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Libby Fischer Hellmann
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Second Sunday Books is coming to you from the Windy City, but I'm expanding the range of books and authors I interview. Historical fiction, women's fiction, action-adventure, and non-fiction (especially history, biographies, and politics) will be served. Unfortunately, no romance, sci-fi, or horror. And of course, I'll still be talking to mystery and thriller authors. Join me once a month on Second Sunday Books for the inside stories about stories.

  1. Join Author Libby Fischer Hellmann in conversation with Les Edgerton

    11/20/2020

    Join Author Libby Fischer Hellmann in conversation with Les Edgerton

    "After 25 years as an author and reader, it’s rare for me to start a novel and finish it in one sitting. But I did with HARD TIMES by Les Edgerton. Set during the recent past in the deep South, the novel tells the dark story of Amelia Critchin, a principled and faith-filled woman who accepts responsibility for marrying the wrong man and is punished severely for doing so..."

    34 min
  2. Second Sunday Books Welcomes Historical Fiction Author Judith Starkston

    10/22/2020

    Second Sunday Books Welcomes Historical Fiction Author Judith Starkston

    Author Judith Starkston's 3rd historical fiction novel was released a  week after BEND. OF KINGS AND GRIFFINS is a mashup of historical and  fantasy and is delightful! (The cover is gorgeous as you'll see). She  and I shared a conversation about writing historical, why we do it, and what's  the hardest part. Enjoy!

    35 min
  3. Second Sunday Books Welcomes Kelli Stanley, founder of Nasty Woman Press and the SHATTERING GLASS Anthology

    06/16/2020

    Second Sunday Books Welcomes Kelli Stanley, founder of Nasty Woman Press and the SHATTERING GLASS Anthology

    Shattering  Glass is the first in a series of remarkable anthologies published by  Nasty Woman Press, a unique non-profit publisher founded to help fund  other organizations threatened by the rise of autocracy and the ongoing  war against civil and human rights in the United States. A scintillating  mixture of top-flight fiction from bestselling authors in multiple  genres, fascinating articles, and thought-provoking essays,  conversations and interviews, Shattering Glass takes as its theme the  empowerment of women, with all profits from the book donated to Planned  Parenthood. We are the Creative Resistance. Nasty Woman Press was founded on November 9th, 2016, with a simple but powerful thought: female empowerment.

    37 min
  4. Second Sunday Books & Libby Hellmann welcome Three Hours in Paris author Cara Black

    04/06/2020

    Second Sunday Books & Libby Hellmann welcome Three Hours in Paris author Cara Black

    In June of 1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Hitler spent a total of  three hours in the City of Light—abruptly leaving, never to return. To  this day, no one knows why. The New York Times bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc investigations reimagines history in her masterful, pulse-pounding spy thriller, Three Hours in Paris. Kate  Rees, a young American markswoman, has been recruited by British  intelligence to drop into Paris with a dangerous assignment: assassinate  the Führer. Wrecked by grief after a Luftwaffe bombing killed her  husband and infant daughter, she is armed with a rifle, a vendetta, and a  fierce resolve. But other than rushed and rudimentary instruction, she  has no formal spy training. Thrust into the red-hot center of the war, a  country girl from rural Oregon finds herself holding the fate of the  world in her hands. When Kate misses her mark and the plan unravels,  Kate is on the run for her life—all the time wrestling with the  suspicion that the whole operation was a set-up. Cara Black, doyenne of the Parisian crime novel, is at her best as she brings  Occupation-era France to vivid life in this gripping story (her first stand-alone) about one  young woman with the temerity—and drive—to take on Hitler himself. *Features an illustrated map of 1940s Paris as full color endpapers.

    36 min
  5. Red Letter Days author Sarah-Jane Stratford Visits Second Sunday Books

    03/07/2020

    Red Letter Days author Sarah-Jane Stratford Visits Second Sunday Books

    When two brave women flee from the Communist Red Scare, they soon discover that no future is free from the past. Amid the glitz and glamour of 1950s New York, Phoebe Adler pursues her  dream of screenwriting. A dream that turns into a living nightmare when  she is blacklisted—caught in the Red Menace that is shattering the lives  of suspected Communists. Desperate to work, she escapes to London,  determined to keep her dream alive and clear her good name. There, Phoebe befriends fellow  American exile Hannah Wolfson, who has defied the odds to build a  career as a successful television producer in England. Hannah is a woman  who has it all, and is now gambling everything in a very dangerous  game—the game of hiring blacklisted writers. Neither woman suspects that danger still looms . . . and their fight is only just beginning. AUTHORS: Sarah-Jane Stratford is an author and essayist whose work has appeared in Marie-Claire, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Review of Books, Bitch, Bustle, Slate, Salon, BOMB, and Guernica, among others. She lives in London. Visit her online at: sarahjanestratford.com; Libby Fischer Hellmann is a critically acclaimed crime writer loved by readers the world over for her compulsively readable thrillers and strong female characters. Her fast-paced crime fiction spans 15 novels and 25 short stories. She has also edited a popular crime fiction anthology called Chicago Blues. Her newest work, "HIGH CRIMES" was released in November, 2018.

    50 min
  6. Silver Falchion winner and USA Today best-selling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins on Second Sunday Books

    02/12/2020

    Silver Falchion winner and USA Today best-selling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins on Second Sunday Books

    Second Sunday Books host LIbby Hellmann welcomes USA Today best-selling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins who is also a colleague in the network; she host Wine Women & Writing. I am a wannabe barrel racer afraid of going fast, an eater of ribeye, a rescuer of dogs, a fangirl podcaster, and the author of USA Today bestselling mysteries. {By the way, to get a free starter library, exclusives, first looks, and special deals with my newsletter, go to bit.ly/PamelaNL.} You can read my series in any order or as standalones, but they’re a lot of fun if you do them like this: 1.Caribben-based Katie mysteries (PG-13): Saving Grace, Leaving Annalise, Finding Harmony 2. Texas-based Emily mysteries (PG-13): Heaven to Betsy Earth to Emily, Hell to Pay 3. Texas-based Michele mysteries (PG-13): Going for Kona, Fighting for Anna, Searching for Dime Box 4. Wyoming-based Maggie mysteries (R, language): Live Wire, Sick Puppy, Dead Pile (plus shorts Buckle Bunny and Shock Jock) 5. Wyoming-based Patrick Flint mysteries (PG): Switchback, Snake Oil, Sawbones — this is a historical spin-off series AND 6. Caribbean-based Ava mysteries (R, sexual situations): Bombshell, Stunner, Knockout My hunky husband and I ride our beloved draft cross horses way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, WY and deep in the heart of Nowheresville, TX. When I’m not writing or riding, I’m passionate about hiking, always with a couple of rescue dogs (and an occasional goat and donkey), bear spray, a mountain lion knife, and my Judge. NO ANIMALS HAVE BEEN HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS LIFE ADVENTURE (but don’t sneak up on me). I’ve made some lists and won some awards, yada yada. 2018 USA Today Bestseller. 2018 #1 Amazon Bestseller. 2018 Top 50 Amazon Author (Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense). The 2017 Silver Falchion for Best Adult Mystery WINNER (Fighting for Anna), the 2016 and 2015 WINNERS for USA Best Books Fiction: Cross Genre (Hell to Pay, Heaven to Betsy), and others. With downloads of nearly 2,000,000, readers seem to enjoy them—I think they have exceptionally good taste. {insert goofy grin here} Lots of them follow my podcast Wine Women & Writing, too, where I fangirl my favorite authors and interview them for your listening pleasure. Subscribe free at bit.ly/PamelaWWWR –case sensitive. If after all that you still want to learn more about my books, my podcast, or me, then God Bless Ya. There are many ways: This website and its blog. The aforementioned newsletter. Email me: Pamela at PamelaFaganHutchins dot com. SEcond Sunday BooksLibby HellmannPamela Fagan Hutchinsauthorinterviewpodcastthrillersromancemysteriesbooksbook loverswritingwriters

    33 min
  7. Allen Eskens Visits Libby Hellmann on Second Sunday Books

    01/07/2020

    Allen Eskens Visits Libby Hellmann on Second Sunday Books

    Missouri native Allen Eskens' "stunning small-town mystery" (New York Times Book Review) is "a coming-of-age book to rival some of the best, such as Ordinary Grace." (Library Journal, starred review) A LIBRARY JOURNAL Mystery Pick of the Month In  a small Southern town where loyalty to family and to "your people"  carries the weight of a sacred oath, defying those unspoken rules can be  a deadly proposition. After fifteen years  of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother, high-school  freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He dreams of glass  towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be anywhere other than  Jessup, Missouri. The new kid at St. Ignatius High School, if he isn't  being pushed around, he is being completely ignored. Even his beloved  woods, his playground as a child and his sanctuary as he grew older,  seem to be closing in on him, suffocating him. Then  Thomas Elgin moves in across the road, and Boady's life begins to twist  and turn. Coming to know the Elgins -- a black family settling into a  community where notions of "us" and "them" carry the weight of history  -- forces Boady to rethink his understanding of the world he's taken for  granted. Secrets hidden in plain sight begin to unfold: the mother who  wraps herself in the loss of her husband, the neighbor who carries the  wounds of a mysterious past that he holds close, the quiet boss who is  fighting his own hidden battle. But the biggest  secret of all is the disappearance of Lida Poe, the African-American  woman who keeps the books at the local plastics factory. Word has it  that Ms. Poe left town, along with a hundred thousand dollars of company  money. Although Boady has never met the missing woman, he discovers  that the threads of her life are woven into the deepest fabric of his  world. As the mystery of her fate plays out,  Boady begins to see the stark lines of race and class that both bind and  divide this small town -- and he will be forced to choose sides.

    32 min
  8. BAD TURN Author Zoe Sharp Visits Second Sunday Books with Libby Hellmann

    12/10/2019

    BAD TURN Author Zoe Sharp Visits Second Sunday Books with Libby Hellmann

    Second Sunday Crime author and host Libby Fischer Hellmann  welcomes international best-selling author of the Charlie Fox series,  ZOE SHARP. ABOUT ZOE:   Sharp wrote her first novel when she  was fifteen, but success came in 2001 with the publication of KILLER  INSTINCT—the first book to feature her ex-Special Forces turned  bodyguard heroine, Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox. Sharp has also written several standalones, including collaborations  with highly regarded espionage thriller author, John Lawton. Her short  stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, and have been  shortlisted for the Short Story Dagger by the UK Crime Writers'  Association. Her other writing has won or been nominated for numerous  awards on both sides of the Atlantic. ABOUT THE BOOK:  Charlie Fox has quit her job in  close protection, been turned out of her apartment, and is apparently  out of options. Kincaid offers her a job looking after Helena. The  rumours about Kincaid’s business empire say he’s gone over to the dark  side, but Charlie is in no position to be fussy. And protecting people  against those who want to do them harm is what she’s good at. But when  the threats against the Kincaids escalate, and then follow the couple  over to Europe, Charlie’s really going to have to up her game. It’s time  to take the fight to the enemy. Charlie’s at her best putting an end to  trouble. Now she must learn to strike first. And hope that the Kincaids  don’t discover the secret she’s been keeping from them, right from the  start.Listen on your favorite app. Learn more about Libby at at https://www.libbyhellmann.com/

    33 min
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Second Sunday Books is coming to you from the Windy City, but I'm expanding the range of books and authors I interview. Historical fiction, women's fiction, action-adventure, and non-fiction (especially history, biographies, and politics) will be served. Unfortunately, no romance, sci-fi, or horror. And of course, I'll still be talking to mystery and thriller authors. Join me once a month on Second Sunday Books for the inside stories about stories.

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  • Creator
    Libby Fischer Hellmann
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Libby Fischer Hellmann
  • Show Website
    Second Sunday Books