Claire Booth beautifully blends real-life location with a mix of mystery and drama in Hank Worth 7. Throwing Shadows effectively demonstrates how past events ripple into present drama.

Author and entrepreneur Loxley Brown discusses her Charms book series, teaching young people about dreaming big and taking action to make those dreams real.

Tom Epperson, the screenwriter behind One False Move—the cult classic crime thriller co-written with his childhood friend Billy Bob Thornton. He's the author of the Edgar-nominated The Kind One and the haunting noir Sailor. But today, Tom Epperson is here to talk about something entirely different.

His new book, Baby Hawk, is a bold, breathtaking departure: a novel in verse that fuses fable, feminism, and post-apocalyptic survival into a white-knuckle, heart-rending journey.

Set in a near-future world where one woman may be all that remains of her gender, Baby Hawk is both a gripping story of captivity and resistance and a lyrical meditation on ecological collapse and the raw brutality of power. It’s visceral. It’s visionary. And it’s unlike anything you’ve ever read.

Brian Cranley is a biomedical engineer turned theologian, whose new book The Call of Wonder invites readers to rediscover awe at the intersection of empirical discovery and spiritual truth. From the Big Bang to the human brain, from ancient wisdom to quantum theory, Cranley reveals how the mysteries of science may not oppose belief—but illuminate it.

Drawing on a rare blend of technical knowledge and theological insight, Cranley shares a deeply personal journey—one that asks not whether faith and reason can coexist, but whether they’ve been pointing to the same truth all along.

Whether you’re a lifelong believer, a committed skeptic, or someone searching for meaning in the beauty of nature and the cosmos, this conversation just might spark your own call to wonder.

Leslie A. Rasmussen—award-winning author, former TV comedy writer, and a voice of sharp wit and emotional depth—joins us to talk about her latest novel, When People Leave. It’s a compelling exploration of sisterhood, grief, and the secrets that live just beneath the surface of the stories we think we know.

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This week, we welcome Thomas Cullen—federal trial judge, former U.S. attorney, and now debut novelist—to discuss his powerful new book, Charlie-Man. Set in Richmond, Virginia during the sweltering summer of 1994, Charlie-Man is a poignant coming-of-age novel that explores teenage love, identity, and the emotional challenges of growing up in the American South. Judge Cullen shares how his own experiences shaped the story of Charlie Stewart, a senior at an elite all-boys school navigating heartbreak, pressure, and the search for self.

Jenny Dandy bursts onto the crime fiction scene with The Brownstone on E. 83rd—a sharp, twisty mystery praised by Carter Wilson and William Boyle. We talk undercover agents, dangerous secrets, and why it’s never too late to start writing. With her second book on the way, Jenny Dandy is just getting started.

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