Jim Foster: Conversations On The Coast Jim Foster: Conversations On The Coast

Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis, co-authors of "The Revenge of the Shadow King: Grey Griffins Book 1," talk about how important it was for the kid characters in the story to be very real and lifelike, and why friendship is so important for kids growing up. This full interview from a 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.

Melanie Benjamin, author of "The Aviator's Wife," talks about how the way that Charles and Ann Morrow Lindbergh were covered by the press wasn't really seen again until Princess Diana came along. This full interview from a 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.

Richard Bausch, author of "Before, During, After," talks about how each of us has our own private traumas that can often supercede public traumas. This full interview from a 2015 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.

Sammy Lee Davis, veteran's advocate and Co-Author of "You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying: Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient," talks about when he played a harmonica for the very first time in the middle of the Vietnam War. This full interview from a 2016 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts. The book was co-authored by Caroline Lambert.

Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Authors of "Write That Book Already! The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now," give some advice for writers on how to get an agent, send out a Query Letter, and what might happen at the first meeting with your publisher. This full interview from a 2010 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.

On this special episode, host and producer Jim Foster speaks with technical producer Robert Costa about how "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" became a long-running program airing on various radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area for several decades, and also speaks about how the book publishing world has changed over the years, where the industry is going next, and many other subjects including his favorite author guest, plus a cameo by Executive Board Member Julie! This discussion took place on the occasion of the last airing of the program on its longtime San Francisco radio frequency 960 AM in 2014, in San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Costa.