Novelist Spotlight
By Mike Consol
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Novelist Spotlight is a gathering place for people interested in reading and writing great fiction and literature. This is where you will hear from the authors who write the novels and learn of their motivations, writing process, characters, struggles and successes. Novelist Spotlight is hosted by Mike Consol, a lifelong journalist and author of four novels.
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Episode 190: Novelist Spotlight #190: Judith Valente explores ‘the Italian soul’ and how to savor the full joys of life
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Episode 189: Novelist Spotlight #189: A conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist Vauhini Vara
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Episode 188: Novelist Spotlight #188: Book publicists Gretchen Koss and Meg Walker of Tandem Literary
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 187: Novelist Spotlight #187: The branding/advertising professional who turned fiction writer
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Episode 186: Novelist Spotlight #186: Novelist and short story writer Janice Deal
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Episode 185: Novelist Spotlight #185: Detective writer Tracy Clark’s five tips for creating characters readers will cherish
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Episode 184: Novelist Spotlight #184: ‘Letters to Kafka’ author Christine Estima
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 183: Novelist Spotlight #183: The amazing power of AI chatbots for authors
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May 31, 2025 |
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Episode 182: Novelist Spotlight #182: A conversation with New York literary agent Melissa Edwards
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May 23, 2025 |
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Episode 181: Novelist Spotlight #181: Ghostwriting memoirs with Ruby Peru
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 180: Novelist Spotlight #180: ‘Book of Souls’ and ‘Book of Demons’ author Kevin Moore
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Episode 179: Novelist Spotlight #179: A conversation with the creator of the Nena Knight series of suspense novels
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 178: Novelist Spotlight #178: Political thriller novelist Michael Fedor
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Episode 177: Novelist Spotlight #177: Detective novelist Libby Cudmore and her five tips for writing series characters
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Episode 176: Novelist Spotlight #176: Bestseller Abigail Owen and her four tips for writing great beginnings
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Episode 175: Novelist Spotlight #175: Time traveler Amy Daughters writes to Facebook friends and books to the reading public
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Episode 174: Novelist Spotlight #174: Flash- and micro-fiction author Ran Walker on the nature of the craft
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Episode 173: Novelist Spotlight #173: Bestselling historical novelist Alyson Richman
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Episode 172: Novelist Spotlight #172: National Book Award finalist moves from traditional to self-publishing
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Episode 171: Novelist Spotlight #171: Opera singer faced the music and became a fiction writer instead
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Episode 170: Novelist Spotlight #170: Remembering the great novelist Paul Auster and his electric imagination
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 169: Novelist Spotlight #169: From the Department of Homeland Security to thriller writer
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Episode 168: Novelist Spotlight #168: Edinburg, Scotland psychological thriller writer Rosie Walker
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Episode 167: Novelist Spotlight #167: Media strategist Paula Rizzo on the 10 questions every author needs to answer
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Episode 166: Novelist Spotlight #166: Hot new Canadian author Deepa Rajagopalan
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 165: Novelist Spotlight #165: Barbara Kyle, actor turned novelist and book coach
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 164: Novelist Spotlight #164: John Darnton, Pulitzer-winning NYT veteran turned novelist
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Episode 163: Novelist Spotlight #163: Rachel Turow on using self-talk to optimize your writing and mental state
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Novelist Spotlight #162: A conversation with the author of “The Fragment from the Shroud”
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Episode 161: Novelist Spotlight #161: Remembering “Catch-22,” the landmark Joseph Heller novel
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Episode 160: Novelist Spotlight #160: A conversation with award-winner author Tom Zoellner
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 159: Novelist Spotlight #159: Biographer Laurence Leamer on Capote, Hitchcock, Carson, Warhol and others
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Episode 158: Novelist Spotlight #158: Nurse, lawyer, justice advocate, novelist
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Episode 157: Novelist Spotlight #157: Bookstores alive and well — and here is a novelist who started one
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 156: Novelist Spotlight #156: Deconstructing master novelist Don DeLillo
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May 28, 2024 |
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Episode 155: Novelist Spotlight #155: Bestselling author Matt Coyle, creator of the Rick Cahill crime novels
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May 21, 2024 |
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Episode 154: Novelist Spotlight #154: The light and darkness of famed novelist William Styron
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 153: Novelist Spotlight #153: The great John Updike, revisited by James Schiff
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May 03, 2024 |
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Episode 152: Novelist Spotlight #152: Remembering sexual pioneer and controversial novelist D.H. Lawrence
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Episode 151: Novelist Spotlight #151: A conversation with the founder of Shepherd, an upstart competitor to Amazon
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Episode 150: Novelist Spotlight #150: A look back and ahead with literary lion Jay McInerney
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Episode 149: Novelist Spotlight #149: A deceased Word War II veteran, a secret, a letter — and the novelist who brought the story to life
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Episode 148: Novelist Spotlight #148: A look back at sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury with biographer Jonathan Eller
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode 147: Novelist Spotlight #147: Bestselling romance author Audrey Carlan
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Episode 146: Novelist Spotlight #146: A conversation with novelist and short story writer T.C. Boyle
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Episode 145: Novelist Spotlight #145: Joanna/J.F. Penn — novelist, writing teacher and podcaster
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 144: Novelist Spotlight #144: Poet, novelist and Cornell professor Robert Morgan on the life and writing of Thomas Wolfe
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 143: Novelist Spotlight #143: Golden Globe and Emmy Award writer/director Dean Hargrove
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Episode 142: Novelist Spotlight #142: International banker turned award-winner crime novelist Carl Vonderau
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 141: Novelist Spotlight #141: Daniel Kraus, author of “Whalefall,” “The Shape of Water” and “Trollhunters”
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode 140: Novelist Spotlight #140: Tyson Cornell, founder and CEO of book publishing house Rare Bird
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Episode 139: Novelist Spotlight #139: Screenwriter turned novelist Jennifer Manocherian
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Episode 138: Novelist Spotlight #138: Writing advice from top-selling British thriller/mystery novelist Simon Toyne
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 137: Novelist Spotlight #137: L.A. trial lawyer Scott Lord makes the case for thriller fiction
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Episode 136: Novelist Spotlight #136: Vanessa Riley, author of Regency Era fiction, romance and mystery novels
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Episode 135: Novelist Spotlight #135: Photographer, movie director and author Lawrence Schiller
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 134: Novelist Spotlight #134: Larry McMurtry, the ‘unknowable’ novelist, is brought to life in Tracy Daugherty's new biography
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Novelist Spotlight #133: A look back at Thomas Wolfe with scholar and Thomas Wolfe Society board member Joseph Bentz
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 132: Novelist Spotlight #132: The life and writing of Philip Roth, as documented by Benjamin Taylor
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Episode 131: Novelist Spotlight #131: In memoriam, Cormac McCarthy as remembered by McCarthy scholar Steven Frye
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 130: Novelist Spotlight #130: A look back at Kurt Vonnegut with literary scholar Susan Farrell
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 129: Novelist Spotlight #129: Screenwriter turned medieval fantasy novelist Josh Rutherford
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Episode 128: Novelist Spotlight #128: Victoria Benton Frank’s fiction hits the big three — food, sex and laughter
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 127: Novelist Spotlight #127: Finding inspiration and procrastination from hosting this podcast
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Episode 126: Novelist Spotlight #126: Actor, standup comedian and thriller author Amy Young wants readers to meet her at “The Water Tower”
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Episode 125: Novelist Spotlight #125: A conversation with summer reads novelist Meg Mitchell Moore
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 124: Novelist Spotlight #124: The horror, suspense and cinematic ambitions of bestseller Taylor Adams
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 123: Novelist Spotlight #123: Legendary author Graham Greene on the novel-writing process
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Episode 122: Novelist Spotlight #122: Seafaring author Robin Lloyd is back at the helm
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Episode 121: Novelist Spotlight #121: Dog lover David Rosenfelt’s move from Hollywood movies to canine-titled comedic novels
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 120: Novelist Spotlight #120: From the badlands to House of Sand and Fog with Andre Dubus III
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 119: Novelist Spotlight #119: A look back at Norman Mailer, the bad boy of literature
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May 25, 2023 |
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Episode 118: Novelist Spotlight #118: Indian American author Vib Jain makes splash with her debut
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 117: Novelist Spotlight #117: After 20-year hiatus, Ray Ring returns to the novel writing business
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 116: Novelist Spotlight #116: Author Jennifer Rosner finds catharsis in novelizing the tragic and expected
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Episode 115: Novelist Spotlight #115: Romantic comedy novelist and neuroscientist Ali Hazelwood
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 114: Novelist Spotlight #114: Kayla Olson makes the move from YA sci-fi to romantic comedies
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Episode 113: Novelist Spotlight #113: The notorious, gilded, white girl and author Kate Manning
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 112: Novelist Spotlight #112: N.Y. Times bestselling romantic comedy novelist Allison Winn Scotch
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 111: Novelist Spotlight #111: Erika T. Wurth, author of "White Horse"
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Episode 110: Novelist Spotlight #110: 20-year-old author Chloe Terranova and the Terranova Universe
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Episode 109: Novelist Spotlight #109: Ray Nayler takes readers to the depths with his debut novel ‘The Mountain in the Sea’
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 108: Novelist Spotlight #108: Horror author Andy Davidson on success and what frightens readers
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Novelist Spotlight #107: Some like it hot, and romance novelist Eva Leigh is one of them
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 106: Novelist Spotlight #106: Celebrated Canadian horror novelist Ainslie Hogarth
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Episode 105: Novelist Spotlight #105: The Talking Heads meets Don DeLillo with movie adaptation of ‘White Noise’
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Episode 104: Novelist Spotlight #104: Edgar-nominated mystery author Kat Rosenfield
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Episode 103: Novelist Spotlight #103: Katy Hays on art, tarot cards and her smashing debut novel
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 102: Novelist Spotlight #102: Anna Hogeland on being haunted by the creative impulse
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Episode 101: Novelist Spotlight #101: Jemima Kelly of the Financial Times on why we should be reading more fiction
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Episode 100: Novelist Spotlight #100: Podcast host Mike Consol reflects back on the first 100 episodes
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Novelist Spotlight #99: Crossing fiction genres with author Jess Lourey
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Novelist Spotlight #98: Indian American romance novelist Sonali Dev pays homage to Jane Austen and women’s lives
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Novelist Spotlight #97: Heather Babcock gives readers a dose of ‘Filthy Sugar’
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Episode 96: Novelist Spotlight #96: A dozen novels every man should read
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Episode 95: Novelist Spotlight #95: Feminist author Alena Dillon invites readers to turn their eyes skyward
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 94: Novelist Spotlight #94: Pulitzer Prize finalist and Syracuse University creative writing director Jonathan Dee
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Novelist Spotlight #93: A master of suspense with a Netflix project on tap
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Novelist Spotlight #92: Armchair historian and seven-time novelist Melanie Benjamin
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Novelist Spotlight #91: Four-time memoirist and collegiate writing instructor Sue William Silverman
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Nov 03, 2022 |