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James Lee Burke interview – Episode 122 Reading & Writing podcast

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The 122nd episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with James Lee Burke, New York Times bestselling writer of the Dave Robicheaux novels. LIGHT OF THE WORLD, the 20th Robicheaux novel, was published today.

“A powerful meditation on the nature—and smell—of evil . . . But even as the stomach roils, the fingers keep turning the pages because the much-honored Burke (two Edgars, a Guggenheim Fellowship) is a master storyteller.” Publishers Weekly, starred review

In 1988 James Lee Burke Burke was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. Two of Burke’s novels – BLACK CHERRY BLUES and CIMARRON ROSE – have won the Edgar Allan Poe award for Best Novel of the Year. In 2009, The Mystery Writers of America received the MWA’s Grand Master Award.

James Lee Burke - novelist and author of the Dave Robicheaux novels

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Beatriz Williams interview – Episode 121 Reading & Writing podcast

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The 121st episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with Beatriz Williams, author of A HUNDRED SUMMERS and OVERSEAS. Williams also writes historical romances under the pen name Juliana Gray.

“Novels as masterfully done as A Hundred Summers come along only about that often. Beatriz Williams delivers an intricately woven tale of friendship, betrayal, old families, and closely guarded secrets. It is what every beach book should aspire to be – smart and engrossing.” Elin Hilderbrand, author of Beautiful Day and the bestselling Summerland

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Brian Easton interview – Episode 120 Reading & Writing podcast

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The 120th episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with horror writer Brian Easton, author of AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WEREWOLF HUNTER.

“Thick with plot, description and a fevered violence, this novel offers up a slightly alternate reality that treads frighteningly close to our own.” –Rue Morgue Magazine

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John Wukovits interview – Episode 119 Reading & Writing podcast

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The 119th episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with John Wukovits, author of For Crew and Country: The Inspirational True Story of Bravery and Sacrifice Aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts.

”This story of the brave and resourceful officers and crew of the gallant Samuel B. Roberts is one that should be read by every American who cares two cents about his country. It is a thrilling story of self-sacrifice, of David versus many Goliaths, of a little war vessel with a paper-thin hull saluting, stepping up, and making a charge to death and glory. After I finished reading, I wanted to stand up and cheer. I still do.” –Homer Hickam, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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