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Bill welcomes bestselling novelist Lemony Snicket (AKA Daniel Handler) to the show! Lemony Snicket is the author of far too many books, including the four-volume All the Wrong Questions and the thirteen-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events. His new book, Poison for Breakfast, publishes fall 2021. When inconvenience or treachery prohibits him from making an appearance, Mr. Snicket is represented by Daniel Handler, author of seven unnerving novels himself. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes author Lyanda Lynn Haupt to the show. Lyanda is an award-winning author, naturalist, ecophilosopher, and speaker whose writing is at the forefront of the movement to connect people with nature in their everyday lives. Her newest book is Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit(Little, Brown Spark 2021). Lyanda’s previous books include: Mozart’s Starling (Little, Brown, April, 2017), winner of the Washington State Book Award: The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild, (Little, Brown in fall, 2013), finalist for the Orion Book Award; Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness, (Little, Brown in July 2009), winner of the 2010 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award; Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin’s Lost Notebooks, (Little, Brown, 2004); and  Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds (Sasquatch), winner of the 2002 Washington State Book Award. Lyanda has created and directed educational programs for Seattle Audubon, worked in raptor rehabilitation in Vermont, and been a seabird researcher for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the remote tropical Pacific. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including Orion, Discover, Utne, LA Times, Image, Huffington Post, Wild Earth, and Conservation Biology Journal.

Bill welcomes Author Lee Zacharias to the show. Lee is the author of four novels, a collection of essays, and a collection of short stories. She has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council, has twice won the North Carolina Sir Walter Raleigh Award for a book of fiction, and has received many other prizes, including two silver medals from the Independent Publishers Book Awards and the Phillip H. McMath Book Award. Her latest novel is What A Wonderful World This Could Be.

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).