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Live Interview Schedule
Thursday
9:00 PM EST
7:00 PM MST
6:00 PM PST
The Write Question
Hosted by Lauren Korn — Montana Public Radio
The Write Question is a weekly literary program that features authors from the western United States. Listen online!
For your convenience, all programs are recorded and available on the website.
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Saturday
11:00 AM EST
9:00 AM MST
8:00 AM PST
Off The Shelf Books
Hosted by Denise Turney — Blog Talk Radio
You’ll love Off The Shelf! Here you’ll find all things storytelling! That’s from books to stage plays to motion pictures. That’s not all!
For your convenience, all programs are recorded and available on the website.
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Words & Pictures Podcast
By DJ Bowman-Smith
Words & Pictures Podcast is for writers to talk about their writing and the images, pictures, book covers, illustrations and artwork that they use to support their words. And also it is for artists who work in the book industry.
On the Words & Pictures Podcast I endeavour to speak to a variety of creatives. I am seeking some of these…if this is you …get in touch. Children’s authors. Poets, Illustrators, Small press publishers, Writers of erotica.
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February 14, 2023
Rachel Koller Croft: The Thrill of Victims
By Robert Brewer — Writer’s Digest
Author and screenwriter Rachel Koller Croft discusses the process of writing her new thriller novel, Stone Cold Fox.
Elevator pitch for the book: Gone Girl meets Luckiest Girl Alive in this page-turning debut novel about a young woman who’s worked her way into one of the country’s wealthiest families—armed with the skills she learned from her con artist mother.
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50 Famous Author Interviews
that shouldn’t be missed
If you’re interested in what makes authors tick, you’ll love reading what they have to say in interviews. You can learn about how they got started writing, what they enjoy about books, and more.
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Megan Abbott Interview
The Slow Burn of a Ballet Thriller
Interviewed By Karen Hugg — Between The Lines
“Though Abbott only took two years of beginning ballet as a youth in Detroit, she’s had a continuing fascination with the art form. Now with her new thriller THE TURNOUT, this bestselling author of 10 novels, including Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, and The End of Everything, has parlayed that lifelong fascination into a compelling story of intrigue and betrayal in the amateur ballet world.”
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About Writing
5 Famous Authors Talk About Their Lives, Processes, and Ideas
By Amber Lee Starfire — Writing Through Life
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Eric Ambler
A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics
By Neil Nyren — CrimeReads
Revisiting the Father of the Modern Thriller
Eric Ambler was the father of the modern thriller. John Le Carré called him “the source on which we all draw,” and Len Deighton, “the man who lit the way for us all.” Frederick Forsyth said he was the man “who took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets where it all really happened.”
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Kurt Andersen Interview
Lost in Fantasyland
By Greg Olear
The journalist, editor, critic, and author Kurt Andersen talks to Greg Olear about his two books, “Fantasyland” and “Evil Geniuses,” the prescient genius of SPY magazine, and how the 80s never died. Plus: a new brand of tea.
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Margaret Atwood’s Top 5 Writing Tips
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Author Interviews
By The Thriller Zone
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Author Interviews
By Hasty Book List
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Author Interviews
By Read More Co, LLC
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Author Interviews
Advice to Writers
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Author Interviews
The Write Question
THURSDAYS 7 PM — 7:30 PM MOUNTAIN TIME
Hosted by Lauren Korn — Montana Public Radio
The Write Question is a weekly literary program that features authors from the western United States. Listen online! For your convenience, all programs are recorded and available on the website.
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David Baldacci Interview
The crime writer talks about his latest novel, and tackling Trump’s America
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David Baldacci’s Perfect Day in D.C.
5 Famous Authors Talk About Their Lives, Processes, and Ideas
Interviewed By Angela Haupt — The Washington Post
Baldacci, 60, a lifelong Virginian who lives in Fairfax County — and whose new novel, “A Gambling Man,” is out April 20 — sees the Washington area as something of a muse. He once blasted down the Potomac on a D.C. police boat in the name of research; he’s set off fictional bombs, and murdered many characters, in his favorite local spots.
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Lizzy Barber Interview
Interviewed By K.L. Romo — The Big Thrill
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John Barth — The Art of Fiction
Interviewed By George Plimpton — The Paris Review
This interview with John Barth was conducted in the studios of KUHT in Houston, Texas, for a series entitled The Writer in Society. The stage set was made up to resemble a writer’s den—the decor including a small globe of the world, bronze Remington-like animal statuary, a stand-up bookshelf with glass shelves on which were placed some potted plants and a haphazard collection of books, a few volumes of the Reader’s Digest condensed novel series among them. Large pots of plants were set about. Barth sat amongst them in a cane chair. He is a tall man with a domed forehead; a pair of very large-rimmed spectacles give him a professorial, owlish look. He is a caricaturist’s delight. He sports a very wide and straight mustache. Recently he had grown a beard. In manner, Barth has been described as a combination of British officer and Southern gentleman.
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D.V. Berkom Interview
Thriller Author
By Andrew Warren
D.V. Berkom is the USA Today bestselling author of action-packed, fast-paced thrillers. Known for creating resilient, bad-ass women characters and page-turning plots, her love of the genre stems from a lifelong addiction to reading spy novels, action/adventure books, and crime thrillers.
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Best Author Interviews and Talks
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The Best Writing Advice
From Colson Whitehead’s 60 Minutes Interview
By Walker Caplan — Literary Hub
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Ananyo Bhattacharya Conversation
Author of John von Neumann: The Man from the Future
Interviewed By Jørgen Veisdal
We talk about von Neumann’s upbringing in Budapest, his years pursuing two degrees in two different universities simultaneously, his work in Göttingen, admiration of Gödel, relationship with Turing, work on game theory, contributions to the Manhattan Project, fascination with computing and much much more.
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Lawrence Block Interview
The Burglar Who Met Frederic Brown
Interviewed By Vick Mickunas — The Book Nook
Lawrence Block keeps saying he has probably published his last novel. Thankfully, he keeps changing his mind.
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Lawrence Block on Writing:
* Why Writers Must Go On
* Lawrence Block Talks Self-Publishing
* Tips from the Masters: Lawrence Block
* My First Thriller: Lawrence Block
* Lawrence Block:On Writing
Book Riot YouTube Videos
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Charles Bolam Interview
The Voice of Indie Audiobooks
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Border Stories
A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow
By Bruce Riordan — CrimeReads
Ten years ago, Don Winslow was a San Diego-based novelist with a small, but hardcore following of crime fiction aficionados. Since then, thanks to the breakout success of his epic Cartel Trilogy, Winslow’s popularity has soared among readers with a taste for hard-hitting, socially-engaged thrillers.
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BOSCH — The Final Season
Interview with Titus Welliver
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James Lee Burke Interview
The Edgar award-winning James Lee Burke talks about ANOTHER KIND OF EDEN
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Michael Cannell’s Chilling Chronicle Of Mob Violence
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Central Booking Interviews
Huge List of FREE Writer Interviews
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Challenges and Allure of Being a Journalist
Why it’s hard to leave journalism. Why it’s hard to stay.
Montana Public Radio
A Conversation with Sally Mauk, Eve Byron and Gwen Florio!
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Lee Child — Starting Writing After 40
By Lee Child — On YouTube
In this interview, bestselling novelist Lee Child (Jack Reacher novels) explains why it’s better to start writing later in life.
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Lee Child and Steven King
Talk About Jack Reacher
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Lincoln Child Interview
Interviewed by Eric P. Bishop — The Big Thrill’s Behavioral Analysis Unit
Child’s latest novel featuring Jeremy Logan—famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things—hits shelves July 12. CHRYSALIS (the sixth in the series) is centered on a dominant tech company whose groundbreaking technology is not only redefining life as we know it; it’s set to introduce the world to a catastrophic danger.
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Agatha Christie
When the World’s Most Famous Mystery Writer Vanished
By Tina Jordan — The New York Times
On a cold December night in 1926, Agatha Christie went out in her beloved Morris Cowley roadster and didn’t return home for 11 days. Here’s how her disappearance played out.
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Harlan Coben Interview
Harlan Coben joined in conversation with internationally bestselling author Shari Lapena.
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A Collection of Author Interviews
By Vince Stevenson
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John Connolly Interview
By Writers Write
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Michael Connelly and Titus Williver
Talking About Harry Bosch
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S.A.Cosby Interview
Interviewed By Eli Cranor — CrimeReads
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S.A.Cosby Interview
Interviewed By David Joy — Los Angeles Review of Books
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S.A. Cosby Interview
By The Crew Reviews
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November 3, 2022
S.A. Cosby — My First Thriller
The making of a crime fiction sensation.
By Rick Pullen — CrimeReads
“I’m still proud of that book. It convinced me I could write a book. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for that book.”
That book, My Darkest Prayer, Shawn “S.A.” Cosby’s first thriller, was published in 2019 by a small Maryland publisher and few noticed. It got some nice reviews, but every book signing was sparsely attended. Not unusual for a first-time crime novelist.
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Craft of Fiction
Lee Child and Andy Martin in Conversation
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Crime Fiction Secrets and Suspense
Interviewer Paula L. Woods — Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Escape the humdrum of everyday life into worlds filled with gangsters, grifters and gut-wrenching suspense from three crime fiction writers that are at the top of their game. The conversation will be guided by mystery reviewer Paula L. Woods.
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Rachel Koller Croft: The Thrill of Victims
By Robert Brewer — Writer’s Digest
Author and screenwriter Rachel Koller Croft discusses the process of writing her new thriller novel, Stone Cold Fox.
Elevator pitch for the book: Gone Girl meets Luckiest Girl Alive in this page-turning debut novel about a young woman who’s worked her way into one of the country’s wealthiest families—armed with the skills she learned from her con artist mother.
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Dead End Jobs
Day Jobs That Bleed into Stories and Characters
This video is for Dead End Jobs, a featured LIVE event of Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime for the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. It’s original air date was March 6, 2021.
The featured authors include:
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Elaine Viets – The consummate Dead End Jobber, Elaine, passed a death investigator course. She is the author of the Dead End Job Mysteries and the Angela Richman, Death Investigator Mysteries.
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Lisa Black – A Crime Scene Investigator and Latent Fingerprint Analyst, Lisa is the author of the Gardiner and Renner Thrillers.
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J.J. Hensley – This former police officer and Secret Service Agent is now a trainer at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia. He is the author of the Trevor Galloway Mysteries.
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Annette Dashofy – Annette draws on her work experiences as a former Emergency Medical Technician and 911 Dispatcher in her Zoe Chambers Mysteries. Music: “Marvelous Mischief,” courtesy of Fesliyan Studios, www.FesliyanStudios.com
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Dead Serious Absurdity
LARB Los Angeles Review of Books
Ivy Pochoda Interviews Tod Goldberg
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John DeBoer — The Amazon Encounter
FREE YouTube Video
By Boomers on Books
Dr. DeBoer is a member of International Thriller Writers and is the author of eleven published novels.
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Deciding to Become a Writer
By Shane Everitt
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A Dialogue on Writing
Six Podcasts
By LitHub Radio
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Joan Didion
The Art of Fiction
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Robert Dugoni — My First Thriller
By Rick Pullen — CrimeReads
The bestselling author explains how he bounced around between jobs, agents and publishers, holding onto a dream, and eventually achieving it.
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Robert Dugoni Interview
Book chat
By Barbara Peters — The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
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Robert Dugoni Interview
By Devin Berglund Joubert — A Story Life
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Les Edgerton
A Conversation On YouTube
By Allen County Public Library
Les Edgerton is an American author of 14 books, including two about writing fiction.
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Les Edgerton Podcast Interview
Hard Times
By Jeff Rutherford — Reading And Writing Podcast Interviews
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Brenna Ehrlich Interview
Author Interview
By Rebecca Fields — The Big Thrill
Author Brenna Ehrlich is no stranger to writing about crime. She recently took time out of her busy schedule to talk to The Big Thrill about her new release, KILLING TIME. Here she discusses everything from character development, her favorite true-crime podcasts, and how her experience as a journalist helped her second novel take shape.
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Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh Interview
WHEN BEST-SELLING AUTHORS COLLIDE & COLLABORATE
Interviewed by Pam Stack — Authors On The Air
Streamed live on Sep 9, 2021
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James Ellroy Walks Into a Steakhouse and Orders Clams
Adrian McKinty Interviews James Ellroy
By CrimeReads
A literary icon with his own way of doing things answers every question you never knew you wanted him asked—until now.
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Famous Authors Talk About Writing
By Amber Lee Starfire — Writing Through Life
5 videos of famous authors talking about their lives, processes, and ideas about the craft of writing.
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Famous Writers Talk Ideas!
Stephen King, John Irving and Alan Hollinghurst reveal their secrets.
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Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime
The YouTube Channel for the Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime.
On our channel, you will find recordings of our virtual programs, including meetings, workshops, panel presentations, and more.
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Gwen Florio Interview
** Gwen Florio discusses Best Laid Plans
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Gwen Florio Interview
** Lauren Korn chats with Missoula author Gwen Florio.
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Ken Follett Returns to Espionage Thrillers
He’s back!
By Laura Steven — Publishers Weekly
His new book, Never, is a departure and a return for the megaselling author (Viking says Follett’s books have sold more than 178 million copies worldwide), marking a return to his roots in espionage thrillers.
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Jonathan Franzen Interview
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Jonathan Franzen Talks With David Remnick
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Alan Furst Interviews:
* MIDNIGHT IN EUROPE W/ MARK HOROWITZ
* MIDNIGHT IN EUROPE @ POLITICS & PROSE
* THE SPIES OF WARSAW @ TALKS AT GOOGLE
* WRITING SPY NOVELS
Diana Gabaldon — My First Thriller
By Rick Pullen — Crimereads
Diana Gabaldon’s historical time-traveling blockbuster, Outlander, almost didn’t make history, in either the twentieth or eighteenth centuries.
Her publisher couldn’t figure out what to do with a novel about a young woman at the end of WWII visiting Inverness, Scotland and accidentally traveling back two centuries in time. Was it adventure, crime, mystery, thriller, or suspense?
Or something else?
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Amy Gentry Interview
On Writing Thrillers and Following Your Gut
Thriller author Amy Gentry shares her experience writing her latest novel, Bad Habits, and why it’s important to take full ownership of your work.
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Elizabeth George Interview
Author of the Bestselling Inspector Thomas Lynley Series
By Moira Macdonald — The Seattle Times
Seattle author Elizabeth George talks about writing her 21st Inspector Lynley novel.
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Simone Giertz Interview
By TechCrunch @ RiYL
The last time we chatted was on stage in October 2019, not long before the world changed. Simon Giertz had recently dealt with some health struggles, chronicling her successful battle with a brain tumor in a very public way. Over the years, her wildly popular YouTube channel has served a number of roles for its creator, as she’s chronicled her builds from the functional (turning her Tesla into a pickup truck) to the absurd (a haircutting drone). As the pandemic has pressed on, it’s found another role, as a place where Giertz can design, iterate and gauge audience interest in potential products for her new online store, Yetch. We caught up early this week for a TechCrunch feature. What follows is the (more or less) complete audio from that conversation.
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John Gilstrap Interview
Interviewed By Kate DiBianca — The Craft of Writing
John Gilstrap is the author of over twenty-five novels. If you’re interested in thrillers – either reading or writing them – this is your opportunity to interact with one of the masters.
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Tod Goldberg Interview
Candidly Human: Episode 001
Host Alex Zatarain sits down with New York Times Best Seller Tod Goldberg on the very first edition of Candidly Human. The show’s inaugural episode goes into Tod’s writing, his work at UC Riverside and overcoming obstacles.
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Goodreads Author Interviews
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Jeff Grant
The CIA Swamp in a Novel Nutshell
By Peter Eisner — SpyTalk
An ex-CIA man’s debut thriller dives deep into politics amid foreign threats.
- How far would a U.S. government official go to protect secrets and maintain power in the belief that he or she was acting for the greater good?
- Would they risk their lives? Would they threaten the lives of others?
- In a divided country, seething with disinformation, who can we trust as the guarantors of American democracy?
These are the questions raised by former CIA officer Jeff Grant in his thought-provoking debut spy thriller, The Swamp.
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John Grisham and Stephen King
In Coversation
Note: The actual interview begins at the 5:50 mark!
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John Grisham and Stephen King
In Coversation
This interview is funny and speaks to the days when these two authors were first starting out.
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John Grisham on “Sooley”
college basketball,and keeping the pages turning
By Vannessa Croni — Amazon Book Review
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John Grisham — Inspiration
John Grisham opens up about the inspiration behind his writing
By Willie Geist — Sunday Sitdown on TODAY
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The Modern Public Library Re-imagined.
Check it out HERE!
The Happy Writer Podcast
By Marissa Meyer
Marissa Meyer interviews authors on how we can overcome various obstacles and bring more joy to our writing process.
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Dewi Hargreaves Interview
Writer Wednesday with a UK Author
By MERRYN
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Robert Harris Interview
Acts of Oblivion
Interviewed by Rosie Boycott — 5×15
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Paula Hawkins Interview
What Makes a Good Crime Novel
By Vanessa Cronin — Amazon Book Reiview
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J.J. Hensley Interview
A Law Enforcement Background Infuses Authenticity into Thrillers
By Wendy Tyson –The Big Thrill
Hensley, no stranger to police work, infuses his books with a realism that’s compelling. Add a novel premise, tense action from page one, and incredibly high stakes, and THE BETTER OF THE BAD is a book that will grab you immediately—and one you’ll read more than once.
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Carl Hiaasen in Conversation with John Grisham
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Carl Hiaasen in Conversation with John Sanford
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Hidden Brain Podcasts
A Series on Storytelling
Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world.
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Roger Hobbs Interview
A Young Crime Writer’s Riveting Debut
By Alden Mudge — BookPage
Author of the edge-of-the-seat detective thriller Ghostman.
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Roger Hobbs Interview
Great Writers on Writing
By Seeley James
Roger Hobbs’ debut novel Ghostman has been nominated for every major award in the publishing business.
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Roger Hobbs Interview
In the Dock
By DeadGoodBooks
Rarely does a debut novelist come along and create such buzz that the film rights to their first book are snapped up within weeks, but Roger Hobbs, a 24 year old who completed the first draft of his first novel Ghostman whilst attending college, has burst onto the crime and thriller scene and electrified it.
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Eric Hoffer Quotes
By Amanda Patterson — Wrters Write
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Meghan Holloway Interview
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Blair Howard Interview
By Vicki Mejia-Gewe — FangirlNation
“In July of 2015 I decided to try my hand at writing mystery novels, whodunits, and so we have Harry Starke, a hard-boiled American detective, the original tough guy, with finely tuned senses and good instincts.”
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The Inside Flap
A Weekly Book Podcast
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Interviews with Bestselling Authors
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Karen Jennings Interview
“i’ve been poor for a long time.”
By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett — The Guardian
After many rejections, Karen Jennings is up for the Booker!
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Craig Johnson Interview
The Enduring Popularity of Longmire
By Scott Montgomery — CrimeReads
Three years after the series wrap, Johnson is still crafting complex worlds for Walt Longmire—and readers are still connecting.
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David Joy Hates Talking About Craft
Interviewed By Eli Cranor — CrimeReads
“It’s really a compulsion. I’d feel like I’d die if I didn’t get these stories out of me.”
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Alma Katsu Interview
The Book: An exhilarating spy thriller written by an intelligence veteran about two women CIA agents whose paths become intertwined around a threat to the Russia Division–one that’s coming from inside the agency.
The Interview: Novelist Alma Katsu chats about her new novel Red Widow, women in the CIA, trust and mistrust in the agency, constantly being watched by counter intelligence, code names, and the automated hot dog machine in the bowels of the CIA building.
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Thomas Kies Interview
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Phillip Kerr Interview
By Christina Ward — Crimespree Magazine
Philip Kerr‘s singular creation, Bernie Gunther, is a character who believes that Law exists yet is often unsure where he stands on that long arch that spans the chasm between its moral existence and practical application.
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Lucy Kirk Interview
Author of The Poison Factory
Lucy Kirk spent three decades with the CIA before retiring and penning her CIA-related thriller, The Poison Factory. Listen about how art imitated real life in her story about Russian poisonings, the challenges of self-publishing and garnering exposure for a debut novel during a pandemic.
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Stephen King Interview
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Stephen King Interview
2016 National Book Festival
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Stephen King Interview
Interview on YouTube
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Jeffery Kluger Interview
Recently released to stellar reviews, Kluger’s AUG 3, 2021 release of Holdout tells the riveting tale of Walli Beckwith, a model astronaut who makes a seemingly reckless decision to seek justice from the confines of the International Space Station as nefarious forces are going unchecked on Earth.
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Michael Korta Interview
Shop Talk
Interviewed by Eli Cranor — CrimeReads
Michael Koryta is a machine. He published his first book at twenty one and went on to become the New York Times-bestselling author of 14 novels. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages and has won or been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Edgar Award, Shamus Award, Barry Award, Quill Award, International Thriller Writers Award, and the Golden Dagger.
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Dakota Krout Interview
Interview on YouTube
Dakota Krout – Author of the best-selling Divine Dungeon, Completionist Chronicles, Full Murderhobo, and Artorian’s Archives series, was chosen as Audible’s top 5 fantasy pick of 2017, top 10 best seller on Audible, and top 15 best seller on Amazon. He draws from his programming
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Anne Lamott on Writing a Book
Five Questions for the Author of Dusk, Night, Dawn
By Literary Hub
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S.A. Lelchuk Interview
Vigilante PI Protects the Defenseless
Interviewed by Austin S. Camacho — The Big Thrill
Thrillers have long followed heroes who set out to help victimized women, but rarely have those heroes been believable, well-developed female characters. It’s time to meet one now: Nikki Griffin, the star of ONE GOT AWAY by S. A. Lelchuk.
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Melinda Leigh & Kendra Elliot Interview
WHEN BEST-SELLING AUTHORS COLLIDE & COLLABORATE
Interviewed by Pam Stack — Authors On The Air
Streamed live on Sep 9, 2021
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Donna Leon Interview
Thirty Years of Inspector Guido Brunetti
Interviewed by George Gibson, Executive Editor at Grove Atlantic
Now thirty books in to her iconic Venetian series, Leon talks inspirations and craft with her long-time editor, George Gibson.
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Donna Leon Interview
Why I became an eco-detective writer
Interviewed by Susanna Rustin — The Guardian
Donna Leon: ‘I don’t care about politics except how it will have an impact on ecology.’
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Donna Leon Interview
Give Unto Others
Interviewed by Laura Kovacs — Author Events
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Donna Leon Interview
Lunch with Donna
Interviewed by Bookstore1 Sarasota
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Grace D. Li Interview
Vigilante PI Protects the Defenseless
Interviewed by Michael Woodson and Amy Jones — Writer’s Digest
Writing a heist novel is no simple task. Listen as editors Michael Woodson and Amy Jones chat with Grace D. Li about writing her debut novel, and WD’s first book club pick, Portrait of a Thief.
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Live at the Red ink Series
On Making Choices in a Writing Career
Danielle Evans, Eula Biss, Sejal Shah, and Christa Parravani
By Literary Hub
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Val McDermid Interview
“To survive, you had to be twice as good as the guys.”
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Val McDermid Interview
By Vannessa Cronin — Amazon Book Review
Val McDermid’s astonishing career as a crime fiction writer has produced not one, but four critically acclaimed and best-selling series, featuring journalist Lindsay Gordon, private investigator Kate Brannigan, criminal psychologist/detective duo Tony Hill and Carol Jordon, and DCI Karen Pirie.
And now, McDermid is at it again, creating a completely new series featuring journalist Allie Burns. We named 1979 one of our picks in Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense.
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Ian McEwan on His Writing Process
Ian McEwan, author of Solar describes his writing process, how he schedule’s his day and about his homemade desks.
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Larry McMurtry Remembered
A Writer Who Helped Define The American West
By Terry Gross — Montana Public Radio
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Murder by the Book
A listing of author interviews on YouTube
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National Writers Series Podcast
By IRP & NWS
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T.J. Newman Interview
‘Jaws at 35,000 feet’
By Alison Flood — The Guardian
T.J. Newman dreamt up her terror-in-the-skies novel Falling while guarding the cockpit as the pilots took a toilet break. She reveals how she kept going through furlough and 41 rejections.
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T.J. Newman
On Letting Real Life Inspire You
By Robert Brewer — Writer’s Digest
After completing a draft of her novel, she tried finding an agent but was rejected 41 times before being taken on by Shane Salerno of The Story Factory. In this post, Newman discusses how her job as a flight attendant inspired her to write her debut release Falling and much more!
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Off The Shelf Books
Live Author Interviews
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The Paris Review
Interviews
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Louise Penny
Still Killin’ It
By Elaine Szewczyk — Publishers Weekly
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Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache Books
These dark detective novels are really about ethics and hope
By Aja Romano — VOX
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Dominic Piper Interview
Writer of gritty, sexy, detective thrillers
Premium Indie Reads Club
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10 Minutes With Dominic Piper
By Anthony Lavisher
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Dominic Piper Interview
Interviewed By DJ Bowman-Smith — Words & Pictures Podcast
Thriller author Dominic Piper discusses the main character in his thrillers, a private investigator called Daniel Beckett, who has a rich back story and many dormant skills. Dominic enjoys revealing just a little more of his MC’s past life in each book.
Dominic writes across different disciplines, including journalism and television scripts, but enjoys writing his gritty and unusual thrillers the most.
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Plot Structure
A Conversation with Helga Schier
By Creative Writing Now
“Most first-time writers who come to me for advice have trouble with two seemingly distinct issues, which, upon a closer look, go hand in hand: more often than not inexperienced writers are telling their story rather than showing it, and just as often neither character nor plot develop naturally. A novel must comprise both.”
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Podcasts
Writers Talk Podcasts
By Neil Gaiman
7 YouTube videos about podcasting.
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The Poisoned Pen Interviews
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Chris Power Interview Podcast
The author of Mothers delivers an existential mystery that explores the uncertain intersection between fiction and reality, and the disastrous consequences of a chance encounter.
Two British men meet by chance in Berlin. Robert is trying and failing to finish his next book while balancing his responsibilities as a husband and father. Patrick, a recent arrival in the city, is secretive about his past, but eventually reveals that he has been ghostwriting the autobiography of a Russian oligarch. The oligarch has turned up dead, and Patrick claims to be a hunted man himself.
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Publishing, Sex Magic, and Ownership for Authors
An Interview with Sara Gran
By Molly Odintz — CrimeReads
After 10 years working in Hollywood, the Claire DeWitt author is starting her own publishing company.
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Matthew Quirk Interview
Author of Red Warning
By K.L. Romo — The Big Thrill
In his timely new spy thriller, RED WARNING, bestselling author Matthew Quirk takes on Russian aggression within the boundaries of the United States.
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Catherine Raven and Helen Macdonald
in conversation
By Greenlight Bookstore
Debut author Catherine Raven comes to Greenlight (virtually!) to present her memoir Fox & I. On the paperback publication date for her most recent book, Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald, acclaimed author of H Is for Hawk, joins Raven in conversation at this virtual book talk on solitude, connection, and the natural world.
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Deanna Raybourn Interview
Interviewed by Dawn Ius — The Big thrill
Raybourn created four badass women, made them assassins, and for the first time in her career, chose to write a contemporary novel.
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Reading And Writing Podcast Interviews
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Hank Phillippi Ryan Interview
By Ashley Hasty — Hasty Book List
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Award-Winning Author Hank Phillippi Ryan
a life of secrets and intrigue
By Timothy Pike — Books & Buzz
As Hank Phillippi Ryan drove home late one night after anchoring the weekend newscast in Atlanta, she made the turn down her block—and gasped.
Her house was surrounded by police cars.
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Ian W. Sainsbury Interview
By Mark Stay
We discussed Alpha/Beta Readers, book covers, Facebook Groups, the joy of editors, the wonders of notebooks, Ursula Le Guin and why whenever Ian hears my voice he thinks of dog poo . . .
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Shane Salerno Interview
By Scott Myers — Go Into The Story
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Anakana Schofield
“I Wanted to Write a Book Unabashedly and Unapologetically for Women”
By Maris Kreizman — Literary Hub
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Zadie Smith — Nick Laird Interview
By Amy Jones — Writer’s Digest
Nick Laird and Zadie Smith talk about how teaching affects their writing, craft insights they’ve discovered.
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Emma Straub Interview
asks life’s big questions
By Tonya Mosley — Fresh Air NPR
Straub’s new novel is a time-travel fantasy about a 40-year-old woman who’s tending to her ailing father — until, that is, the day she’s transported to her childhood home on her 16th birthday.
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Jessica Strawser Events
Authors team up for virtual book talks!
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Story of a Storyteller
Podcasts by Conor Bredin
Story of a Storyteller is the podcast where I chat and get to know the life story of people who are passionate about creating or sharing stories!
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The Storytellers
Straight talk from the world’s most acclaimed suspense & thriller authors
By Mark Rubinstein
Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post.
Collected here are interviews with forty-seven accomplished authors.
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Ian Sutherland Interview
How to Become A Thriller Writer
By Bryan — Become A Writer Today
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Gay Talese Inteview
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TED Talks for Writers
By SCRIBENDIINC
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This Week in Fiction
By The New Yorker
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Lisa Thomas Talks to Boomers on Books
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Hunter S. Thompson
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The Thriller Zone Interviews
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Scott Turrow Interview
Interview by K.L. Romo — The Big Thrill
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The Verb Crime — BBC Radio 3
Ian McMillan and guests discuss crime writing:
- Val McDermid
- Sophie Hannah
- Katherine Stansfield
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
Pulitzer Prize Winner
By Al Woodworth
Viet Thanh Nguyen is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer—a brilliant, astonishing novel of the Vietnam War and an undercover communist agent posing as a captain in the Southern Vietnamese Army. When the nameless narrator’s allegiance is called into question, he must act in a way that will haunt him forever. It was one of our favorite books of 2016 and five years later, we’re thrilled to introduce you to The Committed, the second book in what is to be a trilogy, and one of our best books of the month.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen Interview
Ashish Ghadiali — The Guardian — Interviews Pulitzer-winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen, on difficult-second-novel syndrome, using humor to explore trauma, and the return to a “more efficient version of American imperialism”
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Video Interviews By Lee Goldberg
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Video Interviews With Lee Goldberg
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Kurt Vonnegut
Interview on 90 Minutes Live
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Kurt Vonnegut
The Shape of Stories
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Kurt Vonnegut
Interview on the Dick Cavett Show 1989
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Masterpiece Means Cat’s Cradle
the Kurt Vonnegut novels everyone should read
By John Self — The Guardian
The books of Kurt Vonnegut, who was born 100 years ago this Friday, are funny, unflinching, soft-hearted, stark, imaginative and approachable – and just as relevant now as when he published his debut novel 70 years ago. Start on one of his best books and you’ll quickly see why he’s held in such rare affection by his fans: “Uncle Kurt,” this year’s Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka calls him.
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K.M. Weiland YouTube Channel
Tons of excellent videos about writing!
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Tobias Wolff Inteview
The Art of Fiction
By Jack Livings — The Paris Review
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Write Like a Writer
By Claudia Casper
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The Writing Community Chat Show
Interviewing Indie and Established Authors
Live streaming on YouTube with the best authors around!
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Writing Tips from Helga Schier
Great Videos Here
By Helga Schier — With Pen And Paper
Check out this extensive collection of FREE writing videos!
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Writing Webinars Hosted by CNF
By Creative Nonfiction
Webinars are open to writers at all levels. New webinars are announced regularly, so check back often or sign up for our newsletter.
Now Enrolling: Webinars run at 2 pm eastern time.
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What Does Being an Amazon Bestseller Mean?
By Alliance of Independent Authors
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What Reading Slowly Taught Me About Writing
By Jacqueline Woodson
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Don Winslow On “The Border”
Both Literary and Political
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Don Winslow’s Return to California Noir
By Dwyer Murphy — CrimeReads
The author discusses socially-engaged crime fiction, surf stories, breakfast burritos, and returning to life on the coast.
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Writer’s Chat
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Words & Pictures Podcast
By Dj Bowman-Smith
Words & Pictures Podcast is for writers to talk about their writing and the images, pictures, book covers, illustrations and artwork that they use to support their words. And also it is for artists who work in the book industry.
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Writer’s Digest Author Interviews
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A Writer’s Secrets to Catching Creative ideas
By Brad Herzog
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WTB meets Julian Martin
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