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Bill welcomes novelist Asha Lemmie to the show. Asha is the New York Times bestselling author of Fifty Words for Rain. After graduating from Boston College with a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing, she relocated to New York City where she worked in book publishing. Asha writes historical fiction that focuses on bringing unique perspectives to life.

Bill welcomes author Christina Baker Kline to the show. Christina is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, and whose books have been published in 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities, and schools as "One Book, One Read" selections. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as the New York Times and the NYT Book Review, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Psychology Today, and Slate.

Bill welcomes the "author's librarian" Vikki J. Carter to the show. As a professional librarian and author, Vikki J. Carter reveals the techniques that librarians use to help writers effectively find valuable sources. Vikki's book, Research Life A Librarian, is available in eBook and in print. Since the publication of her book in March 2021, Vikki has scheduled a fall appearance on The Creative Penn Podcast, and she will be presenting at the 2021 Self-Publishing Advice Conference.

Bill welcomes multi-genre author Kris Faryn to the show. Kris is known for her love of bean burritos, of traveling, and of her patooties at home, including the grown-up one and furry ones. She also loves baking, cooking, a good book, and a crackling fire. She is a multi-award-winning author of Young Adult Fantasy books and Adult Suspense. Most importantly, Kris believes in turning dreams into realistic goals and that everyone has something special and unique to offer the world.

Bill welcomes memoirist Marilyn Peterson Haus to the show. Marilyn learned to read and write in a one-room school set in the midst of a sea of corn and oats, and then rode a rickety yellow school bus seven miles to the nearest town (population 700) for middle and high school. Everything was oriented around the railroad that sliced through the tallgrass prairie, heading west. Marilyn’s own journey took her in the opposite direction, and after attending Augsburg College in Minneapolis, she and her husband moved east and settled in western Massachusetts, where she raised three children, earned an MBA and launched a successful business career. After retiring from her day job, Marilyn followed her dream to become a writer, began attending a weekly writer’s workshop, and over the course of ten years, wrote and completed HALF Of A WHOLE – her first book.  It was published just prior to her 80th birthday.

Bill welcomes novelist and MD Tammy Euliano to the show. Tammy Euliano, MD, is a practicing anesthesiologist and tenured professor of anesthesiology at the University of Florida. In addition to a prolific list of academic publications, YouTube teaching videos, and numerous teaching awards, she has also written award-winning short fiction. Fatal Intent is her debut novel.

Bill welcomes debut fiction author Ellen Birkett Morris to the show. Ellen is the author of Lost Girls, a collection of short stories called "a varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form" by Kirkus Reviews. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, and Santa Fe Literary Review, among other journals. She is a winner of the Bevel Summers Prize for short fiction. She is also a recipient of a 2013 Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council. Her poetry can be found in Surrender (Finishing Line Press), a chapbook, and her forthcoming chapbook Abide (Seven Kitchens Press).

Bill welcomes novelist and short story writer Chris Power to the show. Chris is the author of Mothers, which was long-listed for the Rathbones Folio Prize and short-listed for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. His new novel, A Lonely Man, was just published to rave reviews! He lives in London.Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes novelist Kevin McIlvoy to the show. Kevin’s novel One Kind Favor is his eighth published book. He has published five novels, A Waltz, The Fifth Station, Little Peg, Hyssop, At the Gate of All Wonder, and a short story collection, The Complete History of New Mexico. His short fiction has appeared in Harper’s, Southern Review, Ploughshares, Missouri Review, and other literary magazines. A collection of his prose poems and short-short stories, 57 Octaves Below Middle C, has been published by Four Way Books. For twenty-seven years he was fiction editor and editor in chief of the national literary magazine, Puerto del Sol. He taught in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program in Creative Writing from 1987 to 2019; and he taught as a Regents Professor of Creative Writing in the New Mexico State University MFA Program from 1981 to 2008.

Bill welcomes debut novelist Mary Dixie Carter to the show. Mary Dixie graduated from Harvard College with an honors degree in English Literature and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Her writing has appeared in TIME,  The Economist, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer,  The New York Sun, The New York Observer and other print and online publications.  She worked at The Observer for five years, where she served as the publishing director.  In addition to writing, she also has a background as a professional actor. The Photographer is her debut novel!