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Guest Host Terri Lynn Coop welcomes Simone Kelly to Authors on the Air.

Novelist Simone Kelly has managed to bring love, dating, mystery, the supernatural and all of her other passions into the all-encompassing realm of storytelling. This includes business since Kelly used to write books and draw its illustrations as far back as the third grade, when her mother made copies for her to sell in school.

The New Yorker’s playful sense of humor and love of adventure developed through the years to serve her well in international travels to locations like Peru, enlightening experiences as a certified Reiki-Master and in the demanding pace of being a media personality. Kelly enjoyed stints as a producer, manager, and director with record-breaking startups during the dotcom explosion like theglobe.com, volume.com (HBO), and uproar.com.

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Host Terri Lynn Coop serves up author Ed Kurtz on The Blue Plate Special. 

Ed Kurtz is the author of THE RIB FROM WHICH I REMAKE THE WORLD, NAUSEA, ANGEL OF THE ABYSS, THE FORTY-TWO, and A WIND OF KNIVES, as well as numerous short stories. His work has appeared in Needle: A Magazine of Noir, BEAT to a PULP, Shotgun Honey, Thuglit, and several anthologies, including The Best American Mystery Stories 2014. Ed used to reside in Minnesota but is a damn Yankee now.

Visit Ed Kurtz online at edkurtzbooks.com.

Terri Lynn Coop is a recovering lawyer who writes books. Check out her legal thriller, Devil's Deal, and her entry in the new anthology of crime fiction based on the music of Johnny Cash. 

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Host Terri Lynn Coop serves up romance author Kimberly Nee on The Blue Plate Special. 

"Rafe Sebastiano never expected to find Katie at Marchand Hall. Seeing her opens old wounds and reminds him that letting her go was the greatest mistake of his life. One way or another, he’s determined to win back her trust and love." When I'm With You - Book 3 of the Sebastiano Series

Kimberly Nee fell in love with historical romance when she was sixteen, and blames it on Kathleen Woodiwiss since it was The Flame and the Flower that got her hooked. A native of New Jersey, Kim lives there with her husband, their two children, and their dumb but lovable boxer/lab mix, Roxy. When she’s not writing, she’s a gym rat who weight trains, does cardio grudgingly, and like a true Jersey girl is obsessed with Bruce Springsteen, the New York Giants, the New York Rangers, and the New York Yankees.

Host Terri Lynn Coop is the author of the action-packed romantic suspense Devil's Deal and the historical romance Burning Kansas. 

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Duane Swierczynski to the studio.  Duane Swierczynski is the author of several crime thrillers, including the Edgar-nominated and Anthony Award-winning Expiration Date, as well the Charlie Hardie series (Fun & Games, Hell & Gone, Point & Shoot), which has been nominated for Anthony, Shamus, Macavity and Barry awards and optioned for TV. He currently writes Birds of Prey for DC Comics, Godzilla and the forthcoming Judge Dredd for IDW Comics, Bloodshot for Valiant Comics, and has written about the Punisher, Cable, the Immortal Iron Fist, Werewolf By Night, Black Widow and Deadpool for Marvel Comics. Duane has also collaborated with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker on a series of bestselling “digi-novel” thrillers which include Level 26: Dark Origins, Dark Prophecy and Dark Revelations. In a previous life, he worked as an editor and writer for Details, Men’s Health and Philadelphia magazines, and was the editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper. 

Support for this broadcast has been provided by Down and Out Books, celebrating 6 years of award-winning crime fiction. Find out more at www.downandoutbooks.com

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Host Pam Stack is also the executive producer of the network and a voracious reader across genres.  She is an internationally awarded advocate for women and a motivational speaker. http://authorsontheair.com

Host Terri Lynn Coop serves up Foinah Jameson, author of Mostly Dead Melvin, on The Blue Plate Special. 

Life dies and then you suck . . . .

I’ve seldom met a character who needed a hug and a beer and a life coach—in that order—as much as Melvin. Even Melvin’s death needs a do-over. Poor Melvin thought he was going to get lucky with the hot chick from the bar. Instead, she chomped his neck and turned him into a vampire… mostly. Now Melvin’s stuck with blue skin, no fangs, and a miasma of rot. And then things get worse. -- Alice Loweecey, author  of the Guilia Driscoll Mysteries

Foinah Jameson lives in Portland, Oregon, the delightfully weird center of the Pacific Northwest, and spends her days with a fabulous husband, two Norse gods disguised as her daughters, and a menagerie of used animals.

In a previous life, Foinah was a musician, a publican, a fortune teller, a chef, a burgeoning astrophysicist, and an artist rep.

"Writing is so much cheaper than therapy! And you can drink while you do it."

Support for this broadcast comes from Down & Out Books, celebrating six years of award winning crime fiction. Check them out at www.downandoutbooks.com. 

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Host Terri Lynn Coop is serving up thriller writer Shane Gericke on The Blue Plate Special. 

"If a grief-blinded cop can't find the man who murdered her husband, millions of people will die in a doomsday attack on the United States." The Fury

"Tension and turmoil add up to high-stakes suspense as the characters are skillfully played across a global chessboard. Written like a born bard of old, you won't be disappointed. But be warned, treachery comes from all directions, even those that cannot be seen." ---Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Patriot Threat

Bestselling novelist Shane Gericke is the author of Torn Apart, which was short-listed for the prestigious Thriller Award and named a Book of the Year by Suspense magazine. Shane spent twenty-five years as a newspaper editor, most prominently at the Chicago Sun-Times, before jumping into fiction. He lives in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Visit him at shanegericke.com.

Support for this broadcast is made possible by Down & Out Books, celebrating six years of award-winning crime fiction. Check them out at www.downandoutbooks.com. 

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Host Terri Lynn Coop serves up Anthony Nominated Author, Eric Beetner, on The Blue Plate Special. 

“Buckle up... Rumrunners is a fast and furious read.” —Samuel W. Gailey, author of Deep Winter 

“Beetner populates Leadfoot with characters as rich and lively as any Elmore Leonard novel, and when Beetner punches the gas, you can almost see the McGraw’s middle fingers flying as they invite us all along for the ride.” —Brian Panowich, author of Bull Mountain 

Eric Beetner has been described as "the James Brown of noir - the hardest working man in crime fiction" (Crime Fiction Lover) and "The 21st Century's answer to Jim Thompson" (LitReactor) 

Along with the McGraw family crime novels, Rumrunners and the Anthony-nominated Leadfoot, Beetner has written several novels, novellas, and short stories. He was a 2017 International Thriller Award nominee and two-time 2017 Anthony Award nominee for best paperback original and best anthology for Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns which he edited and created. 

Eric also co-hosts the podcast Writer Types along with writer SW Lauden and he hosts the popular Noir at the Bar reading series in Los Angeles for six years and counting. When not writing he lives and works in Los Angeles where he edits and produces TV shows, helping to be both a part of the solution and a part of the problem of people not reading as much as they used to. 

Support for this broadcast comes from Down & Out Books, celebrating 6 years of award winning crime fiction. Check them out at www.downandoutbooks.com.

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Host Terri Lynn Coop serves up legendary author Jonathan Maberry on The Blue Plate Special.

"24-with-Zombies. The plot is simple but completely gripping. The pace breakneck. One of the most exciting thrillers we've read in years and arguably the greatest zombie novel." -- Sam Ashurst SFX about Joe Ledger in PATIENT ZERO

"A page-turning thriller from a master storyteller that all readers can enjoy. A must-read for both die-hard fans and those who have never heard of Dana Scully." ?Melissa de la Cruz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Isle of the Lost and Witches of East End series on THE X-FILES ORIGINS: DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.

It's impossible to write a full bio on such an amazing career, but here are the basics: 

JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times best-selling and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, anthology editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator and writing teacher/lecturer. He was named one of the Today’s Top Ten Horror Writers. His books have been sold to more than two-dozen countries.

Support for this broadcast is provided by Down & Out Books, celebrating 6 years of award winning crime fiction. Check them out at wwwldownandoutbooks.com

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Host Terri Lynn Coop serves up Loretta Ross on The Blue Plate Special.

Death and the Red-Headed Woman:

“Ross’ thoroughly entertaining debut combines smart details about the auction business with two engaging mysteries and a uniformly appealing cast. Fans of small-town cozies, especially those by Denise Swanson, will love this, as will mystery readers who double as thrift-store aficionados and followers of auction reality shows."—Booklist (starred review)

Death and the Gravedigger's Angel:

"Well-drawn characters, multiple plot lines, surprising plot twists."—Booklist

Missouri native Loretta Ross puts her degree in art history and archaeology from the University of Missouri to good use as she writes her sharp-edged cozies set in the world of high-stakes auctions and unfortunate and inconvenient deaths. 

Support for this broadcast is made possible by Down & Out Books, celebrating 6 years of award-winning crime fiction. Check them out at www.downandoutbooks.com.

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Host Terri Lynn Coop serves up Angel Luis Colón on The Blue Plate Special.

"Angel Colon is a sick, sick, man, and I say that as a compliment. I thought I knew what I was getting into when I found out this involved a heist set in a sperm bank, but nope, I wasn't even close." - Amazon Reviewer

Angel Luis Colón is the Anthony and Derringer Award-nominated author of NO HAPPY ENDINGS, the BLACKY JAGUAR series of novellas, and the upcoming short story anthology; MEAT CITY ON FIRE (AND OTHER ASSORTED DEBACLES). His fiction has appeared in multiple web and print publications including Thuglit, Literary Orphans, and Great Jones Street.

Support for this broadcast is made possible by Down & Out Books, celebrating 6 years of award-winning crime fiction. Check them out at www.downandout.com.

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