Authors on the Air

Shannon Fisher is proud to welcome Dr. Nancy Lee as her guest on this special episode of The Authentic Woman. Dr. Lee is the Director of the Office on Women's Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and she is here to talk about National Women’s Health Week (NWHW), which starts on Mother's Day (May 10) and goes through May 16, 2015. Shannon and Dr. Lee discuss many aspects of...

Shannon Fisher is thrilled to welcome notorious Celebrity Relationship Therapist, Dr. Gilda Carle, as her guest this week! The New York Times has called Dr. Gilda "the busiest television therapist in the business," as she has been seen and heard on countless news programs and talk shows for decades. Gilda has authored 15 books and several columns for news organizations, including regular advice co...

This week's Special Guest is Christy Birmingham. We will discuss her book, Pathways to Illumination, as well as her popular poetry blog, Poetic Parfait. A message from Christy: "I use my writing to help people who have struggled with issues such as depression and anxiety. When I published my book, Pathways to Illumination, it was a major turning point for me, as it gave me an opportunity to reach...

The Authentic Woman host, Shannon Fisher, is proud to welcome Christine Montgomery as her guest this week. Christine is the manager of digital/online communications at the World Bank. Throughout her career, she has transformed some of the nation’s top news & entertainment brands into dominant online industry leaders. Her career in journalism began covering high school sports for the Palm Beach Pos...

Shannon's guest this week, Carol Piersol, is an award-winning, legendary Theatrical Artistic Director who is embarking upon an exciting new chapter in her career. She has recently launched a new theatre company, 5th Wall Theatre. The name of the company is a play on the concept of the audience being the "fourth wall" of the stage. The company aims to add the dynamic of “fifth wall” to the audience...

Shannon welcomes Gina Cicatelli Ciagne from breastfeeding product manufacturer and a wonderful resource for information and counseling on breastfeeding, Lansinoh. Gina became involved in workplace support of breastfeeding after personal experience with how challenging it can be to receive it. Finding her calling, she went on to co-manage the Department of Health & Human Services/Ad Council Nationa...

Shannon welcomes four special guests this week for an in-depth discussion of Autism Spectrum Disorder: a doctor, a therapist and two mothers. Dr. Evie Frazier - Dr. Frazier is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Bon Secours Developmental & Special Needs Pediatrics who specializes in autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Kathy Matthews - Dr. Matthews is the Executive Director of Education at The Fai...

This week, Shannon welcomes Dr. Anne Brown, PhD, RN. Brown worked as an Alcohol Clinical Specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and also served as the Program Director of the Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Program at Greater Cape Ann Human Services. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, BS in Nursing; Boston University, MS in Psychiatric-Mental Health in Nursing; and International Univ...

This week, Shannon Fisher welcomes Angela Peabody, President and Founder of the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that was formed to eradicate gender based violence and empower women and girls worldwide through education. Female Genital Mutilation is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. An estimated 230,000 women and girls are...

Shannon's guest this week is an award-winning artist with a lot of talent and an equally large heart. Amy Black is the founder of the nonprofit Pink Ink Fund, which offers financial assistance to women for nipple and areola repigmentation (tattooing) post mastectomy. Her goal is to enable as many women as possible to have the opportunity to regain the natural coloration of their nipples, which is...

The Honorable Alice Borodkin will be Shannon's guest tonight to discuss her book, Caught Between the Bettys (Betty Crocker & Betty Friedan). Caught Between the Bettys offers Borodkin's perspective on the female experience in America in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s and the societal changes she witnessed as feminism gradually entered the scene. Alice Borodkin served in the Colorado House of Represent...

Shannon Fisher welcomes improv great and comedy writer, Ali Davis, to discuss Ali's book, True P*rn Clerk Stories, a collection of vignettes born of Ali's popular blog in which she shares hilarious stories of her experiences as a video store clerk. The two also discuss Ali's experiences as an improv performer, including three years with The Second City touring company. The Authentic Woman is a wee...

When not writing, Hester works in the museum field as a collections maintenance technician. This job has taken her from historic houses to fine art museums, where she has the privilege of cleaning and caring for collections that range from paintings by old masters, to ancient artifacts, to early American furniture. She has a master’s degree in historical archaeology, as well as a background in Med...

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr....

Tonight we chat with young adult fantasy author C. Penticoff about her magical land of Folklaria, where her Chronicles of Folklaria series is going, and an upcoming new series that turns fairy tales on their heads. We also talk about her business, A Novel Connection, including her free book service, plus what inspires her, and much more! C. Penticoff's website: https://www.cpenticoff.com/ Christie...

A professional writer for more than forty years, Yarbro has sold over eighty books, more than seventy works of short fiction, and more than three dozen essays, introductions, and reviews. She also composes serious music. Her first professional writing - in 1961-1962 - was as a playwright for a now long-defunct children's theater company. By the mid-60s she had switched to writing stories and hasn'...

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has been a professional writer for more than forty years. She has sold over eighty books, more than seventy works of short fiction, and more than three dozen essays, introductions, and reviews. She also composes serious music. She has a large reference library with books on a wide range of subjects, everything from food and fashion to weapons and trade routes to religion and l...

F. PAUL WILSON is the author of fifty-plus books and numerous short stories spanning science fiction, horror, adventure, medical thrillers, and virtually everything between. His novels regularly appear on the New York Times Bestsellers List. He was voted Grand Master by the World Horror Convention and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Horror Writers of America and the Libertarian Futur...

Chet Williamson is the author of over twenty books, the latest of which are Defenders of the Faith and Hunters. Among his other published novels are Second Chance, The Story of Noichi the Blind, Ash Wednesday, Soulstorm, Lowland Rider, Reign, and McKain's Dilemma. Most of his early work remains in print as e-books from Crossroad Press and Amazon’s Kindle store. Over a hundred of his short stories...

Riley Weston has worked as an actress and writer on TV and feature films. She starred in the hit TV movie What About Your Friends, wrote for the TV drama, Felicity as well as starred as “Story Zimmer” on the show. Riley wrote and starred in the TV movie Christmas at Water’s Edge, and also had a role in the indie movies The Cutting Room and Footprints, which was named "One of the 10 Best Films so F...

Tom was born in the seaside town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, once home to the authors John Updike (who was a patient of his Dad, which enabled Tom to build a nice collection of signed first edition novels), Adele Robertson, John Norton, and the poet Anne Bradstreet. Perhaps it was the history of the town, but from an early age Tom developed a love of writing and left Ipswich to earn his degree in E...

Shirley Jackson Award finalist Tim Waggoner has published over thirty novels and three short story collections of dark fiction. He teaches creative writing at Sinclair Community College and in Seton Hill University’s MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program. His most recent novels are The Way of All Flesh and Dream Stalkers. You can find him on the web at www.timwaggoner.com. Join the Thorne & Cross...

Fred Venturini was born in Patoka, Illinois. His short fiction has been published in the Booked Anthology, Noir at the Bar 2, and Surreal South ’13. His story “Gasoline” is featured in Chuck Palahniuk’s Burnt Tongues collection. He lives in Southern Illinois with his wife and daughter. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne &...

Childrin R Skary is written, drawn, and animated by Katy Towell. Ms. Towell is a graphic designer, writer and illustrator in Portland, OR with dreams of one day being the scary old lady in the house about which all the neighborhood children tell ghost stories. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIV...

Laurie Petrou is an award-winning author of SISTER OF MINE, as well as a professor and artist based in Canada. Alex Dolan is the author of The Euthanist and The Empress of Tempera. He is also the host of the "Thrill Seekers" show on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. He was an executive committee member of the San Francisco Bay Area's Litquake festival, and is a member of International T...