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Katie Fricas chats about CHECKED OUT, a graphic novel valentine to libraries and New York, and the story of an artist working to make her dreams come true (if she can figure out what those dreams are, exactly).

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Virginia Trench chats about her debut thriller OUR SECRETS WERE SAFE, a razor-sharp, twist-loaded thriller that proves the past is never truly buried—and some secrets refuse to stay silent

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Susan Wiggs discusses WAYWARD GIRLS, in which six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school during the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York.

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Patricia Grayhall talks about writing A PLACE FOR US, her debut novel and a thrilling tale of two women who find each other irresistible but struggle for a second chance for love, redemption, and sanctuary when the world is against them.

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A young woman searching for her missing sister in 1930s California is drawn into a dark and dangerous cult. Kelsey James returns to talk about her third book, THE COLONY OF LOST SOULS– another historical thriller that will consume you!

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Rita Lussier drops by to chat about her memoir AND NOW, BACK TO ME, which explores adjusting to change and reclaiming independence when the last child leaves the house.

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Josh Rountree returns to the show to discuss THE UNKILLABLE FRANK LIGHTNING, which vividly reimagines Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN in the Wild West.

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Ben Mattlin discusses UNBOUND: NOTES FROM A RELUCTANT DISABILITY ADVOCATE, in which he chronicles his life with spinal muscular atrophy and charts his growth as a reluctant disability activist and public intellectual.

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Lina Chern returns to the show to discuss TRICKS OF FORTUNE, the follow-up to her award-winning debut mystery about a professional tarot card reader who just can’t seem to avoid getting called to solve another local murder.