The Book House Podcast

In this episode of The Book House podcast, Liz Alterman chats with Amanda Casile whose debut novel, Broken Trail , comes out December 9, 2025. Amanda writes speculative horror in both long and short form. Her words have appeared in publications like Quill and Crow, Bag of Bones Press, Hungry Shadow, and Eerie River Press. Amanda lives in the New Jersey suburbs with her husband and two daughters. W...

In this episode, Liz Alterman chats with author and writing instructor Michelle Cameron, whose novel, Napoleon’s Mirage, hit bookshelves Nov. 12, 2024. This work of historical fiction is the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning novel Beyond the Ghetto Gates. Michelle is also the author of Babylon, The Fruit of Her Hands and In the Shadow of the Globe. Listen in as Michelle outlines the pros an...

In our latest episode, James Rhee, author of Red Helicopter: Lead Change with Kindness (Plus a Little Math) , released in April, shares the story behind his national bestseller. As a kindergartener, James received a toy red helicopter as a token of appreciation for the kindness he’d shown a classmate. Decades later, that same spirit of generosity and concern for others guided him toward developing...

Our latest episode of The Book House Podcast features Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne , co-authors of The Antiquity Affair and The Starlets, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and comes out November 12. From coming up with an idea to dividing the workload, Kelly and Thorne shared a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to work together to bring a novel to life. Their first coll...

In today’s episode, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Eva Lesko Natiello discusses the writing class that changed her life. Before becoming a novelist, Eva enjoyed a successful career as Vice President of Global Communications for Estee Lauder Inc. When she pivoted to raise her children, she sought a creative outlet. After reading a chilling news article, she was inspired to try he...

Liz Alterman's latest guest is novelist and publicist Andrea J. Stein . Andrea is the author of Typecast, which came out in 2022 and was named A Buzzfeed Pick of The Best Main Characters We've Gotten To Know in 2022 and A Scary Mommy Pick of New Books We Can’t Wait to Cozy Up with This Fall. She is also the author of the soon-to-be-released novel Dear Eliza. In this episode, Andrea shares the insp...

In our latest episode, YA thriller author MK Pagano shares with Liz Alterman how she blends romance, friendship, suspense, and grief in her compelling debut, Girls Who Burn. Eighteen-year-old protagonist Addie Blackwood regrets nothing more than one horrible, mistake-filled night last summer. Hours after she hurled the worst words she could think of at her sister, Fiona was found dead at the botto...

Today’s guest is Jennifer Shirk , the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of sweet and funny romance novels. Jennifer’s latest, Resorting to Romance, was released on July 2. Though she's now penned a dozen novels, the South Jersey author actually got her bachelor's degree in pharmacy and was considering continuing on to get her doctorate before turning to fiction. In this episode, Jenni...

Hi, I’m Liz Alterman, journalist, author and your host of The Book House podcast. This season, we'll be chatting all about the writing life with authors from across the Garden State. In this episode, author Lisa Kusel shares a behind-the-scenes look at penning her spicy suspense novel, The Widow on Dwyer Court which was released July 16. A Jersey girl at heart, Lisa grew up in Edison and currently...

Poet Melissa Elder joins host Liz Alterman as we launch an audio celebration of our company's flagship bookstore, and of New Jersey writers. This week we launch a brand-new podcast to celebrate The Book House, the flagship bookstore of Sea of Reeds Media, the company that created Book and Film Globe. We're excited to introduce you to Liz Alterman, journalist, author and your host of The Book House...