer, TV extra, substitute teacher, jewelry maker, bookseller, and ATM cleaner. Davida discovered the world of zines and independent publishing in 1994 and Baltimore’s City Paper awarded her with “Best Local Zinester” in 2000 and “Best Zine” in 2003. She won the Literary Death Match, Baltimore 3.0 event in 2011. She’s spent the last two decades in various roles within the book industry and currently works for Johns Hopkins University Press. Davida lives in Maryland with her family, a pack of wee rescue dogs, a rescue tortoise, and two companion chickens. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Helena Hunting: Romance, Cinnamon Rolls, & Starry-Eyed Love | 25 May 2022 | 00:26:09 | |
NYT and USA Today Bestselling author, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her two awesome cats, who think the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from contemporary romance with all the feels to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Namrata Patel & The Candid Life of Meena Dave | 21 May 2022 | 00:26:58 | |
Namrata Patel is an Indian-American writer who lives in Boston. Her writing examines diaspora, dual-cultural identity among Indian-Americans and explores this dynamic while also touching on both—the family’s we’re born with and those we choose. Namrata has lived in India, Spokane, London, and New York City. Namrata has been writing for most of her adult life and loves creating characters who are relatable and aspirational. Her heroines range from quiet to kick-ass and her heroes are swoon-worthy, if a little flawed. Namrata is represented by Sarah Younger at Nancy Yost Literary Agency. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Namrata Patel: Getting in Touch with Your Characters | 10 Jul 2024 | 00:25:36 | |
Namrata Patel is an Indian-American author who lives in Boston. Her writing examines diaspora, dual-cultural identity among Indian-Americans and explores this dynamic while also touching on both—the family’s we’re born with and those we choose. Namrata has lived in India, Spokane, London, and New York City. Namrata has been writing for most of her adult life and loves creating characters who are relatable and aspirational. Her heroines range from quiet to kick-ass and her heroes are swoon-worthy, if a little flawed. Her first novel The Candid Life of Meena Dave was long listed for Best First Novel Prize by The Center for Fiction. Namrata’s second novel The Scent of a Garden was published in 2023, and her third novel The Curious Secrets of Yesterday is out now. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Rochelle Weinstein's When We Let Go | 21 May 2022 | 00:23:51 | |
Rochelle B. Weinstein is the USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends, Somebody’s Daughter, Where We Fall, The Mourning After, and What We Leave Behind. Rochelle spent her early years, always with a book in hand, raised by the likes of Sidney Sheldon and Judy Blume. A former entertainment industry executive, she splits her time between sunny South Florida and the mountains of North Carolina. When she’s not writing, Rochelle can be found mentoring at-risk young women through Women of Tomorrow, teaching workshops at Nova Southeastern University, hiking, reading, and finding the world’s best nachos. When We Let Go released on 5/17, and she is currently working on her sixth novel releasing Spring 2023. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Annie Hartnett's Unlikely Animals | 17 May 2022 | 00:29:12 | |
Annie Hartnett is the author of novels RABBIT CAKE (Tin House Books, 2017) and UNLIKELY ANIMALS (Ballantine/Random House, 2022). Unlikely Animals was the April 2022 book club selection for Good Housekeeping magazine and Amerie’s Book club. It received starred reviews from Booklist and Bookpage, and was an April Indie Next pick. Rabbit Cake was listed as one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2017, was a finalist for the New England Book Award, an Indies Introduce and an Indie Next Pick, and was long-listed for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. It received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, and Library Journal, and was People magazine's Book of the Week. It is currently under option with Amazon Studios (more on that here!). Annie has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Associates of the Boston Public Library. She holds degrees from the MFA program at the University of Alabama, Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English, and Hamilton College. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog. Visit anniehartnett.com Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Part 2: Xe Sands, Audiobook Narrator | 17 May 2022 | 00:27:58 | |
With numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and nearly 200 audiobooks to her credit so far, Xe Sands is known for her ability to make an audiobook an intimate experience for her listeners. Interestingly, Sands didn’t come to audiobooks through acting as most narrators do. She began her adult life as a visual artist. “I used to paint. I did a lot of photo manipulation, and just a whole bunch of handcrafting of all kinds.” How did she get involved in the audio world? “My daughter and I had a long commute for many years, and we went through a million audiobooks.” She also read aloud to her daughter, until it dawned on her: “I would love to do that.” She didn’t think her voice would be one that anyone would want to hear, but she really wanted to try her hand at narration. So in 2008, she discovered a supportive audio community that encouraged recording. She worked with them for a few years before she was “discovered.” She’s won several of the coveted AudioFile Earphones Awards and has narrated novels for Alafair Burke, Kristan Higgins, Bethany Crandell, Lily King, Jami Attenberg, BA Shapiro, Darby Kane, Kennedy Ryan, Chuck Wendig, Juliette Blackwell, CD Reese, KJ Dell'Antonia, Hannah Morrissey, Paul Tremblay, Carrington MacDuffie, Judy Blume, and many more, including Kris's second novel, Sissie Klein is Completely Normal. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Part 1: Xe Sands, Audiobook Narrator | 17 May 2022 | 00:39:39 | |
With numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and nearly 200 audiobooks to her credit so far, Xe Sands is known for her ability to make an audiobook an intimate experience for her listeners. Interestingly, Sands didn’t come to audiobooks through acting as most narrators do. She began her adult life as a visual artist. “I used to paint. I did a lot of photo manipulation, and just a whole bunch of handcrafting of all kinds.” How did she get involved in the audio world? “My daughter and I had a long commute for many years, and we went through a million audiobooks.” She also read aloud to her daughter, until it dawned on her: “I would love to do that.” She didn’t think her voice would be one that anyone would want to hear, but she really wanted to try her hand at narration. So in 2008, she discovered a supportive audio community that encouraged recording. She worked with them for a few years before she was “discovered.” She’s won several of the coveted AudioFile Earphones Awards and has narrated novels for Alafair Burke, Kristan Higgins, Bethany Crandell, Lily King, Jami Attenberg, BA Shapiro, Darby Kane, Kennedy Ryan, Chuck Wendig, Juliette Blackwell, CD Reese, KJ Dell'Antonia, Hannah Morrissey, Paul Tremblay, Carrington MacDuffie, Judy Blume, and many more, including Kris's second novel, Sissie Klein is Completely Normal. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Carlisle Webber, Literary Agent | 11 May 2022 | 00:28:42 | |
Carlisle Webber refused to major in English in college because she didn’t think there was anything fun to read on the required lists. No Stephen King? No R.L. Stine? No thanks! After college, she took her love of commercial, YA, and middle grade fiction to the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, where she earned a Master of Library and Information Sciences. She worked as a public librarian for years before deciding to move to the business side of publishing. She attended the Columbia Publishing Course and holds a Professional Certificate in Editing from UC-Berkeley. She is a literary agent with Fuse Literary. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Grant Snider's Art of Living | 10 May 2022 | 00:22:26 | |
Grant Snider writes, draws, and lives in Wichita, Kansas. His first book, "The Shape of Ideas," is a personal exploration of the joys and frustrations of the creative process. His work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The Kansas City Star, The Best American Comics 2013, and across the internet as the popular strip "Incidental Comics." Grant works as an orthodontist in his day job. You can often find him carrying a sketchbook, lost in his own thoughts. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Jenny Mollen's City of Likes | 08 May 2022 | 00:26:09 | |
JENNY MOLLEN is a writer, actor, Instagram personality and New York Times bestselling author of the essay collections I Like You Just the Way I Am and Live Fast Die Hot. Her digital series, “I Like You Just the Way I Am,” which she wrote and in which she stars, currently streams on ABC Digital. Heralded by The Huffington Post as one of the funniest women on both Twitter and Instagram and named one of “Five to Follow” by T Magazine, Jenny wrote a standing column for Parents magazine and has contributed to Cosmopolitan, Glamour, New York, Elle.com, Grub Hub, and Wake Up Call with Katie Couric. With her Instagram handles @jennymollen and @dictatorlunches, Jenny has more than half a million followers. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Leanne Kale Sparks & The Wrong Woman | 07 May 2022 | 00:26:28 | |
After a short career in law, Leanne Kale Sparks is returning to her first love—writing about murder, mayhem, and crime. Currently, she is an author with Crooked Lane Books and is working on a new series featuring an FBI agent hunting down her best friend’s murderer. The backdrop is the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the playground of her youth, and the place that will always be home. She currently resides in Texas with her husband and German Shepherd, Zoe. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Karen Winn's Debut: Our Little World | 03 May 2022 | 00:17:23 | |
Karen Winn received her MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She also holds a doctoral degree in nursing. Born and raised in New Jersey, Karen now lives in Boston with her husband and two children. Our Little World is her first novel. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Lydia Kang and The Half Life of Ruby Fielding | 27 Apr 2022 | 00:25:09 | |
Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine, completing her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. She is a practicing physician who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Great Weather for Media. She believes in science and knocking on wood, and currently lives in Omaha with her husband and three children. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Lauren Thoman's Latest: You Don't Belong Here | 05 Jul 2024 | 00:21:39 | |
Lauren Thoman writes speculative fiction for teens and adults. Her debut novel, I'll Stop the World, was selected for publication in 2023 by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling through her eponymous imprint, Mindy's Book Studio. Lauren's pop culture writing has also appeared in numerous online outlets including Parade and Vulture. Lauren lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and two children in a house full of dogs and fish. When she's not writing, she's probably on the hunt for tacos or coffee, poking around her flowerbeds, or buried underneath a pile of dogs. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Elle Marr & Strangers We Know | 27 Apr 2022 | 00:22:19 | |
Elle Marr strives to tell powerful and compelling stories of women who demonstrate resilience in the face of great obstacles. She is the author of thrillers, THE MISSING SISTER (2020), LIES WE BURY (2021), and STRANGERS WE KNOW (May 2022). THE MISSING SISTER was a #1 Amazon bestseller, #1 in the Kindle Store, an Amazon Charts bestseller, featured in Woman’s World, and named one of PopSugar’s “31 Thrillers of 2020.” LIES WE BURY earned a Kirkus starred review, was named one of The Nerd Daily’s Eagerly Anticipated Thrillers, and reached #1 in Serial Killer Fiction for four straight weeks. Publisher’s Weekly said, “Marr is a writer to watch.” Originally from Sacramento, Elle Marr graduated from UC San Diego before moving to France, where she earned a master’s degree from the Sorbonne University in Paris. When not working on her next book, she enjoys watching French Netflix shows with the subtitles off, in Oregon, where she lives with her family. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Polly Hamilton Hilsabeck's American Blues | 21 Apr 2022 | 00:21:24 | |
Polly Hamilton Hilsabeck was in the second wave of women ordained priest in the Episcopal Church and lives with her husband in Durham, North Carolina. Her debut novel is American Blues. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||
| Elissa Dickey-Writing, Blogging, and Fighting the Good Fight | 12 Apr 2022 | 00:22:41 | |
Elissa Grossell Dickey is a former journalist who now works in higher education communications. Though she grew up in Northern Minnesota, Elissa now lives in South Dakota with her husband and children. She has shared her journey of living with multiple sclerosis through blog posts for the National MS Society. The Speed of Light is her debut novel. Her second novel, Iris in the Dark, is coming in spring 2022. Learn more at elissaadickey.wordpress.com. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: | |||