Indie Reads Aloud: A Storytelling Podcast

About The Author: Carli Valentine is a Children's Book Author and Illustrator who has always been passionate about writing and storytelling.  From a young age, she learned of the magic that existed in books and has been entranced by it ever since.  As a child, she begged her parents for visits to the library so she could hand-pick from their vast collection of magical works.  Her pa...

Listener Advisory: Strong Language About The Author: Joan Havelange has been writing fiction since her early twenties, beginning with romance stories. Always a fan of mysteries, she is an avid reader and writer of cozy mysteries. She is an accomplished actor and director of community threatre, which lends well to her writing. Joan is a world traveler and enthusiastic golfer. She lives on the prair...

I'm excited to preview Kristoffer Gair's new release, due out on May 31, 2022, "The Beautiful Moment". About The Author: Michigan-based author Kristoffer Gair wrote his first puppet play in 1st Grade and continued writing in one form or another from that point on. Much of it was crap, but there were tiny nuggets of potential mixed in with the likes of Pickle Pony Gets A Puzzle. He spent three of h...

Listener Advisory: Strong Language About The Author: Lauren Emily Whalen is the author of three books for young adults, including Two Winters , a queer YA reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale . Lauren is a freelance writer, professional performer, and very amateur aerialist who is an unabashed devotee of the Bard. She lives in Chicago with her cat, Versace, and an apartment full of books...

About The Author: Mackenzie is the award-winning author of the young adult fantasy series The Rite of Wands. A storyteller at heart, she loves to inspire the imagination. Mackenzie makes her home in Michigan, where she is currently penning her next adventure. Title: The Rite of Wands Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Book Synopsis: One boy…one Rite… And a world of deadly secrets that could change the cou...

About The Author: Dr. Dawn Menge has won thirty-one national awards as the author of the Queen Vernita educational series. She holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, a master’s degree and a Clear Credential in moderate/severe disabilities, and a bachelor’s degree in human development. Dr. Menge has been teaching severely handicapped students for nineteen years. She has three children and five...

About The Author: Michael Beardslee is currently retired after thirty-four years of working in the auto insurance industry, with the majority of that time being spent as a field trainer. He has written five books, with his sixth on the way.  He has lived in the State of Michigan his entire life. He currently resides in Brighton and West Branch, Michigan with his wife, Terese Fitzpatrick, and...

About The Author: Ian Tadashi Moore is a father, designer, musician, and artist from southeast Michigan. He grew up talking to the bugs in the back lawn and plinking melodies on piano keys. He likes the sounds words make and will probably never act his age. He has written and illustrated three books, Zōsan (2015), Tama-ishi (2018), and Where All the Little Things Live (2020), and lives in southeas...

Listener Advisory: Strong Language; Violence About The Author: Jared Morningstar is a high school English teacher and adjunct English professor. He loves to write poetry and short stories that reflect his interests and his observations of the world. In addition to literature, Morningstar loves music, playing guitar, late night diner experiences, and long road trips. He lives in Michigan with his w...

About The Author: Melinda Taliancich Falgoust is an author whose works have appeared in Reader's Digest, Writers' Journal, in the Harlequin Mini-Round Robin ebooks THE RANCHER AND THE ROSE and THIN ICE. Other works have also won awards in competitions around the world, including: NY Book Festival Annual Competition; The Oshima International Hand-Made Picture Book Competition; Writers Unlimited Ann...

About The Author: I write from my home in Michigan where I live with my wife, Sarah of 33 years. Due to a freak golf cart accident in 2015 I am a quadriplegic. By using special equipment Such as an oversized mouse, special keyboard and voice to text software I am able to write without difficulty. United States of analytics is the first book I have ever written. Next up, I will write my memoir and...

About The Author:  D.M. Taylor is a full-time writer  with a constant desire to be at the beach or as close to a combination  of: water, sand, and sunshine as she can. You can tell by looking at all  of the freckles she has collected as evidence.  If she's not writing in  her tiny cottage by the lake, then it's not summer. The rest of the  year, she's writin...

About The Author: ...and then I write. I  have lead what I would like to think has been an interesting life. As I  experienced a myriad of events and dreamed vividly each night about  adventure, excitement and more, I quickly found that it was fun to  record those experiences, to write and remember in both poetry and  story. Using that writing became second nature and I wo...

About The Author: Barbara Pietron is the author of the urban fantasy novels, Veiled Existence, Soulshifter, Thunderstone, and Heart of Ice . Having a love for witches and vampires before they were trendy, she gravitates toward stories with supernatural elements both when she reads and when she writes. Although classified as young adult, her books are enjoyed by a wide audience—pre-teen through adu...

Listener Advisory: Strong Descriptions of Death About The Author: Whether the story is fiction or  non-fiction, J.Q. Rose is “focused on story.” She offers readers chills,  giggles and quirky characters woven within the pages of her mystery  novels. Using her storytelling skills, she provides entertainment and  information with articles featured in books, magazines, newspapers,...

About The Author: Lisa Jacovsky currently lives in her  hometown of North Brunswick, NJ. She works as a Child Development  Specialist with Early Intervention. In her job she is able to help  children under the age of 3 with cognitive and developmental delays,  sometimes with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has been  working in the field of applied behavior ana...

Listener Advisory: Strong Language and Adult Situations Title: Never Say Never Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy Book Synopsis:  After  she walks in on her mom doing the horizontal mambo with a man that's  decidedly not her dad, Brynn Stark swears to NEVER fall in love. One of  her friends--Val-- reveals her true identity--Aphrodite, goddess of  love, and promises to...