Authors On Tour – Live!

TaraShea Nesbit reads from and discusses her critically-acclaimed debut novel The Wives of Los Alamos. Their average age was twenty-five. They came from Berkeley, Cambridge, Paris, London, Chicago-and arrived in New Mexico ready for adventure, or at least resigned to it. But hope quickly turned to hardship as they were forced to adapt to a rugged military town where everything was a secret, including what their husbands were doing at the lab. “I am in awe of this novel. TaraShea Nesbit’s brave and brilliant choice of point of view for these women living inside their earth-shattering secret crucible brings home to us in the fullest way possible that our personal story is never just ours. The Wives of Los Alamos will be read and re-read and remembered.” – Gail Godwin ($25.00) Bloomsbury ISBN # 9781620405031. You can visit TaraShea Nesbit‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Len Vlahos, former punk-pop indie band guitar player, longtime American Booksellers Association staffer-turned-COO, now executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, reads from and discusses his debut novel for teen readers The Scar Boys. In attempting to describe himself in his college application essay, Harbinger (Harry) Jones goes way beyond the 250-word limit and gives a full account of his life. A severely burned teenager, a guitar, punk rock-each a chord of a rock ‘n’ roll road trip that is a must-read story about finding your place in the world…even if you carry scars inside and out. ($17.99) Egmont USA ISBN # 9781606844397. You can visit Len Vlahos‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Willy Vlautin, the award-winning author of The Motel Life, Northline and Lean on Pete, reads from and discusses his new novel The Free. “Courageous, powerful, and mercifully refreshing, The Free is nothing less than an affirmation, that rare novel about lost souls which dares to be hopeful in the face of despair. Vlautin’s hard knock characters will break your heart with their humanity and grace.”-Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here and The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving ($14.99) HarperCollins ISBN # 9780062276742. You can visit Willy Vlautin‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Colorado author and blogger Nancy Sharp reads from and discusses her memoir Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss and Bold Living. Sharp’s moving story hinges on the day she delivered premature twins and her husband’s brain cancer returned after eighteen months in remission. In plainspoken language the story moves back through Nancy and her husband’s courtship and marriage-and forward through his death when the twins were two and a half, and onward as Sharp moved to Denver and fell in love once again. ($16.95) Books & Books Press ISBN # 9780983937869. You can visit Nancy Sharp‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

When Ishmael Beah‘s A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone’s civil war and the fate of child soldiers that “everyone in the world should read” (The Washington Post). Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called “arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature,” reads from and discusses his debut novel Radiance of Tomorrow, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. ($25.00) FS&G ISBN # 9780374246022. You can visit Ishmael Beah‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Award-winning, internationally bestselling mystery writer Lisa Unger reads from and discusses her new book In the Blood. “In the Blood is a psychological thriller that played me — in the best sense — from beginning to surprising end. I guarantee Lisa Unger will pull the rug out from under you more than once, so hold tight.” – Andrew Pyper ($25.99) Simon & Schuster ISBN # 9781451691177. You can visit Lisa Unger‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

George Saunders, one of the most important and original writers of his generation, and an undisputed master of the short story, reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of his bestselling collection Tenth of December. “A feat of inventiveness . . . This eclectic collection never ceases to delight with its at times absurd, surreal, and darkly humorous look at very serious subjects. . . . George Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time.”- Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner ($15.00) Random House ISBN # 9780812984255. You can visit George Saunders‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Debut novelist James Scott reads from and discusses his acclaimed first book The Kept. Set in rural New York state at the turn of the twentieth century, The Kept is a propulsive novel reminiscent of the works of Michael Ondaatje, Cormac McCarthy, and Bonnie Jo Campbell, in which a mother and her young son embark on a quest to avenge a terrible and violent tragedy that has shattered their secluded family. “With its vivid sense of time and place, lyrical writing, and complex questions of what constitutes a family, The Kept is an outstanding debut by a bright new voice in American fiction.” – Ron Rash, author of Nothing Gold Can Stay ($25.99) HarperCollins ISBN # 9780062236739. You can visit James Scott‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Australian author Graeme Simsion reads from and discusses his critically-acclaimed first novel The Rosie Project. “Read-out-loud laughter begins by page two in Simsion’s debut novel about a 39-year-old genetics professor with Asperger’s – but utterly unaware of it – looking to solve his Wife Problem…What follows are his utterly clueless, but more often thoroughly charming exploits in exploring his capacity for romance…this novel is perfectly timed.”- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) ($24.00) Simon & Schuster ISBN # 9781476729084. You can visit Graeme Simsion‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Colorado author Pamela Mingle reads from and dicsusses her first adult novel The Pursuit of Mary Bennet. An enthralling story of Pride and Prejudice‘s middle sister, Mary Bennet, Mingle’s book is an an enchanting modern sequel to the beloved classic. ($14.99) William Morrow ISBN # 9780062274243. You can visit Pamela Mingle‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Multiple award-winner Martin Cruz Smith, whose bestselling novels include Stalin’s Ghost, Gorky Park, and Stallion Gate, reads from and discusses his new mystery Tatiana: An Arkady Renko Novel. Arkady Renko, one of the iconic investigators of contemporary fiction, has survived the cultural journey from the Soviet Union to the New Russia, only to find the nation as obsessed with secrecy and brutality as was the old Communist dictatorship. In Tatiana, the melancholy hero- cynical, analytical, and quietly subversive- unravels a mystery as complex and dangerous as modern Russia itself. ($25.99) Simon & Schuster ISBN # 9781439140215. You can visit Martin Cruz Smith‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Internationally syndicated radio talk-show host and bestselling author Thom Hartmann discusses his new book The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America — and What We Can Do to Stop It. According to Hartmann, the United States is in the midst of an economic implosion that could make the Great Depression look like child’s play. In his book he argues that the facade of our once-great United States will soon disintegrate to reveal the rotting core where corporate and billionaire power and greed have replaced democratic infrastructure and governance. Thoroughly researched and passionately argued, The Crash of 2016 is not just a roadmap to redemption in post-Crash America, but a critical wake-up call, challenging Americans to act. ($28.00) Twelve ISBN # 9780446584838. You can visit Thom Hartmann‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

John Searles is the author of the national bestsellers Boy Still Missing and Strange but True. He frequently appears as a book critic on NBC’s Today show and CBS’s The Early Show. He is the Editor-at-Large of Cosmopolitan, and his essays have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other national newspapers and magazines. Searles reads from and discusses his new novel Help for the Haunted, an unforgettable story of a most unusual family, their deep secrets, their harrowing tragedy, and ultimately, a daughter’s discovery of a dark and unexpected mystery. ($26.99) William Morrow ISBN # 9780060779634. You can visit John Searles‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Wally Lamb, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed and I Know This Much Is True, reads from and discusses his new novel We Are Water, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. With humor and compassion, Lamb brilliantly captures the essence of human experience and the ways in which we search for love and meaning in our lives. ($29.99) HarperCollins ISBN # 9780061941023. You can visit Wally Lamb‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!

Alan Weisman is the author of several books, including The World Without Us, an international best-seller and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Weisman discusses his new book Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, a powerful investigation into the chances for humanity’s future. By vividly detailing the burgeoning effects of our cumulative presence, Countdown reveals what may be the fastest, most acceptable, practical, and affordable way of returning our planet and our presence on it to balance. ($28.00) Little, Brown ISBN # 9780316097758. You can visit Alan Weisman‘s official web site as well. Listen to Authors On Tour – Live! podcasts anywhere – Download our FREE apps for iPhone or Android!