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On this episode of Milford House Mysteries, we switch up our usual format with one of our hosts becoming a guest. Co-host Joan West will be interviewing co-host Sherry Knowlton about her new release Dead of Winter. Knowlton's newest book in her Alexa Williams suspense series released on February 19, 2019. A lighthearted trip to test a new drone turns deadly for attorney Alexa Williams and two close friends when they find a stranger’s bullet-riddled body in a remote field in rural Pennsylvania. Next to the dead man is a note that declares: Allahu Akbar.When a second man is executed near Harpers Ferry, Alexa’s old flame, Reese, becomes a suspect, leading her to question just how much he changed while working in Africa. Fear of Islamic terrorism spreads like wildfire through Alexa’s small town after a third murder. When police arrest the oldest son of her Syrian refugee clients, the family becomes the focus of mounting anti-Muslim rage, and a dangerous militia group turns its sights on Alexa.One dark night in the dead of winter, Alexa discovers the shocking truth and must race to stop an attack that could kill everyone she loves.Milford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, Dead of Spring and Dead of Winter. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall

In this episode of the Hellbender Radio Show, Host Kyle Alexander Romines (the author of The Keeper of the Crows) interviews author Michael Hawley, the author of several books on Jack the Ripper.From Michael's bio: Michael Hawley has published over a dozen research articles in journals dedicated to the Whitechapel Murders/Jack the Ripper mystery, namely Ripperologist, Whitechapel Society Journal, Casebook Examiner, and The Dagger, and published online articles for numerous websites. He was awarded Article of the Year for 2016 for the number one Jack the Ripper website. Hawley is the author of The Ripper's Haunts (Nonfiction, 2016) with the top book reviewer and author, Paul Begg, stating that "Hawley's Magnum Opus" is "head and shoulders above the new Ripper offerings in 2016," and "for that matter, 2015."  He is also the author of The Watchmaker Revelations, a mystery/thriller fiction trilogy with the first, The Ripper's Hellbroth being published in 2017. Jack's Lantern and Curse of the Bayou Beast are slated to be published soon after. He is also the author of Searching for Truth with a Broken Flashlight (Nonfiction, 2010), which was awarded June 2011 Book of the Month for the mega-website, ReligiousTolerance.org. Hawley holds a Master's degree in science (invertebrate paleontology) and secondary science education at State University of New York, College of Buffalo, and a Bachelor's degree in geology and geophysics at Michigan State University. He is a commander and naval aviator in the U.S. Navy (retired), and is currently enjoying a career as a secondary earth science and chemistry teacher. He resides with his wife and six children in Greater Buffalo, New York. Visit him at: Website: http://www.MichaelLHawley.com, FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.hawley.739

The BANG Story: From the Basement to the Bright Lights... an autobiography written by Lawrence Knorr with the bandIn the summer of 1971, BANG, a trio from the Philadelphia area decided to take a road trip to Florida to try their fortune.  While buying some rolling papers in the Sunshine State, they learned about a Small Faces and Deep Purple concert nearby in Orlando.  They showed up at the venue and brazenly declared they were ready to go on stage.  They were right. The concert organizer asked them to set and play for him.  After only a couple of songs, he told them they were opening for Rod Stewart and Small Faces.  Before they knew it, BANG was opening for Bachman Turner Overdrive, Deep Purple, Three Dog Night, Fleetwood Mac, Ike and Tina Turner, the Doobie Brothers and even Black Sabbath.  Capitol Records signed them and three albums were released.Put in your earbuds and listen as Van Carter interviews band members and plays their music from the 70's and from more recent albums they've produced.  And author Lawrence Knorr will also be on hand.http://www.bangmusic.com/https://www.amazon.com/Bang-Story-Basement-Bright-Lights/dp/1620065827/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

In this episode of the Hellbender Radio Show, host Kyle Alexander Romines (author of The Keeper of the Crows) and cohost Joe Mills interview Jacob Romines, the author of the bestselling horror anthology Something Other: A Collection of Horror Stories. From Jacob's Bio: Jacob Romines is a cynical philosophy nerd from Louisville, Kentucky. He’s constantly torn between multiple ambitious projects, making it hard for him to finish even one. He enjoys reading, writing, and doing both on the internet. He plans to one day live in a cabin in the mountains, with many pets and a huge personal library.His website, which his perfectionism always tells him is incomplete, is jacobromines.com. His email is [email protected]. Feel free to fire questions, inquiries, or anything else his way.Find him on instagram:@jacob.romines.writer, and on reddit at u/jacobromineswriter.

Illegal Among Us: A Stateless Woman's Quest for CitizenshipMartine Kalaw has to make a hard choice in an immigration courtroom.  Her decision catapults her into a tumultuous and seven-year battle with immigration and a personal struggle to discover her identity.  Ten years later, at age 33, a social media message reconnects Martine with the father she thought dead for 20 years.  Here begins the story of a prep school illegal immigrant's return to her birthland of Zambia.  She travels to Africa to unlock the key to her past but what she discovers is unimaginable and will never leave her the same.It takes seven years, six different lawyers, numerous Master Calendar hearings, motions, rejections, appeals and testimony before the U.S. Congress (on behalf of the Dream Act), but in 2012 Martine becomes a U.S. citizen.  Her later trip to Zambia discovers a truth about her mother and father which ultimately brings her resolve and an identity.

Olivia Berrier is often clueless and always shoeless. She left behind many footprints at Hollins University in Virginia, where she studied Creative Writing and Mathematics. After college, her bare feet have carried her through many experiences, but her life remains anchored by writing. Olivia writes fantasy fiction, sometimes with a mathematical inclination, and has been dropping stories like breadcrumbs across the Internet since 2007. When she is not writing (and sometimes also when she is writing) Olivia is in love with candles, tea, yoga, running, snail-mail correspondence, napping, and memorizing the decimals of Pi. She also loves connecting with people who share her love for the written word and the singular magic that it creates.

On this episode of the Milford House Mysteries, co-hosts Joan West and Sherry Knowlton interview suspense author JJ Hensley.  As a former police officer and former Secret Service Agent, Hensley brings hands-on law enforcement experience to his novels that feature flawed heroes and gripping suspense.  We'll talk to JJ about his newest Trevor Galloway novel Record Scratch as well as his other books: Resolve, Measure Twice, Chalk's Outline, and Bolt Action Remedy.  JJ has also published short stories in magazines and participated in two anthologies.Milford House Mysteries Co-hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, Dead of Spring, and the upcoming release, Dead of Winter. Joan West (JM West) is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall.

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. Included in this first volume are biographies and grave information for 51 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.In this volume: George WashingtonAbigail AdamsJohn AdamsWilliam BlountAaron BurrDaniel CarrollSamuel ChaseGeorge ClymerJohn CollinsFrancis DanaWilliam Richardson DavieWilliam Henry DraytonWilliam ElleryDeborah Sampson GarrettHoratio GatesElbridge GerryNicholas GilmanNathaniel GreeneButton GwinnettAlexander HamiltonElizabeth Schuyler HamiltonCornelius HarnettJohn HartJoseph HewesJared IngersollDaniel of St. Thomas JeniferFrancis Lightfoot LeeHenry Lee IIIRichard Henry LeePhilip LivingstonArthur MiddletonHenry MiddletonThomas MifflinRobert MorrisJohn MortonWilliam PacaJohn PennCharles PinckneyCaesar RodneyBenjamin RushRoger ShermanRichard SmithRichard StocktonThomas StoneGeorge TaylorNicholas Van DykeJoseph WarrenAnthony WayneNoah WebsterHenry WisnerGeorge Wythe

In this episode co-hosts Jody West and Sherry Knowlton interview Pat LaMarche, an author who could easily be described as a Renaissance woman, given her interesting and eclectic background.  We’re going to chat with Pat about her upcoming book, The Magic Diary. But we’ll also be discussing her work as a journalist, homeless advocate, non-fiction author, politician and philanthropist. Pat has run for pubic office several times, including twice as the Green Party candidate for Vice President of the United States. Her first foray into fiction, The Magic Diary, is expected to be released this spring.Milford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall.

When Bhante Sujatha was 10 years old, he told his parents he would throw himself off the bridge into the river below his childhood home in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, if they did not let him become a monk. Since that time, he’s remained just as certain and determined to live a life dedicated to adding more love to the world and helping people heal their wounded minds.Bhante has always known he was born to serve humanity and he wakes up everyday committed to this noble cause, teaching meditation and helping people access the deeper parts of themselves so they can feel radiant joy and peaceful happiness. With a single robe and some leftover food, Bhante left his home country and eventually found his way to America, where he learned a new language and culture and discovered the aching desire people have for a more meaningful life.In a old leaky church basement, Bhante was given a small room to teach meditation. The first night, two people showed up. A decade later, The Blue Lotus Temple is a world-renowned Buddhist temple and meditation center that serves thousands of people locally and even more all over the world, under Bhante’s leadership as abbot and spiritual director.Bhante leads more than 380 meditations a year, for which he travels hundreds of thousands of miles, often walking off a plane and onto a podium within minutes. He speaks to colleges and universities across the world, leads small group retreats, and consults with corporate giants, teaching them all that love is the way and peace is a constant practice.