It’s 1985, what will soon become known as “The Year of the Spy,” and fourteen-year-old Peter Bennett is convinced his mom’s new boyfriend is a Russian agent. “Gary” isn’t in the phone book, has an unidentifiable European accent, and keeps a gun in the glove box of his convertible Porsche. Peter thinks Gary only wants to get close to his mom because she works at Scientific Atlanta, a lab with big government contracts. But who is going to believe him? He’s just a kid into BMX and MTV.Ace Atkins is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels and numerous short stories. A former college football player and newspaper reporter, he’s a recipient of the Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award, the Harper Lee Award, and a member of the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. He lives with his wife Angela and two children in Oxford, Mississippi.#authorpodcast #speakingofwriterspodcast #AceAtkins #SpeakingOfWriters #BookPodcast #ColdWarThriller #AuthorInterview #BookLovers

Author Mel Michalski joins Speaking of Writers to discuss his powerful new book Living in the Spiritual World—a deeply personal journey of faith, redemption, and spiritual discovery.

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Robert Polito takes us inside the creative mind of Bob Dylan with his new book After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace. A deep dive into reinvention, artistry, and legacy.#SpeakingOfWriters#BobDylan#AuthorInterview#BookPodcast#MusicHistory#LiteraryPodcast