A Book and a Chat

My guest on a book and a chat is Lloyd Kaneko. While driving through the skid row of downtown Los Angeles after school one afternoon during in my early twenties (c. 1970-73), Lloyd was deeply moved by all the homeless people living in cardboard boxes, pushing shopping carts and sleeping on the sidewalks. The result is his novel Kami Jin

Screen writer and author Saundra Mitchell joins me today to chat about her debut YA novel Shadowed Summer. Saundra has penned the screenplays for the Fresh Films and Girls in the Director's Chair short film series. Her short story "Ready to Wear" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her first feature film, Revenge Ends, debuted on the festival circuit in 2008.

Shadowed Summer won The Society of Midland Authors Book Award for Children's fiction, was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best YA Mystery in 2010, and is her debut novel. Her next novel, The Vespertine will be published in Spring, 2011.

T.P Jones is back for another book and a chat. Previosuly he chatted to us about "Jackson" book one of the "The Loss of Certainty Series" to day he is back to tell us about book two " The Gamble"

Patricia A. Thomas is author of GOD REVEALS A MYSTERY God first opened my spiritual eyes to the truth and spoke this revelation knowledge to me, concerning the demise of the “dinosaur”, in 1997 and from that I wrote a poem, with the foundation being that the name “dinosaur” was coined or made-up in 1842 and the real animal's name is serpent or dragon (both names mean the same thing in Greek) and that they still exist- in its cursed form according to Genesis 3:14. It only took me a few months to write the manuscript and in 2006, God gave me scientific information to write in my book to prove that my theory would eventually become a fact, at the appointed time, unlike other theories that will never be proven. That year, in 2006, my book was pu

For some the life of Mr. Mean Mug is what movies and gangsta rap is made of: drugs, guns, a broken home, music, jail and then redemption. But for the man born Shane Gregory it is much deeper than that. What he has lived through over the past 29 years is not something he would have chosen. It is, however, what he was dealt, and he has emerged a stronger, wiser man because of it. Now with a new lease on life he lives everyday to its fullest with an emphasis on how he can use the time he has been given to make a difference in the life of those around him. With his debut novel TATTOO TEARS creating a steady buzz in the streets, he is using the pen and his words to get people to stop and listen to the words of what some would consider an unlikely messenger.

Author Arny Alberts is my guest on today's show talking about his book "Burnt Cookies - a quest for closure".

Arny Alberts is a burnt cookie, a member of that ransacked community of children who don’t have the opportunity to grow up without the torment, guilt, and shame of sexual abuse. Alberts refers to them as burnt cookies because, well, they just don’t come out right, as his memoir is keen to demonstrate. “Burnt Cookies” is a fascinating account of how the sexual abuse he suffered as a child is drawn through his life like a piano wire, reverberating throughout in the saddest of notes.

She has overcome challenges that would have broken the average man or woman, but author and entreprenuer J. Nicole Spencer is by no means average. A native of Houston, TX, Spencer is building a multi-media brand that is reaching across the globe with the aim of helping others in their day-to-day lives. During her conversation with Cyrus Webb of Conversations, she talks about her beginnings, the foundation of her faith and success and what advice she has for anyone who wants to live a better life.

Weston Locher writes humor because his parents made the mistake of telling him that he was funny. This is further proof of why you shouldn’t lie to your children. Will be along to chat about his latest book, Musings on Minutiae where the author offers up hilarious observations and insights on topics

2009 Gold Medal Winner Independent Publisher Book Awards P.D. LaFleur is my guest today. Author of four novels including his latest "Distrubing the Peace" as several short stories. A native of New England, LaFleur has enjoyed a diverse career that includes café owner, business consultant, and President/CEO of a Boston-based financial services firm.

Author of new mystery novel Every Boat Turns South a mixture of memoir-like adventure with a moving coming-home tale, is the guest on A Book and a Chat tonight.