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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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00:12:19

Leigh Montville TALL MEN, SHORT SHORTS: The 1969 NBA...

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/08/15

Legendary, award-winning sportswriter Leigh Montville—former Boston Globe columnist, Sports Illustrated senior writer, and New York Times bestselling author of biographies covering the lives of athletes like Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, and Dale Earnhardt—has entertained sports fans and readers for five decades with his wry voice and razor-sharp insights. But even after his six critically acclaimed, bestselling biographies, Sports Illustrated cover stories, and decades of Globe columns,

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00:13:55

Michelle Seiler Tucker and Sharon Lechter- EXIT RICH

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/08/07

Michelle Seiler Tucker and Sharon Lechter, authors of EXIT RICH share how to build sustainable, scalable and when you are ready- sellable business and everything they learned along the way. Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated, an M&A firm that has sold over a thousand businesses. Sharon is the CEO of Pay Your Family First and she co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad. Steve Forbes calls EXIT RICH a "goldmine for entrepreneurs." Sharon Lechter is an

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00:18:07

Sandra Brown- Blind Tiger

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/08/07

Sandra Brown has written masterful romantic suspense novels for decades—72 New York Times bestsellers with more than 80 million copies in print worldwide in 34 languages. In BLIND TIGER (2021), Sandra returns to historical fiction with one of her best books ever. The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing story where Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas. And it just so happens that “blind tiger”

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00:12:41

Hadassah Lieberman- Hadassah An American Story

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/08/01

In 1949, Hadassah Lieberman and her family immigrated from the Czech Republic to the United States. She went on to earn a BA from Boston University in government and dramatics and an MA in international relations and American government from Northeastern University. She built a career devoted largely to public health that has included positions at Lehman Brothers, Pfizer, and the National Research Council. After her first marriage ended in divorce, she married Joe Lieberman, a US senator from

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00:12:46

Chandler Baker - The Husbands

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/08/01

Do you ever feel like you’re doing more than your fair share of chores at home, that no one else sees the dishes piling up or remembers the school bake sale? That kind of “mom rage” is the fuel for Chandler Baker’s sharply observed, darkly funny, and deeply suspenseful follow-up to her New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon book club pick Whisper Network: THE HUSBANDS, “[a] delightful and furious take on Stepford Wives” (CrimeReads). Just ahead of publication, MGM announced the acquisition

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00:14:27

Bracken MacLeod Closing Costs

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/25

Nelle and Evan Pereira were thrilled to close on their “forever home,” a spacious paradise nestled against a state forest in Massachusetts. Three months later, on a brisk Saturday morning, their peace is destroyed when an intruder captures Nelle home by herself. Quickly overpowered by the aggressive stranger, she’s forced down to the cold, musty basement where he ties her to a chair. The intruder has a singular, if unusual, demand: he wants her to make a phone call. One that Nelle isn’t confident

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00:14:40

P. J. Vernon Bath Haus

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/24

About BATH HAUS: P.J. Vernon’s BATH HAUS (Doubleday) opens with Oliver as he tentatively gathers the courage to enter a gay DC Bath Haus while his partner is out of town. A recovering addict, Oliver has now settled into a much more subdued way of life with Nathan, a wealthy surgeon with even wealthier parents. But while Nathan is away on business, Oliver finds himself pulled towards this exciting escape. However, his Bath Haus visit becomes more thrilling than he intended when he enters a private

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00:10:40

Elinor Lipman- Rachel To The Rescue

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/24

Rachel Klein is sacked from her job at the White House after she sends an email criticizing Donald Trump. As she is escorted off the premises, she is hit by a speeding car, driven by what the press will discreetly call “a personal friend of the President.” Does that explain the flowers, the get-well wishes at a press briefing, the hush money offered by a lawyer at her hospital bedside? Rachel’s recovery is soothed by comically doting parents, matchmaking roommates, a new job as aide to a journalist

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00:14:37

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray - The...

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/20

About THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN: In THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN, Belle da Costa Greene is given the opportunity of a lifetime, to be the personal librarian to prominent financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan. The newly built Pierpont Morgan Library is hers to curate, and she soon becomes a fixture in the art world and J.P. Morgan’s personal confidant. With impeccable taste, shrewd negotiation skills, and an unparalleled fashion sense, Belle takes New York City by storm and helps Morgan build a

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00:10:41

Harry Rosenfeld - In Memoriam

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/17

Harry M. Rosenfeld died this week at his home in Slingerlands, NY. He was a child refugee from Nazi Germany. Harry was a key figure in the Washington Post's coverage of The Watergate break in and scandal as managing editor. He even hired Bob Woodward. He had a 50 year career in the newspaper business including working at The New York Herald Tribune, and being the top editor of two Albany NY newspapers. His philosophy on journalism from his 2013 memoir was "holding to account the accountable, the

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00:12:08

William Rawlings Lighthouses of The Georgia Coast

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/16

Once an essential part of nautical navigation and commerce, the world's lighthouses have become historical relics of days past, their primary function now replaced by modern technology. Yet these magnificent structures continue to fascinate us, not only for their intrinsic beauty, but also as monuments to our shared history, and as symbols of hope and salvation to those cast adrift on the stormy seas of life. From the mid-eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries, the waterways of coastal

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00:12:19

Chris Matthews This Country My Life in Politics and...

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/16

A sweeping memoir of American politics and history from Chris Matthews, New York Times bestselling author and former host of MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews. In This Country, Chris Matthews offers a panoramic portrait of post–World War II America through the story of his remarkable life and career. It is a story of risk and adventure, of self-reliance and service, of loyalty and friendship. It is a story driven by an abiding faith in our country. Chris Matthews Chris Matthews is a visiting

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00:12:02

Jessica Chiarella- The Lost Girls

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/11

About THE LOST GIRLS: It's been more than twenty years since Marti Reese's sister, Maggie, disappeared. Only eight-years-old at the time, Marti can't remember what happened, just that Maggie got into a car and never returned. After years of grief and countless false leads, Marti is coping as best she can: abandoning her marriage, drinking to forget, and documenting her never-ending search via a true-crime podcast. But when the podcast becomes an unexpected hit and Marti thinks she's finally ready to

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00:16:44

Kenneth Whyte- The Sack of Detroit General Motors And...

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2021/07/11

In the 1950s, America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, and no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses in the world, their leadership revered, their methods imitated, and their brands synonymous with the nation’s aspirations. But by the end of the 1960s, Detroit’s profits had evaporated and its famed executives had become symbols of greed, arrogance, and incompetence. And no company suffered this reversal more than General Motors,

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00:09:18

Benjamin Hochman- 11 in '11: A Hometown Hero, La...

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/07

Of the 11 World Series titles the St. Louis Cardinals have won in their formidable history, 2011's victory stands out as something different, something magical. It was the work of a team that seemingly had no business even playing in October yet one that stared down defeat over and over again, refusing to back down until the trophy was theirs. In the new book 11 in '11: A Hometown Hero, La Russa's Last Ride in Red, and a Miracle World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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00:12:28

Camille Aubray- The Godmothers

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/07

Female-driven historical novels are having their moment in popular culture, though these books have long been darlings of the media and shelf staples for legions of dedicated readers. This summer, William Morrow proud to publish a sophisticated, sumptuous new entry in buzz-worthy fiction: THE GODMOTHERS by Camille Aubray (William Morrow) On the heels of her hardcover debut, Cooking for Picasso (2016), (an enduring book club favorite, an Indie Next Reading Groups List selection, and widely reviewed,

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00:11:07

Hayden Herrera- Upper Bohemia

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/03

ABOUT THE BOOK: Set against a backdrop of 1950s Cape Cod, New York City, and Mexico, Herrera’s poignant memoir is the perfect summer read. Herrera is a critically acclaimed biographer, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and now turns her biographer’s eye to her own family. UPPER BOHEMIA peels back the layers of a seemingly idyllic, artistic childhood in to explore the complexities of living with unstable, narcissistic parents. For Herrera’s parents, both

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00:14:40

Georgia Clark- It Had to Be You

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/07/03

For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn’s beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even more unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, Savannah. Liv and Savannah are not a match made in heaven, to say the least. But what starts as a personal and professional nightmare transforms into something even savvy, cynical Liv Goldenhorn couldn’t begin to imagine. It Had to Be You cleverly unites

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00:09:18

Michael Dobbs- King Richard

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/06/27

From the best-selling author ofOne Minute to Midnight:a riveting account of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president. In January 1973, Richard Nixon had just been inaugurated after winning re-election in a historic landslide. He enjoyed an almost 70 percent approval rating. But by April 1973, his presidency had fallen apart as the Watergate scandal metastasized into what White House counsel John Dean called “a full-blown

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00:10:21

Jamie Brenner- Blush

Speaking of Writers ·

2021/06/27

About BLUSH: BLUSH places us in the lush vineyards of the Hollander Estates winery, which has existed as the North Fork of Long Island's premier destination for lavish parties and romantic day trips for decades. Now the Hollander family fortunes have suffered, and as matriarch Vivian Hollander prepares for the arrival of her daughter and granddaughter for their annual summer reunion, she fears it might be their last. Worse, selling the family legacy to strangers might expose the dark secret she's

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