WCBS Author Talks

We get into the holiday spirit with the charming new Christmas rom-com from Amy Reichert. Then Viola Shipman shares why it's ok if Christmas doesn't feel like a tv holiday movie. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alice Henderson introduces to the plight of the mountain caribou in her usual entertaining way. And the new crime novel from Jacqueline Bublitz confronts the genre's usual tropes. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We meet a young Jewish matchmaker with a gift for connecting people in the early 1900s in what Lynda Cohen Loigman calls her most joyful novel. Christine Wells introduces us to the real-life woman who inspired the James Bond character of Miss Moneypenny. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We catch up with a couple of authors who were some of our very first guests when we started this podcast 5 years ago. Come along with us as we check out what contemporary mystery writer Daniella Bernett and award-winning journalist Alison Gilbert have been up to. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deanna Raybourne gets her rage out on the page in her new novel "Killers of a Certain Age". And Leslie Klinger walks us through his new annotation of the classic story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two new novels explore the darker side of New York City. We chat with Louisa Trager about trailblazing journalist Nellie Bly. Then Ellen Marie Wiseman shares the horrors that occurred at the old Willowbrook State School on Staten Island. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Catherine McKenzie invites us to join her secret all-women collaborative where things, of course, are too good to be true. Karen Rose shares why New Orleans was the perfect location for her new crime series. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dream wedding turns into a nightmare in the new thriller from Amanda Jayatissa. Then we find out if Nan Fischer is a believer or skeptic when it comes to psychics. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Madeline Martin shares yet another untold story from World War II. And the writing team known as Ali Brady delivers the beachiest of beach read debuts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ashley Poston's new novel combines the best parts of a love story, with the best parts of a ghost story. Barbara Bourland gives readers a modern princess fairytale. KJ Dell'Antonia puts her spin on the mother/daughter relationship dynamic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A noir series with a feminist twist by Tara Moss. Fiona Barton chats her first new thriller in over four years. And we travel around the world with Jessica Nabongo who has visited every country on the map. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A wild ride through Australia, flying high with a woman lost to history and an indigenous coming of age story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer reading season is upon us and we think the latest novels from May Cobb, Adele Myers and Chanel Cleeton are perfect for stashing away in your carry-on or summer beach bag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A girl frozen in ice is thawed out speaking a language no one understands in the new literary thriller from Erica Ferencik. Ally Wilkes takes us to the depths of Antarctica with her Edwardian horror novel. Then we kick off our summer read series with the delightful debut from Christine Simon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back from our short hiatus with the new kid's book from mom and healthy eating advocate Camila Alves McConaughey. Rosie Walsh details her love story wrapped in a mystery. Plus Danish author Sara Blaedel shares the teenage escapades that inspired her latest crime fiction novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author and educator Kimberlee Williams wants to teach black and white women how to talk with each other. Then author Maya Lee shares why it's so important to remain human in the most inhuman situations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Debut author Brendan Slocumb on why he thinks music is for everyone. Stephanie Wrobel wants you to change the way you think about cult members. And Rea Frey shares her biggest fear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marlon James explains how his Dark Star Trilogy is unlike other book series. Therapist Whitney Goodman encourages us to embrace the negative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Love is in the air! We chat with romance novelists Jen Frederick, April Asher & Jennieke Cohen about their newest reads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat about the myths and pioneers of women's fitness with "Let's Get Physical" author Danielle Friedman. Janice Hallett talks about her smash UK hit "The Appeal" and her hope for its U.S. publication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick the new year into high gear with new thrillers from Dirk Cussler, Alice Henderson, Shea Ernshaw and Robert McCaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We celebrate our 200th chapter with an episode jam packed with books perfect for giving this holiday season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kimmery Martin shares how surreal it was to write "Doctors and Friends" before COVID. Melissa Payne, author of "The Night of Many Endings", wants us all to be a little kinder to each other. And Kelley McNeil urges readers to not regret their life choices in her latest "A Day Like This". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's all about going places and eating good food this week. Allyson Johnson from National Geographic shares 19 years of weekend trips with us. Then Gastro Obscura's Dylan Thuras reveals some of the best spots around the world to get great food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get into the Halloween spirit with a trio of books packed with magic, witches, spirits and dark tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with beloved children's author Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) about his first book geared toward adults. Then bestselling crime fiction writer Paula Hawkins shares why murder is tricky nowadays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crime doesn't pay, unless you're a crime fiction writer! We catch=up with cop-turned-author Isabella Maldonado. Then best-selling fantasy writer Laurell K. Hamilton tells us all about her first new series in 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we talk with two authors whose new novels explore the events and raw emotions of that day as well as how we coped in the days, weeks, months and years that followed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane Elizabeth Hughes mixes her finance background with a real life mystery in "The Long Lost Jules". Megan Abbott explores the dark side of ballet in "The Turnout". Plus debut author Zakiya Dalila Harris explains why black history is black horror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samantha Downing shares how a hotel coffee maker inspired her tale of a teacher's killer life lessons. Freaky Friday meets the Mommy wars in the fun new novel from Kelly Harms. And we discuss why Jason Mott's new book really is one hell of a book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray team up for a historical fiction novel they hope will spark modern-day conversations about race, tolerance and gender-equality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's all about the thrills: Best selling author Tess Gerritsen (of Rizzoli & Isles fame) shares why her new thriller may leave some readers unsatisfied. Debut author Connor Sullivan tells us about the article that inspired his political thriller. Plus we chat with T.J. Newman whose debut hijack thriller is getting a lot of attention this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A creepy serial from Lisa Unger that's perfect for those dark and stormy summer nights. Caitlin Wahrer's debut thriller will leave you guessing until the very end. And then Mary Bly, whose alter ego is a bestselling historical romance novelist, tells us why the time was right to pen her first book under her own name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Art imitates life in the debut novel from Joani Elliott about a writer struggling to complete her first book. Then we summer in the Catskills with the delightful new read from author Elyssa Friedland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with summer staple Jennifer Weiner about the second book in her Cape Cod trilogy. Kristan Higgins tells us why she's super proud if you have to break out the tissues when you read her book. Plus we chat with life-long New Yorker Peter Goldmark about his Big Apple haikus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get ready to welcome summer with a trio books perfect for that beach/mountain/backyard getaway. Plus author Amy Reichert kicks off our annual Summer Read series with her fun and sweet romance novel set in the Wisconsin Dells. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're all about the thrills this week. John Grisham highlights his new basketball thriller. Kaira Rouda dishes on her suspenseful domestic thriller featuring wives number one and two. And Jack Carr muses on what America's enemies have been plotting since the 9/11 attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get up close and personal with all kinds of whales with National Geographic explorer and marine photographer Brian Skerry. Then we find out how to minimize our single plastic use with recycling expert Jennie Romer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We discuss how to empower black girls with Tamara Winfrey Harris whose new book of letters is both inspirational and interactive. Then we tackle what it means to be American and the dark side of ambition with debut novelist Sanjena Sathian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we feature two nail biting thrillers including the US debut from UK author Will Dean and the latest domestic thriller from Cate Holahan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What makes New York City like no other place in the world? We'd argue it's the people and author Craig Taylor spoke to hundreds of them for his new book about the Big Apple and its enduring spirit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat with Stephanie Dray about her epic historical fiction saga featuring 3 wars, 3 women and the French castle at the heart of it all. Then we introduce you to Deanna Raybourn's spunky female detective who defies the Victorian era stereotype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices