Writing historical fiction requires a stickler's attention to detail, even if you're not putting words in real people's mouths. This week's guest even got access to classified documents so he could make his story realistic. But there's nothing dry about this comic tale that brings together, of all things, baseball, soldiers, and World War II Sweden.

Robert Skole, a reporter and foreign correspondent, has written for newspapers and magazines in the United States, Japan, and Europe. He covered Sweden for McGraw-Hill business publications for 25 years. Author and editor of a dozen books, mainly about Sweden, he lives in Boston and Stockholm. His first novel is Jumpin' Jimminy: A World War II Baseball Saga: American Flyboys and Japanese Submariners Battle It Out in a Swedish World Series.

Join Bob and host Paula B. as they explore this wacky world, including:

* Where he got the idea to combine World War II and baseball

* How he got access to Swedish classified documents so he could research his story

* Which easily accessible research tool helped him the most

* How he unobtrusively wove in context that helps readers understand the background of the story

* How he worked his research into the story

* What he thinks about the importance of accuracy in writing historical fiction.