The Story Craft Cafe Podcast

Today’s author interview guest is Maureen Callahan, author of American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century. A Washington Post “10 Books To Read in July” A Los Angeles Times “Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading” A USA […]

Today’s author interview guest is Jamie Brenner, author of Drawing Home. An unexpected inheritance, a promise broken, and four lives changed forever: discover “the gold standard of summertime escapism” from USA Today bestselling author Jamie Brenner (Elin Hilderbrand).   Summer has started […]

Today’s author interview guest is Clare Mackintosh who returns to the show to talk about her new book After The End. From New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh comes a deeply moving and page-turning novel about an impossible choice—and the two […]

Today’s author interview guest is Lauren Mechling, author of How Could She, A Novel. “Brilliant. . . . The perfect summer read.” —Nylon “[A] compulsively readable page-turner.” —Cosmopolitan Named a most anticipated novel of the summer by Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Bustle, Vulture, and more. […]

Today’s author interview guests is Lauren Kate, author of The Orphan’s Song. The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan’s Song is a sweeping love story about family and music–and the secrets each hold–that follows […]

David Bell returns today to talk about his new thriller Layover. In this high concept psychological suspense novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter, a chance meeting with a woman in an airport sends a man on a pulse-pounding quest […]

Today’s author interview guest is Rick Partlow, author of the Wholesale Slaughter series. A king can’t defeat an army of lawless pirates. But a mercenary can. Logan Conner is the son of a king, the heir to the largest of […]

Today’s author interview guest is Ellen Lacorte who joins me today to talk about her new book The Perfect Fraud. In this propulsive debut thriller, two women with deep secrets are thrown together by an unexpected meeting that plunges both […]

Today’s author interview guest is Sadie Jones, author of The Snakes. The award-winning, bestselling author of The Uninvited Guests and The Outcast returns with a bold, brilliant, and beautiful novel, unflinching in its gaze, which holds the reader in its tense grip from […]

Today’s author interview guest is Louise Candlish, author of Those People. From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense asks, “Could you hate your neighbor enough to plot to kill him?”  Lowland Way […]

Today I am joined by David Bruns and J. R. Olson, The Two Navy Guys, who have a fantastic new pulse pounding thriller called Rules Of Engagement. “In Rules of Engagement, David Bruns and J. R. Olson deliver a captivating and utterly […]

Today’s author interview guest is Season Butler, author of Cygnet: A Novel. An utterly original coming-of-age tale, marked by wrenching humor and staggering charisma, about a young woman resisting the savagery of adulthood in a community of the elderly rejecting […]

Today on Author Stories Brad Thor returns to the show to talk about his 19th book in the wildly popular Scott Harvath series, Backlash. Brad’s previous visit to Author Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn459U1rvzY “Raw emotion, nonstop action, and relentless pacing makes Backlash another one-night […]

Today’s author interview guest is Lea Carpenter, author of Red, White, Blue: A novel. A dark, powerful, and subtly crafted novel that traces the intertwined fates of a CIA case officer and a young woman who is forced to confront […]

Today’s author interview guest is Gillian McAllister, author of The Good Sister. An electrifying novel about the unyielding bond between two sisters, which is severely tested when one of them is accused of the worst imaginable crime. Martha and Becky […]