Drinks with Tony

Stephen Jay Schwartz is the author of Stormy Whether or not we believe it is Still Stormy Weather. We discuss: The horrors of online dating. Stephen’s father’s suicide. When your […]

Alexandra Auder is the author of Don’t Call Me Home: A Memoir. On May 10th at 6pm at the Los Feliz Library on Hillhurst and Franklin I’m teaching a free […]

Martha Hall Kelly is the author of The Golden Doves. We discuss: When breeding a mini-poodle and golden retriever, who’s on top? How the Reagans planned their week to their […]

Tara Ison is the author of At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf. We discuss: The film Body Heat. Opening a cafe where patrons are only allowed to read books. […]

Robert Dugoni is the author of Her Deadly Game. Robert and I discuss: The super secret magic method of writing a novel. Our mutual fear of flying. The cure for […]

Charlotte Maya is the author of Sushi Tuesday: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Resilience. Join me for a free creative writing workshop at the Los Feliz Branch library […]

Duncan Birmingham is the author of The Cult In My Garage and writer and director of Who Invited Them. We discuss: Being shamed by our fathers. Working on Blunt Talk […]

Iris Smyles is the author of Droll Tales. We discuss:Writing first drafts. Online dating. Sad lives of disconnected people. We plan our date for April.…and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and […]

Nick Cave is the co-author of Faith, Hope, and Carnage with Seán O’Hagan. He’s also in a wonderful band called Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. This is a Drinks with […]

Hannah Sward is the author of Strip: A Memoir. We discuss: Loneliness and strip clubs. Dating woes as a writer. How Hannah met her writing mentor at the library. Are […]

A. M. Homes is the author of The Unfolding. We chat: Writing a novel is messy. Her time writing for the tv series The L Word. Intimacy coordinators on film […]

Pete Hsu is the author of If I Were The Ocean I’d Carry You Home. We chat: The problems of writing the novel. His conversion to evangelical christianity. Why he […]

Paula Priamos is the author of Appraise Her. We chat: Tupac’s penis. Why we have to push the boundaries as writers. Duran Duran and Billy Idol. How complaining about your […]

Bruce Ferber is the author of I Buried Paul. We discuss: * Campaigning for Howard Dean * Our mutual hatred for influencers * How Paul’s therapist helped him shift from […]

Jerry Stahl is the author of Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust. We chat: * How to easily divorce […]

Jordan Castro is the author of The Novelist’ – A Novel. We chat: – Intimacy of pizza delivery before apps. – Cleveland Indians. – Urethra vs. Ethereal. – The beauty […]

Taylor Hahn is the author of The Lifestyle, her debut novel. We chat: – How to survive and thrive in long term romantic relationships. – My aversion to threesomes, even […]

Jon Bassoff is the author of Beneath Cruel Waters. If you like the show you’ll love supporting Drinks with Tony for as little as $3/month with extra perks and writerly […]

Kathe Koja is the author of Dark Factory. A novel as well as an immersive project. Want to co-host Drinks with Tony? Or receive a shout out at the top […]

Kim Dower is the author of I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom: Poems on Motherhood. Always a joy to talk with, Kim and I discuss joy, tragedy, visiting […]

Jenny Bitner is the author of Here is a Game We Could Play: A Novel. We chat aliens, Amish, exposure therapy for OCD, mental health and writers, self marriage, and […]

Madhushree Ghosh is the author of Khabaar, An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family. We chat love, divorce, Indian authors, and food. I’m teaching a free online creative writing […]

Andrew Cotto is the author of Pasta Mike: A Story of Friendship and Loss. Book Tony to help you with your novel or screenplay, whether in the idea stage or […]

Peter Stamm is the author of It’s Getting Dark: Stories, translated from German by Michael Hofmann. We chat translations, sensitivity editors, and an author who once told him he isn’t […]

Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of Searching for Jimmy Page. She lives in North Carolina and we talk all things death, writing, magic, Led Zeppelin, meeting Joan Jett in […]