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Speaking of Writers

Welcome to Speaking of Writers. Veteran broadcaster Steve Richards interviews local, regional and best selling authors. For more info email steve @ sval622@sbcglobal.net. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/speakingofwriters/subscribe Cover art photo provided by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@thepootphotographer

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00:12:00

Deborah Goodrich Royce- Reef Road

Speaking of Writers ·

2024/01/27

The hugely successful psychological thriller and page turner in REEF ROAD by Deborah Goodrich Royce is out in paperback (with some additional content). Deborah is Also the author of Ruby Falls and Finding Mrs. Ford, Goodrich Royce is a former film and television actress, best remembered by soap opera fans for her role of Silver Kane, sister of the legendary Erica Kane on All My Children. Reef Road explores a decades old unsolved murder of a young girl. Inspired by a real-life crime that affected

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00:15:38

David T. Beito-The New Deal’s War on the Bill of...

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2024/01/20

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously proclaimed freedom of speech as the first of his “four freedoms,” but his behavior, including confining over 120,000 American citizens in concentration camps, often belied such flowery prose. In the new book The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance, Independent Institute Sr. Fellow David T. Beito exposes FDR’s dictatorial endeavors of spying on U.S. citizens,

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00:17:02

Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill -ELVIS AND THE...

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2024/01/15

Elvis and the Colonel: An Insider’s Look at the Most Legendary Partnership in Show Business by Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill is a fresh biography of entertainment manager Colonel Tom Parker, a largely misunderstood figure in the life of Elvis Presley. McDonald, who worked under Parker for years, presents a contrarian and corrective point of view on a trailblazing man. The heart of the book is the long, strong, warm, and complex relationship between two iconic men. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Greg

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00:15:08

Dr. Steven Lesk-Footprints of Schizophrenia :The...

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2024/01/11

What causes schizophrenia? Is it a genetic glitch or are environmental factors at play? A combination of the two? Whatever the reason, what medication and course of action will give the patient the best chance at a normal life? Steven Lesk, MD, has been a practicing, board certified psychiatrist for almost four decades, treating thousands of adult patients while researching, writing articles, and mentoring students. He served as Chairman of the Department of Inpatient Psychiatric Services at the

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00:21:40

David Head and Timothy Hemmis- A Republic of Scoundrels

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2024/01/07

The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints. A Republic of Scoundrels (Pegasus Books), edited by David Head and Timothy Hemmis, chronicles the Founders who were schemers and opportunists, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s. We now have a clear-eyed understanding of Founding Fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton; even so, they are often considered American saints, revered for their wisdom and self-sacrificing

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00:13:25

Michailah Belle-Vision of Inspiration

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2024/01/06

A Vision Of Inspiration is a book about Love, Abuse, Mental Health, and Faith. Going through life hating yourself and wanting to die, because you could never be enough, or perfect for humans that claim they love you. The same humans that claim they love you are the same ones that betray you the most. Honesty, Loyalty, and Real Love are extremely hard to find these days. This book will prove the obstacles and tribulations I've had to go through to find it. This book is controversial and will have

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00:18:24

H. W. Brands- Founding Partisans -Founding Partisans:...

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2024/01/02

From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the shocking emergence of vicious political division at the birth of the United States. Author Bio: H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written more than a dozen biographies and histories, including The General vs. the President, a New York Times bestseller, and Our First Civil War, his most recent book. Two of his biographies, The First

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00:15:42

Tom Clavin-The Last Outlaws The Desperate Final Days...

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2023/12/28

In The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang , New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin tells, for the first time, the full story of the infamous Coffeyville bank heist, perpetrated in 1892 by the Dalton Gang. Clavin, known and admired for his immersive narrative style, traces the lives of the Daltons and their accomplices to illuminate, in riveting detail, another fascinating and violent moment in early American history. ABOUT THE AUTHOR TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York

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00:16:51

William Alexander- Ten Tomatoes that Changed the...

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2023/12/24

The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods — while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly recognizable, has earned a spot in the

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00:11:41

James Lee Burke- Flags on The Bayou

Speaking of Writers ·

2023/12/17

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters – enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers – are caught in the maelstrom. About the author James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored thirty-seven novels

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00:14:55

Katlyn Marie Carter - Democracy in Darkness

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2023/12/12

Does democracy die in darkness, as the saying suggests? This book reveals that modern democracy was born in secrecy, despite the widespread conviction that transparency was its very essence. In the years preceding the American and French revolutions, state secrecy came to be seen as despotic—an instrument of monarchy. But as revolutionaries sought to fashion representative government, they faced a dilemma. In a context where gaining public trust seemed to demand transparency, was secrecy ever

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00:15:09

Lynne Golodner- Woman of Valor

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2023/12/09

Lynne Golodner writes emotional novels with compelling Jewish characters who are determined to fill their lives with passion, purpose and love. Her first novel, Woman of Valor, joins a body of work that includes two poetry collections and six nonfiction books, including Hide and Seek: Jewish Women and Hair Covering and The Flavors of Faith: Holy Breads. Lynne is a writing coach, marketing entrepreneur and host of the Make Meaning Podcast, and her creative nonfiction has been published around the

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00:18:52

Jerome Peterson- The Haunting of Andrew Sharpai

Speaking of Writers ·

2023/12/06

Searching for love leads Andrew Sharpai down a path of rejection and haunting memories. When he encounters LaRae DuFont, however, Vegas' famous show dancer, it is love at first sight. She tells him a story in which Mary Magdalene thought Jesus was a gardener teaching Andrew that everything is not as it seems. A tragic twist of fate alters the plans of the lovers. Grievous questions lead Andrew down a drunken path to an Idaho town, where he is far from the Vegas crowd. In Pocatello, he meets the

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00:11:51

Jonathan Farris-Shadows In The Sunset - Three Novellas

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2023/12/04

“Shadows in the Sunset” consists of three novellas, the first being the story that gives the book its title, a story of a Summer lost and never forgotten. It follows a group of youths adventuring through the terrain of Big Sur. Moments are made and the truth of everything is felt through each person’s expression. The second novella is “Underland (The Lost Children),” which follows the simple story of James and Summer, two “fools” just visiting the country fair. Lastly, “A House with No

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00:09:35

Laurence Leamer -HITCHCOCK’S BLONDES

Speaking of Writers ·

2023/12/04

In HITCHCOCK’S BLONDES, bestselling biographer Laurence Leamer offers an intimate journey into the lives of eight legendary actresses whose stories helped chart the course of the troubled, talented director’s career—from his early days in the British film industry, to his triumphant American debut, to his Hollywood heyday and beyond. Through the stories of June Howard-Tripp, Madeleine Carroll, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Janet Leigh, Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint, and Tippi Hedren—who starred in

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00:19:02

Dr. Leggie L. Boone- Dear Dream Maker

Speaking of Writers ·

2023/12/02

When I rest my eyes and fall into that place of disconnection from my surroundings, I slide over into a land of creative, colorful narrations. My dreams are often so eventful that I wake up exhausted. The events in this book are real in my dreaming mind. This volume includes dreams and notes from 1997 through 2006. I have been journaling my dreams for decades and decided there must be a reason, therefore I am sharing. These episodes of varying lengths are neither fiction nor nonfiction, fantasy nor

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00:09:20

William Covey- Desolation Part One

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2023/11/30

Visited by the spirit world, a Hopi woman, an Aborigine man, and a Rabbi are told the earth will soon undergo worldwide desolation. They are divinely united to reveal the message to all humans that live upon Mother Earth. It all begins with a thermonuclear war between India and China over greed, which starts the cataclysmic events that alter the entire planet. They were told that man's carelessness with his scientific technology will cause a cascade of events that will literally change the face

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00:18:46

Cliff Sloan-THE COURT AT WAR FDR, His Justices, and...

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2023/11/29

The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country, with consequences that endure today. By the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had molded his Court. He had appointed seven of the nine justices—the most by any president except George Washington—and handpicked the chief justice. But the wartime Roosevelt Court had two faces. One was bold and progressive, the other supine and abject, cowed by the charisma of

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00:13:16

David Baldacci- The Edge

Speaking of Writers ·

2023/11/28

“The Master Storyteller” David Baldacci is back with the second book in his 6:20 Man series: The Edge. The 6:20 Man series is praised: "Corporate conspiracies, corruption, and murder—all come together in one of thriller fans’ most anticipated books of the summer . . . Baldacci’s experience in this genre truly shines as he builds complex layers of riveting twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat!"―Reader's Digest "A complex, high-powered thriller that will keep the

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00:06:09

John Hartzell- You Can't Go Back

Speaking of Writers ·

2023/11/22

You have to do it everyday and I know it will be hard, some days it may feel even impossible. But you have to believe in your self and I promise you'll never experience setbacks from the Hands of believing in yourself Just get it done. John Robert Hartzell was born in Pasco County Florida, and spent most of his childhood growing up in northeast Ohio. For more info on this book click HERE --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve-richards/support

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