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Bill welcomes bestselling suspense author Dan Fesperman to the show. Dan's travels as a writer have taken him to 30 countries and three war zones, beginning with the Persian Gulf War in 1991. His novels of intrigue have captured acclaim in eleven different languages, while winning a Dashiell Hammett Award in the United States and two Dagger awards in the United Kingdom. We'll be discussing his fascinating and engrossing new novel, Safe Houses. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes author Katherine Jegede to the show. Katherine is a British television presenter and author with a background in science. She was first introduced to metaphysics as a teenager by her mother, a former yoga teacher and education specialist. She developed a penetrating and enduring fondness for the self-empowering teachings of Neville Goddard, and remains just as steadfastly devoted to spreading his message today. She has been published in the internationally acclaimed science journal, Nature, and she has also presented two science series aimed at young adults in the UK, earning a BAFTA nomination. We will be discussing her new book, Infinite Possibilities: How to Use the Ideas of Neville Goddard to Create the Life You Want.

Bill welcomes author Lydia Millet to the show. Lydia Millet is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. Her third novel, My Happy Life, won the 2003 PEN Center USA Award for Fiction, and she has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize as well as a Guggenheim fellow, among other honors. Laura Miller of Salon has described Millet’s writing as “…always flawlessly beautiful, reaching for an experience that precedes language itself.” Millet has written books and stories that range from the philosophical to the satirical, on matters including the inventors of the atom bomb, political culture under George H. W. Bush, the discovery of mermaids in a coral reef and the crises of extinction and climate change. Her latest book is the short story collection Fight No More. Should be awesome!

Bill welcomes debut novelist Libby Page to the show. Libby Page is the author of The Lido, published in the UK by Orion and by Simon and Schuster in the US. Before writing The Lido Libby worked as a campaigner for fairer internships, a journalist at the Guardian and a Brand Executive at a retailer and then a charity. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes novelist and storyteller Matthew Dicks to the show. Matthew is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Something Missing, Unexpectedly, Milo,The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, and, most recently, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling. His novels have been translated into more than 25 languages worldwide. Matthew is a 35-time Moth StorySLAM champion and 6-time GrandSLAM champion whose stories have been featured on their nationally syndicated Moth Radio Hour and their weekly podcast. Don't want to miss this one!

Bill welcomes suspense novelist Riley Sager to the show. Riley is a former journalist, editor and graphic designer.  Now a full-time author, Riley's first thriller, FINAL GIRLS, was a national bestseller that has been published in 25 languages. His next book, THE LAST TIME I LIED, is out right now! Don't miss it.

Bill welcomes memoirist Jen Waite to the show. Jen is the author of the international bestselling memoir A Beautiful Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Love and Betrayal. In addition to her memoir she has been published in Scary Mommy, Upworthy, Today Parenting, The Huffington Post, and Romper. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes author Henry Alford to the show. A humorist and journalist, Henry Alford has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times and Vanity Fair for two decades. He has also been a contributor to National Public Radio. He is the author of a book about manners, Would It Kill You To Stop Doing That?; a book about the wisdom of people over the age of 70, How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They are Still on This Earth; a humor collection, Municipal Bondage; and an account of his attempts to become a working actor, Big Kiss, which won a Thurber Prize for American Humor. His most recent book,  And Then We Danced, is all about dance. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes children's book author Barbara Bottner to the show.  Barbara is a New York Times best-selling author, a screenwriter, TV writer, and writing coach, who began her multi-hyphenate career as an artist and actor. She is the author of over 40 books in all areas of children’s literature, including Young Adult, Middle Grade, chapter and I Can Reads as well as her award-winning picture books, several of which have been animated, and translated into multiple languages including French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hebrew amoung others. Don't miss it.

Bill welcomes bestselling novelist Robert Dugoni to the show. Robert  is the critically acclaimed New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of The Tracy Crosswhite series: My Sister’s Grave, Her Final Breath, In the Clearing, and The Trapped Girl. The Crosswhite Series has sold more than 2,000,000 books and My Sister’s Grave has been optioned for television series development. He is also the author of the best-selling David Sloane series: The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm Murder One and The Conviction, and the stand-alone novels The 7th Canon, a 2017 finalist for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for best novel, The Cyanide Canary, A Washington Post Best Book of the Year. He is a two time finalist for the International Thriller Writers award and the Mystery Writers of America Award for best novel. His books are sold world-wide in more than 25 countries and have been translated into more than two dozen languages. We'll be discussing his latest stand alone novel: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell.