Andrea Stewart is the daughter of immigrants, and was raised in a number of places across the United States. Her parents always emphasized science and education, so she spent her childhood immersed in Star Trek and odd-smelling library books. W

Victoria Schwab

Mar 8th, 2022 55m 55s

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Axie Oh

Feb 22nd, 2022 55m 46s

Axie Oh is a first generation Korean American, born in NYC and raised in New Jersey. She studied Korean history and creative writing as an undergrad at the University of California – San Diego and holds an MFA from Lesley University in Writing

Lani Forbes

Feb 8th, 2022 56m 8s

Lani Forbes is the award-winning YA author of The Seventh Sun and the 2021 release, The Jade Bones. As the daughter of a librarian and an ex-drug smuggling surfer (which explains her passionate love of the ocean and books), Lani is a one-time t

Kathleen Bednar

Jan 25th, 2022 56m 13s

From a young age, Kathleen empathized with storybook monsters and the creatures who lived under her bed. Drawn to the strange and unusual, her healthy obsession with history and the occult sculpted fictional worlds steeped in dark magic and omi

Akshaya Raman

Jan 4th, 2022 56m 39s

Akshaya Raman fell in love with writing when she wrote her first story at the age of ten. Though she graduated from UC Davis with a degree in biology, she gave up pursuing a career in science to write books. She is a co-founder and contributor

Carmelina Marchetta

Dec 21st, 2021

Carmelina Marchetta’s writing career took off in 1992 when she published her first novel: Looking For Alibrandi. She later turned the story into a film script. The movie Looking for Alibrandi screened in theatres around Australia and the world

Shea Ernshaw

Dec 7th, 2021

Shea Ernshaw is a NYT bestselling author and winner of the Oregon Book Award. Her books have been published in over twelve countries/languages, and her novels The Wicked Deep and Winterwood were Indie Next Picks. Her debut adult fiction novel A

Zoe Hana Mikuta

Nov 30th, 2021

Zoe Hana Mikuta currently attends the University of Washington in Seattle, studying English with a creative writing focus. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she developed a deep love of Muay Thai kickboxing and nurtured a slow and steady

Christina Dalcher

Nov 16th, 2021 56m 15s

Christina Dalcher earned her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown University, specializing in the phonetics of sound change. Her short stories and flash fiction appear in several journals worldwide. Novels include VOX, Master Cl

Marissa Meyer

Nov 2nd, 2021 56m 29s

Marissa Meyer is the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Renegades Trilogy, The Lunar Chronicles series, the Wires and Nerve graphic novels, and The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book. Her first standalone novel, Heartless, was also a #1 Ne

Samantha Cook

Nov 1st, 2021 54m 45s

Samantha Cook is a fantasy author of dark and twisty adventures for young adults. Her books contain a slice of magic and a questionable serving of humour, so bear that in mind before taking a bite. She's also a freelance developmental editor, a

Connor Jordan

Nov 1st, 2021 56m 26s

Connor Akio Jordan, Chief of Staff of Project RegenerationConnor is the Chief of Staff of Project Regeneration, noted environmentalist Paul Hawken's new nonprofit. He helped research and write Paul's new book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate C

Melissa Welliver

Oct 1st, 2021 54m 7s

Melissa Welliver writes speculative fiction about how the End Of The World is never really the end of the world. After studying MA Creative Writing under Jeanette Winterson at the University of Manchester, she went on to complete Curtis Brown C

Carynn Bohley

Sep 14th, 2021 55m 25s

Carynn Bohley is the young adult author of YA fantasy Darkness Rise (published by Darkstroke Books) and several self-published works, her most recent publication being her NA time travel romance titled Out of Time. You can find more about her b

Jessica Brody

Jul 21st, 2021 56m 41s

Jessica has written and published over seventeen novels for teens, tweens, and adults including 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, A Week of Mondays(a Texas Lone Star list selection), Addie Bell’s Shortcut to Growing, The Geography of Lost Things, B

Beth Jusino

Jul 21st, 2021 56m 46s

Beth Jusino is an award-winning writer, editor, book publishing consultant, and unlikely pilgrim. She is the recipient of the Barbara Savage Miles From Nowhere Travel Writing Award, and two “IPPY” medals from the Independent Publishers Associat

Garth Stein

Jul 6th, 2021 56m 51s

Garth Stein is the internationally bestselling author of the contemporary classic, The Art of Racing the Rain. A major motion picture adaptation starring Kevin Costner, Milo Ventimiglia, and Amanda Seyfried, was release in the summer of 2019. T

Michelle Sagara

Jun 23rd, 2021 57m 51s

Michelle Sagara lives in Toronto with her long-suffering husband and two sons. She is very allergic to cats, unlike many authors, and her house is a zone of chaos. With bookshelves. Her first novel was published in 1991 (Into the Darklands), an

N.J. Simmonds

Jun 8th, 2021 56m 46s

Fantasy author N J Simmonds began her career in glossy magazines, then went on to manage marketing campaigns for big brands before going freelance. In 2015 she co-founded online magazine The Glass House Girls and has since contributed to variou

Julie Murphy

May 23rd, 2021 54m 36s

JULIE MURPHY lives in North Texas with her husband, who loves her; her dog, who adores her; and her cats, who tolerate her. After several wonderful years in the library world, Julie now writes full-time. When she’s not writing, she can be found

Becca Puglisi

May 1st, 2021 57m 39s

Becca Puglisi is an international speaker, writing coach, and bestselling author of The Emotion Thesaurus and other resources for writers. Her books have sold over 600,000 copies and are available in multiple languages, are sourced by US univer

Janni Simner

Apr 21st, 2021 57m 59s

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James M. Nelson

Jun 2nd, 2020 57m 8s

James Nelson is a commercial banker, Commerical Real Estate Broker, and author of the book Stealing Home, How Artificial Intelligence Is Hijacking the American Dream.Employed in the US banking system for nearly 40 years, Mr. Nelson elected