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Reader's Entertainment Radio is a fun, informative and entertaining way to learn about books, engage with authors and have fun! From Book Lights to Reader's Entertainment Radio Show we have something for every reader and every genre!
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Going back in time with historical fiction author Donna D Conrad on Book Lights
Donna Conrad is an award-winning author, journalist, activist, and teacher. Her core values revolve around the concept of individual empowerment, a sustaining ideal running through the books she writes. She is a multi-genre author with books published in historical fiction and memoir.
Her first book, "House of the Moon: Surviving the Sixties," is an award-winning memoir that explores life in the tumultuous decade that changed the world.
Her upcoming four-book historical fiction series, The Magdalene Chronicles" has been acquired by Cold Creek Press. Book One, "The Last Magdalene," will be released on April 9, 2024, and has won 5 national pre-publication awards.
She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their three cats. When she's not writing, you can find Donna cruising the back roads in her black-on-black Miata MX-5, Maya - named for one of her favorite poets, Maya Angelou. You can learn more on her website: https://donnaconrad.com/
And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com
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The Art of Alternative History with Author Brent Olson on Book Lights
Brent Olson lives in Big Stone County, on the edge of the prairie in western Minnesota, but in his life as a working journalist he's filed articles from 20 countries on six continents. This has led him to want to change the world he lives in, through his work as a county commissioner, and create new worlds in his two recent novels, "Angr" and "Between the Helpless and the Darkness." In this time of news and information tailored so everyone can hear only what they want to hear, he presents information that will leave everyone just a little unsettled. Olson is a Big Stone County Commissioner and a 2012 Bush Foundation Fellow. You can learn more at his website: https://www.brentolson.online/about
And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com
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Cold Cases and Killer Secrets with Author Caroline Cleveland on Book Lights
Caroline Cleveland is the founding partner of the law firm, Cleveland & Conley, LLC, where she represents private and public employers, including law enforcement. A native South Carolinian, she inevitably writes from a Southern perspective. She gravitates -- both as a writer and a reader -- toward mystery and suspense, and she cannot resist a character with a dark secret.
Caroline lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, David. You can learn more at: https://carolineclevelandauthor.com/
And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com
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The Power of Friendship with Author Eileen Garvin on Book Lights
Eileen Garvin is a beekeeper and writer who lives in Oregon. Her debut novel, The Music of Bees, was a national bestseller and named a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Good Housekeeping Book club Pick, a People Magazine Best New Book, an IndieNext Pick, a Library Reads Pick, a Christian Science Monitor Pick, a Washington Post Best Summer Reads, and named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by BookRiot, Bookish, Nerd Daily, The Tempest, Midwestness and others.
Her new novel, Crow Talk, is available now! You can learn more at: https://www.eileengarvin.com/
And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com
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Shaping Worlds in SciFi and Fantasy with Author Edward Willett on Book Lights
Edward Willett is an award-winning author of more than sixty books science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction for both children and adults. He's also host of the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers: "Conversations with science fiction and fantasy authors about the creative process." (http://www.theworldshapers.com). He successfully Kickstarted and edited a new anthology, Shapers of Worlds, featuring authors who were guests during the first year of the podcast.
Besides being a writer, Willett is a professional actor and singer who has performed in dozens of plays, musicals and operas in and around Saskatchewan, hosted local television programs, and emceed numerous public events.
He's married to a telecommunications engineer and has one daughter and a black Siberian cat named Shadowpaw. You can find out more about him at: https://edwardwillett.com/
And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com
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Matterhorn of Thrillers with NYT Best Seller Christopher Reich on Book Lights
Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Deception, Numbered Account, and The Patriot’s Club, which won the International Thriller Writers Award for best novel in 2006. His new novel, Matterhorn is availabe now! You can learn more at his website: https://christopherreich.com/
And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com
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