Barr Library's Off the Page Podcast

Learn how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech is central to the plot of Steve Berry's new Cotton Malone thriller, The Bishop's Pawn. Listen here.Thanks for listening to Off the Page! We've brought you 55 episodes overthree years' time, but it's time for a change. Off the Page will no longerbe released on a monthly basis. Be sure to have your subscription settingsset to receive notifications so that you learn when we release a newepisode. Thanks.

Learn how the teachings of Aristotle influence the intersection of plot and character for author Mike Bond. Listen here.Thanks for listening to Off the Page! We've brought you 55 episodes overthree years' time, but it's time for a change. Off the Page will no longerbe released on a monthly basis. Be sure to have your subscription settingsset to receive notifications so that you learn when we release a newepisode. Thanks.

Learn how being trapped on a ski lift for thirty minutes changed Karen Rose's life. Listen here.

Learn how Mike Papantonio's legal and writing careers intersect. Listen here.

Find out how Sam Lightner connects mountaineering, the moon landing, and Vietnam. Listen here. 

Find out why Allan Topol decided to give his character, Kelly Cameron, a novel of her own in Washington Power Play. Listen here.

Get to know author Eric Anderson. Listen here.

Learn how the movie Shrek and The Old Testament influenced Price Ainsworth's debut novel.Listen here.

Learn about the evolution of Kimberla Lawson Roby's Reverend Curtis Black series. Listen here.

Learn how Glen Erik Hamilton finds the themes for his novels in this podcast. Listen here.

Learn how A.J. Tata's military experience influences his writing. Listen here.

Learn how the story Mark Sullivan tells in Beneath a Scarlet Sky changed his life. Listen here.

Learn about Greg Iles' difficult road to finishing the Natchez Burning trilogy with Mississippi Burning. Listen here.

Learn about Jayne Ann Krentz's compulsion to write. Listen here.

Learn how American History sparks Steve Berry's creative processes. Listen here.

Learn how Mike Bond seeks to "protect the good and speak the truth" in Assassins. Listen here.

Don't miss out on this conversation with Mark Greaney, the co-author of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels and the author of his own Gray Man series. Listen here.

Learn what Dale Wiley's careers as an attorney and author have in common. Listen here.

Learn how Cate Holahan responded to her own character's "wishes." Listen here.

What if the deaths of some of Rock & Roll's greatest weren't accidental? Chris Formant talks about his debut novel, Bright Midnight.  Listen here.

Find out what makes The One Man such a personal story for New York Times Bestselling Author Andrew Gross. Listen here.

Learn where Denise Grover Swank finds inspiration for her mystery, contemporary romance, urban fantasy and young adult novels. Listen here.

Find out what inspires Neal Griffin to write about small town police work. Listen here.

Learn why Steve Berry writes what he writes. Listen here.

Learn how a love of history transported James MacManus to the politics, betrayals, and lies of the dark city of pre-WWII Berlin. Listen here.