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Alina Simone is a singer and writer based out of Brooklyn, NY. YOU MUST GO AND WIN is her collection of essays about Russia, family and the tragic-comic struggle to make it in indie rock. Here, she discusses the process of recording her book.
Francesca Serritella has co-written two novels with her mother including MY NEST ISN’T EMPTY, IT JUST HAS MORE CLOSET SPACE and BEST FRIENDS, OCCASIONAL ENEMIES: THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE AS A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. She lives in New York with her dog. Here, she discusses the joys of recording her book BEST FRIENDS, OCCASIONAL ENEMIES.
Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of novels including LOOK AGAIN, LADY KILLER,THINK TWICE, SAVE ME and EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT. She also writes a weekly column, “Chick Wit,” with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lisa lives in the Philadelphia area. Here, she talks about the process of recording BEST FRIENDS, OCCASIONAL ENEMIES.
Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of novels including LOOK AGAIN, LADY KILLER,THINK TWICE, SAVE ME and EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT. She also writes a weekly column, “Chick Wit,” with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lisa lives in the Philadelphia area. Here, she talks about the process of recording BEST FRIENDS, OCCASIONAL ENEMIES.
Jane Green is a bestselling author of popular novels. She has been featured in People, Newsweek, USA Today, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan. She lives in Connecticut with her family. Here, she answers a series of questions about recording ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART.
Lesley Kagen is the New York Times bestselling author of WHISTLING IN THE DARK, GOOD GRACES, LAND OF A HUNDRED WONDERS, and TOMORROW RIVER. She lives in Milwaukee with her family. Here, she talks about the joys of recording her books.
Charles Martin earned his B.A. in English from Florida State University, and his M.A. in Journalism and Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University. He served one year at Hampton University as an adjunct professor in the English department and as a doctoral fellow at Regent. In 1999, he left a career in business to pursue his writing. He and his wife, Christy, live a stone's throw from the St. John's River in Jacksonville, Florida, with their three boys: Charlie, John T. and Rives.
Alma Katsu lives outside of Washington, DC with her husband, musician Bruce Katsu. Her debut, THE TAKER, a Gothic novel of suspense, has been compared to the early work of Anne Rice and Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian. The novel was named a Top Ten Debut Novel of 2011 by the American Library Association and has developed an international following. THE RECKONING, the second book in the trilogy, is coming out on June 19th.
Anthony Swofford served in a U.S. Marine Corps Surveillance and Target Acquisition/Scout-Sniper platoon during the Gulf War. After the war, he was educated at American River College; the University of California, Davis; and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has taught at the University of Iowa and Lewis and Clark College. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times, Harper's, Men's Journal, The Iowa Review, and other publications. A Michener-Copernicus Fellowship recipient, he lives in New York. Here, he answers questions about recording his new book, HOTELS, HOSPITALS, AND JAILS: A Memoir.
Claire McMillan grew up in Pasadena, California and now lives near Cleveland on her husband's family's farm with their two children. She practiced law until 2003 and then received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. This is her first novel. Here, she talks about one of her father's lifelong passions. To learn more about Claire McMillan, click here.
