The Authors Show

The Authors Show

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The Authors Show episodes

  • Interview: Grains of Truth, by author Elizabeth Ferry-Perata
    Interview with author Elizabeth Ferry-Perata.
    What are the lies we tell ourselves to stay sane? In the world of a Texas feed store, the line between reality and truth blurs when love and friendship are at stake. Meet Sarah and Zoe, two best friends who work in a family-owned feed store. Their lives begin to unravel when love sparks between Sarah and the feed store owner’s only heir, Tom.
    14 min
  • Interview: The Sure Mercies, by author Salvatore Esposito
    Interview with author Salvatore Esposito.
    The hardest person to forgive is yourself. Benjamin Orry, a wounded Iraq War veteran, sets out to visit the hometown of fallen comrade Uriah Landon. His goal is to return Uriah’s personal effects to his family which includes Uriah’s last letter home. Uriah’s Christian faith had been tested to extremes in Iraq, and at home. Ben is uncertain of the composition of the letter but is certain Uriah expressed heartbroken feelings in another item he carries: Uriah’s personal leather-bound journal.
    13 min
  • Interview: Two Shades of Vice, by author Dewey Reynolds
    Interview with author Dewey Reynolds.
    The action is hot in Kansas City during the 1960s. Gordon Reynolds happens to be a vicious criminal who has served prison time in five different states over a period of twenty-five years. Gordon is determined to muscle his way into major rackets such as prostitution, bootlegging whiskey, robbery, hijacking and contraband cigarettes.
    15 min
  • Interview: Who Knew?, by author Richard F. Libin
    Interview with author Richard F. Libin.
    It doesn't matter what you do, where you come from, or where you're headed. This book is about you. Why? Because everyone is selling something every day; because everyone is a salesperson - parents, teachers, consumers, employees, sales professionals and even politicians. Every day you are trying to sell something, from the time you get up until you go to bed. You negotiate, communicate and you try to influence the way people think. Like it or not, selling is an essential skill. Who Knew?
    14 min
  • Interview: I'll Always Be with You, by author Violetta Armour
    Interview with author Violetta Armour.
    Since the horrific night a drunk driver slammed into their car during his driving lesson, young Teddy has had to live with the memory of seeing his beloved father, Stan, die. Now just sixteen, he carries both sorrow and survivor's guilt. Concerned for her grieving son, Mary decides to put as much distance as she can between Teddy and the nightmarish Phoenix intersection that claimed Stan's life.
    14 min
  • Interview: Rites of Passage - Five Irish Stories, by author Thomas J. Rice
    Interview with author Thomas J. Rice.
    Told with sympathy and humor, the five Irish stories in Thomas J. Rice's Rites of Passage are of homeland lost and recovered, of fierce loyalties, of dashed and regained hopes, of betrayals and humiliations, of boys making their perilous journeys to manhood, of single mothers eking an existence out of stony soil, of the foibles and follies of small town communities, of grown men escaping the long shadow of childhood trauma.
    14 min
  • Ian and the Great Silver Dragon, author Jim Dilyard
    Ian and the Great Silver Dragon, A Friendship Begins follows Ian and the Great Silver Dragon Bry-Ankh, a series of stories that sow the seeds for success. These are adventure stories showing middle grade readers how to make their dreams come true. These are books with a positive message and tools for success and personal accomplishment, based on ancient wisdom. The idea is that dreams are “things” that can become real when readers know the recipe. Whatever the heart and mind of an individual can conceive, and believe, it can achieve.
    16 min

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A professional interview program where new and seasoned authors in all book genres present their work to readers. Some interviews include short readings.