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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes author Abbi Waxman to the studio.

Abbi Waxman was born in England in 1970, the oldest child of two copywriters who never should have been together in the first place. Once her father ran off to buy cigarettes and never came back, her mother began a highly successful career writing crime fiction. She encouraged Abbi and her sister Emily to read anything and everything they could pull down from the shelves, and they did. Naturally lazy and disinclined to dress up, Abbi went into advertising. Eventually she quit advertising, had three kids and started writing books, TV shows and screenplays, largely in order to get a moment’s peace. Abbi lives in Los Angeles with her husband, three kids, three dogs, three cats, a gecko, two mice and six chickens. Every one of these additions made sense at the time, it’s only in retrospect that it seems foolhardy.

The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book. When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is? It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction.

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack is proud to welcome new writer Alexander Tilney to the studio.

Alexander Tilney is a graduate of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers and has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony. His writing has appeared in The Southwest Review, The Journal of the Office for Creative Research, and Gelf Magazine. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, theater artist Sarah Hughes.

St. James is an exclusive New England boarding school known for grooming generations of leaders. Ben Weeks is a true insider -- his ancestors helped found St. James, his older brother taught him all the slang, and he's just won a national championship in squash.But after fourteen long years of waiting, Ben arrives at school only to find that the reality of St. James doesn't quite match up with his imaginings. At the same time, his new roommate, Ahmed Al-Khaled, the son of a fabulously wealthy Emirati sheik, can't navigate the unspoken rules of New England blue bloods. Even as Ben and Ahmed struggle to prove themselves in the place they have revered for so long, each of them must face losing it forever.

The Expectations is at once a finely drawn portrait of American privilege and a subtle exploration of class, race, and tradition. Above all, it is a tender, sharp, and evocative debut about the pain and treachery of adolescence, and the difficulty -- wherever one finds oneself -- of truly belonging.

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Authors on the Air host and executive producer Pam Stack is proud to welcome the hosts from the network. Let us introduce you to these wonderful broadcast and podcast hosts.

Alistair Cross and Tamara Thorne, authors and host of Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights Live!

David Ivester, PR guru and host of Author Guide to Marketing

Eliot Parker, award-winning author and host of Now Appalachia!

Kevin Deutsch, award-winning journalist, publisher of Bronx Justice News, author of true crime and host of A Dark Turn.

Libby Hellmann, multiple award-winning author, TV host and host of Second Sunday Books.

Maddie Margarita, literary bon vivant, author and host of Character Floss.

Shannon Fisher, women's activist, National Press Club correspondent, writer and host of Our Lives.

Vanessa Fewings, USA today best-selling author and host of The Romance Show.

Kerry Schafer, best-selling author, creativity expert, funny lady and host of Creativity Quest.

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Carl Vonderau discusses his breakout thriller,MUDERABILIA!

Stuart Neville steps into the Interrogation Room to clear up a few things about his craft and writing. His debut novel, THE TWELVE (published in the USA as THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST), won the Mystery/Thriller category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was picked as one of the top crime novels of 2009 by both the New York Times and the LA Times. He has been shortlisted for various awards, including the Barry, Macavity, Dilys awards, as well as the Irish Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year. He has since published three critically acclaimed sequels, COLLUSION, STOLEN SOULS and THE FINAL SILENCE.

Stuart also writes standalone thrillers under the pen name HAYLEN BECK, and his next release, entitled LOST YOU, publishes on August 6.

For this episode, Stuart and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discussed elements of psychological thrillers, character development, time manipulation, and his love of crafting villains.

Haylen's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Haylen-Beck/e/B073CFBXV9

Stuart's site:

http://www.stuartneville.com/

Gavin's works:

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

Gavin's site:

https://gavinreese.com

Host Kerry Schafer discusses the healing power of art with poet Deborah Tobola, a three time pushcart prize nominee who has spent years teaching creative arts in men's prisons. Deborah is also the founder of The Poetic Justice Project, and has just released a beautiful memoir about her experiences called Humminbird in Underworld

K.L. Slater talks with Pamela Fagan Hutchins on Wine Women & Writing Radio about where she gets her twisty, creepy ideas for her psychological thrillers, her soft spot for dysfunctional families like the one in LIAR, and the mad rush of working under pressure. This is two authors chatting craft and practice at its finest.

For more information about K.L., visit http://klslaterauthor.com.

Follow Pamela Fagan Hutchins, Author and Wine Women & Writing Radio at http://pamelafaganhutchins.com for more great wines, great reads, and kick-ass female characters.

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Alistair Cross is the bestselling author of THE CRIMSON CORSET, THE ANGEL ALEJANDRO, and SLEEP SAVANNAH SLEEP. In 2014, he joined forces with international besteller, Tamara Thorne and, together as Thorne & Cross, they've written THE CLIFFHOUSE HAUNTING, MOTHER, DARLING GIRLS and continue to pen the successful Gothic series, THE RAVENCREST SAGA. Alistair's latest release, THE SILVER DAGGER, book two in THE VAMPIRES OF CRIMSON COVE series, is available now.

Visit Tamara and Alistair at their websites: tamarathorne.com and alistaircross.com

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Writers, particularly early in their careers, make mistakes. Often the same ones over and over. Here are a few pitfalls to avoid.

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Authors on the Air Pam Stack and executive producer of the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network would like to introduce you to the first half of our radio show and podcast hosts. Presenting Tessa and Riley of Romancing the Reader, Tina Susedik of Your Book Garden , an award-winning author, Skid Row Chatter host Tom Pitts, Crime Corner with award-winning author host Matt Coyle, The Cozy Corner's Alexia Gordon, also an award-winning author, Christie Stratos, author, editor and publisher who hosts Creative Edge Writer's Showcase, USA Today best-selling author Vanessa Fewings of The Romance Show, award-winning author and host Eliot Parker of Now Appalachia!, USA Today best-selling author and Silver Falchion winner Pamela Fagan Hutchins who hosts Wine, Women and Writing, thriller writer and creative Alex Dolan who hosts Thrill Seekers, Randy Powers of Practical Prepping Period, whose timely advise will help us all get through the heatwave and more, Dr. Natasha Bajema, advisor to the Pentagon and expert of the WMD, host of Authors of Mass Destruction, star of Writers on the Beat, author and ex LEO Gavin Reese, Masterclass host on crime fiction, Doug (DP) Lyle, of Criminal Mischief and William Myers, Jr, best-selling author of the Philadelphia series and host of Writing Wrongs.

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