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Mystery writer Rhys Bowen talks about her novel "Royal Flush"

Airs at: Wed, 04/06/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Ed Goldberg interviews Rhys Bowen author of "Royal Flush", a mystery set in a Scottish castle with Lady Georgiana Rannoch in her third madcap adventure. Humor and history combine in this novel that also includes a group of demanding Americans, ghosts, haggis, a monster in t... Read more

Mystery writer Lisa Gardner on her new novel "Love You More"

Airs at: Thu, 03/31/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ed Goldberg interviews mystery suspense author Lisa Gardner about her new novel Love You More. In Love You More the crime appears open-and-shut: Pushed to the brink by an abusive husband, state police trooper Tessa Leoni finally snapped and shot him in self-defense. Bu... Read more

Gemma Whelan talks about her novel "Fiona: Stolen Child"

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
In the novel Fiona Clarke, an Irish writer living in New York, has been running away from her past since she left rural Cregora, Ireland, for boarding school. That past finds her, many years later, when her thinly veiled autobiographical novel is optioned for a movie. Worki... Read more

Tom Rachman on "The Imperfectionists" -- novel of a Roman newspaper and its staff

Airs at: Thu, 02/24/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Ed Goldberg interviews Tom Rachman, author of The Imperfectionists, a novel about a newspaper in Rome and the characters that staff it. Tom Rachman was born in 1974 in London, but grew up in Vancouver. He studied cinema at the University of Toronto and completed a Master's ... Read more

Novelist Mary Roninette Kowal on her regency fantasy: "Shades of Milk and Honey"

Airs at: Fri, 02/11/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Mary Robinette Kowal the author of Shades of Milk and Honey, an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady o... Read more

Novelist Jacqueline E. Luckett: "Searching for Tina Turner"

Airs at: Thu, 02/03/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  The guest is Jacqueline E. Luckett, author of "Searching for Tina Turner." In the novel Lena Harrison Spencer is in her mid-fifties, and the time has come for her to face the hard truths of what it means to have it all and still find oneself unfulfilled. When Lena determ... Read more

William Gibson on Science Fiction and Zero History

Airs at: Thu, 01/27/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek interviews William Gibson, whose novel Neuromancer launched the cyberpunk generation. They discuss his latest novel, Zero History.  www.williamgibsonbooks.com/ CD-1763 Read more

David Vann on his novel of drama and pathos in Alaska: "Caribou Island"

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with David Vann about his debut novel Caribou Island. Set on a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Caribou Island captures the drama and pathos of a husband and wife whose bitter love, failed dreams, and tragic past ... Read more

Anthony Doerr on his latest book of stories: "Memory Wall"

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host David Naimon speaks with writer Anthony Doerr about his latest book, Memory Wall. Doerr is the author of three other books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, andFour Seasons in Rome. Doerr’s short fiction has won three O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The ... Read more

Between the Covers on 12/30/10

Airs at: Thu, 12/30/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
In part 1 of today's hour long Between the Covers program host Ed Goldberg speaks with Kate Morton, author of "The Distant Hours," a modern gothic, with spooky castle, madness, and a family curse. Kate Morton is the eldest of three sisters. She was born in South Australia ... Read more