Chatting With Sherri welcomes back very talented author: Jessica Brawner! Jessica Brawner has a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles to her credit, including most recently The First Sin (Published 2020), the first novel in The Adventures of Captain Jac. Ms. Brawner’s fiction has appeared in Steampunk Trails II (2014),  Steampunk The Otherworlds released by Villainous Press in 2015, the 2014, 2015 & 2016 Story of the Month Club anthologies, & Ghost Hunting Critters released by...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back crime novelist, editor and President of the Detection Club; Martin Edwards! Martin Edwards has drawn on more than 30 years’ experience as a crime novelist. He is also an internationally acclaimed editor of crime anthologies for the British Library and other publishers. In addition to enjoying many years of success as a crime writer, he is the only person to have been elected to serve as Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and President of the Detection...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning composer; David Raiklen! David Raiklen is an American composer best known for the science fiction series Space Command and for the Emmy winning Mia, A Dancer’s Journey. David was mentored by Oscar winner John Williams and Pulitzer Prize winner Mel Powel. Dr. Raiklen studied at USC, UCLA, and CalArts and later taught at those universities. He has worked for the major studios including Sony, Fox, Disney, Sprint, Mattel, Warner Bros and PBS,...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back screenwriters and novelists; Lauren Cipollo and Matt Conant! I was so happy to catch up with Lauren and Matt and hear all the excitement about their new novel, The official April 9th release of PARALLAX: ORIGIN! Lauren Cipollo is a screenwriter, novelist, and illustrator specializing in science fiction, fantasy and other genre fare. Lauren designed over a dozen species and countless mechanics for the space adventure tabletop role-playing game Parallax. She...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning writer; Scott T. Barnes! Scott T. Barnes is the Writers of the Future Award-winning author and published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 28.  He is the author of the forthcoming Memories of Lucinda Eco and short fiction such as “Insect Sculptor,” “The Mark of Blackfriar Street,” and “The Last Job.” Publisher’s Weekly describes his work as “lyrical.” He lives in California with his wife and two daughters who inspire him more...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes artist and Illustrator who created covers for Dungeons & Dragons; Larry Elmore! Leonard Elmore has been creating fantasy and science fiction art for more than forty years. In the 1970s he began freelancing and was published in a few magazines, including Heavy Metal and National Lampoon. After being contacted by TSR Inc., the company that produced the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, Larry worked there from 1981 to 1987. While at TSR, he helped set...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author; Elaine Schroller! Elaine Schroller writes about love, loss, and redemption experienced by Australian, American, and French characters during WWI and WWII.  DARE NOT TELL is the story of Joe Parker, an Australian WWI vet, and his American wife Sophie, a WWI nurse. It begins with Sophie and Joe’s chance meeting in 1916 Paris and chronicles their relationship through thick and thin up to the threshold of WWII.  THE BRAVEST SOLDIERS is set in Australia and...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back multi-talented; Producer, Writer and actor; Steven L Sears!   I am so excited to have Stevem L Sears back to chat about writing and his acting! We chat about a lot of things, the Xena Con, his writing and several topics that just popped into our heads.  Steve is always fun and informative, he was one of my first guests, he has always been a great support to my podcast and when I introduced Sherri's Playhosue he turned it around and interviewed me about my...

Chatting with Sherri welcomes back award winning author; Tim Powers! Tim Powers published The Skies Discrowned and Epitaph in Rust in 1976. Tim’s subsequent novels are The Drawing of the Dark, The Anubis Gates (winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and the Prix Apollo), Dinner at Deviant’s Palace (winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award), On Stranger Tides (the novel the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was based on) The Stress of Her Regard, Last Call (winner of...

  Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Vice President of Public Affairs for Author Services for  Galaxy Press; Emily Goodwin! Emily Goodwin has been involved with book publishing since 2007, including the international Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests. She is the producer for the Writers of the Future annual Achievement Awards as well as the online writing workshop. She has been active with the IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) as a contest judge for the Benjamin...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning writer; Elaine Midcoh! Elaine Midcoh (a pen name) is a short story writer and an award-winning author of science fiction. She’s a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award and “The Writers of the Future” contest. Her stories have appeared in the anthologies, “Writers of the Future, Volumes 37 & 39” (Galaxy Press, Nov. 2021 & May, 2023), and “Compelling Science Fiction Short Stories” (Flame Tree Press, Oct. 2022), and in...

I'm so happy to welcomes back producer, director, screenwriter & actor; Jamal McWhorter to Chatting With Sherri! Jamal McWhorter is an actor turned film producer/director born and raised in Atlanta, GA. With a strong passion for making quality films, Jamal starts with a great story and bring it alive with eye-catching visuals. Dramas, horrors, and comedies are the genres he loved growing up, and he likes to have fun with those elements of his films today. In 2013 he wrote, produced, and...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back the talented and fun; Adrienne Wilkinson!  Adrienne  is a wonderfully talented actor, she is best known as Xena's daughter Eve/Livia on Xena Warrior Princess.  She is also a writer and director. She is so talented and she is stretching out to new pursuits. She is on TikTok;  Eve & her mom. Ancient Roman Warriors now living in L.A. #WeHaveManySkills tiktok.com/@yoadriennew What is Adrienne's Plan A Media Group? "Every Human is a creator.  We create...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning artist; Ximing Luo! Ximing Luo  has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil, discovering her love for art and creativity during her time in preschool. Inspired by children's books and illustrations, she started illustrating and has never looked back. Though Ximing is the only artist in her family, her parents were always supportive throughout her artistic growth and journey. Ximing's current works explore the cohesion of reality and...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning writer, Devon Bohm ! Devon is a poet and writer who received her BA from Smith College and her MFA in Poetry and Fiction from Fairfield University. At Fairfield, Bohm became increasingly frustrated with the denial of genre fiction as “Literature” and began exploring the big question of why people were attracted to different forms of speculative fiction. The answer she found didn’t surprise her, as it was what she’d always valued about her favorite...

Fostering Love-Families are the foundation of society. When we care for and protect children, we ensure that future generations thrive as well. The devastation that abuse and neglect cause have taught us the immense impact—good and bad—that parents have on children. This book will enlighten readers beyond those directly involved with foster children to see the resiliency and potential that can be hidden in these vulnerable girls and boys. Each of our foster children has blessed our lives with...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Shireen Magedin! Heartlines-Discover an epic tale of thrilling action and suspense in the conclusion to the Journey series. Join Doctor Sarah Shah and Agent Tanya Kareem as they embark on a perilous mission, one that will take them to the edges of their courage and ingenuity. Beginning with a mission to aid earthquake victims, their journey quickly escalates into a whirlwind of action, betrayal, kidnapping, and chases infused with a dash of the...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning crime novelist; Martin Edwards! Martin Edwards has drawn on more than 30 years’ experience as a crime novelist. He is also an internationally acclaimed editor of crime anthologies for the British Library and other publishers.  He is President of the Detection Club and Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, and Archivist of both organisations. Martin's latest novel; The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge; 1930: Nell Fagan is looking for a second...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author and WOTF Judge Nina Kiriki Hoffman! , Nina Kiriki Hoffman has creaed adult and young adult novels and stories and books for 40 years now.she's sold about 400 short stories and a number of novels and young adult books, plus several collections.. Her works have been finalists for the World Fantasy, Mythopoeic, Sturgeon, Philip K. Dick and Endeavour Awards. Her first novel, The Thread That Binds the Bones, won a Bram Stoker Award, and her short...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning author, artist and illustrator; Bea Jackson! Bea Jackson creates to encapsulate a moment in time, challenging herself to combine her boundless imagination with experiences and emotion and capture the result on paper. A lifelong collector of both picture books and comics, she admires art’s ability to speak perfectly on its own and translate ideas without words. As a digital painter using textures that mimic pastels, oil paints, and watercolor, she...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back; author, director, playwright and actor; Everett Robert! After this chat we will present for the first time on Sherri's Playhouse; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Everett Robert! We get to chat about this classic tale, adapted into a radio play by Everett, it's based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson! We talk about the plot, the characters and how he adapted for our radio theater playhouse. To listen to Everett's play; The...

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author; Jeff Crawford! Jeff Crawford of western N.C. And writer of suspense and horror novels. Former cowboy and current outdoorsman as well as unapologetic devoted univ of Florida athletics fan. 5 novels have been published so far and 4 are currently available. Southern fiction with strict attention to regional dialect and vocabulary along side relatable characters, highly suspenseful imaginative stories and an always unexpected ending make up each of...

Sherri's Playhouse Presents; The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde! Our story was adapted from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde into a radio play by Everett Robert! It's based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Editing and Special Effects by Jay Wall. This was recorded earlier. If you would like to help support our radio playhouse; https://www.patreon.com/rithebard

  Chatting With Sherri welcomes the cast of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Everett Robert! We get to chat with the cast of this classic tale, adapted into a radio play by Everett Robert! It's based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson! We talk about the plot, the characters and how the cast feels about this tale of identity and addiction. This episode was recorded earlier. If you would like to help support our radio playhouse; https://www.patreon.com/rithebard