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Episode 46: “Nobody Gets Out Alive” with Leigh Newman

Leigh Newman grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and Baltimore, Maryland, traveling between the homes of her two parents. Her childhood and remote wilderness experiences were the basis of her award-winning memoir Still Points North. She received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1993 and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2006. Her newest collection Nobody Gets Out Alive is about women navigating the male-dominated wilds of Alaska. It was released by Scribner in April 2022 and includes stories that have appeared in the Paris Review, Harper’s, Best American Short Stories 2020, Tin House, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern and Electric Literature. Her story “Howl Palace” was awarded both a Pushcart prize and an American Society of Magazine Editors’ fiction prize. In 2020, she received the Paris Review’s Terry Southern Prize for “humor, wit, and sprezzatura.”

Find out more about and follow Leigh here: @leighnew Insta: @leighnewmanlives Facebook Leigh newman Website: Leigh-Newman.com

The Storytellers hosted by Grace Sammon, focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling. Applying her years of experience as an educator, entrepreneur, author, and storyteller herself, Grace brings to listeners an intimate one-on-one experience with her guests.

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On today’s episode, Jeff interviews Pamela Fagan Hutchins, a USA Today bestselling author of mystery, thriller, and suspense. Pamela lives in an off-the-grid cabin on the face of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains with her husband, rescue pets, and draft cross horses. Her most recent release is Sitting Duck, the latest installment of her popular Patrick Flint series.

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On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Christopher Kelder about his latest book "The Secret of Cobb Creek A Depression Era Story of E. Kentucky." Christopher lives in Lexington, Kentucky and is also an award winning filmmaker. He is also the author of several children's books. This book is his latest work.

Kathy L. Murphy is an artist, author, and creative business woman. She is the CEO & Founder of “The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation.” This is the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world! “Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys” was started on January 18, 2000 and is celebrating nearly 21 years of bringing readers and authors together in conversation. With almost daily activities, interviews, and bookish-wisdom on FaceBook, Kathy’s organization also hosts an annual convention held always over the Martin Luther King Week in January called “The International Book Club Convention.” In addition, she, along with Mandy Hayes, publishes the monthly “Reading Nation” magazine. This is a new publication and, at last check, had nearly 32,000 readers!

Kathy’s first book was "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life." For the book’s 20th Anniversary, she debuted her second book, "The Pulpwood Queen Celebrates 20 Years" edited by Susan Cushman and published by Brother Mockingbird. Kathy is currently working on the sequel to her first book's memoir to be called "The Pulpwood Queen Goes Back to School". Kathy is a tiara wearing, dedicated and prolific artist, supporter of authors, storyteller, and creative spirit. She readily shares that books both saved and shaped her life. Kathy joins us today from her cabin in the Texas woods called “Murphy’s Law.”

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Sharon Dukett is an award-winning author who has been a computer programmer, project manager, and deputy director in state government. In her memoir, No Rules, Sharon writes about her journey of awakening to feminism and discovering her own strength after running away from home to join the hippies in 1971. Sharon lives in central Connecticut with her husband, within driving distance of her three children and four grandchildren. She is currently seeking representation for a thriller about when climate, corruption, and betrayal converge as one woman struggles to find and rescue her husband who has disappeared after being arrested while protesting. Find out more about Sharon here: https://sharondukett.com/

The Storytellers hosted by Grace Sammon, focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling. Applying her years of experience as an educator, entrepreneur, author, and storyteller herself, Grace brings to listeners an intimate one-on-one experience with her guests.

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International Best Selling Author Greg Hurwitz and Award Winning Narrator, Scott Brick, join Terry to talk about DARK HORSE the latest in the ORPHAN X series.

Siblings Boyd and Beth Morrison discuss their collaboration on THE LAWLESS LAND an engaging thriller from a time when knights and kings were creating the legends we still celebrate today.

Alafair Burke talks about her beginnings in Wichita, the back story on her latest release FIND ME and the magic of collaboration with the late Mary Higgins Clark.

Caitlin Hamilton Summie discusses her novel, "Geographies of the Heart" and i's circuitous path to publication.

Best-selling author Tori Eldridge returns to AOTA to talk with Terry about DANCE AMONG THE FLAMES, an epic tale of paranormal passion set in Brazil.