Author interviews: a series of conversations with published authors

Renee Hodges, author of the memoir “Saving Bobby: Heroes and Heroin in One Small Community”

Originally from Louisiana, Renee Hodges has lived in Durham, North Carolina, for the past 30 years ...

David Wind on Persistence and Inspiration in Prolific Writing

David Wind has published thirty-nine novels including Science Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Thrillers ...

Farrah Fray and Her Poetic Journey

Farrah Fray is a writer and activist living in London. Growing up between London and Libya, she ...

Leilani Squire on Veterans’ Writing and “The Storytellers”

Leilani Squire is home when she is swimming in the waters of the island of her birth, O`ahu. She is ...

Steve Jones on Nature’s Inspiration in Leadership and Life

Now 44 years beyond his bachelor's degree in forestry, Steve is devoting his life to championing the ...

Dera Williams on discovering and writing heritage

Dera Williams lives, works, and plays in the Oakland/Bay Area, California. She is a writer, editor, ...

Jasmine H. Wade on writing, teaching, and a literary community

Jasmine Wade is obsessed with the ridiculous, and oftentimes traumatic, trials of growing up. Her ...

Nicolee McMahon and the Practice of Immediacy in the Arts

Nicolee McMahon, Roshi, is a Dharma heir of Zen Master Taizan Maezumi, Roshi. She is co-founder of ...

Tim Baker on writing and “living the dream”

Rhode Island native Tim Baker moved to Florida in October 2006 and has been writing ever since. His ...

Arbenita Mikushnica on introversion and the power of books

Arbenita Mikushnica is a psychology graduate living in London, working as a healthcare assistant at ...

Julie Elizabeth Powell on dreams, imagination, and writing

Julie Elizabeth Powell has published 25 books to date, in a variety of genres and lengths. She is ...

Rana Abdulfattah on Exile and Syria, Memoir and Poetry

Rana Abdulfattah is a Syrian living in Istanbul. She has studied in the United States, Holland and ...

Wade Stevenson and the poetry of love: A 21st century troubadour

Wade Stevenson was born in New York City in 1945 and his first book Beds (McCall Publishing Co., ...

J. Michael Radcliffe on writing fantasy and creating character

An avid reader of fantasy and science fiction novels all his life, J. Michael Radcliffe published ...

Janet Brady Calhoun on the revealing journey of self and writing her memoir

Janet Brady Calhoun graduated cum laude from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ...

Maria Haskins on science-fiction, fantasy, and music

Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator. She writes speculative fiction and ...

Maria Savva on moral dilemma, character development and the mystery of writing

Maria Savva lives in London. She works as a lawyer, and writes novels and short stories in various ...

Kim Schultz on memoir, writing others’ stories, and the Middle East

Kim Schultz is a Chicago based author, actor and refugee advocate. In 2009, she traveled to the ...

Ronne Troup on discovery and writing her mother’s story

Ronne Troup, daughter of legendary musician Bobby Troup and debutante Cynthia Hare, was handed her ...

Hugh Martin on writing, war, and the power of poetry

Hugh Martin is a veteran of the Iraq War and the author of The Stick Soldiers (BOA Editions, Ltd., ...

Ed Duncan on writing, lifelong reading, and his first thriller “Pigeon-Blood Red”

Ed Duncan is a graduate of Oberlin College and Northwestern University Law School. He was a partner ...

Mona Houghton on influences of Writing and Style, and an amazing reading list

Mona Houghton has published stories in Carolina Quarterly, Crosscurrents, Bluff City, West Branch, ...

Glenn Schiffman on his novel “The Way I Was Taught” and the depth of Writing

Raised in a border town of the Cattauraugus Seneca Indian Reservation where his father was chaplain ...

Piper Templeton on the art of short story and other fiction

Piper Templeton is the author of the Beatles' inspired coming-of-age novel Rain Clouds and ...