Authors on the Air

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes international best-selling author Alafair Burke to the studio. About my guest: Alafair Burke is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of sixteen novels. Her most recent psychological thriller, THE WIFE, has been praised as "sneaky" , "schemey", "twisty" , and "tantalizing". THE WIFE was selected as a best-of-the-month pick by Amazon an...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes writing instructor and author David Corbett to the studio. About my guest: David worked for the San Francisco private investigation firm of Palladino & Sutherland, and played a significant part in a number of high-profile criminal and civil litigations. Ballantine purchased David's first novel, The Devil's Redhead. Widely praised, it was nominated for bot...

writing readings writers Authors on the Air Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes authors STEENA HOLMES and TOSCA LEE to the studio for an IN CONVERSATION discussion about writing and books. About Steena: With her passion for storytelling, Steena Holmes took her dream of being a full-time writer and made it a reality, writing her first novel while working as a receptionist. Her novels have wo...

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes gritty crime fiction author Dharma Kelleher to the show. About my guest: Dharma Kelleher writes gritty crime fiction from a transgender/queer perspective. She is the author of three thrillers including Chaser, the first book in her new Jinx Ballou bounty hunter series, and Iron Goddess and Snitch in her Shea Stevens biker series. She is a former journalis...

Christopher Moore is the author of fifteen novels, including the international bestsellers, Lamb, A Dirty Job, and You Suck. His lastest novel, Secondhand Souls, will be released in August 2015. Chris was born in Toledo, Ohio and grew up in Mansfield, Ohio. His father was a highway patrolman and his mother sold major appliances at a department store. He attended Ohio State University and Brooks In...

As an artist, Briar Lee Mitchell has exhibited in The Smithsonian, worked for Warner Bros. and Disney and been able to travel the world with the Air Force creating works of art for the National Archives. With them, she went as far as McMurdo Base in the Antarctic along with James Cameron. She is the author of BIG ASS SHARK. She and co-author, Jack Keely, are currently working on a sequel to "The W...

Briar Lee Mitchell is the author of Lights Out, Big Ass Shark, and others, including The Whistlebrass Horror and its sequel The Whistlebrass Storm Watcher, which she co-authored with author and illustrator, Jack Keely. Tonight's special Young Adult host Q.L. Pearce is the author of Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs and the recently released Spine Chillers: Hair Raising Tales. Join the Thorne & Cross n...

As an artist, Briar Lee Mitchell has exhibited in The Smithsonian, worked for Warner Bros. and Disney and been able to travel the world with the Air Force creating works of art for the National Archives. With them, she went as far as McMurdo Base in the Antarctic along with James Cameron. She is the author of BIG ASS SHARK. She and co-author, Jack Keely, are currently working on a sequel to "The W...

For the past 40 years, Briar Lee Mitchell has been an illustrator and a writer. As an artist, she has exhibited in The Smithsonian, worked for Warner Bros. and Disney, and been able to travel the world with the Air Force creating works of art for the National Archives. With them, she even went as far as McMurdo Base in the Antarctic along with James Cameron. She lives in Florida now where she teac...

Keven McQueen was born in Richmond, KY. He is an instructor in the Department of English at Eastern Kentucky University and the author of 17 books on topics such as the supernatural, biography, natural disasters, historical true crime and what he likes to call "real life surrealism." Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & C...

Keven McQueen was born in Richmond, KY. He is an instructor in the Department of English at Eastern Kentucky University and the author of 17 books on topics such as the supernatural, biography, natural disasters, historical true crime and what he likes to call "real life surrealism." Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & C...

RICHARD CHRISTIAN MATHESON is an acclaimed bestselling author and screenwriter/executive producer for television and film. He has worked with Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Bryan Singer and many others on Emmy winning miniseries, feature films and hit series. His critically-hailed, dark psychological fiction has appeared in 125 major anthologies including many YEARS’ BEST volumes. 60...

RICHARD CHRISTIAN MATHESON is an acclaimed bestselling author and screenwriter/executive producer for television and film. He has worked with Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Bryan Singer and many others on Emmy winning miniseries, feature films and hit series. His critically-hailed, dark psychological fiction has appeared in 125 major anthologies. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter fo...

RICHARD CHRISTIAN MATHESON is an acclaimed bestselling author and screenwriter/executive producer for television and film. He has worked with Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Bryan Singer and many others on Emmy winning miniseries, feature films and hit series. His critically-hailed, dark psychological fiction has appeared in 125 major anthologies including many YEARS’ BEST volumes. 60...

Elizabeth Massie, a ninth generation Virginian, is the author of 11 horror novels, 5 collections, and more than 100 short stories. She has won the Bram Stoker Award twice and the Scribe Award for her novelization of the third season of Showtime’s original television show, The Tudors. She also writes historical fiction, mainstream fiction, poetry, educational materials, and just about anything else...

Robert Masello is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and the bestselling author of many books. His produced television credits have aired on networks ranging from CBS to Showtime, Fox to Syfy, and include such popular shows as “Charmed,” “Sliders,” “Poltergeist: the Legacy,” and “Early Edition.” Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upco...

William Malmborg has been publishing short stories in horror magazines and dark fiction anthologies since 2002. In addition, four of his novels, JIMMY, TEXT MESSAGE, NIKKI'S SECRET and DARK HARVEST, are all available, as is a short story collection titled SCRAPING THE BONE that features five previously published and five original tales of horror. When not writing William caters to the whims of Tob...

JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times best-selling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning horror and thriller author, editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator and writing teacher/lecturer. He was named one of the Today’s Top Ten Horror Writers. His books have been sold to more than two-dozen countries. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals...

TJ is a guy with alotta fingers in alotta pies. He manages chemical and mental health contracts for "the man" (i.e., Hennepin County), writes dark and weird fiction, spends leisure time studying the sociological and psychological impact of narcotics, interviews authors on a weekly podcast (Scrivener Soapbox), and does mobile recording/editing in the Twin Cities. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter...

Amanda Lyons is a longtime fan of horror and fantasy, Ms. Lyons writes character driven novels that, while influenced by her darker interests, can also be heavily laced with fantasy, romance, history and magic. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! by visiting Tamara and Alistair at their websit...

New York Times bestseller Dianna Love once dangled over a hundred feet in the air to create unusual marketing projects for Fortune 500 companies. Now she focuses her energetic muse on storytelling, writing the bestselling Belador urban fantasy series, with ROGUE BELADOR, Book 7, coming April 2016. Additionally, readers will finally get Sabrina and Gage's long awaited story in FATAL PROMISE, book 7...

Jeff Lindsay is the New York Times bestselling author of the Dexter novels, which debuted in 2004 with Darkly Dreaming Dexter. They are the basis of the hit Showtime and CBS series, Dexter. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! by visiting Tamara and Alistair at their websites: alistaircross.com...

Bestselling multi-genre author of UPON YOUR RETURN and 21 other books. March 2016 Empress of the Universe title - winner of the "Broken Heart" themed contest and the "I Love You" themed contest on Poetry Universe. SECOND CHANCE HEART and A LITTLE MAGICK placed in the TOP 10 on the 2015 P&E Readers' Poll. Nominated in the TRR Readers' Choice Awards for Winter 2015. Poetry winner of the 2015 PnPAuth...

Marie Lavender lives in the Midwest with her family and three cats. She has been writing for over twenty years. She has more works in progress than she can count on two hands. Since 2010, Marie has published twenty books in the genres of historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, fantasy, mystery/thriller, literary fiction and poetry. Her current series are Th...

Sarah grew up on Long Island and went to college in Waterville, Maine, where she published her first story, "Sick People". She got her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. Her influences include Russell Banks, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Kelly Link, Somerset Maugham, Lorrie Moore, Joyce...