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Book Lights Podcast

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Bestselling author Lisa Kessler interviews authors from every genre, shining a light on the stories, voices, and inspirations behind their books. Each week you’ll discover new reads, fresh perspectives, and the magic that keeps us turning pages.   🔦 Shining a light on good books 

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Sep 23, 2026

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Women empowering women with The Combat Divas 29.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Tonnisha BTonnisha Bolian is a Chicago native, US Army veteran, and single mother with a bachelors in Mass Media Communications. Tonnisha is an honest light succeeding in a world that has constantly stacked the odds against her. Her story is full of darkness, rising above, healing, and maintaining her spiritual ground. Tiffany Jackson is a veteran of the US Army, a mother, a wife,...

Talking Hauntings and Gothic Horror with Author Jennifer Anne Gordon 26.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail JENNIFER ANNE GORDON is a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer by day, and a curly haired neurotic writer by night. She is an actor, a traveler, a photographer, a lover of Gothic Horror, and a dog mom. She lives in the wilds of New Hampshire with her partner on and off the dance floor. Her novels include the Kindle Award for Horror 2020 Winning book, Beautiful, Frighteni...

Tour the Little French Bridal Shop with Author Jennifer Dupee on Book Lights 19.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Dupee grew up on the North Shore of Boston near the seaside communities of Manchester-by-the-Sea and Beverly Farms. She is a graduate of Brown University, where she studied under published authors Meredith Steinbach and Carole Maso, and received her honors in Creative Writing. She is an active member of the Grub Street writing community in Boston and has published in The...

Wine and Romance Books with author Rich Amooi 15.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Rich Amooi is a Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Recipient, a Holt Medallion Finalist for Best Contemporary Romance, and the Amazon Bestselling author of 17 rom-coms, including It's Not PMS, It's You; There's Something About a Cowboy, and Madam Love Actually. A former radio personality and wedding DJ, Rich now writes romantic comedies full-time in San Diego, California....

Chasing down the Pharaoh’s Forgery with Mystery author Ellen Butler 12.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Ellen Butler is a #1 International Bestselling novelist writing edgy suspense/mystery novels and sexy, sassy romance. She is the author of the award winning Love, California Style series, bestselling and award winning historical suspense, The Brass Compass, and international bestselling Karina Cardinal mystery series. Ellen holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Poli...

Be an Accessory to Magic with Author Kathrin Hutson on Book Lights 05.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail International Bestselling Author Kathrin Hutson has been writing Dark Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and LGBTQ Speculative Fiction since 2000. With her wildly messed-up heroes, excruciating circumstances, impossible decisions, and Happily Never Afters, she’s a firm believer in piling on the intense action, showing a little character skin, and never skimping on violent means to bloody ends. Kath...

Writing adventures and happily ever afters with award-winning author Jane Porter 01.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail A small town girl at heart, Jane Porter was born in Visalia, California. She loved the central California's golden foothills, oak trees, & the miles of farmland. In her mind, there's nothing sweeter in the world than the heady fragrance of orange blossoms on a sultry summer night. As a child, she spent endless hours staring out the window, dreaming of far off places,...

Romantic Suspense Thrills and Calculated Reactions with Rae Shawn on Book Lights 29.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Rae Shawn began writing to see more characters like her doing the hard jobs that typically were seen by male characters. She is from California and tends to write romance, suspense or mystery that occur in her home state. In her free time, she likes to binge watch reruns of Supernatural, read books of all genres or watch anime. You can find out more and sign up for her newsletter...

The timelessness of Jane Austen with contemporary romance author Rachel John 25.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Rachel John started her storytelling career by telling her younger sister grand tales of pricesses to get her sibling to fall asleep. Over the years, she kept telling stories through artwork and scribbling book ideas on scraps of paper, keeping her wild imagination flowing until finally, she decided to write it all out. To date, she has over a dozen books in print and many more id...

Second Chances and Small Town Romance with Meka James on Book Lights 22.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Meka James is a writer of adult contemporary and erotic romance. A born and raised Georgia Peach, she still resides in the southern state with her hubby of 16 years and counting. Mom to four kids of the two legged variety, she also has four fur-babies of the canine variety. Leo the turtle and Spade the snake rounds out her wacky household. When not writing or reading, Meka can be...

Sports, romance, and writing with author Tracy Solheim 18.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Tracy Solheim's creative writing career began in the 4th grade when she published her first book. It was a bestseller–mainly because her dad bought all ten copies she made on the school’s prehistoric Xerox machine. From there, she moved to writing a monthly column in a local newspaper. A bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee landed her in Washington...

Diving into Audiobooks with Author Anna Lowe and Narrator Kelsey Osbourne 15.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail USA Today and Amazon Bestselling author Anna Lowe loves putting the "hero" back into heroine and letting location ignite a passionate romance. She loves dogs, sports, and travel – and letting the later inspire her fiction. If she's not hunched over her laptop, working on her latest story, you'll find her hiking in the mountains or biking country roads. Either w...

Permission to Laugh with author Honey Parker 11.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Careful-ish is Honey Parker’s first novel, but not her first written words. She’s co-authored several business books, written and sold several screenplays which, as per Hollywood tradition, are circling various levels of that place known as Development Hell. Honey is a veteran advertising writer and creative director for big agencies in New York and Los Angeles, she eventually co-...

Visit the Bisbee Bachelors’ Club with Author K. Sterling on Book Lights 08.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail K. Sterling is just a very tired and anxious woman with a MacBook who writes to save her sanity. Writing also allows her to stay home and care for her dogs, Milo and the awful Otis, and one very abusive cat, Luna. K. has two teenage daughters who are the most teenage daughters to ever teenage and responsible for all of K.’s premature grey hairs. She also homeschools her teenage au...

Creative escapism through the pages with Rose Amberly 05.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Rose Amberly argues with stubborn women, counts the bells as Big Ben strikes the hour, undresses an army officer and sails a boat up the river Thames. She's been a mermaid, a teacher, a musician and an orange tree. She's duelled with vikings and made love in the rain. All before lunch because why? She's a writer, a creator of worlds. The first books of her English C...

Diving Deep for Thrills and Chills with Author Andrew Mayne on Book Lights 01.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Mayne is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Naturalist, Looking Glass, Murder Theory, Dark Pattern, and Angel Killer, as well as an Edgar Award nominee for Black Fall in his Jessica Blackwood series. Black Coral is the second book in his Underwater Investigation Unit series. The star of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver and A&am...

Great adventures and writing life with author Stella Bixby 25.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Stella Bixby is a native Coloradan who loves to snowboard, pluck at the guitar, and play board games with her family. She was once a volunteer firefighter and a park ranger, but now spends most of her time making up stories and trying to figure out what to cook for dinner. Her newest release, Bungled, will be out on March 30thm but you can pre-order it here. If you want to keep in...

Heartwarming Romance with USAT Best Seller Anna J. Stewart on Book Lights 22.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail USA Today and national bestselling author Anna J Stewart can't remember a time she didn't have a book in her hands or a story in her head. Early obsessions with Star Wars, Star Trek, and Wonder Woman set her on the path to creating sweet to sexy pulse-pounding romances for her independent heroines. Anna lives in Northern California where she deals with a serious Supernat...

Secrets and Second Chances with Author Reese Ryan on Book Lights 15.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Reese Ryan is the author of twenty published works of romantic fiction and counting. Her stories feature a cast of flawed, complex characters. She presents her characters with family and career drama, challenging love interests, and life-changing secrets while treating readers to an emotional love story with unexpected twists. Reese, an advocate for the romance genre and diversity...

Jumping universes with author DelSheree Gladden 11.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Native to New Mexico, DelSheree Gladden and her husband spent several years in Colorado for college and work before moving back home to be near family again. There, she, her husband, and two children love have their seventeen cousins close by again. They also love having all the neighbor kids over to play, which has made DelSheree's house the unofficial summer and after schoo...

Meet the shifters from Broken Peak with Author Jules Crisare on Book Lights 08.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Jules Crisare loves writing sexy shifter romances. The growly and dominant males of Broken Peak and the Silver Sentinels are the ones bending to the strong wills of the smart heroines who cross their paths. Seriously, only strong heroines need apply to capture the hearts of these sexy alphas. Born and raised in the Midwest,  she hopped from one coast to the other for several years...

Traveling the world with author and journalist McGarvey Black 04.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail A theatre major in college, McGarvey Black pursued an acting career for a few years. From there she moved into sales in the magazine publishing business where I sold print advertising. In the late 80's, she quit her job and backpacked around the world starting in Australia, on to Asia, the Middle East and then Europe. Because of that adventure, she ended up on her next publis...

Meet the Littlest Cowgirls with USAT Best Seller Melinda Curtis on Book Lights 01.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Melinda Curtis is the USA Today bestselling author of light‐hearted contemporary romance. In addition to her Sunshine Valley series from Forever, she’s published independently and with Harlequin Heartwarming, including her book Dandelion Wishes, which was made into a TV movie - Love in Harmony Valley, starring Amber Marshall. She lives in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley with her h...

Get read for some fun, flirty escapism with author Summer Dowell 28.01.2021

Send us Fan Mail Summer Dowell is an author of fun, feel-good chick lits and romantic comedies that will brighten your day. She lives in Southern California where she spends her days keeping her six energetic children alive and doing massive loads of laundry. Summer loves to fit in writing during her free time where she brings to life all the sarcasm and humor that none of her family fully appreci...

Look Out for Strangers with thriller author Jason Pinter on Book Lights 25.01.2021

Send us Fan Mail Jason Pinter is the bestselling author of seven novels for adults—Hide Away, the first Rachel Marin Thriller, the acclaimed Henry Parker series (The Mark, The Guilty, The Stolen, The Fury, and The Darkness), and the stand-alone thriller The Castle, as well as the middle-grade adventure novel Zeke Bartholomew: SuperSpy! and the children’s book Miracle. His books have over one milli...

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