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Finding the Magic Book Podcast

Tricia Copeland

What makes you love a book? I find my favorite stories are those where I"m crying with the MC, celebrating their victories, and screaming at their missteps. Welcome to Finding the Magic, a podcast all about books, plots, characters, and the authors that create them. I write young adult fantasy and sci-fi dystopian, as well as fun and inspiring romances. Listen in as I highlight books and authors from these genres as well as mysteries, thrillers, and horror. Find me and intro to my books at

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00:37:16

S5 E24 with L. Ron Hubbard Winner Patrick MacPhee

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2025/05/20

Speculative Fiction Author Patrick MacPhee is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning story will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41.The Writers of the Future Award is the genre’s most prestigious award of its kind and has now become the largest, most successful, and demonstrably most influential

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S5 E23 with Cyberpunk Author Mark Everglade

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2025/05/16

Mark Everglade has spent his life studying social conflict. He runs the website www.markeverglade.com where he reviews cyberpunk media and interviews the greats. He also runs Cyberpunk Day each year with a group dedicated to bringing dystopian fiction to a new generation. His short stories have been featured beside legendary authors like Cory Doctorow and Walter Jon Williams.

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S5 E22 with Mystery Author Ann Charles

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2025/05/13

Ann Charles—AuthorNearly Departed in Deadwood, the 2010 Daphne du Maurier Award Winner and a 2011 RWA Golden Heart Award Winner.*USA Today Best Selling Author, *Amazon Top 100 Bestselling Author*Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestselling Author*Winner Suspense Magazine Best of 2012, 2015. 2016*Winner of Paranormal Grand Prize from Chanticleer Book Reviews and Media, *Winner of Southern Writers Best Covers ContestYou'll laugh. You'll cringe. You'll want more.Find all her books here:

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S5 E21 with YA Fantasy Author Aimee Phan

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2025/05/09

Aimee Phan was born and raised in Orange County, California. She received her BA in English from UCLA and her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of two books for adults, We Should Never Meet: Stories and the novel The Reeducation of Cherry Truong. She has received fellowships and residencies from the NEA, MacDowell Colony, the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, Djerassi andHedgebrook. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Time, USA Today and CNN.com among

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00:25:14

S5 E20 with fantasy author Peter Gribble

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2025/05/06

Peter Gribble is a writer and a lifelong studentof history whose work explores the intersections of knowledge, power, and the human condition. His fantasy series, “The City of the Magicians,” is set in a civilization that rejects traditional warfare. The series examines how intellect, psychological strategy, and telepathic abilities can be both a society’s greatest strength and its most dangerous vulnerability. Influenced by his childhood in postwar France—where silence about the war was as

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00:34:11

S5 E19 with Dystopian Author Paul G. Vecchiet

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2025/05/02

Paul G. Vecchiet is an author whose speculative fictionbridges U.S. government cover-ups, extraterrestrial phenomena, spirituality, and the future of humanity. Through his writing, Paul encourages readers to explore hidden truths and imagine new realities. A U.S. government civilian and former U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Officer, Pauldraws from real-life experiences in his novel, “The Disclosure Paradox.”Inspired by transformative meditation experiences in2009, the novel incorporates elements

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S5 E18 with Fantasy Author James Bow

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2025/04/29

James was born in downtown Toronto on April 19, 1972 and lived there until his folks moved up to Kitchener in 1991 so he could attend the University of Waterloo. He's lived in Kitchener ever since. He's a trained urban planner has worked as a database manager, web designer, circulation manager, administrative assistant, layout designer and office manager. The one consistent thing about his varied academic and professional career has been a love of writing.

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S5 E17 with Women's Fiction Author Heather Tracy

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2025/04/22

Heather Tracy (she/her) is a travel agent by day, and a masked copy editor and writer by night. As a travel agent, she plans Nerdventures—travel for the nerd in all of us. These can be anything from visiting New Zealand to see as many Lord of the Rings filming locations as you can to visiting castles in Europe to following in the footsteps of your favorite author.As a copy editor, she’s found hundreds of typos, comma splices, and other grammatical nitpicks for Space Wizard Science Fantasy since

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S5 E16 with Young Adult Fantasy Author C.J. Hosack

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2025/04/15

CJ grew up in Southern California, loving fantasy and science fiction. She is married to her husband of thirty plus years, has four children, and has an ever-growing number of grandchildren. Adopted at eight months old, she recently found her birth parents. She has a Masters Degree in Public History from Southern New Hampshire University, and if she’s not writing, you can generally find her quilting, costuming, or traveling to spend time with those she loves. She’s a wannabe dress historian and has

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00:27:28

S5 E15 with Author H.M. Gooden

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2025/04/08

H.M. Gooden is a full time worker bee, mother, and writer by the wee hours of the day. She would write all the time if she had her way, but alas, life and family come first!Somewhere in the last few years she's managed to carve out just enough time to write the trilogy that has spawned it all, based on a recurring dream she had in her teens.Find H.M. and her books at https://www.hmgoodenauthor.com/

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00:24:27

S5 E14 with YA Dystopian Author CC Robinson

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2025/04/01

CC Robinson has over two decades’ experience in cross-cultural settings as a medical doctor working in post-civil war nations and as an Associate Pastor at a multi-ethnic congregation led by an African-American man in Cincinnati, the setting for Divided. When she’s not throwing on her superhero cape to save her characters from their dystopian antics, CC enjoys hiking, gardening, dancing, swimming, and driving her jeep through the woods with her husband and three kids.Find CC and her books here:

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00:29:44

S5 E13 with Colorado Author Jack Maher

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2025/03/25

Historical novelist Jack Maher is a proud fifth generation Colorado native and grandson of Eric Douglas, pioneering Denver Art Museum curator, Native arts champion andthe focus of Jack's best-seller "Poppy: A Novel About A Colorful Colorado Life." Prior to becoming a novelist, Jack worked at top rated NBC affiliate KUSA-TV in Denver as a 9NEWS Multimedia Journalist and Executive Producer. A four time Emmy winner, Jack is the recipient of multiple broadcasting honors from the Associated

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00:34:31

S5 E12 with Historical Fiction Author Tong Ge

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2025/03/18

It was such an honor to talk with Tong Ge about her new release. Tong Ge was born and raised in China and moved to Canada in 1988. She began writing the China China trilogy in 2004 with the first book: The House Filler. Although she was challenged by learning to write in English and by her long- term disability, she persevered and since 2012 has published poetry and prose in English and Chinese in publications such as Prism, Ricepaper, Flow, Canadian Stories, and The Polyglot. Tong Ge lives in

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00:28:42

S5 E11 with YA Fantasy Author K.T. Anglehart

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2025/03/11

K.T. Anglehart has always known she wanted to tell stories. Much of her writing inspiration stems from Scottish and Irish folklore, as illustrated in her debut young adult urban fantasy novel, The Wise One, and its sequel The Twin Flame, the first two installments in The Scottish Scrolls series.Anglehart believes that a great book is one that incites you to change in some way. She hopes her readers will learn to find magic all around them, connect with nature, form lasting friendships, and keep

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00:28:51

S5 E10 with Mystery Author Sally Barrilla

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2025/03/04

Sally Barrilla, AKA Detective Writer, is a Latinx and Italian individual. She was born and raised in NYC by grandparents since the age of six months old and has been a huge lover of writing ever since she was a kid trying to learn English. She learned at a young age, just how much imagination and creativity can be brought about by words.Find Sally, her book, and her podcast here: Detective Writer at detectivewriter.com

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00:21:58

S5 E9 with Suspense Author J.D. Barker

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2025/02/25

J.D. Barker is the the New York Times bestselling author of Forsaken, Dracul, and The Fourth Monkey.J.D.’s latest novel, Something I Keep Upstairs, is set to release in May 2025, and it’s inspired by the real-life haunted house on Wood Island. Listeners have an incredible chance to win an overnight stay in the very haunted house that inspired the story—an opportunity that would definitely engage your audience. Enter here: : https://woobox.com/vcevs2

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00:39:54

S5 E8 with Author Erika Krouse

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2025/02/18

Erika Krouse is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her upcoming short story collection, Save Me, Stranger, will be published by Flatiron Books in January 2025. Save Me, Stranger has been hailed as “a dozen little masterpieces,” by Adam Johnson, “remarkable” by Ann Beattie, and Louise Erdrich said, “Read these stories with a buddy, because someone will have to scrape you off the floor.” In a starred review, Kirkus calls the collection "a smart set of globetrotting, emotionally gripping

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00:20:37

S5 E7 with Author Carol Plum-Ucci

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2025/02/11

Carol Plum-Ucci is best known for her young adult novels that explore themes of psychological suspense, mystery, and the complexities of human nature. Her debut novel, The Body of Christopher Creed, won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award along with many other national honors. The novel’s dark,atmospheric tone and exploration of identity and social alienation resonated with young readers, earning Plum-Ucci a spot as a notable voice in contemporary YA literature. Following her debut, Plum-Ucci

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00:31:20

S5 E6 with Author Marco Gamboa

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2025/02/04

Marco has a Bachelor's Degree in English and Psychology, as well as a Master of Jurisprudence. He's lived in San Antonio since the age of 3, via Mexico City. He has two daughters, 11 and 13. He enjoys music, whether it's a concert or just listening through headphones, running, and making people laugh. The book is sad. It goes from bad to worse, but my readings and podcast appearances heavily leverage the ability to comedy. To laugh at what we cannot control. Find Marco and his book here:

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00:22:48

S5 E5 with Fantasy Author Zachary Hagen

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2025/01/28

Zachary Hagen is a Minnesota based fantasy author and editor. He lives there with his wife, Claudia, and their dog, Flynn. When he isn't busy writing his next book or working with an editing client, you can often find him walking around his neighborhood or hiking.From a young age he was enthralled with the world of story. From the stories his parents read to him from his blue bedtime story books (if you know, you know) to the first two series that he read, The Chronicles of Narnia and A Series of

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