Authors on the Air

Anne Hillerman came to New Mexico as a child with her mother, Marie, and her father, Tony Hillerman. She grew up in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, the eldest of the family’s six children. She received a journalism degree from the University of New Mexico and worked as a newspaper reporter, editor and columnist before becoming a full-time author. She is honored to continue the mystery series Tony H...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes best-selling author Lisa Unger to the studio. ABOUT LISA:      Lisa Unger is the  New York Times  and internationally bestselling author of seventeen novels, including THE STRANGER INSIDE. With millions of readers worldwide and books published in twenty-six languages, Lisa Unger is widely regarded as a master of suspense. In 2019,...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes back the multi-talented DP  LYLE to the studio. ABOUT DOUG:    DP Lyle, MD is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Silver Award winning; and Edgar (2), Shamus, Agatha, Anthony, Scribe, USA Today Best Book Award (2), and Foreward INDIES Book of the Year nominated author of many non-fiction books as well as numerous works...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes William "Kent" Krueger to the studio. ABOUT KENT: Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award,...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes award-winning and best-selling author Allen Eskens. Allen Eskens is the bestselling author of THE LIFE WE BURY , THE GUISE OF ANOTHER  THE HEAVENS MAY FALL ,  DEEP DARK DECEPTION, THE SHADOWS WE HIDE , and NOTHING MORE DANGEROUS . He is the recipient of the Barry Award, Minnesota Book Award, Rosebud Award (Left Coast Crime), and Silver...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes author and attorney Reece Hirsch to the studio. ABOUT REECE:    Reece is the author of five thrillers that draw upon his background as a privacy attorney. BLACK NOWHERE  is the first in a new series featuring FBI Special Agent Lisa Tanchik, who investigates cybercrime. His first book, THE INSIDER , was a finalist for the 2011 International...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes author Michele Drier to the studio to discuss her new book STAIN ON THE SOUL. HOW SHE STARTED:  "After I contracted with a publisher for my first book, a mystery, my son-in-law asked why I didn’t write about vampires because they sold so well. I’d never read any vampire books. So I read some Charlaine Harris, some Kelly Armstrong, some Karen Monig an...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes best-selling author L.A. Chandler to Southwest Florida! ABOUT LA: LA CHANDLAR is a 2019 Agatha nominated, National Best Selling author with Kensington Publishing. Her debut novel, The Silver Gun - Book One in the Art Deco Mystery Series debuted in 2017. The Gold Pawn (Best Historical Agatha Nominated, Silver Falchion Finalist) released 2018, and Book...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes mystery writer J.D. Allen to the studio. ABOUT J.D.:   JD Allen attended The Ohio State University and earned a degree in forensic anthropology with a creative writing minor.  Her Sin City Investigation Series debuts in February 2018 with 19 SOULS from Midnight Ink. Her short story "Grasshoppers" was published in the Anthony Award-winn...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes the newest member of the Polis / Agora house, TORI ELDRIDGE. After a wildly success debut at Bouchercon 2019, Tori takes a deep breath to stop by and discuss her highly acclaimed and starred new thriller THE NINJA DAUGHTER. Tori Eldridge is a Honolulu-born writer who challenges perspective and empowers the spirit. Her debut novel, THE NINJA DAUGHTER, is t...

Authors on the Air presents FIRST MONDAY - OPEN MIC NIGHT for all authors who are releasing books in November. Our studio was buzzing for an hour while the writers told us about their new books for November and what to expect in the future. Thanks to Natasha Bajema, Lisa Colodny, Brenda Margriet, Greg Jolley, Joseph Badal, Boyd Morrison, LynDee Walker,  and Tina Susedik joined host Pam Stack...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes best-selling author Nelson DeMille and award-winning film director and writer Alex DeMiller to the studio to discuss their book THE DESERTER. ABOUT NELSON:   Nelson DeMille   is an American  author  of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast.  DeMille &nb...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Steph Cha to the studio.  We are proud to supoprt the Miami Book Fair where Steph will be attending. ABOUT STEPH:   Steph Cha  is the author of  Your House Will Pay  and the  Juniper Song  crime trilogy. She’s an editor and critic whose work has appeared in the  Los Angeles Times, USA Today , and the  Los...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes best-selling author Kerry Anne King to the studio. ABOUT KERRY ANNE KING: Kerry Anne King is the sidekick, alter ego, and touchier-feelier doppelgänger of fantasy and paranormal thriller writer, Kerry Schafer. She is the author of Whisper Me This, a Washington post and Amazon charts bestseller. Kerry Anne is the proud possessor of a tugboat, a Viking, and...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes best-selling author Tosca Lee to the studio to discuss her new book. ABOUT TOSCA:    Tosca Lee  is the award-winning New York Times bestselling  author  of The Progeny, Firstborn, Iscariot, The Legend of Sheba, Demon: A Memoir, Havah: The Story of Eve, and the Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestseller Ted Dekker. She...

Acclaimed author and poet Irene O'Garden is IN CONVERSATION with poet laurate Richard Blanco as part of the Authors on the Air continuing support of the Miami Book Fair. ABOUT RICHARD BLANCO: President Barack Obama selected Blanco in 2012 to serve as the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, following in the footsteps of such luminary poets as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. The younge...

Guest host acclaimed author and poet IRENE O'GARDEN IN CONVERSATION with poet Rosalie Moffett, part of the Authors on the Air support for the 2019 Miami Book Fair. GUEST POET:  Rosalie Moffett is the author of  Nervous System , winner of the National Poetry Series, chosen by Monica Youn, forthcoming from Ecco press. She is also the author of  June in Eden,  winne...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes award-winning author Tim Maleeny to the studio. ABOUT TIM:  Tim   is author of the award-winning CAPE WEATHERS SERIES and the bestselling comedic thriller JUMP, which  The Boston Globe  called “hilarious” and  Publishers Weekly  described as  “ a perfectly blended cocktail of escapism .”  His sho...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes award-winning author Shannon Kirk to the studio. Shannon Kirk is the awarding-winning, international bestselling author of Method 15/33 (psychological thriller), The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall (Literary Fiction), In the Vines (psychological thriller, July 2018), and Gretchen (thriller/horror, July 2019). Shannon has also contributed to thr...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes crime fiction author Trey Barker. “Trey ain’t such a bad guy.” A jail inmate, charged with murder.     Murderers, thieves, junkies, those who batter and assault others, rapists, fraudsters, con-men, general whacks.   These are not only the people we meet in Barker’s fiction, but some of the people he deals with in the World on a d...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Anne Leigh Parrish to the studio. Her debut novel, What is Found, What is Lost, appeared in 2014. This multi-generational tale speculates on the nature of religious faith and family ties, and was inspired by her own grandparents who emigrated to the United States in 1920. A third collection of short stories appeared in 2017 from Unsolicited Pres...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes crime fiction aficionado and book lover Ali Karim and Barry Forshawn at Capital Crime in London. Ali Karim is the Assistant Editor of Shots eZine, writes and reviews for many Crime/Thriller magazines; an associate member of the CWA, ITW and PWA. Karim contributed to DISSECTING HANNIBAL LECTER, ed. Benjamin Szumskyj [McFarland Press THE GREENWOOD ENCYCLOPE...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack is delighted to welcome the new authors from the new Polis Book impraint, Agora,  including Tori Eldridge, Patricia Smith, John Vercher and editor Chantelle Aimee Osman, and publisher Jason Pinter. Polis Books is proud to announce the launch of Agora, a new imprint devoted to crime fiction from unique and diverse voices from across all cultural spectrums...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Rene DeFazio and Tamara Veith to the studio. ABOUT THE BOOK: When the world collapses from a Golden Age into one of chaos and strife, mankind's salvation lies in the hands of eternal Emissaries - guardians chosen to protect the secrets of a sacred ancient civilization and to help guide humanity back to enlightenment even as its darkest hour approache...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes culinary and travel author Carole Bumpus to the studio. ABOUT THE BOOK:  Part culinary memoir and part travelogue, Carole Bumpus gathered this compilation of intimate interviews, conversations, stories, and traditional family recipes (cuisine pauvre) in the kitchens of French families as she traveled throughout the countryside. Travel with her t...