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Bill welcomes novelist Monica McGurk to the show. Award-winning author Monica McGurk likes nothing better than weaving complex, multi-layered stories that bring contemporary issues and strong female characters to life through different genres of popular fiction. Her previous work includes three volumes of paranormal YA romance—The Archangel Prophecies: Dark Hope, Dark Rising, and Dark Before Dawn—along with numerous works of fan fiction under the name Consultant by Day.

Bill welcomes Irish author Bernard MacLaverty to the show. Bernard is the author of five previous collections of stories and five novels, including Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Midwinter Break, shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Born in Ireland, he now lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

Bill welcomes debut novelist Andrew Lipstein to the show. Andrew's first novel, Last Resort, has been receiving rave reviews prior to its release January 18. We talked about how he dealt with the years of rejection preceding it's publication, the importance of getting into the flow of writing, as well as his unusually creative approach to securing that first contract. Check it out!

Bill welcomes coach and author Shawn Singleton II to the show. Shawn Singleton II is a 2021 CREA Award winner, Brainz Executive Contributor, Scribd featured speaker for leadership and mindset, published author of "Brick by Brick: Reshape Your Thinking," Certified Personal Trainer, and Cognitive Behavioral, Life, and Business Coach who has committed the last 14 years of his life learning what it takes to develop habits and the mindset to become successful in life, both personally and professionally.

Bill welcomes award-winning novelist Jason Mott to the show. Jason is a Bestselling author, National Book Award Winner, Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction Winner, Pushcart Prize nominee, and Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longlist nominee, His poetry and fiction has appeared in various literary journals, and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 “New Hollywood: Next Wave” people to watch. He is the author of two poetry collections: We Call This Thing Between Us Love and “…hide behind me…”  He is the author of four novels:  The Returned, The Wonder of All Things, The Crossing, and Hell Of A Book. The Returned, Jason’s debut novel, was adapted by Brad Pitt’s production company, and aired on the ABC network under the title “Resurrection.” His fourth novel, Hell Of A Book, won the the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.

Bill welcomes poet and memoirist Gabrielle Myers to the show. Gabrielle is a professor, writer, and chef. Her memoir, Hive-Mind, details her time of love, awakening, and tragic loss on an organic farm. Her poetry manuscripts have been top finalists for the Catamaran West Coast Poetry Prize (2018 & 2020) and the 42 Mile Press Poetry Award (2014). Her poetry has been published in The Adirondack Review, San Francisco Public Press, Fourteen Hills, Evergreen Review, pacificREVIEW, Connecticut River Review, Catamaran, and Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. She has led writing workshops for the Pacific Writing Conference at the University of the Pacific, Word Spring in Chico, and San Joaquin Valley Writers, and participated in a panel at the Great Valley Bookfest. Access links to her memoir, published poems, essays, interviews, YouTube cooking channel, and seasonal recipe blog through her website: www.gabriellemyers.com

Bill welcomes novelist Farhad J. Dadyburjor to the show. Born and based in Mumbai, Farhad J. Dadyburjor has been an entertainment & lifestyle journalist for more than twenty years. He has written for many publications and held several senior editorial positions, including at DNA newspaper, as launch editor at the international men’s magazine FHM, and currently at The Leela magazine. He also has a popular blog of his own, My Good Life, in which he covers food, travel, culture and fashion. His debut novel, How I Got Lucky (published by Penguin Random House), was a satire on India’s celebrity culture that was hailed as “racy, sexy, and riotous” by Vogue India. The Other Man is his American fiction debut and most likely the first gay rom-com that is set in modern-day Mumbai.

Bill welcomes debut novelist Michael Leppert to the show. Michael Leppert is a lecturer at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, an adjunct professor at IU’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, a columnist and an author. Immediately following his time as a student at IU, Michael went to work for the State of Indiana. His government career began at the Indiana Boys School, leaving there after five years as the program manager in the Intensive Treatment Unit (Maximum Security). His next eight years were significantly different as a manager at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. The last five years of his public service were spent as the Executive Director of the IURC. Michael began writing a weekly column published in newspapers throughout Indiana in 2014. His first book, Contrary to Popular Belief, which chronicled his early writing, was published in 2016. Flipping the Circle, published by Greenleaf Book Group in November of 2021, is his second book, and first novel.

Bill welcomes debut thriller writer Yasmin Angoe to the show. Yasmin is a first-generation Ghanaian American from Northern Virginia where she grew up in two cultural worlds. In 2020, she received the Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and is a proud member of SinC, Crime Writers of Color, and International Thriller Writers. Yasmin was a middle and high school English teacher and currently works as a freelance developmental editor. When not writing or editing, she is either watching movies, engrossed in a new audiobook, or daydreaming about the fact she probably should be writing.

Bill welcomes author Meredith Jaeger to the show. Meredith is the USA Today bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Dowry, Boardwalk Summer, and her recently released The Pilot’s Daughter. Meredith was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and holds a BA in modern literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She lives outside San Francisco with her husband and daughter.