Podcasts about arizona author

If the Left has only hate to offer, what should conservatives offer in response? Is the need for liberalism becoming obsolete? Does America not give itself enough credit for its moral evolution? Are school choice programs giving Republicans an advantage in governors’ races in states like Florida and Arizona? Author and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Shelby Steele joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

About the Book: Seven year old Olivia Baxter and her dog vanish while playing in the front yard of her family’s home. After a week of searching, Olivia’s body was suddenly found in the closet, even after the police had thoroughly investigated the home. Ethan Franco is a troubled journalist working for the Washington Gazette. His inability to move on from the past has deflated the passion he had for his career, causing him to lose his edge.  Ethan Franco begins his investigation into the mysterious death of Olivia Baxter and other unexplained disappearances, believing there may be a connection in the cases. No sooner did Franco begin his investigation then he realizes he is being tailed by government agencies. Large footprints in the woods, strange sounds, foul stenches, and a looming government presence become pieces of the puzzle in cases of the missing. Inspired by real events surrounding a missing child in Dewey, Arizona, the author of the Bohemian Grove trilogy and The Apocalypse, T.M. Williams, brings forth a story that has been kept a secret for over a century--a story that a large group of people are still trying to keep under wraps. We will be talking to T.M. Williams about this real cases of missing people and the interwoven fiction story that brings a possible answer to this old mystery and possible cover-up.  Author, T.M. Williams, will be giving away a signed book during the show. So, be sure to listen for instructions on how to win!

Tom Leveen is the author of five young adult novels: PARTY, MANICPIXIEDREAMGIRL, and ZERO (a 2013 YALSA Best Book) with Random House; SICK, with Abrams/Amulet; and most recently, RANDOM with Simon Pulse. His next novel, SHACKLED, debuts in August 2015. Tom is a frequent speaker at schools and conferences, where he brings his 22 years of theatre background to booktalks and writing classes. For more information, visit tomleveen.com.   RANDOM is a tense, gripping exploration of cyberbullying and teen suicide is perfect for fans of Before I Fall and Thirteen Reasons Why. Late at night Tori receives a random phone call. It’s a wrong number. But the caller seems to want to talk, so she stays on the line. He asks for a single thing—one reason not to kill himself. The request plunges her into confusion. Because if this random caller actually does what he plans, he’ll be the second person connected to Tori to take his own life. And the first just might land her in jail. After her Facebook page became Exhibit A in a tragic national news story about cyberbullying, Tori can’t help but suspect the caller is a fraud. But what if he’s not? Her words alone may hold the power of life or death. With the clock ticking, Tori has little time to save a stranger—and maybe redeem herself—leading to a startling conclusion that changes everything… 

We will be talking to Tina Williams today about her book launch party to be held at LepreCon, Saturday, May 10th at 8pm. We will also be talking about "WHY ZOMBIES" and why are they going from dumn zombies to scary smart zombies. Do both smell just as bad.  

Ben Pandya has recently written and published a book as a road map to leadership and ‘Paying it forward.’ Ben Pandya is a life coach. For more than 30 years he has impacted multitudes of people by living his message of integrity, clarity, and profound introspection and by helping people around the globe turn their lives around to make them more successful and happier. Ben has more than 30 years of business expertise in various industries and diverse countries. We will be talking today about the idea that with every step you take, takes you in the right direction towards your goals. Learn from Ben how to "Uncover your goals & Influence the outcome every time to get you closer to those goals." Recently published book: "Legacy Forward Made Easy"... FIDELITY: Focused Integrity with Determination to Empower Legends in Intuition to Trust for Yearning..  www.justaim4success.com www.legacyforwardmadeeasy.com 

Born and raised at the edge of the high desert in Kingman, Arizona, Michael Allan Scott resides in Scottsdale with his wife, Cynthia and their hundred-pound Doberman, Otto.  In addition to writing mysteries and speculative fiction, his interests include music, photography, art, scuba diving and auto racing.  For the latest, please visit http://michaelallanscott.com ABOUT THE BOOK: A contemporary mystery/thriller—a  paranormal mystery, to be more precise.  For mystery fans, it twists and turns like a dragon kite in a high wind.  Mystery connoisseurs, beware.   The Lance Underphal Mystery series will keep you guessing . . . Lance Underphal was devastated by his wife’s death, and now, the down-and-out crime-scene photographer can’t let her go.  He wakes up plagued by premonitions. The double shooting of an Arizona real estate developer and his mistress/bookkeeper immerse Underphal in a world of incomprehensible phenomena.

THIS IS NOT A LIVE SHOW - THIS IS A PRE-RECORDED INTERVIEW. Kevin Hearne is a middle-aged nerd who still enjoys his comic books and old-school heavy metal. He cooks tasty omelets, hugs trees, and paints miniature army dudes. He lives with his wife, daughter, and doggies in Arizona. We talked to Kevin at the Phoenix ComiCon in May 2013. Sorry this one is so late getting up but the audio file was damaged and I had to piece together. There are still several seconds where the audio goes to only one speaker. If you are a Kevin Hearne fan you will enjoy this conversation even with the track glitches.

Sharon Skinner is an award-winning writer who received her B.A. in English from Ottawa University and her M.A. in Creative Writing from Prescott College. She is currently a board member for Anthology, inc. and the AAGP (American Association of Grant Professionals). From 1996 to 2004 she served as the Executive Editor of Anthology magazine, a small press literary magazine published in Mesa, Arizona. Her work has appeared in a number of periodicals including Green's Magazine, New Moon Rising, Sage Woman, El Sol, The Mesa Legend, Mosaic Minds and The Barnes and Noble Metaverse Poetry Anthology. In addition to writing poetry, Sharon has been a featured reader at many events throughout the state, including the opening of the M.A.D. Linguist in Prescott, AZ and the 2002 Slab City Slam at Arcosanti. She has been the Master of Ceremonies (in 2001) and a judge (2001 through 2004) for the Mesa Public Library's annual Battle of the Bards poetry contest and is the founder and host of Radiant Readings, an internet radio show that features the work of classic and contemporary authors and information about their lives. Sharon moved to Arizona in 1981 after a four-year stint in the U.S. Navy where she learned electronics and traveled halfway around the world on the U.S.S. Jason, a repair ship and the first Naval vessel to take a contingency of women on a full six-month WestPac cruise. During her tour, she was the first enlisted female to stand shore patrol in the Philippines and, as the Saturday morning FM Rock Jock, served as the first female DJ to be heard on the Armed Forces Radio Station airwaves issuing from the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. http://www.brickcavebooks.com  

This will be the first official coffee shop show series: Escape the Grind. We will be talking to Deena Remiel at the newer Coffee Rush - Located in Gilbert, Arizona on the North-East corner of Val Vista & Elliot - 53 N. Val Vista Dr., Ste 100 Gilbert, AZ 85234 It was the mystique of Arizona’s history and landscape that called to Deena and catapulted her career as an author. When she’s not writing romance and urban fantasy in the wee small hours of the morning or in the deep, dark of night, Deena teaches language arts to middle school students. She currently lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her husband and two children, but New Jersey will always tug at her heartstrings. She believes in angels and loves connecting with her fans, so find her at deenaremiel.com. Deena Remiel Serving up evil and oh, so good... INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLING KINDLE AUTHOR of GOTHIC ROMANCE Co-chair, Arizona Dreamin' ~ 30 May-1 June, 2014 arizonadreaminevent.com Website: deenaremiel.com Blogger at: paranormalromantics.blogspot.com

By day, Greg Lundberg manages a small defense engineering and manufacturing firm in Phoenix, AZ. By night, he writes fiction and non-fiction. Greg is the author of two books: A science fiction novel, “Metamorphosis,” published in March 2011; and “How To Publish An Ebook For Under $350,” published in March 2012 and available from Amazon. Both works can be purchased in ebook or trade cover format. For fun, Greg plays an occasional round of golf and pilots a Cirrus SR22s when he has both the time and money. We will discuss his sci-fi military thriller, Metamorphosis, and how Greg escapes this world through his stories and has conversations with his Alien alter ego.

We will be talking to Michael Bradley, the author of The Travelers' Club and The Ghost Ship, the first book in a five book series, each of which stands alone.  He also has five short stories in an alternative history anthology entitled Twisted History.  In addition, Michael has had numerous short stories and articles published both in fiction and non-fiction in such publications as ConNotations Newszine and the Palo Verde Pages.   His books are available on Kindle as well as in print form at several local book shops.  You can also order copies directly from his blog-site at www.mbtimetravler.wordpress.com. Michael's second book in the series, entitled The Travelers' Club and The Wild West will be published this summer.  Another full length novel, called Blood Bank, will be due out in December of this year.  In addition, Michael has several other projects and is planning to release three to four more full length novels next year.

THIS IS NOT A LIVE SHOW -- NO CALL INS FOR THIS SHOW. THIS IS A PRE-RECORDED SHOW. We talked to Todd VanHooser, an Arizona author, who mixes fantasy fiction book writing with role-playing game development.  For more information about Todd and his books, here is his address: http://www.toddvanhooser.com/todd1_005.htm Phoenix ComiCon Website for more information.  http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/page/1    

Arizona has some of the humorous writers in the world -- probably because we are all crazy to be living in the middle of the stinking desert and the heat is baking our brains. Or in Oana's case, she may say it could be because we can all hear our cats talk to us. "The Healings" is a dabble in dark humor in which she grew up in Bucharest, Romania. Oana states, "The character in my stories is a depressed male - the universal human being in search of his own Self and his place in the society and, on a deeper level in the world. In his quest for healing, he is accompanied by his one and only partner, his talking cat." When I met Oana during an author reading in a few months ago, I found her brand of humor and sarcasm reminiscent of Erma Bombeck, or my favorite satirist, Nora Ephron. She's wickedly humorous and writes about a talking cat, so what more would I want as a reader. THE HEALINGS by Oana -- SEEKING SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGH LAUGHTER http://www.thehealings.net/