New York Times bestselling queen Sandra Brown is back again! Her latest thriller Friction is right off the presses and readers once again must hold on tight as her protagonist - Texas Ranger Crawford - struggles through the twists and turns of the plot.

In addition to the novel Sandra shares with us her passion writing, and what it's like to put a novel together. Not one to cater to complacent readers, Sandra's goal is to keep you on your toes when you're reading this page-turner!

Be sure to visit Sandra's website at www.sandrabrown.net and for more fascinating interviews don't forget to stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com.

Do you typically look on the bright side, or turn towards the dark? Were you born that way? And if you had a cheerier outlook, would it affect your business and your health?  Psychologist and neuroscientist Elaine Fox has discovered we actually CAN change the way our brains react to fear and optimism. Her research has been journaled in her book Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain: How to Retrain Your Brain to Overcome Pessimism and Achieve a More Positive Outlook.

Elaine's discovery of the optimism gene has paved the way for explaining the psychology behind optimistic people. Can we change? Plus - find out why we like our news bloody and our politics dirty! To learn more about Professor Fox's findings please be sure to visit www.rainybrainsunnybrain.com. Don't forget to stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com for more fascinating and informative interviews!

Brad Meltzer, host of History Channel’s Brad Meltzer’s Decoded and Lost History, is also an author of bestselling thrillers, and a prestigious Eisner comic book award winner. Perhaps his favorite task is penning a series of children's books: Ordinary People Change the World.

His latest subject, Lucille Ball, qualifies as someone who started out ordinarily enough but went on to achieve great things. She triumphed despite the many obstacles in her path. Find out what Brad feels took Lucy from ordinary to extraordinary. For much more information and activities for children please be sure to visit www.ordinarypeoplechangetheworld.com. Brad has several books in his series and more on the way! Don't forget to stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com for more fascinating interviews.

Publishing exec turned author Eve Karlin joins us to tell the tale of the first recorded murder trial in US history. Taking place in 1799, founding father Alexander Hamilton and nemesis Aaron Burr surprisingly teamed together for the defense. Eve has all the details on this sensational crime story.

Find out what city life was like in New York at the turn of the century and how Hamilton and Burr would actually be called "frenemies" today, as their relationship grew more and more heated until exploding into the infamous duel. To learn much more, be sure to visit Eve's site www.evekarlin.com. For many more fascinating interviews please be sure to stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com!

As with the Kennedy assisination most people remember exactly where they were the day Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the Moon. The world watched in awe as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon.  In this extraordinary interview from 2009, Buzz talks about his flight to the Moon and his life after returning to Earth. His book out "Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From the Moon" is filled with  fascinating details of Buzz's life

What will surprise you is finding out this American Hero also enjoys writing children's books and even performs "rap" with Snoop Dogg! Listen to the fascinaing interview on A Closer Look and be sure to visit www.ACloserLookRadio.com for more interviews and information.

If you're a History Channel buff you're familiar with Brad Meltzer, host of Brad Meltzer’s Decoded and Lost History. Author of bestselling thrillers and children’s books, and prestigious Eisner comic book award winner Brad stops in to give us the lowdown on his latest political thriller - The President's Shadow.

Find out what it REALLY means when the White House redecorates, why Brad was asked to help Homeland Security, and how he and George H W. Bush (41) became pen pals.  To find out much more about all of this please be sure to visit www.bradmeltzer.com as well as www.ordinarypeoplechangethe world.com. Don't forget to stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com for more fascinating interviews!

Restaurant expert Scott Barnett is the founder of Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurants. The former CEO of the Rusty Pelican chain described the trials and tribulations of bringing Bubba Gump to life in his book Gumption: Taking Bubba Gump from Movie to Restaurant.

Find out what Scott's successful strategy was in both financing and staffing to create the extraordinary dining experience based on just one movie. How did he deal with Hollywood in order to get the go-ahead for his idea? And how did the award-winning drink paddles come into being? For much more information be sure to visit Scott's site www.gumptionbook.com.  For more fascinating interviews stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com!

Bestselling geopolitical thriller novelist Nelson DeMille is back with a new John Corey novel hot off the presses. Radiant Angel will thrill you and chill you and have you wondering how close to the truth this "fiction" is! Nelson talks about the FBI, their greatest fear, and whether he's ever been under scrutiny for writing his fact-based stories.

Nelson also describes what a writing day consists of for him and what it was like to have a novel come straight off the presses into the number one slot of the New York Times best seller list. For much more information on this year's ThrillerMaster Award-winner, please be sure to visit www.nelsondemille.net. Don't forget to stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com for many more interesting and informative interviews!

Fear of public speaking ranks high on everyone's list of fears. Presentation expert Darlene Price joins us to elevate anyone to a position where they can speak comfortably and with authority. Author of Well Said: Presentations and Conversations that Get Results Darlene packs in a wealth of information covering all aspects of speaking.

From the art of opening and closing a speech, to the use of Powerpoint, to describing the three critical pitfalls you'll want to avoid, Darlene leaves no stone unturned. For much more information that we can list here,  please be sure to visit  www.wellsaid.com for more tips and advice from Darlene. Don't forget to stop by www.ACloserLookRadio.com for more fascinating and informative interviews!