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Skid Row Chatter with host Tom Pitts welcomes Max Allan Collins.  If you're unfamiliar with Max's name, chances are you're already familiar with his extensive body of work. Not only is he the man behind Road to Perdition series and dozens of other crime fiction works, he's covered it all. From novels to novelizations, he's written for TV (Dark Angel), comics (Batman, Captain America, and more), and even comic strips (Dick Tracy). He was the only man allowed by Mickey Spillane to step in to Spillane's shoes. In a time when most writers try to find their own patch of sun, Collins has truly found the talent and spirit to to it all. We'll talk about his latest in his award-winning Nathan Heller series Better Dead.  MAX ALLAN COLLINS was hailed in 2004 by Publisher's Weekly as “a new breed of writer.” A frequent Mystery Writers of America “Edgar” nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective (1983) and Stolen Away (1991), receiving the PWA life achievement award, the Eye, in 2007. http://www.maxallancollins.com/blog/ 

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Noir on the Radio presents this month's DAMES IN THE DARK  in a no-holds-barred Flash fiction throw down.  Overseeing this cage match is whipmaster Greg Barth.  Greg Barth is the author of Selena, Diesel Therapy, Suicide Lounge, and the forthcoming novel Road Carnage. Greg has a passion for rural noir and dark crime fiction. These days he is hard at work on his next piece of grit lit, Everglade, which will be the final volume of the Selena series.

HERE ARE YOUR DAMES IN THE DARK:     Vicki Hendricks -is the author of erotic crime novels Miami Purity, Iguana Love, Voluntary Madness, Sky Blues, and Cruel Poetry. Her short stories appear in The Mississippi Review to Susie Bright’s Best American Erotica 2000 and Otto Penzler’s Murder for Revenge.  Dharma Kelleher writes gritty tales about outlaws, renegades, and misfits. Her hobbies include riding motorcycles, picking locks, and getting inked. Her debut novel IRON GODDESS will be published by Alibi. Amanda Gowin  is co-fiction editor at 'Menacing Hedge' literary journal and does sporadic author interviews at her site 'Curiouser and Curiouser.' Her work has appeared in publications such as 'Warmed and Bound', 'Burnt Tongues', NAILED magazine, as well as 'Gutted: Beautiful Horror'.  S.L.Coney has an abiding interest in things that make people squirm. Publications include; Dead by Dawn in Noir at the Bar vol. 2 and Abandoned Places in the forthcoming St. Louis Noir. 

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes the amazingly creative and talented Raymond Benson to the show.  The author of 35+ published books, Raymond Benson is the author of the acclaimed “Black Stiletto” saga that began with THE BLACK STILETTO in 2011 and continued with THE BLACK STILETTO: BLACK & WHITE (2012), THE BLACK STILETTO: STARS & STRIPES (2013), THE BLACK STILETTO: SECRETS & LIES (2014), and THE BLACK STILETTO: ENDINGS & BEGINNINGS (also 2014). He is mostly known for being the third–and first American–writer to be commissioned by the James Bond literary copyright holders between 1996-2002 to take over writing the 007 novels. In total he penned and published worldwide six original 007 novels, three film novelizations, and three short stories. An anthology of his 007 work, THE UNION TRILOGY, was published in the fall of 2008, and a second anthology, CHOICE OF WEAPONS, appeared summer 2010. His book THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, an encyclopedic work on the 007 phenomenon, was first published in 1984 and was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award by Mystery Writers of America for Best Biographical/Critical Work.  http://raymondbenson.com

Raymond and Pam will be discussing creativity in parents and their children.

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Author Guide David Ivester to the studio.  Marketing and publicity are critical to success in the literary world.  David is Author Guide, a full service marketing and publicity business designed to educate and assist writers in their pursuit of success. He has extensive publicity and marketing experience both in and out of the literary world, but is most passionate about author advocacy.

David began his journey in the book industry in management for Barnes & Noble, then moved on to Borders. He spent five years as the Marketing and Publicity Manager for an independent publisher of mysteries, thrillers, and suspense, and has subsequently gained vast experience in the YA, literary fiction, non-fiction, and travel genres with Reputation Books.

Clients include Edgar Award winner, Susan Wolfe, best-selling and award-winning authors Philip Donlay, David Putnam, Matt Coyle, Lily Gardner, Shannon Kirk, and Joe Clifford, and many more.

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes best-selling and award-winning author Todd Robinson to the studio.  

TODD ROBINSON is the creator and Chief Editor of the multi-award winning crime fiction magazine THUGLIT. His writing has appeared in Blood & Tacos, Plots With Guns, Needle Magazine, Shotgun Honey, Strange, Weird, and Wonderful, Out of the Gutter, Pulp Pusher, Grift, Demolition Magazine, CrimeFactory, All Due Respect, and several anthologies. He has been nominated three times for the Derringer Award, thrice shortlisted for Best American Mystery Stories, selected for Writers Digest's Year's Best Writing 2003, lost the Anthony Award both in 2013 AND 2014, and won the inaugural Bullet Award in June 2011.

The first collection of his short stories, DIRTY WORDS and his debut novel THE HARD BOUNCE are now available and his upcoming novel, ROUGH TRADE will be released by Polis Books in 2016.

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Host Tabatha Pope welcomes Tina Gabrielle to THE LIBRARIAN on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Best-selling author Tina Gabrielle is an attorney and former mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. She often picked up a romance and let her fantasies of knights in shining armor and lords and ladies carry her away. After multi-publishing for the prestigious Rutgers Law Journal, she fulfilled her dream of writing fiction. Publisher’s Weekly calls her Regency Barrister’s series, “Well-matched lovers…witty comradely repartee.” Tina’s books have been Barnes & Noble top picks, and her first book, Lady Of Scandal, was nominated as best first historical by Romantic Times Book Reviews. Visit her website to learn more and enter her free monthly contests giving away books and prizes at www.tinagabrielle.com

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack celebrates Father's Day all month beginning with guests author Warren Moore and his writer daughter Emily.  

WARREN MOORE is the W.C. Carter Professor of English at Newberry College, in Newberry, SC, and the editor of Studies in Crime Writing, an open-access scholarly journal scheduled to debut in 2017. His novel BROKEN GLASS WALTZES was published in 2013, and his short fiction has appeared in several small and online magazines, as well as 2015’s DARK CITY LIGHTS (Lawrence Block, Ed., published by Three Rooms Press) and the anthology IN SUNLIGHT AND IN SHADOW (Lawrence Block, ed., out in December 2016 from Pegasus Press.) He lives in Newberry with his wife and daughter.

EMILY MOORE is a sophomore English major at Newberry College in Newberry, SC. Her short story “Bellringers” appeared in DARK CORNERS magazine in Winter 2014, and she has also published work in LACUNAE (Newberry College’s literary magazine) and THE ODYSSEY (an online newsmagazine). She lives in Newberry.

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Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes author Tod Goldberg to the studio.  Tod Goldberg is the author of several books of fiction, including the novels Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize, Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Fake Liar Cheat and the popular Burn Notice series, as well as two collections of short stories, Simplify and Other Resort Cities. His essays, nonfiction, and journalism have appeared widely, including, most recently, in Best American Essays 2013. His latest novel, The House of Secrets, was co-authored with Brad Meltzer and will be released in June 2016, to be followed by a sequel to Gangsterland in fall 2017. Tod Goldberg holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College and lives in Indio, CA where he directs the Low Residency MFA program in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @todgoldberg and on Facebook at facebook.com/todgodlberg.

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Host Tabatha Pope welcomes Lauren Layne to THE LIBRARIAN on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Lauren lives in New York City with her husband (who was her high school sweetheart--cute, right?!) and plus-sized Pomeranian. In 2011, she ditched her corporate career in Seattle to pursue a full-time writing career in Manhattan. She writes smart romantic comedies with just enough sexy-times to make your mother blush, and in her ideal world, every stiletto-wearing, Kate Spade wielding woman would carry a Kindle stocked with Lauren Layne books. Learn more about Lauren and her books at her website, and follow her on Amazon, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Host of "The Librarian", Tabatha Pope, can be found at The Librarian Talks and Facebook. This is a copyrighted and trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors On the Air Global Network LLC. on the web at authorsontheair.com.

Host Tabatha Pope welcomes Tawdra Kandle to THE LIBRARIAN on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Tawdra Kandle writes romance, in just about all its forms. She loves unlikely pairings, strong women, sexy guys, hot love scenes and just enough conflict to make it interesting. Her books include YA and New Adult paranormal romance, New Adult and adult contemporary romance and paramystery romance. She lives in central Florida with a husband, kids, sweet pup and too many cats. And yeah, she rocks purple hair. Find out more about Tawdra on her website, or follow her on Amazon, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.  To get updates on Tawdra, sign up for her newsletter.

Host of "The Librarian", Tabatha Pope, can be found at The Librarian Talks and Facebook. This is a copyrighted and trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors On the Air Global Network LLC. on the web at authorsontheair.com.