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Talking with Authors

HEC Media

51 episodes

7 months ago

This is the fifty-third episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is journalist, broadcaster, and New York Times Best Selling writer Joan Lunden. We spoke with her via Zoom in October of 2020 about her newest book "Why Did I Come Into This Room?: A Candid Conversation about Aging" by publisher Forefront Books. Joan Lunden was a co-host on G...

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This is the fifty-third episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is journalist, broadcaster, and New York Times Best Selling writer Joan Lunden. We spoke with her via Zoom in October of 2020 about her newest book "Why Did I Come Into This Room?: A Candid Conversation about Aging" by publisher Forefront Books. Joan Lunden was a co-host on G...

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Talking with Authors

Joan Lunden: "Why Did I Come Into This Room?: A Candid Conversation about Aging"

This is the fifty-third episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is journalist, broadcaster, and New York Times Best Selling writer Joan Lunden. We spoke with her via Zoom in October of 2020 about her newest book "Why Did I Come Into This Room?: A Candid Conversation about Aging" by publisher Forefront Books. Joan Lunden was a co-host on G...

4 years ago

40 minutes

Talking with Authors

Connor Towne O'Neill: "Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy"

This is the fifty-second episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is journalist Connor Towne O'Neill. We spoke with him via Zoom in October of 2020 about his book "Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy" by publisher Algonquin Books. Writer Connor Towne O’Neill is a Pennsyl...

4 years ago

31 minutes

Talking with Authors

Reid Forgrave: "Love, Zac"

This is the fifty-first episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is journalist and sports writer Reid Forgrave. We spoke with him via Zoom in October of 2020 about his book “Love, Zac” by publisher Algonquin Books. Writer Reid Forgrave has spent most of his career covering sports. He’s done long form reporting on the Olympics, basketball, ...

4 years ago

45 minutes

Talking with Authors

Laila Lalami: "Conditional Citizens"

This is the fiftieth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and best selling author, Laila Lalami. We spoke with her via Zoom in October of 2020 about her newest book “Conditional Citizens” by publisher Pantheon Books. Laila Lalami is a naturalized US citizen of Arab descent born in Morocco. The professor of ...

4 years ago

35 minutes

Talking with Authors

Jill Wine-Banks: “The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President”

This is the forty-ninth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. The now celebrated and respected lawyer Jill Wine-Banks was a young prosecutor and only woman on the team during the Nixon impeachment hearings. In “The Watergate Girl”, she tells how she elicited this testimony and exchange from the president’s secretary about the missing audio from the famou...

4 years ago

46 minutes

Talking with Authors

Jan Greenberg: “World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly”

This is the forty-eighth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is the Best Selling author Jan Greenberg. We spoke with her in St. Louis in November of 2020 about her newest book “World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly” by publisher Abrams Books. The award winning writer Jan Greenberg has penned books for adults and children about ...

4 years ago

36 minutes

Talking with Authors

Jasper Fforde: “The Constant Rabbit"

This is the forty-fifth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is New York Times Best Selling author Jasper Fforde. We spoke with him via Zoom in October of 2020 about his newest book "The Constant Rabbit" by publisher Viking Books. The British novelist Jasper Fforde writes works of fantasy in what’s been called an “absurdist reality” st...

4 years ago

33 minutes

Talking with Authors

Matt Haig: “The Midnight Library"

This is the forty-fourth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is the Sunday Times best selling and award winning author Matt Haig. We spoke with him via Zoom in October of 2020 about his newest book “The Midnight Library" by publisher Viking Books. English writer Matt Haig has penned two dozen works…both children’s and adult…fiction an...

4 years ago

39 minutes

Talking with Authors

Rachel Howzell Hall: “And Now She's Gone"

This is the forty-third episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is Rachel Howzell Hall. We spoke with her via Zoom in September of 2020 about her newest book "And Now She's Gone" by publisher Macmillan. Rachel Howzell Hall is based in Los Angles and the author of 9 novels and many short stories and essays. She’s written science fict...

4 years ago

34 minutes

Talking with Authors

Ann Cleeves: “The Darkest Evening"

This is the forty-second episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is New York Times Best Selling British crime novelist Ann Cleeves. We spoke with her via Zoom in September of 2020 about her newest book “The Darkest Evening" by publisher Macmillan. Ann Cleeves is the author of more than 30 books, some of which have spawned two TV series wi...

4 years ago

55 minutes

Talking with Authors

Yaa Gyasi: "Transcendent Kingdom"

This is the forty-first episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is New York Times Best Selling author Yaa Gyasi. We spoke with her via Zoom in September of 2020 about her second and newest book “Transcendent Kingdom" by publisher Penguin Random House. Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama as a daughter of immigrant...

4 years ago

38 minutes

Talking with Authors

Elise Hooper: "Fast Girls"

This is the fortieth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is author Elise Hooper. We spoke with her via Zoom in September of 2020 about her third and newest book “Fast Girls" by publisher HarperCollins. Elise Hooper is a writer of historical and biographical fiction. She’s taken on the subjects of women in different periods of history ...

4 years ago

34 minutes

Talking with Authors

Kathy Reichs: "A Conspiracy of Bones"

This is the thirty-ninth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is forensic anthropologist, television producer and author Kathy Reichs. We spoke with her via Zoom in June of 2020 about her newest book "A Conspiracy of Bones" by publisher Scribner Books. The 12 seasons of the TV show “Bones” was produced by Kathy Reichs and the title cha...

4 years ago

31 minutes

Talking with Authors

Tom Clavin: "Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday and the Vendetta Ride from Hell"

This is the thirty-eighth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our author is New York Times Best Selling writer, Tom Clavin. We spoke with him via Zoom in June of 2020 about his recent book "Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday and the Vendetta Ride from Hell" by publisher St. Martin's Press. Tom Clavin was a reporter at the New York Times...

4 years ago

36 minutes

Talking with Authors

Roddy Doyle: "Love: A Novel"

This is the thirty-seventh episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our guest is a screenwriter and Booker Prize winning author, Roddy Doyle. We spoke with him via Zoom in June of 2020 about his newest book “Love: A Novel” by publisher Penguin Random House. Roddy Doyle has placed the setting of many of his 11 novels for adults in and around hi...

5 years ago

34 minutes

Talking with Authors

Bonnie Tsui: "Why We Swim"

This is the thirty-sixth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. Today, our author is award winning writer, Bonnie Tsui. We spoke with her via Zoom in June of 2020 about her recent book “Why We Swim” by publisher Algonquin Books. Bonnie Tsui is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and California Sunday Magazine and has previously written a book abo...

5 years ago

30 minutes

Talking with Authors

Jennifer Steinhauer: “The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress”

This is the thirty-fifth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. We’re excited to be back after an unplanned hiatus due to the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. Since no authors were able to travel, and our partners at the St. Louis County Library and Left Bank Books were physically closed in the early days of social distancing, we were unab...

5 years ago

27 minutes

Talking with Authors

Camilla Lackberg: “The Golden Cage”

This is the thirty-fourth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. We’re excited to be able to come back to you after an unplanned hiatus due to the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. Since no authors were able to travel, and our partners at the St. Louis County Library and Left Bank Books were physically closed in the early days of social distancing...

5 years ago

27 minutes

Talking with Authors

Linda Castillo: “Outsider: A Novel of Suspense”

This is the thirty-third episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. We’re excited to be back after an unplanned hiatus due to the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. Since no authors were able to travel, and our partners at the St. Louis County Library and Left Bank Books were physically closed in the early days of social distancing, we were unable to conduct many ...

5 years ago

26 minutes

Talking with Authors

Anne Applebaum: “Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism”

This is the thirty-second episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres. We’re excited to be able to come back to you after an unplanned hiatus due to the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. Since no authors were able to travel, and our partners at the St. Louis County Library and Left Bank Books were physically closed in the early days of social distancing...

5 years ago

40 minutes