This Is the Author

S7E33: In this episode, meet executive director for the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program Simran Jeet Singh, parent educator and literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart, and writer and psychotherapist Satya Doyle Byock. Press play to hear the authors describe the journeys they each took that led them to writing their audiobooks. Enjoy!

The Light We Give by Simran Jeet Singh: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/623324/the-light-we-give/

Reading for Our Lives by Maya Payne Smart: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/670701/reading-for-our-lives/

Quarterlife by Satya Doyle Byock: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/579928/quarterlife/

S7E32: In this episode meet Los Angeles based writer Nada Alic and poet, novelist, and essayist Erika L. Sanchez. Tune in to hear why Alic began writing her book of short stories, what Sanchez wants to accomplish with her book of essays, and to meet the funny, complex women (both fictional and real) that make up the heart of both works.

Bad Thoughts by Nada Alic: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/691492/bad-thoughts/

Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/665633/crying-in-the-bathroom/

S7E31: In this episode, meet kindergarten teacher Vera Ahiyya, Professor at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Jay Wellons, and journalist David McRaney. Listen in to hear the inspiring stories that led to the creation of their audiobooks. Enjoy!

KINDergarten by Vera Ahiyya: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/700463/kindergarten/

All That Moves Us by Jay Wellons: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/673884/all-that-moves-us/

How Minds Change by David McRaney: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/639563/how-minds-change/

S7E30: In this episode, meet Georgia Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer Ed Yong, and award-winning writer Ellyn Gaydos. Tune in to hear about each author’s work that led to the creation of their audiobooks: from Warnock’s incredible journey to becoming an elected official whose race flipped the senate, to Gaydos’s memoir that began as diary entries while working as a farmhand, to Yong’s exploration of the wide world of animal senses. Enjoy!

A Way Out of No Way by Raphael G. Warnock: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/707227/a-way-out-of-no-way/

An Immense World by Ed Yong: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/616914/an-immense-world/

Pig Years by Ellyn Gaydos: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/669713/pig-years/

S7E29: In this episode meet writer and President of Beggars Group U.S. Nabil Ayers, CEO of The House at 1229 Kathleen Buhle, and former city dweller turned nonprofit farm owner Jake Keiser. Press play to hear what the authors are most proud to share in their audiobooks about their extraordinary lives. Enjoy!

My Life in the Sunshine by Nabil Ayers: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/651853/my-life-in-the-sunshine/

If We Break by Kathleen Buhle: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/703131/if-we-break/

Daffodil Hill by Jake Keiser: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/604755/daffodil-hill/

S7E28: In this episode, meet professor of microbiology Joseph Osmundson, family therapist Terrence Real, and social entrepreneur and inventor of ReThink™ Trisha Prabhu. Listen in to hear what inspired these authors to write their audiobooks, and their takes on the different ways we, as people, connect with each other. Enjoy!

Virology by Joseph Osmundson: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/712270/virology/

Us by Terrence Real: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/670272/us/

ReThink the Internet by Trisha Prabhu: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/672294/rethink-the-internet/

S7E27: In this episode, meet Founder and Chief Change Agent of Flying Elephant Deanna Singh, Founder and CEO of Genius Guild Kathryn Finney, and co-creators of Rich & Regular Julien and Kiersten Saunders. Tune in to hear the ways that these authors hope their audiobooks inspire listeners: from the creation of inclusive workplaces to achieving business dreams amidst personal and societal challenges. Enjoy!

Actions Speak Louder by Deanna Singh: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/672975/actions-speak-louder/

Build the Damn Thing by Kathryn Finney: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/659567/build-the-damn-thing/

Cashing Out by Julien Saunders and Kiersten Saunders: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/665525/cashing-out/

S7 E26: In this episode, meet children’s fiction and non-fiction author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Idiot Elif Batuman, and The New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend. Press play to hear the personal reasons they were inspired to write their audiobooks, and what they hope listeners will take away. Enjoy!

Mae Makes a Way by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/580458/mae-makes-a-way/

Either/Or by Elif Batuman: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/564577/either-or/

In the Early Times by Tad Friend: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/623588/in-the-early-times/

S7E25: In this episode, meet professor of law and philosophy Scott Hershovitz, co-founder and former CEO of Bonobos Andy Dunn, and former Navy SEAL and founder of Escape the Wolf Clint Emerson. Tune in to hear what each of these authors is most excited for listeners to hear in their audiobooks. Enjoy!

Nasty, Brutish, and Short by Scott Hershovitz: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/639701/nasty-brutish-and-short/

Burn Rate by Andy Dunn: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/653309/burn-rate/

The Rugged Life by Clint Emerson: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/688382/the-rugged-life/

S7E24: In this episode, meet journalist, lecturer, and puzzle-lover AJ Jacobs, writer Emily Bingham, and actress Jazmyn Simon. Press play to hear more about the specific moments that inspired these authors to write their books. Plus, learn about special features in the audiobook editions (audio-specific puzzles, anyone?). Enjoy!

The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/622520/the-puzzler/

My Old Kentucky Home by Emily Bingham: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/565771/my-old-kentucky-home/

Most Perfect You by Jazmyn Simon: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/675731/most-perfect-you/