In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Tess Scott. Tess is the author of Listen, Sister! Finding Hope in the Freakshow of Life.

You can learn more about Tess at https://tessscott.com/, and you can buy Tess's book on Amazon.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Brian Livingston, an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, former lawyer, and author of The Habits of Squirrels, a fiction book based on his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail.

You can learn more about Brian and The Habits of Squirrels at https://www.brianlivingstonbooks.com/.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp provides an update regarding a pickup truck crash that he and his mother were involved in on September 21, 2022. Fortunately, neither Aaron nor his mother were seriously injured in the crash, although the crash was caused by his mother passing out behind the wheel.

You can learn more about the crash in a blog post that Aaron wrote here, and you can donate to Aaron's GoFundMe page to help with expenses that have been or will be incurred as a result of the crash here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Juliet Rose.

Juliet is the author of four books, Do Over, We Don’t Matter, Prick of the Needle, and Through the Surface, with a fifth book, Trigger Point, scheduled to be released September 20, 2022. Additionally, Juliet was one of many contributing authors to the horror anthology Summer Slasher Horror Anthology: Vol. 1.

You can learn more about Juliet at her author website here, and you can find an Amazon listing of her books here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Dennis Galloway, the best-selling author of The Pen series of fantasy novels. In addition to The Pen series, Dennis has written the historical fiction book Rebel Justice, the children's book The Green King, and the nonfiction book Ask Questions to Get What You Want.

An Amazon listing of Dennis's works can be found here, more information about The Pen series can be found here, and Dennis's biography can be found here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews J.V. Hilliard. J.V. is the author of The Warminster Series of fantasy books.

The host received signed paperback copies of the first two books in The Warminster Series after J.V. appeared on this podcast.

J.V.'s website can be found at https://jvhilliard.com/. The first book in The Warminster Series, The Last Keeper, can be purchased on Amazon here; the second book in the series, Vorodin's Lair, can be purchased on Amazon here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Barbara Mojica, the author of the Little Miss History series of children's nonfiction books.

You can learn more about the Little Miss History series at https://www.littlemisshistory.com.

In the fifth season premiere of The Heartland Author Podcast, host Aaron Apollo Camp explains why he still uses a 2002 edition copy of The New York Times Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words as an author despite the prevalence of grammar and spelling checking features in modern computer word processing programs.

This episode also includes a correction/update to a statement Aaron made during a episode in the previous season.

For the Season 4 finale of this podcast, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Sarah Humpherys. Sarah, a 2022 graduate of Lehi High School in Utah, signed a book publishing deal as a 16-year-old teenager and is the author of the young adult fantasy book Stone Cold.

You can view Sarah's author website here, purchase Stone Cold here, and watch an interview of Sarah by Salt Lake City, Utah NBC affiliate KSL-TV here.

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The interview was recorded on May 25, 2022. During the episode, the host erroneously referred to the current season of the podcast as the fifth season and the upcoming season as the sixth season; in reality, the current season is the fourth season, and the upcoming season is the fifth season.

Season 5 of The Heartland Author Podcast premieres in September 2022!

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Raegan Pietrucha, a poet, a professional writer, the author of the poetry chapbook An Animal I Can't Name, and the upcoming poetry collection Head of a Gorgon.

The interview was recorded on Mother's Day, and references to Mother's Day during the interview reference the date the interview was recorded.

You can view Raegan's website here, pre-order Head of a Gorgon from Vegetarian Alcoholic Press here, and find An Animal I Can't Name from Two Cups of Press here.