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Author Darryl Bollinger discusses his latest novel, The Healing Tree. Darryl has written seven medical thrillers, with his plots revolving around hospitals, big pharma and the healthcare industry. Darryl worked in healthcare for 28 years, and he has no shortage of inspiration for his thrilling novels. The Healing Tree is his most recent book, and it, too, involves plenty of danger and deception. But, above all, it is the story about the lengths we will go to for the chance to save someone we love.

Author McKenna Dean discusses the first two books in her Redclaw Origins paranormal romance series: Bishop Takes Knight and Bishop's Gambit. Set in the 1950's, the stories center around Redclaw Security, part detective firm and part enforcement agency, which regulates matters involving the growing population of shifters that has emerged since the onset of the nuclear age. McKenna also discusses her writing journey and some of the strange things she discovered during her research into the 1950's.

Author M.K. Tufft discusses her middle grade series for kids, Putney and the Magic eyePad. She writes stories with a STE(A)M theme -- science, technology, engineering, art and math. Marsha is a retired engineer with degrees in mechanical, aerospace and materials engineering. She enjoys developing experiments for kids to give them fun experiences with STE(A)M. If you like her stories, check out her website, putneydesigns.com, to find instructions for the experiments, designs and solutions in her books.

Authors Kathy Chiu and Rebecca Pebble discuss their new novel, Endowed. The story involves four women who meet in an improv troupe and become friends. The characters are all from very different backgrounds, but they find the common bond of friendship as they help each other navigate life, loss and love. Both Kathy and Rebecca are improv troupe veterans. As they wrote, they used improv concepts such as "yes and," and the story is written in a "cut to" format, much like a comedy improv performance.

Author Esther Jantzen discusses her middle grade novel, WALK: Jamie Bacon's Secret Mission on the Camino de Santiago. WALK is one of the first books for kids written about the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile walk beginning in France and continuing across Spain. It has been a pilgrims' route since the beginning of the 9th century. Esther has walked the Camino three times, which was a life-changing experience for her, and she hopes the adventures in her book, WALK, will inspire young readers as well.

Author Shery Knowlton discusses her latest novel, Dead on the Delta, which is the fifth book in her Alexa Williams suspense series. Dead on the Delta follows Alexa Williams to Africa for an adventurous ride filled with wild animals, amazing locales, pressing environmental issues and, of course, murder. In this book, as with all of her stories, Sherry uses her fiction to address a number of social issues, and she pairs her storylines with actual historical mysteries or events ripped from news headlines.

Award-winning author Donald Quist discusses his linked story collection, For Other Ghosts. The stories take place in settings across the world with characters that are equally varied. Donald approached this story collection as a means of radical empathy, pushing himself to write beyond what he knows and to find connections to and amongst his characters and his readers. Donald also authored the acclaimed essay collection, Harbors, which he will follow with another essay collection releasing Fall 2021.

Author Marina Brown discusses her latest novel of historical literary fiction, The Orphan of Pitigliano. This novel won the 2020 Published Book of the Year award, as well as a gold medal, in the Royal Palm Literary Awards competition. The Orphan of Pitigliano is a sweeping story involving a small Italian village, Jews in Italy during WWII, Etruscan grave robbers, a modern-day medical mystery and old-world superstitions, including il malocchio (the Evil Eye).

Author Michelle R. Young discusses her debut novel, Gear Heart. It is the first book in a new sci fi trilogy that marries a retro, futuristic, steam-punk vibe with an espionage thriller. She found inspiration for her story from a vivid dream that she dreamt over and over for year before she finally began to write the story. As a young person, Michelle dealt with two learning disabilities and hated writing in school. Now, however, she is hard at work writing books 2 and 3 of her Gear Heart trilogy.

Author Michael Wiley discusses his new series starring Private Investigator Sam Kelson. The most recent installment is Lucky Bones, book #2 in the series. Sam Kelson is not your typical PI. He suffers from disinhibition, and his inability to keep his mouth shut is not a helpful trait for a private investigator. However, it does make for some very interesting storylines. Michael found inspiration for his character's affliction from his teenage kids' embarrassment at almost everything he said and did.