Molly talks with author Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop about her book "Daughter of Spies: Wartime Secrets, Family Lies".   About Daughter of Spies: Wartime Secrets, Family Lies As a child, Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop, along with her five brothers, was raised to revere the tribal legends of the Alsop and Roosevelt families. Her parents' marriage, lived in the spotlight of 1950s Washington where the author's father, journalist Stewart Alsop, grew increasingly famous, was not what either of her...

About A Dance of the Dead On a moon-lit night, Diké , heir to the Kingdom and leader of the terrifying warrior cult, the Ogwumii, falls asleep inside his bedroom. He wakes up to find himself trapped within the secret shrine of the village deity, a dark cave forbidden to all save the powerful witchdoctors. Overnight, the mighty warrior-prince becomes an Osu— an untouchable and outcast.In disgraced exile in the forbidden shrine, his sole companion is the raging ghost of a murdered slave girl,...

Molly interviews Enrica Jang, the director of Poe House, about the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival and the 5th Annual Saturday Poe “Visiter” Awards. Website: https://poefestinternational.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/poefestintl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poefestinternational/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poebaltimore YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCEKC_0busyzb7aySf9feNg   One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the...

About "Good Morning, Hope" The inspiring true story of the Zalli family, forced to rebuild their lives in a new, uncertain land. Born in poverty-stricken Albania, twin sisters Argita and Detina Zalli always dreamed of becoming doctors. But when the government collapsed, plunging the country into anarchy and civil war, the twins’ dream unraveled along with their homeland. Their parents were determined to find a way to leave and save their daughters’ futures—not to mention their very...

Molly talks with Andrew Hiller about his creartive life and Pitter Patty Finds Another Day.   About Pitter Patty Finds Another Day Pitter Patty is a sad little cloud looking for a friend, but people are not friendly to rain clouds and keep singing to her to "come back another day." Can this little cloud find a friend? Can she make it to another day? Children's picture book; read aloud for 3 to 6 year olds. Uses open dyslexic font.   About the author Andrew ahs been working,...

Molly talks with author Ananda Lima about her book, "Mother/land".   Order "Mother/land" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781625570260 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3F82UgN About Mother/land MOTHER/LAND is focused on the intersection of motherhood and immigration and its effects on a speaker's relationship to place, others and self. It investigates the mutual and compounding complications of these two shifts in identity...

Molly talks with Tommy and Charlie Greenwald about their book, "The Rescues Finding Home"   Order "The Rescues Finding Home" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781636550763 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3Q13Qrz   About The Rescues Finding Home Two shelter dogs await adoption in this early reader story about friendship, family, and home. Moose and Bear are two scrappy shelter dogs patiently waiting for the right owner to adopt them....

About the author Christopher Paolini is the creator of the World of Eragon and the Fractalverse. Holder of the Guinness World Record for youngest author of a bestselling series. Qualified for marksman in the Australian army. Scottish laird. Dodged gunfire . . . more than once. As a child was chased by a moose in Alaska. Has his name inscribed on Mars. Firstborn of Kenneth and Talita. Husband. Father. Asker of questions and teller of stories. About Murtagh: The world is no longer safe...

Molly talks with author Vanessa Riley about her book, "Murder in Westminster". About Murder in Wesminster Discovering a body on her property presents Lady Abigail Worthing with more than one pressing problem. The victim is Juliet, the wife of her neighbor, Stapleton Henderson. Although Abigail has little connection with the lady in question, she expects to be under suspicion. Abigail’s skin color and her mother’s notorious past have earned her a certain reputation among the ton, and no...

NO SPARE PEOPLE documents the joys and perils of a tiny mother-daughter family navigating life on the margins. From poems about finding autonomy as a queer, unpartnered parent by choice in the South to those chronicling a generation's economic instability, Hoover rejects so-called "acceptable losses" stemming from inequalities of gender, race, and class. The book asks, what happens to the woman no longer willing to live a lie? How does language invent not only identity, but possibility? ...

Molly talks with author Donna Gordon about her book, "What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me".   Order "What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781646032303 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3OKN8vu

Molly talks with author Michelle Major about her book, "The Wish List".   Order "The Wish List" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781335430649 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3XIzb5p

Molly talks with author Veronica Gutierrez about her book, "As You Look".   Order "Hanna Howard" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781642473445 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3Xvtt73

Molly talks with author Raquel V Reyes about her book, "Mango, Mambo, and Murder".   Order "Mango, Mambo, and Murder" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781639101009 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3Ujtk3E

Molly talks with author Matthew Harffy about his book, "For Lord and Land".   Order "For Lord and Land" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781801102247 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3F5OAp4

Molly talks with author Ashley Winstead about her book, "Fool Me Once".   Order "Fool Me Once" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781525899744 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3FaAEKs

Molly talks with author Christy Nicholas about her book, "Ireland: A Guide to Hidden Ireland" and much more.   Order  from an independent bookseller at this link: Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9780979819742 Ireland: Mythical, Magical, Mystical https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9798986394817 or at Amazon right here Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd https://amzn.to/3VaImKi Ireland: Mythical, Magical, Mystical https://amzn.to/3ARdoPh

Molly talks with author Marcykate Connolly about her book, "Hollow Dolls".   Order "Hollow Dolls" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781492688198 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3Vi17LW

Molly talks with author Hanna Howard about her book, "Ignite the Sun".   Order "Ignite the Sun" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9780310769736 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3XC0PkI  

Molly talks with author Erica Plouffe Lazure about her book, "Proof of Me and Other Stories".   Order "Proof of Me and Other Stories" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781941561270 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3H5FASD

Molly talks with author Carter Wilson about his book, "The New Neighbor: A Thriller".   Order "The New Neighbor: A Thriller" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781728247526 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3igAXuv  

Molly talks with author Louise Marburg about her book, "No Diving Allowed".   Order "No Diving Allowed" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781646030774 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3VbMJoy Order "You Have Reached Your Destination" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781958094006 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3Vxi7h5  

Molly talks with author Daisy Bateman about her book, "A Dismal Harvest".   Order "A Dismal Harvest" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781645060383 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3EIpOeP ABOUT A DISMAL HARVEST Autumn on the Sonoma Coast. A welcome chill is whipping through the crisp Pacific air, but something else is stirring in this rural California town… Witty and down-to-earth Claudia Simcoe is sure that the gourmet harvest dinner...

Molly talks with author Connie Berry about her book, "The Shadow of Memory (A Kate Hamilton Mystery- Book 4)".   Order "The Shadow of Memory" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781643859088 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3ULSl8O   ABOUT THE SHADOW OF MEMORY As Kate Hamilton plans her upcoming wedding to Detective Inspector Tom Mallory, she is also assisting her colleague Ivor Tweedy with a project at the Netherfield Sanatorium, which is...

Molly talks with author Timothy Miller about his book, "The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter".   Order "The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781645060420 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3g4CJ15 ABOUT THE STRANGE CASE OF THE DUTCH PAINTER  Paris, 1890. When Sherlock Holmes finds himself chasing an art dealer through the streets of Paris, he’s certain he’s smoked out one of the principals of a cunning...