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Marlena Fiol & Ed O'Connor Author
Today’s episode features, not one, but two guests! Both are PhDs with long lists of accomplishments, including being authors. Marlena and Dan’s novel, Called, will be ...
How to Pitch a Literary Agent with Elise Capron
In today's BONUS Episode, Elise Capron of the Dijkstra Literary Agency shares how to pitch an agent—from the formula to the timing, it's about being concise, concrete,...
Scott Myers - Screenwriter (K-9, Alaska) Black List screenwriting blog
Scott Meyers is a screenwriter, producer, professor, and educator on the art of screenwriting. And he’s had some big screen success! In this episode he shares a wealth...
Eric Nguyen - Author Things We Lost to the Water
Eric Nguyen is the author of Things We Lost to the Water— his debut novel. It’s the story of a family who leaves their home country of Vietnam for the city of New Orle...
Mike Ayers - Author One Last Song
What would your last song be? Journalist Mike Ayers asked that question to musicians from Wanda Jackson and Lucinda Williams to Phoebe Bridgers and Andre 3000 and comp...
Chris Bohjalian - Bestselling Author Hour of the Witch
In this episode Jeniffer talks with Chris Bohjalian—author of The Sandcastle Girls, The Guest Room and The Flight Attendant and many others— about his latest novel, Th...
Sue Monk Kidd - Author The Book of Longings
New York Times Best Selling Author, Sue Monk Kidd chats with Jeniffer via Warwick’s Books about her novel—recently released in paperback—The Book of Longings, and much...
Donna Leon - Author of the Guido Brunetti Mystery series
In another partnership with Warwick’s Books, Jeniffer interviews prolific Crime Fiction author, Donna Leon. This one will especially delight both fans of the genre and...
Laraine Newman - Original SNL cast member - author of May You Live in Interesting Times
Laraine Newman, who was, among other things, an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, is the guest on this week’s podcast. And she has a memoir out!
Gregory Brown - Author of The Lowering Days
This episodes brings you another collaboration with Warwick’s Books. Jeniffer speaks with author, Gregory Brown, about his debut novel, The Lowering Days.
043 - Angela Bole - CEO Independent Book Publishers Association
In this episode Jeniffer and Chad talk with Angela Bole about all things IBPA—which is committed to the Core Values of service, leadership, and independence in publish...
042 - Clare Beams - Author of The Illness Lesson
Oprah described Clare Beams’ novel, The Illness Lesson, as “seething with feminist fury.” Powerful words for a powerful story. And in this episode you’ll get a sense o...
041 - Chris Whitaker - Author of We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker is a UK based author of three Thrillers— We Begin at the End, is his latest. In this episode he talks about how it all began, having his novel optioned ...
040 - Olga Grushin - Author of The Charmed Wife
Fairy tales often end just when the real story is beginning. Olga Grushin’s latest novel imagines what happens after the happily ever after. Jeniffer talks with Olga a...
039 - Stephanie Plymale - Author American Daughter
Jeniffer talks with Stephanie Thornton Plymale about her memoir, American Daughter, via Warwick’s Books. The subtitle of Stephanie’s book says it all: A Memoir of Inte...
038 - Sally Collings, Book Proposal Expert
Do you dream of publishing a book? Well, one of the things you’ll need is a book proposal. And did you know a book proposal is commonly 60-80 pages?! If that surprises...
037 - Ghostwriter Derek Lewis
What do theremins and ghostwriting have in common? Nothing really. But they both seem mysterious, right? Well, ghostwriter Derek Lewis, is here to make the process a l...
036 - Dan & Sandra Smith - Smith Publicity
What do you do when you realize you have nowhere to go in your current job, and your past experience is mostly in auto repossession? If you’re Dan Smith, you go the en...
035 - Byron Lane & Steven Rowley Authors: A Star is Bored / The Editor
This episode of The Premise is a two-for-one! Jeniffer chats with Byron Lane and Steven Rowley about their books, A Star is Bored and The Editor. Why together, you ask...
034 - Bill Clegg Agent/Author of The End of the Day and Did You Ever Have a Family
What matters at the end of the day? Author, Memoirist, and Literary Agent, Bill Clegg explores this question in his latest novel through the eyes of a woman looking ba...
033 - Linda Olson Author of Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life
Not only did Linda Olson survive a horrible accident that left her as a triple(yes, triple) amputee, but she managed to thrive despite it. She also wrote a book about ...
032 - Justin Scheck - WSJ Reporter and Coauthor of Blood and Oil
When award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter, Justin Scheck started covering the Saudi royal family, he discovered the madness behind their money. His book, Blood a...
031 - Simon Stephenson - Author of Set My Heart to Five: A Novel - Pixar Screenwriter
Simon Stephenson came to writing in a more round about way than most. Before finding his true calling, Simon was a Doctor. In reading his new novel, Set My Heart To Fi...
030 - Sigrid Nunez - Author - The Friend, What Are You Going Through
Jeniffer talks with Sigrid Nunez via Warwick's books in this episode. Sigrid is an multi-award winning author and NYT Bestseller, writer, and faculty of the Creative W...
029 - Ann Gonzales - Children's Book Author
Ann Gonzales wrote her children's book, Beloved and the Pepper Tree, on a trip to India. She had no previous intention to do so, but the idea came to her almost as if ...
028 - John Vorhaus - Author
Does being born short shape your destiny? Ever wonder what a Russian version of the show Married with Children would be like? What does it take to be funny? Comedy wri...
027 - Jan Eliasberg - Director, Screenwriter, & Author of Hannah's War
Writer and director Jan Eliasberg didn’t have a hard time putting herself in the position of her book’s protagonist in Hannah’s War, because she’s been there. As a wom...
026 - Sara Schaefer Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian
Sara Schaefer realized, it's not the story you're telling, it's how you tell it, when she was writing her memoir, Grand. If you're a lover of memoirs, or the author of...
025 - Charles Rosenberg Alternative Fiction Author, Lawyer, Professor
Are you a fan of Historical Fiction? What about alternative Historical Fiction? Charles Rosenberg loves history and imagining what could've happened if small things ha...
024 - Brad Thor - New York Times Bestselling Author
In another partnership with Warwick's Books Jeniffer talks with NYT best selling Thriller author, Brad Thor, about his latest book, Near Dark, and how he transitioned ...
