Author and historian Steven M. Gillon joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his latest book Presidents at War: How World War II Shaped a Generation of Presidents, from Eisenhower and JFK through Reagan and Bush.

To learn more about Steven M. Gillon, visit his official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the recent romance bookstore boom (we were on this early with The Ripped Bodice), including the newly opened Lovestruck Books in Cambridge's Harvard Square. She also gives a shout out to All She Wrote Books, owned by Christina Pascucci-Ciampa. 

Author B.K. Borison then chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel First-Time Caller. 

To learn more about B.K. Borison, visit her official website. 

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author and sportswriter Mike Sielski joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new book Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk. 

To learn more about Mike Sielski, read his work for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author Erin Crosby Eckstine joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut novel Junie. 

To learn more about Erin Crosby Eckstine, visit her official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Host Caitlin Malcuit discusses what citizens can do to take care of each other in light of President Trump's flurry of executive orders. 

Resources:

• Defend & Recruit 
• American Immigration Lawyers Association 

Author and journalist Stephen B. Shepard then chats with Daniel Ford about his book Salinger's Soul: His Personal & Religious Odyssey.

To learn more about Stephen B. Shepard, visit his official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author Wes Browne (Hillbilly Hustle) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest novel They All Fall the Same.

To learn more about Wes Browne, visit his official website. Also listen to our last conversation with the author.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Edgar Award-winning author Erika Krouse (Tell Me Everything, Contenders) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her short story collection Save Me, Stranger.

To learn more abour Erika Krouse, visit her official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author Maurice Carlos Ruffin returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest novel The American Daughters. 

To learn more about Maurice Carlos Ruffin, visit his official website. 

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

On the first Friday Morning Coffee of 2025, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the Southern California wildfires.

Poet Amanda Hawkins then chats with Daniel Ford about their debut collection When I Say the Bones I Mean the Bones.

Resources:

• Cal Fire Current Emergency Incidents
• California Fire Safe Council 
• NPR: "Inmates are fighting California wildfires"
• California Fire Map & Tracker

To learn more about Amanda Hawkins, visit their official website.

Photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author Erika Swyler joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her new novel We Lived on the Horizon (out now from Atria Books).

To learn more about Erika Swyler, visit her official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing.