Public Display of Imagination

Between the ages of 12 and 19, he was fired from approximately nine different jobs… including newspaper delivery boy (for dereliction of duty), apartment complex maintenance man (for general incompetence), and photo darkroom attendant (for dereliction of duty, general incompetence, and the inappropriate use of a darkroom).
Putting his sketchy job history behind him, he has gone on to author a number of bestselling books, including THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE, which won the Edgar, the Anthony, the Barry, and the Macavity Awards in 2016, as well as state sponsored awards from Alabama and Oklahoma.
Today, we’re going to talk about his latest release, a thriller / love story, which is set against the backdrop of the JFK assassination. Bestselling author, Lou Berney is my guest, and today he takes us on an adventure down NOVEMBER ROAD…

She was born in Toronto, but “enjoyed a nomadic lifestyle during her early years.” She’s lived in Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Caribbean, all of which have given her an insider’s view into various cultures and lifestyle settings around the world.

She has a Specialist’s Degree in Business from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, in Pennsylvania. She’s been nominated for a host of writing awards and won several, including 3 Daphne du Maurier Awards for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense.

She’s extremely well-versed in the field of hostage negotiation, having spent many hours in conversation with former hostages, negotiators, hostage reintegration experts, special forces operatives, and K&R insurance executives, all of which was used to weave creative threads into the fabric of her Freedom Broker, Thea Paris thriller series.

She’s a member of The Rogue Women Writers and Executive Director of ThrillerFest, the annual International Thriller Writers Conference, held each July in New York City. Author K.J. Howe takes us on today’s Adventure as we peel open the pages of her most recent Thea Paris thriller, SKYJACK...

She a prolific writer and whose captivating psychological thrillers are perennial favorites on the NYT Bestsellers list. Her novels have been translated and published in 26 different languages and her fan base wraps around the world.
The list of awards for her work is long and spans the gamut from Macavity’s, to Agatha’s, to Edgar’s, to the prestigious Hammett Prize. Her work has been listed as “top picks” and “Best of the Year” on such programs as Good Morning America, The Today show, and Entertainment Weekly.
She has 16 keep-you-up-late, page-turning novels to her credit, and #17 has just released to wide-spread acclaim. Bestselling Author, Riley Sager, calls it “A dark, thrilling tale of survival and obsession.”
Bestselling, Award-winning Author, Lisa Unger takes us on today’s adventure as we peel open the pages of her latest release – The Stranger Inside...

She's a graduate of New York University with a degree in journalism. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Bio-ethics from Columbia University. She splits her time between a pair of passions… writing great fiction and journalism.

As a freelance journalist specializing in health and science features, she’s contributed multiple articles to The New York Times’ Science section, Popular Mechanics, and other mainstream publications. She also writes a monthly, mystery diagnosis column for Cosmopolitan dot-com. Her fiction includes the popular reads: No Time To Die, Die Again Tomorrow, and Living Proof. Today, we’re going to dig into the storyline of her latest release, Mother Knows Best. Best-Selling Author, Kira Peikoff takes us on today’s Adventure into what a mother knows…

She lives in northeast Ohio with her husband, her two children, and a dog named Hobo. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a Professional Engineer rehabbing historic structures and conducting forensic investigations into building failures.

A structural survey of a vacant building in Cleveland, inspired her debut novel, THE DEAD KEY, which went on to win the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Since then, she has sold over a half a million books worldwide, and her work has been translated into eight different languages.

She writes historical mysteries, that shine a light into the darker side of life in the Midwest during the 20th century, when cities like Detroit and Cleveland were struggling to survive.

Today, she’s going to walk us into the pages of her new release, NO ONE’S HOME. Bestselling author, D.M. Pulley takes us on today’s mysterious adventure…

He’s a Canadian Olympian and the co-founder / co-CEO of Imagine Swimming, New York City’s largest learn-to-swim school. As a provocative voice in the swimming and Olympic community, he has won three Emmy awards and one Peabody award for his work on NBC’s broadcasts of the Olympic Games. He’s also written a column for Swimming World magazine and was the author of the popular swimming blog, Cap & Goggles.
He’s currently 3 volumes deep into a series of books built around the exploits of a former rich kid, felon, and swimmer, who now works in the shadows, of the streets of New York City. Together with his partner, dominatrix Cassandra Kimball, Lawrence Darley, Jr., known to his friends as “Duck” has become a highly sought-after ‘finder’ for wealthy Manhattan families in need of assistance with their darkest secrets.
Today, we’re going to peel open the pages of Book 3 in the Duck Darley series, The Tower of Songs, with our guest. Casey Barrett…

He’s a best-selling novelist, war and human rights journalist, and environmental activist. He has covered guerrilla wars, death squads, and military dictatorships in Latin America and Africa, Islamic terrorism in the Middle East, and ivory poaching and other environmental battles in East Africa and Asia.

The Washington Times called him, “one of the 21st century’s most exciting authors” His critically acclaimed novels take the reader into intense situations in the world’s most perilous places, into wars, revolutions, dangerous love affairs, and political and corporate conspiracies. Kirkus Reviews said that his novels “make readers sweat with [their] relentless pace.”

He speaks multiple languages, has climbed and trekked over 50,000 miles on every continent from the Antarctic to Siberia, and is at home in some of the most primitive and dangerous places on the planet. Author Mike Bond takes us on today’s adventure, as we peel open the pages of his latest release, GOODBYE PARIS…

She’s a New York Times Best-Selling author who thrives on suspense. Her suburban-based thrillers draw readers in, and keep them up late, turning the pages. She grew up in a Hollywood family of writers and in a household filled with books. Her parents wrote screenplays for classic movies like The Desk Set, There’s No Business Like Show Business, and Captain Newman, MD.
She was the last of four daughters to start writing or, as she calls it, to succumb to her genes. She’s been an Edgar Award finalist and a four-time finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She’s the author of Night, Night, Sleep Tight and You’ll Never Know, Dear, as well as, Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel. She’s also an active blogging member of The Jungle Red Writers.
The uber-talented Hallie Ephron, takes us on today’s adventure as we crack open the pages of her new bestseller, Careful What You Wish For.

He's the son of a navy helicopter pilot, who chased great white sharks as a marine biologist before becoming a patent lawyer. As an attorney, he’s flown millions of miles on commercial aircraft and spent countless hours in airports around the world while litigating multi-million-dollar cases for high-tech companies.
Degrees from Duke University and Notre Dame hang on his office wall in San Diego, where he lives with his wife and children.
In 2018 his debut novel, TAKE OFF, found a devoted audience and has garnered nearly 1700 top-notch reviews on Amazon. Raymond Benson, the bestselling author of the 007 James Bond series, described TAKEOFF as a breakout Action-Thriller that leaves readers breathless
Best-Selling Thriller-Suspense author, Joseph Reid, takes us on today’s adventure as we dig into the pages of Book 2 in the Seth Walker Series, FALSE HORIZON.

She was born in Toronto, but spent 8 years enjoying the rainy comfort of Seattle. She has since returned to Canada, where she continues to root for the Seahawks, while her husband cheers for the Green Bay Packers.
When it’s raining, she loves to write. When the sun is shining, she loves her pillow. When it’s dark, she’s double checking the locks on all the doors and curling up with a good book, most likely something written by Stephen King.
In her own words, she writes about dark, twisted people who do dark, twisted things.
In 2011, she released Creep... which comes with the warning, “he’s watching you...” In 2012, she released Freak, the follow up that had to be written. Both books are 5-star reads and cult favorites.
In 2014, she released another very popular book titled, The Butcher. And in 2016, she invited her readers to Wonderland. Both were bestsellers, with hundreds of top-notch reviews.
Today, we’re going to talk about her latest release, which just won the Int’l Thriller Award for Best Novel. Jennifer Hillier takes us on today’s Adventure as we talk about her latest thriller, Jar of Hearts.