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Bill welcomes debut novelist Joan Dempsey to the show. Joan has had her short fiction published in numerous journals and magazines, including The Criterion Review and Plentitude magazine, and is a writing instructor sought-after public speaker. She is also the author of This Is How It Begins, a novel that was described by Forward as "an extraordinarily pertinent novel dripping in suspense and powerful scenes of political discourse." Don't miss it!

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Bill welcomes author and publisher Jane Porter to the show. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jane Porter has written 50 novels since getting her first sale to Harlequin Presents in 2000. A six time RITA finalist, and RITA winner in July 2014 for Take Me, Cowboy, Jane is known for her passionate, powerful stories and relatable heroines. An advocate for writers, Jane founded Tule Publishing in 2013 to give romance and women’s fiction authors support and opportunities.

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Bill welcomes author Corinne Zupko to the show. Corrine is a counselor, coach, professor, mindfulness instructor, and the author of From Anxiety to Love: A Radical New Approach for Letting Go of Fear and Finding Lasting Peace. We'll discuss her journey from deep, debilitating anxiety to excitement, creativity, peace, and the role A Course in Miracles played in that transformation. Don't miss it!

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Bill welcomes author Kay Kenyon to the show. Kay is the author of over a dozen science fiction and fantasy novels. Her science fiction books include The Entire and The Rose quartet, Maximum Ice, and The Seeds of Time. Her fantasy novels are: At the Table of Wolves, Book 1 of the Dark Talent novels, A Thousand Perfect Things and Queen of the Deep. Her novels have been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Endeavour Award, the John W. Campbell Award and have been twice nominated for the American Library Association Reading List Awards. Her most recent novel is Book 2 of the Dark Talent series: Serpent in the Heather.

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Bill welcomes debut romance novelist Audrey Wick to the show. Audrey  is a full-time English professor at Blinn College in Texas. Her writing has appeared in college textbooks published by Cengage Learning and W. W. Norton as well as in The Houston Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, and various literary journals. Audrey believes the secret to happiness includes lifelong learning and good stories. But travel and coffee help. She has journeyed to over twenty countries—and sipped coffee at every one. Finding True North is her first novel.

Bill welcomes bestselling suspense author Robert Crais to the show. Robert Crais is the author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. He began his creative career writing for such hit TV shows as Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice. He decided to leave the lucrative world of television to pursue his dream of writing novels. Though it took some time, he hit paydirt with first published novel: The Monkey's Raincoat, which became a smash hit and went on to win the Anthony and Macavity Awards. He has since published over twenty novels and remains one of the most read and respected suspense writers working today!

Bill welcomes author Tom Miller to the show. Tom graduated from Harvard University and went on to earn an MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame and an MD from the University of Pittsburgh. While writing The Philosopher’s Flight, he worked as a travel guidebook writer, EMT, and college English instructor. He's now an emergency room doctor in Madison, Wisconsin. The Philisopher's Flight is his first novel.

Bill welcomes suspense author Philip Donlay back to the show. Philip's been a flight instructor, flown a private jet for a Saudi prince, and for twenty-eight years flew a corporate jet for a Fortune 500 company. Licensed to fly six different jets and having logged nearly 14,000 hours, his travels have taken him to over forty countries on five continents. No longer flying, Donlay now divides his time between Montana and the Pacific Northwest. He's the bestselling author of eight novels, Category Five, Code Black, Zero Separation, Deadly Echoes, Aftershock, Pegasus Down, Seconds to Midnight and his latest: Speed the Dawn. Good to have you back, Phil!

Bill welcomes bestselling suspense author Lisa Gardner to the show. Lisa, a #1 New York Times bestselling thriller novelist with over 22 million books in print, has been published in 30 countries. She’s also had four novels become TV movies (At the Midnight Hour; The Perfect Husband; The Survivors Club; Hide) and has made personal appearances on TruTV and CNN. Her books have received awards from across the globe. Her novel, The Neighbor, won Best Hardcover Novel from the International Thriller Writers, while also receiving the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle in France. Check it out!

Bill welcomes bestselling author Kristin Hannah to the show. Kristin is an award-winning author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbusters, The Nightingale, Winter Garden, Night Road, and Firefly Lane. Her novel, Firefly Lane, became a runaway bestseller in 2009, a touchstone novel that brought women together, and The Nightingale, in 2015 was voted a best book of the year by Amazon, Buzzfeed, iTunes, Library Journal, Paste, TheWall Street Journal and The Week.  Additionally, the novel won the coveted Goodreads and People’s Choice Awards. What a treat to have her on the show!