Show Notes
One of the spring’s most anticipated books is a biography of American literary icon Judy Blume. Author Mark Oppenheimer joins Steve to talk about the writer who helped us grow up and how she’s developed as she’s grown up. Blume cooperated with the writing of the book but has kept her distance from the final […]
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How about a little romance? Rachel Pologe’s Now That We Don’t Talk follows Nora and Henry in this sweet, funny holiday romance. They’re in love and loathe at the same time. The issue comes to a head when their mothers announce they’re getting engaged. Rache talks with Steve about romance, TV writing, and why she […]
Long after Tom Clancy’s death, his character Jack Ryan lives on. Clancy died in 2013. Since then, several authors have continued the Ryan series. The latest is Jack Stewart with Pressure Depth. He talks with Steve about Tom, Jack, and his own fighter pilot experience.
Ann Cleeves has filled library shelves and BritBox TV lineups for years. Whether it’s beloved Vera, my pet, Shetland, or her new Mathew Venn series, Ann brings the north of England alive. Her news book is The Dying Light. She talks with Steve about her success and how it took 20 years to get noticed.
Jane Hamilton is known for her novels A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth. Her latest is The Phoebe Variations, which was nearly 10 years in the making. In this week’s podcast, she talks with Steve about Phoebe’s journey into adulthood and about her own fears that her novel-writing career might have […]
Novelist Henry Wise joins Steve Bertrand on Books this week to talk about Promised Land, a story of loyalty and simmering antagonism set in the swamps of Virginia. Of particular interest is the impact of the Civil War that Wise says is sometimes still felt in parts of the South.