WCBS Author Talks

Alice Henderson introduces to the plight of the mountain caribou in her usual entertaining way. And the new crime novel from Jacqueline Bublitz confronts the genre's usual tropes. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We meet a young Jewish matchmaker with a gift for connecting people in the early 1900s in what Lynda Cohen Loigman calls her most joyful novel. Christine Wells introduces us to the real-life woman who inspired the James Bond character of Miss Moneypenny. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We catch up with a couple of authors who were some of our very first guests when we started this podcast 5 years ago. Come along with us as we check out what contemporary mystery writer Daniella Bernett and award-winning journalist Alison Gilbert have been up to. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deanna Raybourne gets her rage out on the page in her new novel "Killers of a Certain Age". And Leslie Klinger walks us through his new annotation of the classic story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two new novels explore the darker side of New York City. We chat with Louisa Trager about trailblazing journalist Nellie Bly. Then Ellen Marie Wiseman shares the horrors that occurred at the old Willowbrook State School on Staten Island. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Catherine McKenzie invites us to join her secret all-women collaborative where things, of course, are too good to be true. Karen Rose shares why New Orleans was the perfect location for her new crime series. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dream wedding turns into a nightmare in the new thriller from Amanda Jayatissa. Then we find out if Nan Fischer is a believer or skeptic when it comes to psychics. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Madeline Martin shares yet another untold story from World War II. And the writing team known as Ali Brady delivers the beachiest of beach read debuts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ashley Poston's new novel combines the best parts of a love story, with the best parts of a ghost story. Barbara Bourland gives readers a modern princess fairytale. KJ Dell'Antonia puts her spin on the mother/daughter relationship dynamic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A noir series with a feminist twist by Tara Moss. Fiona Barton chats her first new thriller in over four years. And we travel around the world with Jessica Nabongo who has visited every country on the map. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A wild ride through Australia, flying high with a woman lost to history and an indigenous coming of age story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer reading season is upon us and we think the latest novels from May Cobb, Adele Myers and Chanel Cleeton are perfect for stashing away in your carry-on or summer beach bag. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A girl frozen in ice is thawed out speaking a language no one understands in the new literary thriller from Erica Ferencik. Ally Wilkes takes us to the depths of Antarctica with her Edwardian horror novel. Then we kick off our summer read series with the delightful debut from Christine Simon. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back from our short hiatus with the new kid's book from mom and healthy eating advocate Camila Alves McConaughey. Rosie Walsh details her love story wrapped in a mystery. Plus Danish author Sara Blaedel shares the teenage escapades that inspired her latest crime fiction novel. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author and educator Kimberlee Williams wants to teach black and white women how to talk with each other. Then author Maya Lee shares why it's so important to remain human in the most inhuman situations. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Debut author Brendan Slocumb on why he thinks music is for everyone. Stephanie Wrobel wants you to change the way you think about cult members. And Rea Frey shares her biggest fear. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marlon James explains how his Dark Star Trilogy is unlike other book series. Therapist Whitney Goodman encourages us to embrace the negative. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Love is in the air! We chat with romance novelists Jen Frederick, April Asher & Jennieke Cohen about their newest reads. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat about the myths and pioneers of women's fitness with "Let's Get Physical" author Danielle Friedman. Janice Hallett talks about her smash UK hit "The Appeal" and her hope for its U.S. publication. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick the new year into high gear with new thrillers from Dirk Cussler, Alice Henderson, Shea Ernshaw and Robert McCaw. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We celebrate our 200th chapter with an episode jam packed with books perfect for giving this holiday season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kimmery Martin shares how surreal it was to write "Doctors and Friends" before COVID. Melissa Payne, author of "The Night of Many Endings", wants us all to be a little kinder to each other. And Kelley McNeil urges readers to not regret their life choices in her latest "A Day Like This". To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's all about going places and eating good food this week. Allyson Johnson from National Geographic shares 19 years of weekend trips with us. Then Gastro Obscura's Dylan Thuras reveals some of the best spots around the world to get great food. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get into the Halloween spirit with a trio of books packed with magic, witches, spirits and dark tales. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with beloved children's author Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) about his first book geared toward adults. Then bestselling crime fiction writer Paula Hawkins shares why murder is tricky nowadays. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crime doesn't pay, unless you're a crime fiction writer! We catch=up with cop-turned-author Isabella Maldonado. Then best-selling fantasy writer Laurell K. Hamilton tells us all about her first new series in 20 years. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we talk with two authors whose new novels explore the events and raw emotions of that day as well as how we coped in the days, weeks, months and years that followed. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane Elizabeth Hughes mixes her finance background with a real life mystery in "The Long Lost Jules". Megan Abbott explores the dark side of ballet in "The Turnout". Plus debut author Zakiya Dalila Harris explains why black history is black horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samantha Downing shares how a hotel coffee maker inspired her tale of a teacher's killer life lessons. Freaky Friday meets the Mommy wars in the fun new novel from Kelly Harms. And we discuss why Jason Mott's new book really is one hell of a book. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray team up for a historical fiction novel they hope will spark modern-day conversations about race, tolerance and gender-equality. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's all about the thrills: Best selling author Tess Gerritsen (of Rizzoli & Isles fame) shares why her new thriller may leave some readers unsatisfied. Debut author Connor Sullivan tells us about the article that inspired his political thriller. Plus we chat with T.J. Newman whose debut hijack thriller is getting a lot of attention this summer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A creepy serial from Lisa Unger that's perfect for those dark and stormy summer nights. Caitlin Wahrer's debut thriller will leave you guessing until the very end. And then Mary Bly, whose alter ego is a bestselling historical romance novelist, tells us why the time was right to pen her first book under her own name. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Art imitates life in the debut novel from Joani Elliott about a writer struggling to complete her first book. Then we summer in the Catskills with the delightful new read from author Elyssa Friedland. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with summer staple Jennifer Weiner about the second book in her Cape Cod trilogy. Kristan Higgins tells us why she's super proud if you have to break out the tissues when you read her book. Plus we chat with life-long New Yorker Peter Goldmark about his Big Apple haikus. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get ready to welcome summer with a trio books perfect for that beach/mountain/backyard getaway. Plus author Amy Reichert kicks off our annual Summer Read series with her fun and sweet romance novel set in the Wisconsin Dells. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're all about the thrills this week. John Grisham highlights his new basketball thriller. Kaira Rouda dishes on her suspenseful domestic thriller featuring wives number one and two. And Jack Carr muses on what America's enemies have been plotting since the 9/11 attacks. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get up close and personal with all kinds of whales with National Geographic explorer and marine photographer Brian Skerry. Then we find out how to minimize our single plastic use with recycling expert Jennie Romer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We discuss how to empower black girls with Tamara Winfrey Harris whose new book of letters is both inspirational and interactive. Then we tackle what it means to be American and the dark side of ambition with debut novelist Sanjena Sathian. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we feature two nail biting thrillers including the US debut from UK author Will Dean and the latest domestic thriller from Cate Holahan. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What makes New York City like no other place in the world? We'd argue it's the people and author Craig Taylor spoke to hundreds of them for his new book about the Big Apple and its enduring spirit. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with Stephanie Dray about her epic historical fiction saga featuring 3 wars, 3 women and the French castle at the heart of it all. Then we introduce you to Deanna Raybourn's spunky female detective who defies the Victorian era stereotype. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We take a look back at the early days of the pandemic through the eyes of illustrator LeUyen Pham. Then we find out what it means to survive the surviving from historical novelist Patti Callahan. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Santa Claus, Pinocchio and Martian beer, we cover it all with astrophysicist and author Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Then we get a hefty dose of body positivity from Young Adult debut novelist Crystal Maldonado. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We check out the international best seller "The Midnight Library" with its author, Matt Haig. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We heat up this dreary winter with thrillers from Steve Berry and Lucy Atkins that will get your heart pumping. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with author and publisher Denene Millner about why it's so important for black children to read books featuring characters and stories that reflect them. Then we dive into the mysterious whereabouts of a long-lost Romanov tiara with M.J. Rose. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Love is in the air! We chat with Madeleine Henry about her unconventional romance novel. Plus Melissa Croce assures us it's okay to be single AND happy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We travel to the final frontier with Patricia Cornwell's 21st century heroine. Historical novelist Jennifer Robson shares the personal story that inspired her WWII era love story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we look to reconnect, an elephant expert shares with us the valuable lessons the animal kingdom can teach us. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick off the new year with two books that transport readers to exotic locales that we can't wait to visit once we can travel freely again. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We close out the year with two books that channel all the emotions 2020 has caused us to feel. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a *star-studded* part two of our annual holiday gift giving guide with a space encyclopedia for kids and a new biography of one of greatest pitchers to ever play the game. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this first half of our annual book gifting guide we have suggestions for the youngest readers, stir-crazy travelers and that person who can't watch enough holiday romance movies. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk with Jane Igharo, author of one of the best romance novels of the year according to the Washington Post. Then Dominic Martell tells us why he decided to revive his anti-hero character after a 20 year hiatus. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if guys read romance novels? Lyssa Kay Adams explores the hilarious results in her Bromance Book Club series. Then we jump to the distant future with Ariel S. Winter whose new mystery isn't your typical robot/human story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new kids book puts a humorous spin on how the COVID-19 pandemic has upended our daily lives. Then we turn up the heat with best-selling suspense novelist Mary Burton. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with author Tana French about her new suspense novel, set in rural Ireland, but inspired by classic American westerns. Then we hear about the new crime fiction series set in Chicago from author and well-known TV doctor, Ian K. Smith. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with debut British author Richard Osman and award-winning Australian author Charlotte Wood who both happen to highlight the joys (and pains) of getting old in their respective new novels. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A fictional book about climate change that's rapidly becoming non-fiction. Then we get a physics lesson from best selling thriller writer Brad Parks. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A pair of memoirs this week: Don Stinson regals us with memories of Watergate and Matthew Schrier tells us how he survived being an al Qeada prisoner. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Jurek tells us what it took to run the entire Appalachian Trail in record time. Then Ted Bell previews his latest Alex Hawke thriller "Overkill". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Memory Man is back in the new thriller from David Baldacci. "The Terminal List" is the debut from Navy Seal Jack Carr. And Madeline Miller puts her own spin on an anciet Greek classic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thriller writers K.J. Howe and Jeffery Deaver stop by to talk about their new books. And we get the details on NYC's push to get everyone on the same page. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk to the Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark about her new book Then we'll hear about the positive new book from former America's Next Top Model contestant B.C. Hatch. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The one and only Tyra Banks dishes with Pat Farnack about her new book "Perfect is Boring" See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We find out what propelled Lexie Elliott to go from theoretical physics to writing murder mysteries. Then we hear about an Israeli thriller that will make you doubt your good intentions. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You won't believe what Melissa Dahl subjected herself to during the research for her book on awkwardness. Then Clare Mackintosh guides us through the roller coaster of a ride that is her new thriller. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of our books this week's tackles the mystery of life after death. In the second, a big secret threatens to destroy the friendship between two female doctors. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CBS News Correspondent Don Dahler swings by our studios to talk about his latest book "Do A Little Wrong". Then best-seller Walter Mosley gives us the scoop on his new detective novel: "Down the River unto the Sea" See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We mark a year of podcasts with two true crime books. The first goes behind the scenes of the Miami Hotel that inspired the film Scarface. The second reexamines a rape and murder trial that captivated NYC at the turn of the last century. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leni Zumas talks to us about her new novel "Red Clocks" which imagines a US where abortion and in vitro fertilzation is illegal. Then former CIA officer turned novelist Jason Matthews dishes on the final installment of his Red Sparrow trilogy. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we feature books about a time traveller, an English dectective and a real-life World War Two hero. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we feature new books from thriller writer Lisa Gardner, mystery writer James Lee Burke and international bestseller JoJo Moyes. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We catch up with two thriller writers and a group of sisters who some have likened to the Kardashians of their time. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you knew the day you were going to die, how would you live your life? That question lies at the heart of Chloe Benjamin's new book "The Immortalists". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube personality Zach King talks to us about his new book that's more than a book. Plus we get the details on the newest Cotton Malone adventure from author Steve Berry. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we talk with A.J. Finn, the author of one of 2018's most buzzed about books. Then, we remember the late Sue Grafton. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick off the holidays with Seven Days of Us which captures the highs and lows of spending all that time with our families. Plus we go behind the covers of the ultimate guide for beer lovers. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A trio of thriller writers including a sitting federal judge who in between sentencing bad guys, not only wrote his debut book, but also composed songs to accompany it. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Looking for the perfect gift for the bookworm in your life? We share some of our favorite ideas sure to please even the pickiest reader. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Best selling author, podcast host and self-proclaimed dilettante Tim Ferriss sits down with our Ray Hoffman to talk about his new book "Tribe of Mentors". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Almost Gone is the real-life story of a teenage girl lured into a dangerous online relationship and the steps her father took to rescue her.  Plus we travel to far off places with Atlas Obscura. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, talks with us about her new book "Every Breath You Take". Plus legendary actor Robert Wagner chats with us about his past leading ladies and Harvey Weinstein. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we hear the untold story of women codebreakers during World War Two. Dr. Lydia Kang guides us through the weird world of quack medicine. Plus we introduce you to a mystery writer worth checking out. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Times best-seller Nelson DeMille stops by our studios to talk about his 20th novel "The Cuban Affair". Then millennial entrepreneur Kristen Hadeed gives us "Permission to Screw Up". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dancer Marjorie Goodson stops by to talk about her gorgeous and sensuous new photobook. Then Peter Zheutlin tells us about all the reasons to love a shelter pup. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Damascus Cover" cleaned up at the Boston Film Festival: we speak with Howard Kaplan whose 40 year old thriller inspired the movie. CBS' Bob Schieffer has a new book about the state of journalism in the Trump era. Then Eleanor Henderson talks to us about her American epic set in 1930s rural Georgia. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Best-selling author Harlan Coben stopped by our studios to talk about his newest thriller "Don't Let Go". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk to Brendan Mathews whose character-rich debut novel is set against the backdrop of the 1939 World's Fair. Then we hear from a former baseball player who had to quit the game he loved because of his rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We go back to school with the debut novel "Class Mom" from Laurie Gelman. Then we hear from biographer Steven Gaines who turns the pen on himself in his memoir "One of These Things First". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Father Brian Jordan chronicles the 13 year journey of the Ground Zero cross in his new book. Joanna Scott introduces us to a real-life woman who was instrumental in the building of the Twin Towers. Plus a preview of the Brooklyn Book Festival. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thriller writer Kyle Mills previews the lastest installment of the Mitch Rapp series and tells us what it was like to take over for Vince Flynn. Plus Kim Alexander on creating fantasy worlds. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Kate Fagan discusses her book which explores why star collegiate athlete Maddy Holleran committed suicide. Then we delve into author Jessica Berger Gross' abusive past as she shares the details of her new memoir. Plus Adam Sternbergh puts an inventive twist on the Witness Protection Program in "The Blinds". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We sit down with the doctor who first linked the brain disease CTE to football. Then hear how Atticus Finch influenced a character in Karin Slaughter's new thriller "The Good Daughter". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A day at the zoo turns into an exercise in survival in the latest thriller from Gin Phillips. Then we meet a relatively unknown historial figure from the Ottoman Empire and an NYPD cop who became the city's most decorated detective. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dive into real and fictional politics. Joshua Green explores the relationship between President Trump and Steve Bannon.  Lis Wiehl explores secessionist movements in her new thriller and Ben. H. Winters images a U-S where slavery still exists. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Times bestseller Linda Fairstein talks about her newest thriller "Deadfall". Then we get an inside look into drone warfare. Plus the science of the air we breathe. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All thriller writers all the time! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ThrillerFest is in town -- we get a preview. Our beach read is "The Child" by Fiona Barton and then Courtney Maum talks with Pat Farnack about her second novel "Touch". See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices