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In this interview Karen Swan talks about her latest novel, The Christmas Secret. She discusses her deep connection with Scotland, her essential Christmas traditions and her gift-giving successes and disasters.... Best-selling author Karen Swan began her career as a fashion journalist but switched it for a life writing novels in a little tree house in the countryside. Renowned for her sumptuous stories of romance, idyllic European cities and happy-ever-afters, Karen is a master of the holiday listen.

David Lagercrantz, the Swedish international number one best-selling author of The Girl in the Spider's Web and I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic, which remains the fastest selling book in Swedish history, returns to the Audible studios for the second time to discuss the fifth instalment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium legacy, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye.

Hannah Kent joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book, Burial Rites.

Graeme Simsion joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss his work.

The best-selling author of Black-Eyed Susans, Julia Heaberlin, talks to Audible about her highly anticipated new audiobook, Paper Ghosts, a gripping thriller which has been lauded by critics as ‘artful, ’elegiac’ and ‘spellbinding’. In it, Julia introduces us to the character of Carl Louis Feldman as he begins his journey into old age at a nursing home in Texas.

Peter Robinson visits the Audible Studios for the second time to talk about his new audiobook, Sleeping in the Ground, the 24th DCI Banks novel. He also discusses his research for the book, murder, and this year being his 30th publishing anniversary.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about her debut thriller, The Chalk Man, is talented new writer C J Tudor, a Nottingham native. C J Tudor's career is a testament to the art of perseverance as she publishes her highly acclaimed thriller, The Chalk Man, already penned to be a best seller. C J's ability to convey beautifully written suspense in her first novel has solidified her as one to watch. C J Tudor talks to us about her love of the macabre and how it feels to go from dog walking to full-time writer.

Multiaward-winning statisticians, directors and cofounders of the Gapminder Foundation Ola and Anna Rosling talk to Audible about the release of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World - and Why Things Are Better than You Think. Continuing on with the work of legendary scientist and public educator Hans Rosling, the two introduce their revolutionary audiobook and begin to explain the many reasons behind the widespread ignorance of the global population.

Pippa Malmgren is a market economist, high-tech entrepreneur, and former presidential advisor. She has launched a video series called Fifty Shades of Economics which explores economics in an accessible way, and is the author of the new book Signals; The Breakdown of the Social Contract and the Rise of Geopolitics, which she discusses in this exclusive Audible Sessions interview.

Maria Semple joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book.

Award-winning YouTube sensation Melanie Murphy visits Audible Studios to discuss her biography, Fully Functioning Human (Almost): Living in an Online/Offline World. Having grown up in a digital age, Melanie details her experience of dealing with cyberbullies, dumping by text, the pressures of social media and the effects of suffering from anxiety, poor self-esteem and depression.

Karen Dionne joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to talk about her new novel The Marsh King's Daughter. The novel has already received rave reviews from the New York Times, from celebrated authors such as Lee Child and from Audible listeners too.

Angus Watson, author of the Age of Iron trilogy, visits the Audible Studios with actor and narrator Sean Barrett, the narrator of Watson's Age of Iron trilogy and latest book, You Die When You Die. Sean is a prolific narrator and has nearly 300 titles listed on the Audible website.

YouTube star Hannah Witton visits the Audible Studios to talk about her first book, Doing It: Let's Talk About Sex. After starting to create YouTube videos in 2011, Hannah now has over 300,000 subscribers and works with Radio 1, MTV and Awesomeness TV. Her varied videos are about books, films, travel and advice, with a focus on sex and relationships. In Doing It: Let's Talk About Sex, straight-talking Hannah tackles everything from masturbation and puberty to slut shaming and consent.

Juno Dawson is the multiaward-winning author of six novels for young adults as well as the best-selling nonfiction title This Book Is Gay. She is also a fantastic spokesperson on issues such as sexuality, identity, literature and education, and she visits the Audible Studios to talk about her latest book - The Gender Games.

Sarah Dunant joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book.

Joining us in the Audible Studios for the second time to discuss her fifth novel, Some Kind of Wonderful, is the talented author, presenter, blogger and columnist Giovanna Fletcher. With a biography that includes screen actress, accomplished author, presenter, blogger and vlogger, Giovanna’s talents are widespread as she publishes her next romantic fiction novel which follows on from her Sunday Times best-selling title Happy Mum, Happy Baby.

Brett Archibald joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to share his amazing story. In April 2013 a global breaking-news story surfaced on social media and in the world press and rapidly gathered momentum. A South African man had fallen overboard in the night during a storm in remote Indonesian waters, without anyone else onboard realising. Eight hours later a frantic search was underway. Brett Archibald survived a horrifying nightmare - 28 1/2 hours in the ocean before being rescued.

Claire Fuller joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest novel, Swimming Lessons. Swimming Lessons holds the Coleman family up to the light, exposing the mysterious and complicated truths of a passionate and troubled marriage.

We should all know exactly where our meat comes from. But what if you took this modern day maxim to its logical conclusion? What if you only ate animals you killed yourself? Louise Gray joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to talk about her new book, The Ethical Carnivore.