Best COS Radio Podcasts (2025)

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Southern Gothic Secrets with Author Emily Carpenter 30:35

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Send us a text EMILY CARPENTER, a former actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes soap opera assistant, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, she now lives in Georgia with her family. You can visit Emily online at http://emilycarpenterauthor.com and to learn more about Gothicto…

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Christmas and Cryptids with Author Liana Brooks on Book Lights 29:30

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Send us a text Liana Brooks is an American author who writes science fiction and sci-fi romance for people who like fast ships, big guns, witty one-liners, and happy endings. She enjoys writing science fiction in every form, from sprawling space operas (Fleet of Malik) to the antics of a superhero family (Heroes and Villains), as well as paranormal…

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Steaming up the pages with Author Luce Sutherland on Book Lights 31:12

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Send us a text Luce Sutherland has been reading juicy, erotic romance since before it was mainstream... when you couldn’t hide behind a Kindle, and you had to bring the illicit book to the register - and be judged by the cashier. When those books became harder to find, she resorted to writing her own stories with delicious, dominant alpha heroes an…

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Love and Magic with Author Tricia Copeland on Book Lights 34:14

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Send us a text Tricia Copeland believes in finding magic. She thinks magic infuses every aspect of our lives, whether it is the magic of falling in love, discovering a new passion, viewing a beautiful sunset, or reading a book that transports us to another world. An avid runner and Georgia native, Tricia now lives with her family and four-legged fr…

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Haunting Gothic Thrillers with Author Christa Carmen on Book Lights 24:58

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Send us a text Christa Carmen lives in Rhode Island. She is the author of The Daughters of Block Island, winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, the Indie Horror Book Award-winning Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated "Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell" (Orphans…

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Making Tarot Cards a Practical Tool for Personal Development with Author Lisa Kessler on Book Lights 35:58

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Send us a text Lisa Kessler is the author of the Practical Tarot deck and The Practical Tarot Method: Learning to Read Tarot Cards Intuitively and has been a professional tarot card reader for nearly twenty years, reading for clients all over the world. She’s a passionate teacher of tarot and has taught her Practical Tarot courses in the United Sta…

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Thrillers, Stalkers, and More with Author Victor Methos on Book Lights 34:14

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Send us a text At the age of thirteen, when his best friend was interrogated by the police for over eight hours and confessed to a crime he didn’t commit, Victor Methos knew he would one day become a lawyer. After graduating from law school at the University of Utah, Methos sharpened his teeth as a prosecutor for Salt Lake City before founding what…

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Heating up your holidays with USA Today Bestseller Christi Barth on Book Lights 35:53

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Send us a text USA TODAY bestseller Christi Barth earned a Masters degree in vocal performance and embarked upon a career on the stage. A love of romance then drew her to wedding planning. Ultimately she succumbed to her lifelong love of books and now writes contemporary romance. Christi lives in Maryland with her husband. You can learn more at: ht…

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland with Author Sheila English on Book Lights 33:39

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Send us a text An award-winning author, Sheila English lives in California, USA where she is a producer, director and screenwriter for COS Productions, the top producer of book trailers in America, and a company she owns. She has worked with authors such as George R. R. Martin, Christine Feehan, Karen Rose, Cory Doctorow, James Rollins and many mor…

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Crossing Boundaries with thriller author Brad Parks on Book Lights 34:40

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Send us a text International bestselling author Brad Parks is the only writer to have won the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty Awards, three of American crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. His novels have been translated into fifteen languages and have won critical acclaim across the globe, including stars from every major pre-publication review outlet…

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Historical Fiction and Families with Author Tong Ge on Book Lights 31:00

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Send us a text Tong Ge was born and raised in China and moved to Canada in 1988. She began writing the China China trilogy in 2004. Although she was challenged by learning to write in English and by her long-term disability, she persevered and since 2012 has published poetry and prose in English and Chinese in publications such as Prism, Ricepaper,…

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Camping, Comedy & Killers with Author Amelia Diane Coombs on Book Lights 29:55

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Send us a text Amelia Diane Coombs is the author of the new dark comedic mystery Drop Dead Sisters, as well as four young adult novels, most recently All Alone With You, a JLG Gold Standard Selection. She’s a Northern California transplant living in Seattle, Washington, with her spouse and their Siberian cat. When she isn’t writing or reading, Amel…

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Myths & Monsters with Author Crystal King on Book Lights 24:59

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Send us a text Crystal King is the author of In The Garden of Monsters, The Chef’s Secret and Feast of Sorrow, which was long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was a Must Read for the MassBook Awards. She is an author, culinary enthusiast, and marketing expert, and has taught at multiple universities including Harvard Extens…

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Twenty Years of Screaming with Horror Author Mark Leslie on Book Lights 25:37

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Send us a text Mark Leslie would be the first person to admit he's still afraid of the monster under his bed. That might be why most of his books explore the darker side. In addition to penning a series of true ghostly tales (that include SPOOKY SUDBURY, HAUNTED HOSPITALS and CREEPY CAPITAL), he has written a few horror titles (I, DEATH, ONE HAND S…

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Talking Freaky Folklore with Darkness Prevails & Carman Carrion on Book Lights 31:54

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Send us a text Darkness Prevails is a spooky storyteller extraordinaire hailing from the Ozarks of Arkansas. When he's not busy spinning yarns about things that go bump in the night on Eeriecast: The Horror Podcast Network or on his wildly successful YouTube channel, "Darkness Prevails," he can often be found wandering through the misty woods, sear…

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American Scary with Author Jeremy Dauber on Book Lights 36:04

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Send us a text Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American Studies at Columbia University, where he has also served as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Harvard and his doctorate from the University of Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. H…

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Saving Christmas with Author Dr. Roger Leslie on Book Lights 30:54

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Send us a text Dr. Roger Leslie is a scholar in the fields of success and education. Through major literary houses, medium and small presses, and his own publishing house, Leslie has published fiction and nonfiction books in multiple genres: historical fiction, inspirational self-help, spirituality, writing and publishing, movie reference, teaching…

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Mysteries with a paranormal twist with Author Lauren Thoman on Book Lights 31:14

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Send us a text 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. Lau…

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Betrayal Road with #1 NYT Best Seller Christine Feehan on Book Lights 42:40

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Send us a text Christine Feehan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, with 83 published works in seven different series: Dark Series, GhostWalker Series, Leopard Series, Drake Sisters Series, Sea Haven Series, Shadow Series, and Torpedo Ink Series. All seven of her series have hit the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Judgment Roa…

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Getting Gothic with Author and Musician Aurelio Voltaire on Book Lights 34:17

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Send us a text Born in Havana and raised in New Jersey, Aurelio Voltaire’s boyhood fascination with horror movies blossomed into a teenage taste for the moody music of British rock bands including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, and the Cure. Aurelio worked for years in stop-motion animation, a career that led to gigs with MTV, Nickelodeon, and…

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Myths & Outlaws with #1 NYT Best Seller Sherrilyn Kenyon on Book Lights 31:26

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Send us a text Defying all odds is what #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Sherrilyn McQueen writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon does best. Rising from extreme poverty as a child that culminated in being a homeless mother with an infant, she has become one of the most popular and influential authors in the world (in both adult and YA fi…

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Marilyn Monroe, Murder, and the Mob with Thriller Author Lori Roy on Book Lights 30:47

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Send us a text Lori Roy is the author of six novels, including her upcoming novel, LAKE COUNTY (6/1/24). Her debut, BENT ROAD, was awarded the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. She went on to receive the 2016 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel, making Lori the first woman to receive an Edgar Award for both Best Fir…

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Echo Road with Authors Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh on Book Lights 30:50

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Send us a text Kendra Elliot has sold twelve million books, hit the Wall Street Journal top ten bestseller list more than a dozen times, and is a three time winner of the Daphne du Maurier award. She is an International Thriller Writers' finalist and a Romantic Times finalist. She grew up in the lush Pacific Northwest but now spends most of her tim…

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Twists and Turns and Unsolved Murders with Author Kara Thomas on Book Lights 30:34

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Send us a text Kara Thomas is the author of the YA novels The Darkest Corners, Little Monsters, The Cheerleaders, That Weekend, and The Champions, as well as the adult novels Out of the Ashes and Lost to Dune Road. She lives on Long Island with her husband, son, and rescue cat, where she spends way too much time on Reddit Unresolved Mysteries tryin…

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Swashbuckling Fantasy with Author Sebastien de Castell on Book Lights 30:28

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Send us a text Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realized how much he actually hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor, and product strategist…

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