The Story Craft Cafe Podcast

Today’s author interview guest is A. C. Frieden, author of The Pyongyang Option and the Jonathan Brooks Series. New Orleans attorney Jonathan Brooks is desperate to rebuild his law firm after Hurricane Katrina. Short on clients, he takes the only […]

Today we have a special show for you with a double header of author interviews. We begin with Eugenia West, author of Sarah’s War and part two is with Diane Wald, author of Gillyflower. 1777 is a pivotal year in […]

In today’s episode of Author Stories, Alafair Burke joins me to talk about her new thriller The Better Sister. We talk about her early memories of loving mystery stories, growing up with author James Lee Burke, her father, pursuing a […]

Today’s author interview guest is David R. Dow, author of Confessions of an Innocent Man. “Every person wrongfully convicted of a crime at some point dreams of getting revenge against the system.  In Confessions of an Innocent Man, the dream comes […]

Today’s author interview guest is Karen Keilt, author of The Parrot’s Perch: A Memoir. The Parrot’s Perch opens in 2013, when Karen Keilt, age sixty, receives an invitation to testify at the Brazilian National Truth Commission at the UN in New […]

Today’s author interview guest is Lea Geller, author of Trophy Life. A refreshingly honest, laugh-out-loud novel about losing the life you always wanted…and finding the life you were meant to have. For the last ten years, Agnes Parsons’s biggest challenge […]

Today’s guest is Marcia Butler, author of the fantastic new novel Pickle’s Progress. In her debut novel, PICKLE’S PROGRESS, Marcia Butler brings her talents to a dark, quirky New York story that explores the bond between identical twin brothers, the women they love or […]

Today’s author interview guest is Rachel Howzell Hall, author of They All Fall Down. For fans of thrilling contemporary suspense, Rachel Howzell Hall’s brilliant stand-alone novel brings seven sinners to a private island for a reckoning that will leave you breathless. […]

Today my guest is Deborah Burns, author of Saturday’s Child: A Daughter’s Memoir. “Devilishly sharp… a masterful balance of psychological excavation and sumptuous description.” ―Kirkus Reviews An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow […]

Today’s author interview guest is Sondra Helene, author of the new novel Appearances. Samantha―the fashionable wife of a successful businessman and doting mother of one―struggles to negotiate the spheres of intimacy between her husband and her family of origin. Samantha […]

Today my guest on Author Stories is Hanna Jameson, author of The Last. For fans of high-concept thrillers such as Annihilation and The Girl with All the Gifts, this breathtaking dystopian psychological thriller follows an American academic stranded at a Swiss hotel as […]

Today’s author interview guest is Lisa Scottoline, author of the new book Someone Knows. Bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with this riveting novel about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can […]

Today’s author interview guest is C. J. Box who returns to the show to talk about his new Joe Pickett novel Wolf Pack. Listen to C. J.’s first visit to the show here Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad […]

Today Ian Garner joins me to celebrate 600 Episodes! War changes men. In the throes of World War II, Christopher Bates will learn this hard truth as he flies to the heart of Nazi Germany to find his lost brother. […]

Today’s author interview guest is Steven Rowley, author of the new book The Editor. From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a novel about a struggling writer who gets his big break, with a little help from the most […]