Join me for an engaging discussion with award-winning novelist Carol Van Den Hende as we discuss her latest book, Orchid Blooming, and explore the dynamics of a well-told story, humility, humanity, and why you should be the tiger.
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Returning guest Adam Hamdy is a Sunday Times, Kindle, and international bestselling author and screenwriter.
Adam writes the Scott Pearce series of contemporary espionage thrillers and has written two books with James Patterson, Private Moscow and Private Rogue. He is also the author of the Pendulum trilogy, a trilogy of conspiracy thriller novels. Patterson described Pendulum as "one of the best thrillers of the year," and the novel was a finalist for the Glass Bell Award for contemporary fiction. Pendulum was chosen as book of the month by Goldsboro Books and was selected for BBC Radio 2 Book Club.
Prior to embarking on his writing career, Adam was a strategy consultant and advised global businesses in the medical systems, robotics, technology, and financial services sectors.
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Dive into the world of science-based thrillers with international bestselling author Mark Alpert. As a former editor at Scientific American, Mark weaves together the curiosity of a scientist with the wordsmithing of a poet. Get a glimpse of his process as he asks “what if” and watches the stories unfold.
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Listen in as I chat with critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling novelist William Kent Krueger, who writes intriguing mysteries that occur in the north woods of Minnesota. He shares how place leads to character, finding the stories that have found you, and getting to know your characters over time. He also explains how his latest book, Fox Creek, ties in with his other novels in a somewhat surprising way.
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DP Lyle has consulted with some of the top crime shows in Hollywood, written extensively on forensics investigations, and is a stellar novelist, bringing his medical and technical expertise to the page. Join us as we discuss getting away with murder and writing mysteries that will snag and engage readers.
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John Galligan is the author of many books including a standalone novel, Red Sky, Red Dragonfly, the Fly Fishing Mystery Series, and the Bad Axe County Series, which includes Bad Moon Rising, Dead Man Dancing, and his latest at the time of this interview, Bad Day Breaking. When he's not writing, John teaches college writing in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Julie Clark is the New York Times bestselling author of THE LAST FLIGHT, which earned starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal. The New York Times called it “thoroughly absorbing” and it was named an Indie Next Pick, a Library Reads Pick, and a Best Book of 2020 by Amazon Editors and Apple Books. Her debut, THE ONES WE CHOOSE, was published in 2018 and has been optioned for television by Lionsgate. Her latest book, THE LIES I TELL, releases in 2023.
Julie lives in Los Angeles with her two sons and a golden doodle with poor impulse control.
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Kevin Maurer is an award-winning journalist and the three-time New York Times bestselling co-author of No Easy Day, No Hero, and American Radical, among others. For the last eleven years, Maurer has also worked as a freelance writer covering war, politics, and general interest stories. His writing has been published in GQ, Men's Journal, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, and numerous other publications.
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Tom Morrisey is deeply in demand as one of the world’s top speechwriters and executive-engagement specialists. A speaker on writing and storytelling on both sides of the Atlantic, he has worked with leading executives from Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and The Walt Disney Company, and frequently writes articles and papers in the areas of executive engagement and coaching. He currently works in public affairs management for The Walt Disney Company, where he mentors speechwriters and storytellers on three continents.
Tom holds a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature from The University of Toledo as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the world-renowned Creative Writing program at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. When not writing speeches, he pens thrillers and literary fiction.
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Samantha Bailey has been called the Queen of the Domestic Thrillers. She is the USA TODAY and #1 national bestselling author of WOMAN ON THE EDGE, her psychological thriller debut that received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was a PW Best Books Pick of the Week.
In addition to her writing, Samantha also works as a journalist and freelance editor; her work has appeared in NOW Magazine, The Village Post, The Thrill Begins, and The Crime Hub, as well as other publications. Samantha lives in Toronto, where she can usually be found tapping away at her computer or curled up on her couch with a book.
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