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Steve Bertrand on Books focuses on the latest in the world of books, featuring interviews with the top authors of the day and more.

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    Steve Bertrand on Books: Nick Petrie

    Alright, it’s time to move to the edge of your seat. Nick Petrie joins Steve to talk about his new thriller, The Dark Time. It’s the ninth book in his acclaimed Peter Ash series. The book takes on the threat of rapidly expanding Artificial Intelligence in a way only Peter Ash can.

  2. MAR 18

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Mark Oppenheimer and Chris Kelly

    One of the spring’s most anticipated books is a biography of American literary icon Judy Blume. Author Mark Oppenheimer joins Steve to talk about the writer who helped us grow up and how she’s developed as she’s grown up. Blume cooperated with the writing of the book but has kept her distance from the final […]

  3. MAR 11

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Johnny Compton and Jordy Rosenberg

    In this episode, Steve talks with two authors. Johnny Compton writes horror/fantasy stories and his latest is Dead First. Johnny has and interesting theory on horror stories. He says most of our most famous stories all have some aspect of horror in them. You might agree after you hear what he has to say. Also […]

  4. MAR 4

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Mark Greaney and Adam al-Sirgany

    Mark Greaney joins Steve to talk about The Hard Line, the 15th installment of his Gray Man thriller series. In the book, the intelligence community is under attack by selective assassins. It’s up to Court Gentry and his team to stop them. Greaney is well known to those who like to read on the edge of […]

  5. FEB 25

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Dr. Ashely Alker and Aaron Brown

    How about we get a few chuckles from the emergency room? Dr. Ashely Alker takes a light-“hearted” look at how we die in “99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them”. It’s actually a fun read with a very personal origin story. Ashely’s mom was diagnosed with a serious illness and the family couldn’t […]

  6. FEB 18

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Charles Finch and Sophie Vershbow

    Why is it we’re so drawn to Victorian novels? Charles Finch has some ideas. He’s the author behind the Charles Lenox detective series. His novel The Hidden City was a hit last year. Charles is also a respected book critic. That’s a job that comes with some heavy responsibility. He talks about that and about […]

  7. FEB 11

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Brad Meltzer and Adithi Ramakrishnan

    In this episode of Steve Bertrand on Books, Steve talks with author Brad Meltzer. Brad has succeeded in every type of writing he’s explored, including television, non-fiction and even children’s books, but he’s best known for his thrillers. Brad is currently on the New York Times best seller list with The Viper. In the interview, […]

  8. 10/05/2017

    Steve Bertrand’s 2015 visit with Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro

    British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been named the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2015, he spoke with WGN Radio’s Steve Bertrand about his novel The Buried Giant: Kazuo Ishiguro, who has won the Man Booker Prize and been awarded the O.B.E., has been called one of Britain’s most important living novelists. […]

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