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Bill welcomes novelist Howard Michael Gould to the show. Howard spent five years working on Madison Avenue, winning three Clios and numerous other awards. In television, he was executive producer and head writer of CYBILL when it won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series, and held the same positions on INSTANT MOM and THE JEFF FOXWORTHY SHOW. He wrote and directed the feature film THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY LEFAY, starring Tim Allen and Jenna Elfman. He is the author of two novels, LAST LOOKS and BELOW THE LINE, both featuring tortured, eco-maniacal private eye Charlie Waldo. The film version of LAST LOOKS, starring Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson and directed by Tim Kirkby, is currently in post-production. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes actress and author Marianne Leone to the show. Marianne is an actress, screenwriter and essayist. She had a recurring role on HBO's "Sopranos" as Joanne Moltisanti, Christopher's (Michael Imperioli's) mother. She has also appeared in films by John Sayles, Nancy Savoca and Martin Scorsese. Her essays and op ed pieces on a variety of topics have appeared in the Boston Globe. She is married to Chris Cooper, an academy-award winning actor and was Jesse Cooper's mother for seventeen years. After his death in 2005, her essay on grief was published in the Boston Globe ("He Was Our Touchstone".) Her memoir, Jesse: A Mother's Story, grew out of that essay.

Bill welcomes author and coach Alison Sher to the show. Alison is a generational change agent, organizational consultant, and the author of The Millennial's Guide to Changing the World. She has spent the past decade working as a journalist interviewing hundreds of people on some of the most pressing issues of our times. Her work has been published in books, newspapers and magazines around the country. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes award winning short story writer Beth Mayer to the show. Her short story collection We Will Tell You Otherwise won the Hudson Prize in fiction with Black Lawrence Press. Her fiction has appeared in The Threepenny Review, The Sun Magazine, and The Midway Review. She was a fiction finalist for The Missouri Review’s Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize (2016), her work recognized among “Other Distinguished Stories” by Best American Mystery Stories (2010), and her stories anthologized in both American Fiction (New Rivers) and New Stories from the Midwest (Ohio University). She currently teaches English at Century College in Minnesota. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes back bestselling suspense author Robert Crais to the show. Robert Crais is the author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. He began his creative career writing for such hit TV shows as Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice. He decided to leave the lucrative world of television to pursue his dream of writing novels. Though it took some time, he hit paydirt with first published novel: The Monkey's Raincoat, which became a smash hit and went on to win the Anthony and Macavity Awards. He has since published over twenty novels and remains one of the most read and respected suspense writers working today!Note - this week's show airs on Wednesday, not Tuesday!

Bill welcomes award-winning suspense novelist Lori Roy to the show. Lori Roy's debut novel, BENT ROAD, was awarded the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Her work has been twice named a New York Times Notable Crime Book and included on various best of lists and summer reading lists.  UNTIL SHE COMES HOME was a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Finalist for the Edgar Allen Poe award for Best Novel. LET ME DIE IN HIS FOOTSTEPS also received the 2016 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel, making Lori the first woman to receive an Edgar Award for both Best First Novel and Best Novel, and she is only the third person to have ever done so. Her latest, GONE TOO LONG, just hit shelves this June.

Bill welcomes life-coach and bestselling author Shannon Ethridge to the show. Shannon Ethridge is a million-copy best-selling author, international speaker, certified life coach, and advocate for healthy sexuality with a master’s degree in counseling / human relations. Since her mortuary days of embalming many HIV+ and AIDS patients, she has boldly spoken to high school and college students, single adults, and married couples about:* Embracing a lifestyle of sexual integrity* Overcoming past sexual & emotional baggage* Cultivating genuine intimacy in marriage* Instilling sexual values in young children.Should be interesting!

Bill welcomes poet and novelist Melissa Studdard to the show. Melissa Studdard is the author of four books, including the poetry collection I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast and the young adult novel Six Weeks to Yehidah. Her short writings have appeared in a wide variety of journals, magazines, blogs, and anthologies, such as The New York Times, Poetry, Psychology Today, The Guardian, New Ohio Review, Harvard Review, Bettering American Poetry, and Poets & Writers.Her awards include the Forward National Literature Award, the International Book Award, the Kathak Literary Award, the Poiesis Award of Honor International, the Readers’ Favorite Award, and two Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards.Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes author and marketing specialist Steve O'Keefe to the show. Steve is the Content Director at Orobora where he designs content marketing campaigns for authors, experts, companies and brands. Steve is the author of The Complete Guide to Internet Publicity, and taught Internet Public Relations at Tulane University for over a decade. In addition to his work with Orobora, Steve is Director of the Staunton Media Lab, a media arts program for the deaf, blind and uniquely able where he sources audio and video for campaigns. He is the also the author of recently released Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers.

Bill welcome memoirist Megan Griswold to the show. Megan has trained and received certification as a doula, shiatsu practitioner, yoga instructor, personal trainer, and in wilderness medicine, among others. She has worked as a mountain instructor, a Classical Five Element acupuncturist, a freelance reporter, an NPR All Things Considered commentator, a spokesperson for egg freezing, an off-the grid interior designer, and the creator of the backcountry-meets-high-style online store Little Moving Spaces. She is also the author of a fabulous new memoir, The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies.