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Interview by Paul Salfen You know Scott Brick if you are an audiobook fan.  He has narrated more than 900 books since 2000, has won all sorts of awards (40 AudioFile Earphones Awards alone) and named Publishers Weekly Narrator of the Year in 2007. And even if you are not a SciFi fan, you have heard of

JOHN WISNIEWSKI: What first interested you in the writing of Charles Bukowski?  Daniel Weizmann: Bukowski was just always there, like the sun and the moon, I can't really remember a day of discovery. I grew up in East Hollywood, a few blocks from Chatterton's Bookstore, which was kind of a literary hub in the 1970s,

Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski:  When did you begin writing Edmund? Edmund White:  I began writing when i learned how to write. One of my first efforts was done when I was eight or nine, a short history of my maternal great-grandparents, the Oakes, who were homesteaders in East Texas. I remember I had

Interview by Paul Salfen Ryan T. Higgins is the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times best-selling We Don't Eat Our Classmates; the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor; Hotel Bruce; BE QUIET!; Bruce's Big Move; and

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Interview by John Wisniewski Bill German authored Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It) about his first hand experiences with the band. John Wisniewski: Could you tell us about the Rolling Stones fanzine that you started when You were in

Interview By Paul Salfen Paul Salfen interviews Julie Murphy about her reimagining of the Cinderella fable, If The Shoe Fits.  She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the young adult novels Dumplin’ (now a film on Netflix), Puddin’, Ramona Blue, and Side Effects May Vary. Dear Sweet Pea is her debut middle grade

Interview by Paul Salfen Eight-Part Netflix adaptation of the bestselling novel PIECES OF HER (directed by Lesli Linka Glatter [Mad Men], and produced by Charlotte Stoudt [Homeland] and Bruna Papandrea [Big Little Lies]), coming soon FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: For the over the past 20 years, #1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter has captivated readers with

Interview by Paul Salfen Cosmic Queries Takes Readers on an Awe-Inspiring Journey to the Forefront of the Galactic Frontier Written for everyone who wants to understand their place in the universe,COSMIC QUERIES: STARTALK’S GUIDE TO WHO WE ARE, HOW WE GOT HERE, AND WHERE WE’RE GOING tackles big questions that humanity has been pondering for millennia.

Interview by John Wisniewski AMFM Magazine: Nicca, you have just written a collection of poems Called "Backseat Baby". What inspired you to write these poems? Nicca Ray: I wanted to tell the story of my youth without having to abide by any sort of structure or formality. I wanted stories to be snapshots and glimpses