A Mighty Blaze Podcast

Time to turn up the heat at A Mighty Blaze Podcast! For Season 5 Episode 6, we're welcoming one of the hottest romance authors around: Alexis Daria! Alexis sat down with fellow writer Alex Hoopes to dish about the secrets behind creating all those slow-burn love scenes. (Spoiler alert: The writing part is not nearly as romantic as the reading part.) Hosted by Trisha Blanchet.

A Mighty Blaze's very own cofounder Jenna Blum has a new book to share with the world! On the heels of her bestselling novels THE LOST FAMILY, THE STORMCHASERS, and THOSE WHO SAVE US comes a wonderful, touching memoir about her last months with her beloved black lab: WOODROW ON THE BENCH. Jenna sat down during the book's launch week to talk with Operation Delta Dog founder Trisha Blanchet about dogs, and books, and...well, more dogs. 

Everyone is talking about HER LITTLE SECRETS, Wanda Morris's roller coaster of a debut thriller. She came to A Mighty Blaze to chat with fellow bestselling author Hank Philippi Ryan about her whirlwind release, the C-suite setting, and what the book's original title had to do with...elephants? It's a conversation you won't want to miss! Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

Oliver Burkeman's latest bestseller, 4,000 WEEKS: TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS, is designed to release your pressure valve. No, you can't do it all! And no, you shouldn't even try! He visited the Thoughtful Bro show to talk with host Mark Cecil about how we can get off the so-called "infinite ladder," break out of our productivity prisons, and make the most of our limited time. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

What if Hillary had never married Bill? Author Curtis Sittenfeld explores that intriguing fictional question in her latest bestselling book, RODHAM. She sat down with host and writer Kimberly Hensle Lowrance and Jan Weissmiller, owner of Prairie Lights Books, to discuss the book and much more on an episode of Authors Love Bookstores. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

Lauren Groff was positively ebullient when she visited A Mighty Blaze to talk with fellow bestselling author and AMB cofounder Caroline Leavitt. The two writers talked about their mutual fascination with nuns (among other weird things) and of course about Lauren's latest blockbuster of a novel: MATRIX. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

Jennifer Weiner's books have been bestsellers for decades: GOOD IN BED. IN HER SHOES. THEN CAME YOU. And so, so many more! She stopped by A Mighty Blaze to chat with fellow NYT bestseller and AMB cofounder Jenna Blum about her two latest novels, BIG SUMMER and THAT SUMMER, and to delve into the complications we all face in this strange pandemic and social-media-driven life. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

We've all seen "The Flight Attendant" on Netflix: Now let's meet the man behind the book that the series was based on. Chris Bohjalian visits A Mighty Blaze to talk to fellow bestselling author and A Mighty Blaze cofounder Caroline Leavitt about that story and of course his latest runaway hit: THE HOUR OF THE WITCH. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

It's not every day we get to welcome a rock star to A Mighty Blaze! Frontman and author Mikel Jollett visited Authors Love Bookstores to talk with fellow author Joe Moldover about his love for music, writing, and his fave bookstore: Skylight Books in Los Angeles. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

In this world premiere and podcast-exclusive episode, we start Season 4 with a bang by welcoming Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout to A Mighty Blaze Podcast! Elizabeth talks with fellow NYT bestselling author Caroline Leavitt about a career that includes such notable books as OLIVE KITTERIDGE, OLIVE AGAIN, MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON, and her latest, OH WILLIAM! Hosted by Trisha Blanchet