Lit with Lloyd

Jack Rasmussen is author of "Fine Dining: The Secrets Behind the Restaurant" which spotlights the restaurant industry as you have never seen before by focusing on top-tier chefs, local restaurants, and the history of an industry that has revolutionized the way we live today. He is a co-founder of Good Samaritans of Silicon Valley, the Business Lead for Screen360.tv, and a co-founder for Scholars o...

Davina Morgan-Witts, BookBrowse's founder and publisher, is a recognized authority on book clubs and a popular speaker and writer on the topic of book groups in general. She has talked about book clubs at many library, publisher, and bookseller conferences, as well as on the media and private groups. Davina has been interviewed by radio stations including the BBC, and has been published in magazin...

Tim Myers has been writing mysteries since 1992. He is the New York Times Bestselling and Agatha Award-nominated author of over 75 novels with Penguin/Berkley/Prime Crime, Penguin/NAL/Signet, St Martin's Press/Minotaur, Kensington, and more. Ten of his novels have been IMBA National Bestsellers, landing as high as #2. Tim has written under his own name, as well as Elizabeth Bright, Chris Cavender,...

Eric Johnson is owner of Recycle Bookstore, a San Jose institution since 1967. Lloyd talks to Eric about his journey to being a book store owner and why used book stores are more important now than ever. Check out Recycle Bookstore at http://recyclebookstore.com **3 WAYS TO SUPPORT LIT WITH LLOYD** 1) Become a patron on Patreon . 2) Like, subscribe, and comment on this video! 3) Subscribe, rate, &...

Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, then worked as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan, earning his black belt at the Kodokan Judo Institute along the way. Eisler’s award-winning thrillers have been included in numerous “Best Of” lists, have been translated into nearly twenty languages, and include the #1 b...

Join Lloyd as he talks to author, speaker, and business coach Jeffrey Nott about his experiences in the business world that drove him to write his book on business management, 1 Week 1 Thing. Learn about Jeffrey at http://www.1week1thing.com . **3 WAYS TO SUPPORT LIT WITH LLOYD** 1) Like, subscribe, and comment on this video! 2) Become a patron on Patreon: http://lloyd.show/patreon 3) Subscribe, r...

Silicon Valley author Ann Bridges’ career spanned operations, finance, and marketing executive positions in the exploding convergence of the technology, communications, and entertainment industries. A graduate of Stanford University, her experiences form the foundation of her acclaimed fiction and non-fiction about the impact of technology worldwide on freedom, and the role of China in America’s p...

Sheldon Siegel is the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of the Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez series of critically acclaimed courtroom dramas featuring San Francisco criminal defense attorneys Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez. He is also the author of the thriller novel The Terrorist Next Door featuring Chicago homicide detectives David Gold and A.C. Battle. His books have sold mi...

Marie Sutro is an award-winning and bestselling crime fiction author. In 2018, she won the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for the Best New Voice in Fiction, for her debut novel, Dark Associations. Her second novel, Dark Obsessions, was released in April of 2022. Marie's stories are inspired by three generations of family who served in the San Francisco Police Department. She resides in Northern Cali...

Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling, award winning author of fiction and non-fiction books about the Old Order Amish for Revell Books, host of the radio-show-turned-blog Amish Wisdom, a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazine. Suzanne can be found online at: www.suzannewoodsfisher.com

Stephen Houser was educated at Dartmouth College where he won awards for Drama and English, including the Grimes Prize for Poems. He was selected for the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and won the Keplers Bookstore Crime Fiction Prize for The Wickett Sisters in Hell. He has published poetry and essays. Find Stephen's books on Amazon at https://lloyd.show/stephen-books .

Sam Kabert is a successful serial entrepreneur turned spiritual seeker and author. He is on a mission to help spread awareness around positive practices to tackle depression, sitting with discomfort and exploring your shadow for healing, as well as sharing standard tactics to practice mindful living which can be found in his #1 Bestselling book, SOUL/Life Balance: A Guide to Igniting & Integra...

Paulette Boudreaux, is a Mississippi native living in California. Her debut novel, Mulberry, set in an imaginary town in her native state, is the winner of the Lee Smith Novel Prize, a finalist for the Crook's Corner Book Prize 2017, a Silver Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for Best Southern Fiction 2016, and a Bronze IPPY for Best Cover Design. Find out more about Paulette on her website...

Children's book author Joshua Russell joins Lloyd to talk about his journey of getting Little Boy Soup published, the special memories with his son that inspired the book, and tells us what it's like being the son of The Book Sage. A very touching episode! Find Josh's book on Amazon at  https://lloyd.show/josh-russell .

Dr. Ellen Kirschman, PhD is an author and clinical police and public safety clinical psychologist who has spent her career working with first responder professionals. She's also the author of many non-fiction and fiction works, including her most recent mystery novel, Burying Ben, from her Dot Meyerhoff Mysteries series. Find out more about Dr. Kirschman on her website: https://ellenkirschman.com/

Christina Britton developed a passion for writing romance novels shortly after buying her first at the tender age of thirteen. Though for several years she put brush instead of pen to paper, she has returned to her first love and is now writing full time. She spends her days dreaming of corsets and cravats and noblemen with tortured souls.  Find out more about Christina at http://christinabritton....

Author Trami Nguyen Cron is the founder of Chopsticks Alley, a multi-media publication seeking to unite and empower Vietnamese Americans. In her book, VietnamEazy, she tells the story of Kieu, a Vietnamese-American woman and her quest for success on a TV cooking show. The book introduces the intoxicating allure of Vietnamese food to a general audience, interwoven with the haunting, sorrowful tale...

A must-list for anyone interested in global politics and human rights! Listen to author Chandra Lee Ingram's true stories of sneaking into hidden factories, remote quarries, and agriculture farms across India to research modern-day slavery for her coming-of-age Azadi novel series. In her series, Chandra weaves a narrative from the stories of over 65 current and former slaves she personally intervi...

How can reading historical fiction help us in today's world? Listen and find out! In this episode, Lloyd chats with USA Today Best-Selling Bay Area Author Meredith Jaeger about why historical fiction is important, their favorite authors, and Meredith's journey of writing her newest historical novel - The Pilot's Daughter . Meredith was born and raised in Berkeley, California, the daughter of a Swi...

Mary writes memoir, poetry and literary criticism, and is an avid photographer. A Chicago native, she is a longtime resident of California's Silicon Valley where she ran an award winning PR and branding firm. Mary's work is anthologized in Havik, The Los Positas Literary Review, The Widow's Handbook and The Times They Were A'Changin ( available on Amazon here ), and can be found in numerous litera...

Lloyd sits down with Bay Area author C. Lee McKenzie to discuss her flourishing writing career after retiring from teaching at San Jose State. Lloyd also confesses favorite YA book (hint: she wrote it)! Her book, Double Negative , was named by Ezvid Wiki in their "Top 10 of Stunning YA Books That Chronicles The Tough Realities of Growing Up". Order her newest book, Shattered , on Amazon . Learn mo...

NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Skully is a lover of contemporary romance, bringing you poignant tales peopled with hilarious characters that will make you laugh and make you cry. Look for Jennifer’s series written with Bella Andre, starting with Breathless in Love, The Maverick Billionaires Book 1. Writing as Jasmine Haynes, Jennifer authors classy, sensual romance tales about...

Kerry Lonsdale is the  Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon Charts  & #1 Kindle bestselling author of standalone and series-based emotionally charged domestic drama. Check out Kerry's books on Amazon and find out more at http://kerrylonsdale.com .

Shelley Adina is the author of 24 novels published by Harlequin, Warner, and Hachette, and more than a dozen more published by Moonshell Books, Inc., her own independent press. She writes steampunk and contemporary romance as Shelley Adina; as Charlotte Henry, writes classic Regency romance; and as Adina Senft, writes Amish women’s fiction.  She holds an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton H...

Cara Black  is the  New York Times  and  USA Today  bestselling author of 19 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series, which is set in Paris. Cara has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, a  Washington Post  Book World Book of the Year citation, the Médaille de la Ville de Paris—the Paris City Medal, which is awarded in recognition of contribution to inter...