A Book and a Chat with Stephen Beccia

Stephen John Beccia when previously on "A Book and a Chat" shared with us about his book “The Treelanders - Journey to the Giants” which was an award winner of iUniverse’s Publishers Choice, and Editor’s Choice. A musician for most his life, he started writing stories when he was ten, the first one being his version of Dr. Jekyll.


Stephen as well as his children's books also produces adult short stories, his list of novels and stories include Winter Chill, Seed of the Werewolf, White Room, Flying with Frank and Warning Sign.

Since last appearing on the show Stephen has produced a kindle version of “The Treelanders - Journey to the Giants”, and now a new novel entitled "The Hawk Squad".

About "The Hawk Squad": (taken from authors web site)

During the summer of 1977 while playing a friendly game of baseball, Dustin Baker gets himself into quite a pickle—a quandary involving his misfit friends, a brilliant hawk, and a distress note written by a girl they have never met. Throw some bad guys and bullies into the mix, and that’s one big fat pickle! 

The Willabee kidnapping is the biggest crime Dustin’s town has ever experienced, and he stands in the heart of the beast. Unknowingly, Dustin and the Hawk Squad are about to play the greatest game of baseball ever played, both on and off the field. 

The Hawk Squad is a fast paced story about a coming of age adolescent geek who finds the inner strength to triumph over one of life’s biggest challenges: being bullied. Unified with his group of misfit friends, Dustin Baker realizes he is not alone in his struggle against criminals at large. Despite taking his share of punches, jeers, and humility, a hero emerges to confront the biggest battle of his life.

As we heard through the program Stephen already has another four of the “Treelander” series on the way, with book two due out hopefully later this year.

So sit back and listen to today's interesting and entertaining show as I host "A Book and a Chat with Stephen Beccia".

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A Book and a Chat with George Earl Parker

Moving from Hertfordshire to the USA, into music, has just written a book... No today's show was not about me, but about somebody who has done these things and much more, and is making a welcome return to the show in the form of today's guest on "A Book and a Chat" was George Earl Parker.

Unlike those  writers who have started writing stories seemingly as soon as they could hold a crayon George's first success in the world of writing earned had definite benefits when coming runner up in writing contest sponsored by Cadbury's earned him a large amount of chocolate,  at the age of around ten that was better than any other award going.

George was the  designer and director of the short film “Yellow Submarine Sandwich,” which was included in Eric Idle’s pseudo-documentary of a band called the Rutles, he has received accolades, awards, and a showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. This lead to George, like myself, to take the step across the pond, from England to first New York and latterly California.

George is also a talented musician, three of his songs have shown up on the European Country Music Association charts and he shared that his latest song has entered already gone straight into the charts.

When last on the show we discussed novel "Vampyre Blood - Eight Pints of Trouble". Not your traditional "Vampire" novel, so don't expect a version of "Twilight", rather as one reviewer described the book...  "Its humor will brighten any day and its perspective will lighten your heart. It’s silly, it’s endearing, it’s very human, and it will make you laugh out loud."

Now George is back with his new book "The Subatomic Kid" a full blown, unable to put down,  adventure novel for all ages.

About "The Subatomic Kid"

John Smith is a perfectly ordinary thirteen-year-old boy who accidentally gets trapped in an illicit scientific experiment at his school. That same morning he’d met a couple of older kids on the school bus who’d dared him to get a date with a beautiful girl, which amazingly he’d done, and now here he is—blown into a strange Subatomic world where an ever-changing cast of characters urge him to get his thinking straight because all that exists in the cosmos is threatened with destruction.

 Pulled back by instinct into the world of matter, he seeks to discover those responsible for his plight, but at the same time he’s bound and determined to keep his first date with the girl of his dreams.

Two squabbling half-brothers searching for the secret of immortality turn out to be the culprits standing in the way of his happiness, and now one of them surmises that if John survived the powerful blast of the experiment, he could have the ability to become anything he wants—even the fly on the table in front of him.        

On the day of the date, the four teenagers are kidnapped by an ex-secret agent in the brother’s employ and brutally imprisoned. But when his terrified new friends turn on him because they have absolutely no idea what’s going on, he realizes that he must do virtually everything in his power to bring them home safely, defeat his fear, and understand the nature of his new talent before he can even consider saving the universe and keeping his promise to the masters of the Subatomic world.

So why not sit back and listen to an enjoyable show as George Earl Parker in my guest on today's "A Book and a Chat".

Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Sandi Craig

Sandi Craig did things somewhat in the reverse order, got married and had children and then started out on her career, and what a career as we learned during today’s “A Book and a Chat”.

She started off as a news anchor for an ABC affiliate in the Midwest as well as being a News Reporter for a CBS affiliate in Texas, brining her many awards for her unique perspective. During this time Sandi had the opportunity to interview such notables as Christopher Reeve, Dick Cheney, President Bill Clinton to name just a few.

Moving to Los Angeles two years ago she decided to learn more about the movie industry from the inside taking on many roles in both film and TV to “learn the trade”. She has now produced several screenplays which might well move on into novels, her latest being “Pawn”.

About “Pawn”: (taken from Sandi’s web site)

A woman fears her husband’s mistress is using her son to drive her mad.    

PAWN is a psychological thriller about a woman who’s husband’s mistress is trying to destroy her by driving her insane.

Fiona thinks she’s been living the American dream, but she finds out her husband’s been cheating and is leaving her for a woman he met online.

Fiona is terribly haunted after she discovers the affair.  Strange things start happening to her.

Fiona’s husband is given custody of their son, and this infuriates Fiona to the point that she starts investigating the mistress.  She discovers the mistress' dark past, but when she tries to tell people, no one believes her.  She breaks into the mistress’ house to gather evidence to use against the mistress, and the plan backfires when the mistress catches her and tortures her.

With several other screen plays and sitcoms  underway, her passion for writing is just another string to Sandi’s bow that already includes that of a broadcaster, actor, TV host and singer.

So listen now and share an interesting, and entertaining show as I chat with my special guest today on "A Book and a Chat with Sandi Craig".

Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Tony Cane-Honeysett

At the third time of asking I finally was able to have Tony Cane-Honeysett as my guest on “A Book and a Chat”. Last Friday we had issues with the radio broadcast, with echo’s on the line then troublers with the actual program, we were due to re-do the program on Monday but I had to cancel owing to other commitments.

Tony is one of those talented people who no matter what they do they find success, from wanting to be a musician (he did go to Nashville and make an album later in his life), doing ballet to help with his soccer, to being an Emmy Award winning writer and filmmaker, and now author.

His documentary film “The Royal Academy” which started out as an exercise so he could learn how to use his new camera ended up winning two Emmy awards. This success was followed up by a bondage film “Mondo Bondo”.

During his investigation for “Mondo Bono” he chatted to several Dominatrix’s and was amazed at the number of high ranking judges and directors that used that service.

Tony has now taken this knowledge and produced a wonderful novel “Fem Dom” which is the shortened term used for 'Female Domination'. Originally Tony was planning to make this into another screenplay but instead went the direction of it being a novel. Not that the original idea has been forgotten, indeed you can see a short film snippet on the web site link.

When I asked Tony how he was promoting the book, his wonderful reverse psychology was…

“I tell people it's a disgusting book and strongly advise them against buying it. This always piques their interest and they always want to know more!”

About “Fem Dom”:

When faithful wife Tara Drew suspects her advertising executive husband is seeing a Dominatrix, she sets out to trap him in the act. She pays the Dominatrix to teach her how to please men by dominating them and inflicting pain. But her plan to snare her husband has very bizarre consequences. Way out of her comfort zone as an undercover Fem Dom, Tara discovers a kinky world that both intrigues and disgusts her. But now she is the one with a secret life that she doesn't want her husband to find out about.

He has already received some great reviews and I am including on from one of the top reviewers on Amazon Grady Harp who gave the book 5 starts.

A Movie Waiting to be Optioned!, October 8, 2012

Tony Cane-Honeysett has the gift! Though the title of this book may throw a few prospective buyers off, FEM DOM is not a travelogue into the bowels of degenerate sexual behavior, but instead it is a at once a study of how control dominates the minds of those climbing the steep ladder of corporate success, leaving in its path the bruised family and friends and how in turn women can respond to the need for domination - either actively or through persistent investigation of the male control process and needs. Cane-Honeysett has created a credible story about some incredible situations and he relates it with the force of a both a dramatist and comic master. He comes to this first novel with a depth of experience as a filmmaker of documentaries (which happens to include a film that studies B&D `Mondo Bondo') and as an Emmy award-winning writer.

Clem Drew is in the advertising field, completely immersed in his job and his struggle to become the next CEO of his huge company when the current CEO retires: his creative juices are responsible for landing some mega accounts for he company while at the same time attempting to avoid the too evident struggle with his in house competitor Kurt Fitzgerald. Tension and long hours keep Clem fatigued, and the person who suffers is his wife Tara who spends her boring housewife hours ending to Clem and volunteering as a baker for a church charity. Tara longs for the missing passion and physical aspects of her marriage to the handsome Clem, and when she sees whelps and bruises on Clem's back she grows suspicious of extramarital affairs. Follow-up on hints of indiscretions of a name at the office prove false but the last straw is the discovery of a card in Clem's suit - Mistress Krystal - Professional Services - 952-941-5051 and on the back is the appointment Tuesday, 5 PM. Tara shares this with her best friend Lorraine, a self-assured black gal who advises Tara to explore this thoroughly.

The story flies from this point: Tara makes an appointment with Mistress Krystal, a Dominatrix, who gradually introduces Tara into the world of Bondage and Discipline and Tara buys her needed outfits and watches the humiliation Mistress Krystal inflicts on wealthy men, ultimately being giving the chance to humiliate one customer called `Sissy Boy' - all in preparation to give Clem what he desires at home while catching the bug for the role as a Dominatrix. How this all plays out to the benefit of all persons introduced in this story (with one MAJOR exception) is the hilarious manner in which the author closes all doors and windows he has opened. Nothing is as it appears and the surprises leave the reader completely satisfied.

It is rare when an author can use a dark subject as the basis for a story, but in using the B&D idea he serves up a psychosocial sexual brew from which we all learn about a subject few know. He makes it work - beautifully!

Like Grady I can see this becoming the film that the book set out to be.

So listen now and share an interesting, and entertaining show as I chat with my special guest today on A Book and a Chat with Tony Cane-Honeysett

Barry
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A Book and a Chat with Michael F Blake

I’ve had a couple of shows in September where for whatever reason my guest has just not showed up,  leaving me to chat about them and anything else I can think of for at least part of the show. However I am pleased to say that tonight was not such a show, as Michael F Blake joins me as the guest on tonight’s “A Book and a Chat”

Michael was born and raised in the inner-city of Chicago, where dreams of making it big in music or sport are clouded with the peer pressure of making it big within local gangs, going for perhaps the fast track way out.  Being pulled in two different directions, the dream of following his families love of basketball against the overwhelming peer pressure, Michael found that the extra pressure of becoming young parent lead Michael to follow the fast track that lead to him ending up in jail.

It was during the three years he was incarcerated that Michael found the talent that he never knew he had; the result is the first in a trilogy of books and hopefully a film or TV series… “The Holly City”.

About  “The Holy City”

Using recollections from his childhood, mixed with characters and storylines from his own imagination, “The Holy City” tells the story of  two brothers growing up in a rough neighborhood on the Westside of Chicago. A neighborhood where crime is a regular. No different than any other 'hood around the world, either you make it out playing sports, music, or crime. These two brothers had different qualities, but their decision making could possibly affect them throughout the rest of their lives. Marcus and Christopher Williams, brothers from the same mother but different fathers were well known in their neighborhood. With Christopher being the younger of the two, it seemed as if they would take separate paths in life. Would they allow the street life to take total control of their lives, or will realization come aboard before it's too late?

As Michael shared, the second book in the trilogy “The Holly City II – The Rise to Power” is already written, but the fact that the first book which was originally self published has now been picked up by a publishing house means readers will have to wait a little longer.

 

 So listen now and share an interesting, and entertaining show as I chat with my special guest today on A Book and a Chat with Michael F Blake

Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Shannon Delany

Back in June of 2010 I had a debut YA author on my show, one of the Class of 2K10 who’s first book was due out that month. An interesting part of the interview was that this author had been the winner of the first-ever cell phone novel contest in the western world.

This debut author was Shannon Delany who in 2009 she following the success of the phone novel contest was contracted by St. Martin’s Press to create a trilogy based on the original serial 13 to Life story.

From that early appearance on “A Book and a Chat” and in the case of actually meeting Shannon, it has been a huge privilege to see her career go from strength to strength.
The original “13 to Life” was followed in 2011 by “Secrets and Shadows” and “Bargains and Betrayals” Such was the success of these books; in 2010 Shannon’s contract was extended to include five books. The fourth and fifth in the series being produced in 2102 namely “Destiny and Deception” and “Rivals and Retribution”.


With this series just completed Shannon has set her sights on breaking new ground and not just with her writing; she has recently written short stories for two charity anthologies. Starting work on an up and coming steampunk trilogy has allowed her to work with the two other guests on today’s show.

Both are musicians but distinctly different…

Max Scialdone whose dark and edgy style of music caught Shannon’s attention and they have since co-wrote “Pieces of Eight” for Month 9 Books’ "TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES" (releasing this fall).

Wade Mulvihill was introduced to Shannon at an “Open Mic Competition” where she asked for help in creating a song for her up and coming steampunk trilogy. Wade dully obliged creating a song that connects the characters in a powerful and pivotal way with his music

Both Max and Wade have been playing, loving and making music for years and have strong voices all their own, and it was interesting hearing about how their music can also be developed into Shannon’s writing.


As I said at the start of this blog it has been great seeing the success of Shannon and her “13 to Life” series, now though I am looking forward to following the success not just of the writing but also the music created by Max and Wade in the future. That is why I am also providing their links on this blog.

So listen now and share an interesting, and entertaining show as I chat with my special guest today on A Book and a Chat with Shannon Delany and Friends

Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Germaine Shames

Germaine Shames has been there, done it, and as they say, “got the tee shirt”. She has visited and written in six continents and has plans to make it seven. She has, for as long as she can remember had the inner narrator whispering in her ear, and while other children were reading The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, she was grappling with the erotic undercurrents of Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary.

Germaine abandoned a successful corporate career and devoted myself to writing full-time, first as a journalist and correspondent, and later as a fiction writer, focusing on novels and screenplays. Her novel “Between Two Deserts” launched her on the path of a successful author, receiving much praise as well as several awards.

About “Between Two Deserts” (taken from Amazon)

Jerusalem lies at the end of an old Roman road, a city swathed in light and sorrow.
Coming to Jerusalem to fulfill her grandfather's dying wish, Eve Cavell finds herself poised on the fault line of three worlds—Muslim, Christian, and Jewish. Inspired rather than frightened by the ghosts and warring children that surround her, Eve emerges from mourning to a life larger for its dangers. The lost and alone—an Australian street preacher, an apathetic Palestinian, an alienated Israeli investigator, and others—find a way to her door. Soon she attracts the attention of Mozes Koenig, an elderly Hungarian author in search of a heroine. Eve, with her lodestar eyes and solitary dance, captivates the old man's imagination, and together they create an opus to humanity in a city made of stone.

Now after many years of research and investigation, Germaine has followed up with what I would call a blockbuster of a novel. “You, Fascinating You”.

About “You, Fascinating You”:

In the final weeks of 1938, in the shadow of Kristallnacht and imminent war, a heartsick Italian maestro wrote a love song called "Tu Solamente Tu."

Its lyrics lamented his forced separation from his wife, the Hungarian ballerina Margit Wolf, in the wake of Mussolini's edict banishing foreign Jews from Italy. The song, first recorded by Vittorio de Sica in 1939, catapulted to the top of the Hit Parade and earned the composer the moniker the "Italian Cole Porter." The German version, "Du Immer Wieder Du," would be performed by Zarah Leander, the foremost film star of the German Reich, and its English counterpart, "You, Fascinating You," by the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band.

Twenty-two years would pass before the maestro and his ballerina again met face-to-face.
You, Fascinating You begins as a backstage romance and ends as an epic triumph of the human spirit.

This book covers so many different topics, from romance to ballet, from the holocaust to music, as we heard during the show many have already stated what a great film it would make and I add my voice to that group. It is a book for all, a cross between “The Red Shoes” and “Europa, Europa” that will touch your heartstrings.

As one reviewer put it…

“The epic drama expected on the ballet stage is dwarfed by the tragic real life events of her ballerina heroine, Margit Wolf. Penetrating descriptions of political brutality and the prepossession of romantic love, an ever present theme in classical ballet, make for a page-turning, impelling read.”

So listen now and share an interesting,and entertaining show as I chat to today's guest Germaine Shames

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Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Nemo James

Derek Newark aka Nemo James is my guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” on whitch he not only shared about his great book “Just a Few Seconds” but also some of his own songs.

Nemo, dreamt of becoming a professional musician from the first time he “picked up” a guitar following a talent content disaster, where he didn’t even get on the stage.
Thought of by his friends as being the person most likely to make the big time he turned professional but was continually side tracked by the need to earn a living from music. This included such of shoots as becoming a professional squash player.
As Nemo shared with us during the show, his journey took him all over the world from private gigs for the rich and famous to some of London’s roughest pubs where the guitar can be as much for defense as for playing.

He started in the late sixties when heavy rock was born, even turning down a chance to join some newly formed band called Genesis, through to the 1980’s and 90’s when discos and electronics decimated live music dance halls.

Even the name he chose was not without it story…

Why not use Nemo. That was your grandfather’s nickname.” Grandfather Nemo was a real character who died long before I was born. He basically “sold the family jewelry” and asked nothing more from life than anonymity and playing cards at whist drives. Nemo is Latin for “no one” so he always used that when signing on at whist drives. I loved the name, but was still stuck for a surname; when suddenly the name “James” came into my head, despite not knowing anyone called James, so there was no reason why I should have thought of it. Then a couple of weeks later my dad said out of the blue “Do you know your grandfather was one of 9 children and the eldest was called James … and he was poet.”

About “Just a Few Seconds”

Just A Few Seconds is a story of one man’s experience in the music business. It is an amusing and true story of a successful freelance musician whose gigs ranged from private parties to the very rich and famous to the roughest London pubs where playing the wrong song at the wrong time meant the difference between life and death. He takes more twists, turns and knocks than a mouse trapped in a pinball machine but the ending shows how the road to success can lead us down the strangest and most desolate of paths. If you are looking for the usual rock star memoirs full of sex drugs and rock and roll then this book is not for you, but if you are interested in a unique insight into the music business that reads like a thriller then this book won’t disappoint.

If the stories we heard on the show are just a sprinkling of what are in the book then I’m sure it’s a read many will enjoy.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Nemo James".

Links to Songs:

A Woman Unknown

The Poet

Barry

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MYM A Book and a Chat with Jon Skovron

It’s not everybody’s dream to act a Shakespeare play in a warehouse with temperatures in the nineties, wearing a woolen sailor suit, nor was it Jon Skovron’s, my guest on today’s Male YA Author “A Book and a Chat”. In fact that was the start of him giving up the acting and following his writing career, which eventually has lead to the hugely popular debut YA novel “Struts & Frets”.

Jon is an insatiable music geek who can play eight instruments, but none of them well… (According to him). He started writing in junior high, which developed into short stories at high school. He also, wrote songs and still has is old song books, from which some of the songs within “Struts & Frets” have been taken.

As we heard during the entertaining program, Jon shared with us, how one of the main influences in his writing is Vanity Fair by William Thackeray. John shared how he definitely feels a very intense connection to Thackeray's work unlike any other author he’s ever read. What's weird is that, stylistically speaking, is that they are nothing alike as writers.

As with Sammy the hero of “Struts & Frets” music runs in Jon’s family, with characters such as Sammy’s grandfather not far away from his own relation.

About STRUTS & FRETS:

Music is in Sammy’s blood. His grandfather was a jazz musician, and Sammy’s indie rock band could be huge one day—if they don’t self-destruct first. Winning the upcoming Battle of the Bands would justify all the band’s compromises and reassure Sammy that his life’s dream could become a reality. But practices are hard to schedule when Sammy’s grandfather is sick and getting worse, his mother is too busy to help either of them, and his best friend may want to be his girlfriend.
When everything in Sammy’s life seems to be headed for major catastrophe, will his music be enough to keep him together.

The book has been called “honest, urgent, inspirational, hilarious and moving”.

The story is told in a voice that will resonate not just with teenage musicians but with anyone who ever sat up all night listening to music and wondering if they’d ever find their place in this world.

We also heard about Jon’s new book “Misfit” a sarcastic yet lovable half demon girl in a Catholic School, a bigger and darker book, which is due to come out in the Fall of 2011. With a second a follow up to “Misfit” already underway, and a third story in the planning stage, Jon Skovron, is a name week hear a lot more of in the future.

So sit back and enjoy today's Male YA Author "A Book and a Chat with Jon Skovron".

Barry

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Nov 25th Estevan Vega - Author of "The Sacred Sin" and "Arson" - Thur 6:30pm EST

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MYM A Book and a Chat with David Macinnis Gill

My guest on today’s MYM (Male YA Author Month) A Book and a Chat is David Macinnis Gill, started was reading almost before he started school. In middle school his love for reading and literature lead him to volunteer as a library aid so that he could have free access to the library before during and after school. He wrote several short stories during those early years as well as teaching at several schools before becoming an associate professor in the English education department.

Two of his short stories “Broken Circles (1993)” and “Peoples Song (1996)” received praise and encouragement that eventually lead to the production of his first novel “Soul Enchilada”.

Originally “Soul Enchilada”, started as a short story, it turned into the spark that would eventually produce his first debut novel in 2009. The book became a success winning several awards including 2010 Best Book for Young Adults, 2010 Stuff for the Teen Age (NYPL) and 2010 Bank Street College Best Books of the Year.

As David explained during the show, the book was not without issues, even though the voice of “Bug” the main character came to him almost immediately, basing her on many people he’d come into contact with teaching. As well the music in the book is part of both his and “bug’s” life.

The challenge was that the setting of the book was El Paso, a place David had never been to, he narrated to us the various help and education he received both from friends and critic groups as well as by searching the internet.

We discussed about the various steps he went through with editing, how some of the language changed becoming more real and the addition of exclamation marks, something frowned on I by some editors.

The success of Soul Enchilada has been followed by another YA hit, “Black Hole Sun”. His new book is a mad story about a disgraced teenage soldier hired to save a group of out of luck miners. A novel he described to his editor as “Seven Samurai on Mars”.

A really funny story, with Monty Phyon like humor, the book has become a great favorite among the YA readers. As well as sharing with us how he had to learn to curse in seven languages for the book, he also told us a little bit about the follow up novel he is currently working on “Invisible Sun”

So sit back and enjoy today's Male YA Author "A Book and a Chat with David Macinnis Gill".

Barry

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MALE YA AUTHOR MONTH GUESTS

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Nov 10th David Macinnis Gill - Author of "Black Hole Sun" and " Soul Enchilada" - Wed 6:30pm EST

Nov 11th William Kostakis - Author of "Loathing Lola" - Thur 6:30pm EST

Nov 13th R.A.Nelson - Author of "Teach Me", "Breath My Name" and "Days of Little Texas" - Sat 11:00am EST

Nov 15th Jon Skovron - Author of "Struts & Frets" and "Misfit (2011)" - Mon 6:30pm EST

Nov 16th Barry Lyga - Author of "Fan Boy and Goth Girl", "Boy Toy", "Hero Type" etc… - Tues 6:30pm EST

Nov 17th James - Author of "Book Chic" blog - Wed 6:30pm EST

Nov 18th Shaun David Hutchinson - Author of "The Death Day Letter" - Thur 6:30pm EST

Nov 20th Scott Westerfeld - Author of "Uglies", "Pretties", "Special", and "Extras" - Sat 11:00am EST

Nov 23rd Steve Brezenoff - Author of " The Absolute Value of -1", "Alley of Shadows" etc… - Tues 6:30pm EST

Nov 24th Alex - Author of "Alex reads books" blog - Wed 6:30pm EST

Nov 25th Estevan Vega - Author of "The Sacred Sin" and "Arson" - Thur 6:30pm EST

Nov 27th Allan Frewin Jones - Author of "The Faerie Path" and "The Warrior Princess" series - Sat 11:00am EST

Nov 30th Alan Gratz - Author of "Something Wicked", "Something Rotten", "The Brooklyn Nine" etc… - Tues 6:30pm EST



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