We're back after an unexpectedly long holiday break. But what a great start to 2021. Author Ellen Alpsten stops by the Bunk to to talk with Brad about growing up in the Kenyan highland, attending school in Paris, working as a television reporter, the book industry, and eventually finding her way to becoming a novelist. And her historical novel Tsarina. Plus, there's even a bit about our dogs!

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