Best Janisse Ray Podcasts (2024)

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Ep #12 | Michelle Dowd | Forager 14:30

1y ago14:30

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast limited series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Michelle Dowd is the author of Forager: Field Notes on Surviving a Family Cult. The book showcases her life growing up on an isolated mountain in California as part of an apocalyptic…

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Ep #11 | Susan Cerulean | Being with Shorebirds 22:19

1y ago22:19

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Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. I want to welcome you to the show with a very special guest, the writer and my dear friend Susan Cerulean. Susan and I met in the mid-80s in Tallahassee, Florida, started a writing group, and basically…

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Ep #10 | Susan Usha Dermond | A Shedding Snake 13:37

1y ago13:37

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Bio Susan Usha Dermond is a teacher. She began her career teaching English in public high schools, then pivoted and taught for many years in the Education for Life system, mostly in the four…

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Ep #9 | Gary Grossman | Swimming with Fishes 16:06

1y ago16:06

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Ep #9 | Gary Grossman | Swimming with Fishes Gary is a scholar and multi-dimensional creator from Athens, Georgia. Gary recently retired as distinguished research professor of animal ecology…

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Ep #8 | Roseanna Almaee-Nejadi | Fog People 14:14

1y ago14:14

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Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Bio of Guest Roseanna is an activist who lives in the Olympic Peninsula, in Port Townsend, Washington. She is a full-time volunteer. Born in Texas, she spent 30 years as an educator, teaching English a…

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Ep #7 | Mark Ray | Among Snow Geese 19:19

1y ago19:19

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Bio Although I share a surname with Mark Ray, we haven’t figured out a kinship other than our love of nature. Ray is a natural resources consultant who has managed over 500 environmental pro…

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Ep #6 | Jeanne Malmgren | A Frozen Waterfall 14:51

1y ago14:51

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Jeanne is an eco-therapist or nature-based counselor who practices in the beautiful mountain region of South Carolina, her native state. She holds a Masters in clinical mental health counsel…

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Ep #5 | Sally Ray Murphy | Under the Sea 13:46

1y ago13:46

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Biography Sally is the author of the memoir, Turning the Tide, which tells her story as founder of a highly successful sea turtle restoration program in South Carolina and as an internationa…

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Ep #4 | Peter Peteet | Not Walking Away 17:44

1y ago17:44

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast limited series about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Episode #4 | Peter Peteet | Not Walking Away 18 minutes long Bio In this podcast my friend Peter Peteet does something that few people will do. He took the bold and frightening step of reporting to author…

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Ep #3 | Hermina Glass-Hill | Foraging While Black 17:44

1+ y ago17:44

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Show Notes Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about our ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Hermina Glass-Hill is like a rainbow or a bouquet--many things wrapped in one beautiful human. She’s a writer, historian, preservationist, sustainability advocate, Afro-Eco strategist, s…

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Ep #2 | Anandam Kavoori | The Wild Monkey Chase 13:19

1+ y ago13:19

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Welcome to The Wild Spectacle Podcast, a flash-cast series with host Janisse Ray about ongoing and meaningful participation in a world that matters. Episode 2 | Dr. Anandam Kavoori Andy is a professor of Entertainment & Media Studies at the University of Georgia, where he coordinates the Environmental Communication Initiative of Grady College. In h…

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Ep #1 | Tina McElroy Ansa | On Ancestral Spirits 19:37

1+ y ago19:37

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Novelist, publisher, and cultural icon Tina McElroy Ansa tells the story of visiting a plantation on St. Simons Island along Georgia's Coast, only to find that something was not right. As she says, "I didn't think it through." Tina's first novel, Baby of the Family, earned all kinds of accolades, including New York Times Notable. Most recently she …

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Live from the Conroy Center with Janisse Ray, author of Wild Spectacle 52:00

2+ y ago52:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with author and environmentalist Janisse Ray about her newest book, Wild Spectacle. ABOUT WILD SPECTACLE “Wonderful. Janisse Ray has a heart the size of a manatee and the tenacity (and laugh) of a pileated…

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Live from the Conroy Center with Kalynn Bayron, author of This Poison Heart 1:07:00

2+ y ago1:07:00

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Bestselling author Kalynn Bayron discusses her YA fantasy novels Cinderella Is Dead and This Poison Heart in conversation with Holland Perryman, Millie Bennett, Alisha Arora, members of Beaufort High School's DAYLO: Diversity Youth Literary Organization, moderated by Jonathan Haupt, executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center--originally p…

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Guest host Juliet Grossman interviews host Matt Coyle about LAST REDEMPTION! 45:00

2+ y ago45:00

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Matt Coyle is the author of the bestselling Rick Cahill crime series. His books have won the Anthony, Shamus, Lefty, Ben Franklin Silver, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Silver, and San Diego Book Awards and have been nominated for the Barry and Macavity awards, among others. Matt hosts the Crime Corner podcast and lives in San Diego with his yel…

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Dennis Palumbo stops by the Corner to discuss PANIC ATTACK. 39:00

2+ y ago39:00

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Now a licensed psychotherapist specializing in creative issues, Dennis Palumbo is a former Hollywood screenwriter ("My Favorite Year," "Welcome Back, Kotter," etc.). His mystery fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, The Strand, Mystery Weekly and elsewhere, and is collected in "From Crime to Crime" (Tallfellow Press). His acclaim…

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Helaine Mario stops by the Corner. 34:00

2+ y ago34:00

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Helaine Mario is the author of the Classical Music Suspense Series which feature classically trianed pianst Maggie O'Shea as the protagonist. Classical piano music and several visits to France, Austria and Cornwall inspired many of the events - and much of the atmospheric and authentic settings - in the series. Helaine believes strongly in "giving …

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt w/ Elizabeth Robin & Ann-Chadwell Humphries 58:00

2+ y ago58:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with award-winning poets Elizabeth Robin and Ann-Chadwell Humphries. Both will be presenting and teaching at the 6th annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival on November 6. GUESTS: Elizabeth Robin is the author…

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt with Lauren Marino, author of Bookish Broads 1:11:00

3y ago1:11:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with award-winning writer and editor Lauren Marino, author of Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History. Women have written some of our most extraordinary literary works while living in socie…

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Matt Witten sits down at the Corner! 40:00

3y ago40:00

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Matt Whitten has written TV shows, stage plays, movies and novels. His new thriller THE NECKLACE just came out, and has been optioned for film by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Cartel Pictures. Lee Child says: "This is as fast and tense as a great thriller should be, but it's full of warmth and humanity too - one small-town woman's quest for th…

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt with NYT Bestselling Author Jason Mott 1:00:00

3y ago1:00:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with novelist Jason Mott, author of Hell of a Book. In Hell of a Book, an African-American author sets out on a cross-country book tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Jason Mott's …

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt with NYT Bestselling Novelist Grady Hendrix 1:19:00

3y ago1:19:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with novelist Grady Hendrix, author of The Final Girl Support Group. "Take slasher movie adoration, critique, and satire, mix with compelling, flawed characters and neck-breaking plot twists, and drop it a…

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Tracy Clark sits down at Crime Corner! 41:00

3y ago41:00

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Tracy Clark, a native Chicagoan, is the Sue Grafton memorial Award-winning author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series, featuring ex-cop turned PI Cassandra Raines. Her novels have won The Sue Grafton Memorial Award, made multiple best of the year lists and have been nominated for multiple Anthony, Shamus and Lefty Awards. Book four in the ser…

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt with USA Today Bestselling Author Colleen Oakley 1:00:00

3y ago1:00:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with novelist Colleen Oakley, author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Oakley delivers an unforgettable love story about an eccentric community, a grieving widow, and an outsider who slowly learns …

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R. G. Belsky stops in at the Corner! 34:00

3y ago34:00

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R.G. Belsky is an author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His new suspense thriller, BEYOND THE HEADLINES, is the 4th in the New York TV journalist Clare Carlson series. He is also the author of the Gil Malloy series about a New York City tabloid newspaper reporter. Belsky is a former metropolitan editor of the New York Post, man…

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt with De'Shawn Charles Winslow 1:00:00

3y ago1:00:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with novelist De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of In West Mills, winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction (2021), an American Book Award (2020), and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize…

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True Crime writer Caitlin Rother drops by The Corner! 49:00

3y ago49:00

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Caitlin Rother has written or co-authored 14 books and several Kindle ebooks. As a Pulitzer-nominated investigative journalist, Rother worked nearly 20 years for daily newspapers. Drawing from decades of watchdog reporting on topics ranging from addiction to suicide, mental illness, murder, government, and political corruption, she has written book…

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt with author Susan Cerulean 1:01:00

3y ago1:01:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with naturalist Susan Cerulean, author of the memoir I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird. "In her tender and wise memoir chronicling both her end-of-life care for her octogenarian father and her stewardsh…

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Allison Brennan Stops by Crime Corner! 35:00

3y ago35:00

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Allison Brennan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling and award winning author of three dozen thrillers and numerous short stories. She was nominated for Best Paperback Original Thriller by International Thriller Writers, had multiple nominations and two Daphne du Maurier Awards, and is a five-time RITA finalist for Best Romantic Suspense…

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt w/ Estelle Ford-Williamson, author of Rising Fawn 1:00:00

3+ y ago1:00:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with Estelle Ford-Williamson, author of the recently published novel Rising Fawn. “A routine case of identity fraud takes a young woman on a shocking journey of self-discovery, where she’s forced to uncove…

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Cardiovascular doc does romance -our chat with Dr. Gomes on Authors on the Air 29:00

3+ y ago29:00

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes cardiovascular doctor Antonio Gomes about his romance book and more. António aka Anthony Gomes is a Professor of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC. He has published more than 150 articles in Cardiovascular Medicine and two textbooks of Cardiology, Signal Averaged Electrocardiography: Basic Co…

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Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt w/ Tina Ansa & Wanda Lloyd, Meeting at the Table 1:04:00

3+ y ago1:04:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with novelist Tina McElroy Ansa and journalist Wanda S. Lloyd, editors of Meeting at the Table: African American Women Write on Race, Culture, and Community. GUESTS: Tina McElroy Ansa is the author of five…

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David Putnam drops by the Corner to discuss THE RUTHLESS! 39:00

3+ y ago39:00

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David Putnam is the author of the bestselling Bruno Johnson thrillers. During his law enforcement career, Dave worked primarily in California on teams for Patrol, Investigations, SWAT, Narcotics (street level and majors), Violent Crimes, Criminal Intelligence, Internal Affairs and the Detective Bureau. He rounded out his law enforcement career with…

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Pat Conroy Center & Jonathan Haupt w/ Heather Bell Adams, The Good Luck Stone 59:00

3+ y ago59:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with novelist Heather Bell Adams, author of The Good Luck Stone. ““The Good Luck Stone is a taut and lyrical literary thriller that I found difficult to put down. This novel immerses us expertly in the hig…

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Julie Slavinsky, Event Director at Warwick's Bookstore, sits down at the Corner! 32:00

3+ y ago32:00

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Julie Slavinsky is the Director of Events for Warwick’s Bookstore. She has been in the book business for sixteen years, has been with Warwick’s for eleven of those, ten of them as the Director of Events. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, has a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University and has called San Diego home since 1979. He…

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Matt Coyle discusses BLIND VIGIL! 36:00

3+ y ago36:00

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Jeff Dotseth has over 20 years of sports radio broadcasting experience having hosted shows in the premium morning and afternoon drive time slot for multiple San Diego and Los Angeles stations, as well as "College Football Saturdays" heard nationally on Fox Sports Radio. Dotseth developed and hosted "Clinch Gear Radio" for SiriusXM and the Armed For…

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center with Jonathan Haupt: A Measure of Belonging 1:01:00

3+ y ago1:01:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with Cinelle Barnes, Ivelisse Rodriguez, and Natalia Sylvester, the editor and two of the contributing writers to A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South, a New York T…

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Gary Phillips stops by the Corner! 41:00

3+ y ago41:00

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Gary Phillips is the son of a mechanic and a librarian, weaned on too many comic books, Dashiell Hammett, reruns of the original Twilight Zone, and experiences ranging from community organizer, delivering dog cages to running a political action committee. He has published various novels, written comics, penned over seventy short stories and edited …

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Ghosts and Hauntings with Sylvia Shults on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! 49:00

3+ y ago49:00

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Sylvia Shults is the author of 44 Years in Darkness, Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital, and other books of true ghost stories. She has spent the past twenty years working in a library, slowly smuggling words out in her pockets day by day to build a book of her own. She sits in dark, spooky, haunted places so you don't have t…

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Authors Matt Phillips, Lee Matthew Goldberg IN CONVERSATION Authors on the Air 40:00

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Authors on the Air is proud to present this exclusive IN CONVERSATION event featuring guest host author Matt Phillips and guest author Lee matthew Goldberg. Matt Phillips was born in Palm Springs, California and raised in the Coachella Valley and nearby Mojave High Desert. He lives in San Diego. His books include Countdown, Know Me from Smoke, The …

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Andrea Carter discusses her Inishowen Mysteries & The Well of Ice on the Corner 41:00

3+ y ago41:00

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Author and host Matt Coyle of Crime Corner welcome author Andrea Carter to the studio. Andrea Carter grew up in Laois and studied law at Trinity College Dublin, before moving to the Inishowen peninsula in Co. Donegal where she ran the most northerly solicitors’ practice in the country. In 2006 she returned to Dublin to work as a barrister before tu…

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M.E. Browning, writer of wrongs, chats about her new book SHADOW RIDGE with Pam 37:00

3+ y ago37:00

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes M.E. (Micki) Browning to the studio. This second visit with Micki is all about her new brand and new book SHADOW RIDGE. Micki Browning writes the Jo Wyatt Mysteries and the Agatha-nominated and award-winning Mer Cavallo Mysteries (as Micki Browning). An FBI National Academy graduate, Micki worked in munici…

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Jonathan Haupt in conversation with award-winning writer John Lane 59:00

3+ y ago59:00

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The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with award-winning writer John Lane, author of the newly published novel Whose Woods These Are. GUEST: A 2014 inductee in the South Carolina Academy of Authors (the Palmetto State’s Literary Hall of Fame),…

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Michael Schutz Returns to Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! 28:00

3+ y ago28:00

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Michael Schutz was born and raised in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, where the macabre tales of Ray Bradbury and Stephen King kept him warm at night. He’s seen way too many horror movies to be healthy. He is the author of the novels Plank Children, Edging, and Blood Vengeance. His short fiction has been featured in Crossroads in the Dark II,III, a…

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Author Jeff Crawford IN CONVERSATION with Reavis Wortham on Authors on the Air 52:00

3+ y ago52:00

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Authors on the Air is proud to present author Jeff Crawford IN CONVERSATION with Reavis Wortham. About Rev and his books: Author Reavis Z. Wortham's first novel, The Rock Hole, is described by Kirkus Reviews as "an unpretentious gem written to the hilt and harrowing in its unpredictability." Kirkus also listed it as one of the "Top 12 Mysteries of …

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Author Gloria Nagy chats about her new book based in Miami 31:00

3+ y ago31:00

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes author Gloria Nagy to the studio. GLORIA NAGY is the internationally best-selling author of twelve books including The Beauty, Remain Calm, Looking For Leo, SeaSick, Marriage, and the New York Times best-seller, A House in the Hamptons. She Lives with her husband Richard Saul Wurman in Miami, FL. They have…

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Holly West sits down at the Corner to talk about True Crime! 42:00

3+ y ago42:00

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Originally from a small town in Northern California, Holly West moved to the big city to attend Loyola Marymount University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Screenwriting. After shoving a few unproduced scripts in the proverbial desk drawer, she succumbed to her baser instincts and turned to writing crime fiction. She’s the author of the Mis…

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Robert Masello (The Haunting of HG Wells) on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE 34:00

3+ y ago34:00

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Robert Masello is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and the bestselling author of many books. His produced television credits have aired on networks ranging from CBS to Showtime, Fox to Syfy, and include such popular shows as “Charmed,” “Sliders,” “Poltergeist: the Legacy,” and “Early Edition.” His latest novel, The Haunting of H.G. W…

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Bruce Coffin IN CONVERSATION with Craig Johnson on Authors on the Air 53:00

3+ y ago53:00

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Authors on the Air is proud to present award-winning author (and former cop) Bruce Robert Coffin IN CONVERSATION with New York Times best-selling author Craig Johnson. Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve Walt Longmire mystery novels, which are the basis for Longmire, the hit Netflix original drama. He is the recipient o…

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Pat Conroy Literary Ctr presents Jonathan Haupt & Pushcart winner Valerie Sayers 59:00

4y ago59:00

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LIVE from the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Executive Director Jonathan Haupt is IN CONVERSATION with Pushcart winner, writer Valeria Sayers. Val is a 2 time Pushcart Prize recipient for short fiction, a SC Academy of Authors honoree, author of six novels (two of which were adapted into a film), and aut…

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