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New York Times best-selling author and Philadelphia attorney William Myers Jr, host of Writing Wrongs, welcomes Mark M. Bello. Bill's first book A Criminal Defense came out in 2017 and went on to become the Number 6 best-selling book on Amazon Kindle in 2017. His second book An Engineered Injustice came out in January 2018 and was based loosely off of an actual Amtrak train crash that took place in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia in 2015. These are the first two novels in the Philadelphia Legal Series. The third book in the series, A Killer’s Alibi, came out in January of 2019.He also volunteers his time and his staff to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project which helps to exonerate prisoners who have been wrongfully convicted based on solid scientific evidence.

Bill's guest today is author and attorney Mark M. Bello. Mark is an attorney and award-winning author of the Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. Mark received his B.A. English Literature from Oakland University and his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After working extremely high profile legal cases, Mark wanted to give the public a front row glimpse of what victims face when standing up for justice. Combining his legal experience and passion for justice with a creative writing style, Mark not only brings high-quality legal services to his clients, but captivating novels to his readers. When Mark’s not writing legal and political novels, he writes and posts about fairness and justice in the civil justice system on his website, Legal Examiner and Injury Board. He is currently working on his fourth is due out in 2019.

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Writing Wrongs podcast host best-selling author William L Myers Jr sits down with retired criminal defense attorney turned writer Ed Rucker to discuss his book JUSTICE MAKES A KILLING.

Abut Ed Rucker: Ed Rucker was one of our most prominent criminal defense lawyers. His Bobby Earl novels have been praised for their authenticity, as well as gripping suspense. During his career, he represented numerous high profile clients, including John Orr, the greatest serial arsonist in American history, a trial memorialized in Fire Lover, by Joseph Wambaugh; Laurianne Sconce, the matriarch of the Lamb Funeral Home, whose trial that was the subject of the book Ashes, by James Joseph; Eddie Nash, a prominent nightclub owner, who was portrayed in the film, Boogie Nights; and William Harris, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, who kidnapped Patty Hearst.

ABOUT JUSTICE MAKES A KILLING: When Bobby Earl meets the beautiful but vulnerable Kate Carlson, a prominent LA lawyer who awaits trial in a small town jail for a murder during a prison break, he thinks he knows what's at stake: negotiate a decent plea deal for a guilty client, pocket his fee and move on. But Kate insists she's been set-up. To find the truth, Bobby must risk his own life, career and everything he loves by dredging up the secrets of the billion-dollar private prison industry and the powerful California prison guards union, in a desperate battle against a powerful and expanding conspiracy.

ABOUT THE HOST: William Myers Jr. is the Amazon best-selling author of the Philadelphia Legal Series. This civil law practice is based in Philadelphia.

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Kira Jane Buxton whose new fantasy novel HOLLOW KINGDOM is the talk of reviewers and readers everywhere.

ABOUT KIRA JANE: Kira Jane Buxton's writing has appeared in The New York Times, NewYorker.com, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus,Huffington Post, and more. She calls the tropical utopia of Seattle home and spends her time with three cats, a dog, two crows, a charm of hummingbirds, and a husband.

ABOUT HOLLOW KINGDOM: One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author. S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (those idiots), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®.

Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. starts to feel like something isn't quite right. His most tried-and-true remedies--from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis--fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. S.T. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he discovers that the neighbors are devouring each other and the local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators roaming Seattle. Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a foul-mouthed crow whose knowledge of the world around him comes from his TV-watching education. Hollow Kingdom is a humorous, big-hearted, and boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse and the world that comes after, where even a cowardly crow can become a hero.

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes back popular gonzo and pulp writer Will Viharo.

FROM THRILLVILLE.NET: Thrillville is the virtual headquarters for the gonzo pulp fiction of Will "the Thrill" Viharo - freelance writer, film programmer, live music booker, tiki lounge lizard, and B movie impresario. For many years, Will "the Thrill" and his wife Monica "Tiki Goddess" Cortes hosted a live cult movie cabaret called "Thrillville," featuring classic drive-in/grindhouse cinema and live burlesque acts, which still influence his work. Please check out the links on the left for more info.

ABOUT VIC VALENTINE PRIVATE EYE: Lounge lizard. International man of misery. Space cadet. Dog walker. Lover. Loner. Fighter. Fool. Vic Valentine has been all of these things and more, and less—much less. These fourteen torrid tales of forbidden love, shameless lust, surrealistic horror, existential mystery, pointless mayhem, and just plain stupidity spanning Vic’s entire pathetic life collectively illuminate the darkest corners of the human condition, without revealing a single god damn truth, other than we’re all lonely globs of ephemeral flesh wandering aimlessly around a big ball of shit hanging by a thread in a vast, apathetic void. Welcome to the hypnotic, erotic, neurotic world of Vic Valentine, Private Eye.

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Critically acclaimed author Casey Barrett sits down across the Interrogation Room to clear up a few things about his writing and craft. Casey is a crime novelist, Canadian Olympian, and the co-founder and co-CEO of Imagine Swimming, New York City's largest learn-to-swim school. His work on NBC’s Olympic Games broadcasts has won three Emmy awards and one Peabody award, and he’s the author of a popular swimming blog, Cap & Goggles, and regularly contributed to the Village Voice. You can also find his work in GQ, Rolling Stone, and Swimming World magazines.

Most relevant to this audience, Casey writes the Shamus-nominated Duck Darley series, which is set in present-day Manhattan and features protagonist Lawrence Darley, Jr, a fallen rich kid and convicted felon turned unlicensed private investigator, who’s the son of a Madoff-esque fraudster father. Darley is described as complicated, conflicted, and less than sober. The latest release in that series is entitled The Tower of Songs, and just released three days ago on August 27th.

In this episode, Casey and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discuss hardboiled noir fiction; emulating your heroes; mental health and swimming; and who would get to investigate his murder.

Casey's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Casey-Barrett/e/B07SX5VSSP

Casey's site:

https://caseybarrettbooks.com

Gavin's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS/

Gavin's site:

https://www.gavinreese.com

Forensic handwriting examiner and multi-published author Sheila Lowe steps into the Interrogation Room to clear up a few things about her OWN writing and craft. She’s been a recognized expert and nonfiction author in her field for more than four decades, and her Handwriting Analyzer software has been in use around the world since the 1990s. Sheila also instructs forensic analysis courses at UC-Riverside and UC-Santa Barbara, regularly lectures on the topic in the US, UK, and Canada, and is the current president of the nonprofit American Handwriting Analysis Foundation.

Sheila also writes the award-winning Forensic Handwriting Mystery fiction series, which features the fictional character Claudia Rose. She describes the series as "medium-boiled," warns that they are “definitely not cozies,” and Sheila personally thinks of her fictional novels as psychological suspense.

In this episode, Sheila and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discuss the craft of writing psychological thrillers and suspense; advice for adding forensic analysts in fiction; Parents of Murdered Children; and researching crime fighters.

Sheila's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Sheila-Lowe/e/B001ITYGXE

Sheila's site:

https://www.claudiaroseseries.com

Gavin's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS

Gavin's site:

https://gavinreese.com

SUPPORT FOR THIS EPISODE WAS PROVIDED BY DAVID IVESTER:

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Novelist Chris Formant is a student of history, a tech CEO, and a former top executive of a multi-billion-dollar global business. His debut novel, BRIGHT MIDNIGHT, received lavish praise and has been dubbed the “Da Vinci Code for rock and roll fans.” In that thriller, Formant created a unique mystery in which he re-imagined the deaths of rock icons as murders.

Although Chris proclaims himself an unlikely author of historical fiction, the heroic story of Maryland’s Forgotten 400 drove him to assemble an expert team to assist with the painstaking research required to write his highly anticipated second book, entitled SAVING WASHINGTON.

In this episode, Chris and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discuss crafting historical characters, finding unique perspectives for storytelling, and how 400 men from Maryland saved the American Revolution only six weeks after the Declaration of Independence.

Chris' works:

https://www.amazon.com/Chris-Formant/e/B01G24O1KM/

Gavin's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS

Gavin's site:

https://gavinreese.com

Patrick Crerand entertains fabulous and fantastic possibilities in his short stories, the answers to questions like: "What if an airline pilot decided the sky is not the limit? What if a teenager sent his car to school in his place? What if the drawings on the Pepperidge Farm box were alive?" Join us for a conversation about giving yourself permission to explore ideas and for dancing with the inner critic.

Award-winning music journalist and acclaimed author William Shaw steps into the Interrogation Room to clear up a few things about his craft and writing. He's written for such industry luminaries as ZigZag, The Observer, The NYT, Wired, Arena, and The Face, and is an Amazon UK Music Journalist of the Year. William's written nonfiction about a year he spent in South Central Los Angeles, and his fiction novels have been nominated for a Barry Award, a Golden Bullet, and a CWA Historical Dagger. Set in late sixties' London, his detective series features DS Breen and Constable Tozer up against the cultural and political revolution of those times. The latest series installment is PLAY WITH FIRE, which released on August 13th.

For this episode, William and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discuss researching and writing historical fiction, the narcissism of conspiracy theories, the press vs the police, crafting timepiece characters, and why he loves Ann Cleeves' cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris "Piet" Van der Valk.

William's site:

https://www.williamshaw.com

Gavin's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS/

Gavin's site:

https://gavinreese.com

Tina welcomes Cover Model & Actor Michael Foster to Your Book Garden.

Michael Wayne Foster is an American actor and producer. Born in Monroe, Michigan to Rowland Foster (Educator) and Emilie Foster (R.N.). After graduating from Mount Union College, Michael became a high school English teacher for 9 years. This is where Michael sharpened his improv skills, which were called upon in 2005 when he first appeared on national television. "A chance to get out and work in New York learning of the opportunities the entertainment industry provides was overwhelming. It (Hollywood) had my attention and I wanted to see what possibilities I could explore." With a M.A. in education and a B.A. in English, Michael set his sights on a newfound passion: Show Business. In less than a year he resigned from education and moved to Los Angeles. "Teaching was an incredible journey and I am so lucky to have been a part of so many great kid's lives. However; every journey has to end when another begins," he reflected.

Tina Susedik is an award-winning, Amazon best-selling, multi-published author with books in both fiction and non-fiction, including history, children’s, military books and romances. Her favorite is writing romance stories where her characters live happily ever after. Tina also writes spicier romance as Anita Kidesu. Her romantic suspense, “Love With a Side of Crazy,” was recently named for Book of the Year in Romance with Authors on the Air Global Radio network.

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