Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

Author and writing instructor David Corbett on Character Floss with writer and host of Lit Up!OC Maddie Margarita.

David Corbett, is the EDGAR, ANTHONY, and MACCAVITY nominated author of 6 novels including his most recent THE LONG LOST LOVE LETTERS OF DOC HOLLIDAY – as well as several short stories and THE COMPASS OF CHARACTER—creating memorable characters for fiction, film, and TV – which makes him the ideal guest for our inaugural podcast! More about David can be found on DavidCorbett.com Twitter @DavidCorbett_CA

Host Maddie Margarita writes humorous suspense and hosts Lit Up! OC --a monthly writer’s salon in Orange County, CA, and CHARACTER FLOSS, a podcast for readers and writers on Authors On The Air Global Network.

When not writing, talking into a mic, she is busy marketing SANDBLASTED – a humorous thriller about grief, bad decisions and getting unstuck - Maddie serves on the Boards of Sisters-in-Crime OC, and the Southern California Writers Association. Her short stories can be found in IT’S ALL IN THE STORY - CALIFORNIA, an anthology of short fiction. Twitte @maddiemargarita

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Dr. Natasha Bajema interviews Dr. Saskia Popescu about bioweapons, outbreaks, public health preparedness, and antimicrobial resistance. Dr. Popescu holds a doctorate in biodefense from George Mason University and is an infection prevention epidemiologist. Her research focuses on infection prevention as a health security measure and works to explain the poor utilization of infection prevention and control within the United States through political economy. She has a master’s in public health in infectious disease epidemiology, a Master of Arts in international security studies, and is certified in infection control.

Kim Savage is the author of three critically acclaimed novels: After the Woods, Beautiful Broken Girls (named by Kirkus as one of the 10 Best YA of 2017), and In Her Skin (YALSA Best YA 2019), all with Farrar, Straus, Giroux/Macmillan. Her novels have been published in Spain, Brazil, and Turkey, and have been optioned for TV. A former reporter with a Master's degree in Journalism from Northeastern University, Kim's stories are based in and around Boston. She lives with her family near Boston.

Alex Dolan is the author of The Euthanist and The Empress of Tempera. He is also the host of the "Thrill Seekers" show on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. He was an executive committee member of the San Francisco Bay Area's Litquake festival, and is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. He holds an MS in strategic communications from Columbia University.

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Elizabeth Massie, a ninth generation Virginian, is the author of many horror novels and collections, and more than 100 short stories. She has won the Bram Stoker Award twice and the Scribe Award for her novelization of the third season of Showtime’s original television show, The Tudors. She also writes historical fiction, mainstream fiction, poetry, educational materials, and just about anything else that pays. In her spare time she draws zombies and hippies (and sometimes hippie zombies), knits very long scarves, geocaches, and reads books in all genres.

Stephen Mark Rainey is author of the novels Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark (with Elizabeth Massie), Balak, The Lebo Coven, The Nightmare Frontier, Blue Devil Island, The Monarchs, Young Blood (with Mat & Myron Smith), West Virginia: Lair of the Mothman and Michigan: The Dragon of Lake Superior; five short story collections; and over 100 published works of short fiction.

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Writing Wrongs podcacst host and author William Myers welcomes award-winning author and television investigative journalist Hank Phillip Ryan.

ABOUT HANK: Hank Phillippi Ryan is the on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV. She's won 36 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors. The nationally bestselling author of 11 mysteries, Ryan's also an award-winner in her second profession—with five Agathas, three Anthonys, two Macavitys, the Daphne, and for THE OTHER WOMAN the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. Critics call her "a master of suspense" and "a superb and gifted storyteller" and she is the only author to have won the Agatha in four different categories: Best First, Best Novel, Best Short Story and Best Non-Fiction. Her novels have been named Library Journal's Best of 2014, 2015 and 2016. Her highly-acclaimed first standalone psychological suspense, TRUST ME is an Agatha Nominee and was also named a Best Thriller by New York Post, BOOK BUB, Real Simple Magazine, CrimeReads and Criminal Element. Hank's newest book is THE MURDER LIST.

ABOUT THE MURDER LIST: Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart, she's a hard worker, she does the right thing, she's successfully married to a faithful and devoted husband, a lion of Boston's defense bar, and her internship with the Boston DA's office is her ticket to a successful future. Problem is--she's wrong. And in this cat and mouse game--the battle for justice becomes a battle for survival.

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Authors on the Air host welcomes literary agent, editor and author Elizabeth (Liz) Kracht to the studio.

ABOUT LIZ: "I completed two concurrent internships. The first was with Hunter House Publishers—now an imprint of Turner Publishing—specializing in the areas of self-help, health, sexuality and relationships, personal growth, and more. The second internship was with literary agency Kimberley Cameron & Associates (KC&A). Internships complete, I was offered positions by both companies though KC&A was a better, long-term fit for me.

In addition to my work as a literary agent with KC&A, I have worked as a freelance developmental editor for She Writes Press—and through other mediums—where some of the projects I've worked on have won awards or have placed in book award contests. I have participated in countless writers conferences, both domestic and international, and I was a founding member of the Kauai Writers Conference and Reputation Books."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S CHECKLIST: An Indispensable Guide for All Writers in All Genres The bad news: even really good manuscripts have weak spots that are enough to garner rejections from agents and publishers. The good news: most of these problems are easy to fix — once the writer sees and understands them. After several years of evaluating manuscripts, literary agent Elizabeth Kracht noticed that many submissions had similar problems, so she began to make a list of the pitfalls. The Author’s Checklist offers her short, easy-to-implement bites of advice, illustrated by inspiring — and cautionary — real-world examples. Most aspiring authors yearn for a friend in book publishing. The Author’s Checklist is just that.

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Authors on the Air Host Pam Stack welcomes Susan Kelsey to the studio.

ABOUT SUSAN: Susan L. Kelsey lives in Lake Forest, Illinois and was inspired by her mother and grandmother (both pilots) to enjoy history and adventure. By telling the story about family history and stories about the community we live in, we can begin to understand the place we call home.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Billy Caldwell was a Métis born March 17, 1780, outside of Fort Niagara, New York (then Canada), to Rising Sun, Mohawk Nation, and William Caldwell, an Irish Captain in the British army. He was an influential leader during the dawn of America and one whose story transcends history as a man fighting for his family, a way of life, and ultimately, a home for his tribe. Caldwell found himself at the crossroads of a new America, caught between two worlds--a quickly descending minority world of Native Americans and the growing white settlers. He navigated the changing landscape by creating commerce in the Great Lakes region, following opportunities across the country and building a community for his family and friends. Situated in a unique position in 1833, Caldwell was named chief for the three Chicago tribes--Ottawa, Ojibwa, and the Potawatomi--and negotiated one of the largest land trades in American history. This treaty represented over five-million acres, allowing white settlers to occupy the Midwest and Lake Michigan area. The result was removal of thousands of Native Americans to "Indian Territory" west of the Missouri River. Since the early nineteenth century, Native Americans have worked to rebuild community, families, commerce, and equality in America.

Support provided by O'Connor Communications with our thanks.

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes New York Times best-selling author Brian Freeman to the studio.

ABOUT BRIAN: Brian Freeman is a New York Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series. His books have been sold in 46 countries and 22 languages. He is widely acclaimed for his “you are there” settings and his complex, engaging characters and twist-filled plots. Brian’s novel SPILLED BLOOD won the award for Best Hardcover Novel in the annual Thriller Awards given out by the International Thriller Writers organization, and his fifth novel THE BURYING PLACE was a finalist for the same award. He has been selected as the author to continue Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne series, with a new Bourne novel due in 2020.

ABOUT THIEF RIVER FALLS: Lisa Power is a tortured ghost of her former self. The author of a bestselling thriller called Thief River Falls, named after her rural Minnesota hometown, Lisa is secluded in her remote house as she struggles with the loss of her entire family: a series of tragedies she calls the “Dark Star.”

Then a nameless runaway boy shows up at her door with a terrifying story: he’s just escaped death after witnessing a brutal murder—a crime the police want to cover up. Obsessed with the boy’s safety, Lisa resolves to expose this crime, but powerful men in Thief River Falls are desperate to get the boy back, and now they want her too.

Lisa and her young visitor have nowhere to go as the trap closes around them. Still under the strange, unforgiving threat of the Dark Star, Lisa must find a way to save them both, or they’ll become the victims of another shocking tragedy she can’t foresee.

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Darcie Wilde joins me in the Cozy Corner to discuss her new Regency-era mystery, And Dangerous to Know. We chat about useful women, inconvenient places to find dead bodies, and Jane Austen's snarkiness.

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Darcie Wilde joins me in the Cozy Corner to discuss her new Regency-era mystery, And Dangerous to Know. We chat about useful women, inconvenient places to find dead bodies, and Jane Austen's snarkiness.

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