A Book and a Chat

Donna Fletcher Crow is an author of historical novels including the epic Glastonbury, A Novel of Christian England, which was awarded First Place in Historical Fiction by the National Federation of Press Women. She will be along to chat about her latest novel "A Darkley Hidden Truth" book two of the Monastry Murders.

Looking forward to chatting

C.Y. Bourgeois is a freshman author and an avid reader. After having spent countless enjoyable hours over the years reading other people's narratives, she realized that she too has stories to tell.

C.Y. considers herself a native of Alaska, having lived there since the age of two.  She and her husband recently moved to northernIdahowhere they now reside with their two dogs and three cats and where she is currently working on her second Shelby Leight novel, Visions of Mortality.

HOpefully we'll hear more about that book as well as her debut book "Visions of You"

If Ian Fleming and Doris Kearns Goodwin had a lovechild, it would be Steve Berry, the  bestselling author of The Jefferson Key, The Emperor’s Tomb, The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Venetian Betrayal, The Alexandra Link, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy and The Amber Room. A fixture on the New York Times bestseller lists, Berry has been translated into 40 languages with more than 14 million printed books in 51 countries, worldwide.

Steve will be dropping by to tlak about his latest, bound to be another huge hit "The Columbus Affair"

I am more than pleased to have such a great author back on the show, alwasy good to chat with and share his latest information and wiritngs with, this is bound to be another great show.

James Strait’s professional career began as a Special Forces soldier, where he demonstrated youthful tenacity and versatility by becoming the youngest recruit to graduate Special Forces Training Group. 

After the military he enjoyed a thirty-year career as a professional pilot flying over one hundred different types and categories of airplanes. In parallel, Mr. Strait operated a small business providing a variety of services to civilian companies and the military.

After retirement from professional aviation, Mr. Strait transitioned into broadcast radio where he has hosted “Strait Talks” radio since 2006. He began his professional writing career with the release of “Weird Missouri”, in 2008. His most recent book, “Déjà vu All Over Again” is an action adventure novel taking place in the final 57 hours prior to the calendar turning 12-21-2012.

Germaine W. Shames has written from six continents--soon to add the seventh--on topics ranging from the Middle East crisis to Aboriginal land rights, from the struggle to save the Amazon to the plight of street children. She is the holder of Arizona's Literary Fellowship in Fiction, is author of the critically-acclaimed novel Between Two Deserts (Macadam/Cage Publishing, Fall 2002), two earlier nonfiction books, and three feature screenplays.

She will be stopping by to chat about her latest novel, "You Fascinating You" In the final weeks of 1938, in the shadow of Kristallnacht and imminent war, a heartsick Italian maestro wrote a love song called “Tu Solamente Tu”.  Its lyrics lamented his forced separation from his wife, the Hungarian ballerina Margit Wolf, in the wake of Mussolini’s edict banishing foreign Jews from Italy.

Ava co-wrote "Heartless" with author Jason Thomas ("Too Rich: The Family Secrets of Doris Duke").  

"Heartless" is the miraculous true story of Ava. A woman whose life changed in an instant. A riveting journey that follows Ava from death's door to a new life, after receiving a new heart. In this captivating and inspiring book, Ava shows us how to embrace the power of hope, strength and determination, through the most challenging times. Her indomitable spirit shines through the pages of "Heartless." It's a true page turner that will encourage, inspire and touch many hearts.

Joel Andre makes a welcome return to the show, From a young age Andre knew his passion was to write tales that shocked and sent chills down the spines of readers. But it was not where he began.

During his teen years he focused his attention to writing poetry in the style of Poe. His work dark often lifted the brow of friends. But the passion was there, and soon the winter wonderland that consumed Lauren Bruni was created.   Mayhem and madness, crime and horror  fiction the way it was meant to be written, Joel M. Andre,  combines the  styles of the greats such as Robin Cook and James Patterson, with the grim horror of Stephen King–upstart author Joel Andre brings home an amazing read with every page.

Friend and fellow Connecticut author Debbie T Kilday drops by to chat about her book today. No Limits: How I Beat The Slots.”  (amazon.com) In the book, Debbie chronicles her experiences playing slot machines and in detail tells the reader how she won millions of dollars over a period of time and the many people she met along the way.

As it says on Amazon...

What would you do if you won 3.4 million dollars in 5 years just playing $1.00 slot machines? If you won, Would you help others in need or only help yourself? Come along with me as I explore the consequences of winning. Don't deny your heart's desire.

Should be a really interesting show.

Always a great pleasure to have Kathi Macias as a guest on the show, which with her as a guest always become a really fun and interesting show. Kathi is one of the shows most popular guests and we always elarn something new from her appearances. With so much to chat about I'm making this a one hour special.

 

Kathy is the auther of such bestselling novels as Red Ink, People of the Book, Delvier Me from Evel to name but a few so I'm looking forward to chatting about her latest novel "Special Delivery"

 

Sure to be a show not to miss..

Magdalena Ball was born in New York studied in England and now lives in Australia, where she runs the well respected review site “The Compulsive Reader”

 Her short stories, editorials, poetry, reviews and articles have appeared in a wide number of printed anthologies and journals, and have won local and international awards for poetry and fiction. She is the author of the poetry books Repulsion Thrust and Quark Soup, the novels Black Cow, and Sleep Before Evening, a nonfiction book The Art of Assessment.