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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: 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, […]

  2. 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. […]

  3. 06/10/2016

    Bertrand On Books | Alan Furst, A Hero of France

    The New York Times has called Alan Furst “America’s preeminent spy novelist.” His new book, A Hero of France, about the French Resistance, is the first in a long time set during the war years, rather than the eve of World War II. He talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about the novel and about […]

  4. 04/29/2016

    Bertrand On Books | Stephen Coss “The Fever of 1721”

    Let’s go back to Boston in 1721. Historian Stephen Coss says it was one of the most influential years in U.S. history. And why not: We meet a young Ben Franklin, a chastised Cotton Mather and the beginning American arguments over faith and science. You’ll be surprised by who is on which side. Coss talks […]

  5. 04/18/2016

    Bertrand on Books | Anna Quindlen “Miller’s Valley”

    Anna Quindlen has been telling us what we’re thinking,  or maybe how we’re thinking, for decades. First as a columnist for Newsweek and the New York Times and now as a novelist. She talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about her latest novel “Miller’s Valley,” with stops along the way about what it means to […]

  6. 04/11/2016

    Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant “Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World”

    How many bad ideas have you had today? Wharton School of Business professor Adam Grant says the more the merrier, or original anyway. In his book Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World, Grant looks at what makes a truly original thinker. Bad ideas can be a good sign. Much more in this interview with Steve […]

  7. 03/25/2016

    Bertrand On Books | Chris Pavone “The Travelers”

    Chris Pavone is not your run of the mill espionage writer. Think of it this this way: Pavone writes and about real and compelling people, who happen to be spies. His latest novel, “The Travelers,” proves that point wonderfully. He talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about the novel, about writing, and about being a […]

  8. 03/05/2016

    Bertrand On Books | Todd Rose “The End of Average”

    Did you know the idea of an average person was unheard of until the 19th century?  Today, we measure ourselves against the average: the average ACT score, the average income, it goes on and on.  Harvard professor Todd Rose, who’s written “The End of Average,” says that’s a big mistake that costs us all.  He […]

  9. 02/17/2016

    Novelist Melanie Benjamin

    Let’s do lunch with the 1960s socialites of  New York City. Truman Capote will be there, so will Baby Paley. Novelist Melanie Benjamin writes about the rise and fall of Capote as seen through his relationships with the very rich  in  “Swans of Fifth Avenue: A Novel.”  Melanie is the guest on  this edition of […]

  10. 01/29/2016

    Eric Weiner | The Geography of Genius

    Author Eric Weiner is chasing genius, trying figure out what made Athens or Renaissance Florence tick. For that matter, what does today’s Silicon Valley have in common with Vienna during Mozart’s time or Edinburgh during the Enlightenment? He talks about his book The Geography of Genius in this edition of Steve Bertrand on Books.

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