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Rene Denfeld made her third appearance on the show to talk about her third novel "The Butterfly Girl." Denfeld's work defies categorization. Her latest…
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Kinky Friedman made his only appearance on the program in 2000. The musician and novelist came through the area for a book signing followed by a…
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When I was a small boy and I learned how to read my life changed forever. I became so excited about reading books. All these years later my excitement…
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Amitav Ghosh returned to the program to discuss his latest novel, "Gun Island." The first two times he appeared on the show it was to talk about this…
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Rachel Eve Moulton dropped by the studio to talk about her new book "Tinfoil Butterfly." Rachel grew up in Yellow Springs-this is her debut novel-she was…
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I love writers who are unpredictable. That's one reason I am a huge fan of the novelist Lisa Lutz. I never know what to expect from her and her latest…
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Thomas Mallon has written a number of works of historical fiction that are based on actual events. He likes to have political themes in many of them and…
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A few years ago I received an e-mail from the publicist for the author Louise Penny. She was wondering if I would be reviewing the latest book in Penny's…
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"Leaving Atlanta" by Tayari Jones17 years ago a writer named Tayari Jones came through Dayton on a book tour for her debut novel. At that time she was…
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Over the years that I have been hosting this program I have had the opportunity to interview a number of historical figures. Three of those individuals…
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Every once in a great while I will read a debut novel and say to myself; what an extraordinary story written by a writer who I will hopefully be reading…
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Robert Crais is one of my favorites. Over the years we have done over a dozen interviews. Only one other guest has done more; James Lee Burke. As this…