Passions & Prologues

Melissa De La Cruz is well know for her bestselling young adult novels, incredible book festivals, and her experience creating stories in Hollywood. What people might not know about her is her fierce adoration of being a mother. In this chat, we breakdown what it means to be a classroom mother and how her children's friends have become beta readers for her. We then discuss her new novel The Headma...

Alma Katsu built an entire career in intelligence before the literary world discovered her talent for writing historical horror with The Fervor, The Deep, & The Hunger . Now, with Red London , she returns to the world of secrecy and thrillers. Her initial novel in the series, Red Widow , kept readers guessing until the final page with it's political intrigue and spy games and Red London does t...

Alma Katsu built an entire career in intelligence before the literary world discovered her talent for writing historical horror with The Fervor, The Deep, & The Hunger. Now, with Red London, she returns to the world of secrecy and thrillers. Her initial novel in the series, Red Widow, kept readers guessing until the final page with it's political intrigue and spy games and Red London does the same...

Hannah Whitten took the literary world by storm with her debut For the Wolf & it's follow up For the Throne. Now she's back with a magical, mysterious heisty novel that you won't be able to put down... The Foxglove King! In this chat, Hannah and Adam talk about where she learned to block a story scene by scene... on the stage! They discuss musical theater, how she sees character interactions,...

Hannah Whitten took the literary world by storm with her debut For the Wolf & it's follow up For the Throne. Now she's back with a magical, mysterious heisty novel that you won't be able to put down... The Foxglove King! In this chat, Hannah and Adam talk about where she learned to block a story scene by scene... on the stage! They discuss musical theater, how she sees character interactions, and...

GennaRose Nethercott's book Thistlefoot, is all Adam has been able to talk about for months. It's macabre, spooky atmosphere starts to make a lot more sense when you learn about her life long fascination with all things creepy. She researches for the hit podcast Lore, has a clown for a parent, and travels around with a puppet show. In short, her life is a joyful mystery each day!

GennaRose Nethercott's book Thistlefoot, is all Adam has been able to talk about for months. It's macabre, spooky atmosphere starts to make a lot more sense when you learn about her life long fascination with all things creepy. She researches for the hit podcast Lore, has a clown for a parent, and travels around with a puppet show. In short, her life is a joyful mystery each day!

Leah Konen knows how to craft a thriller. She's made a career out of writing page turning stories that keep you on the edge of your seat and You Should Have Told me is no different. You'll be left guessing until the very end. It's almost as if she's made it her quest to build out a stunning narrative. Which makes when sense when you hear about her love of the long form adventures she's fallen in l...

Leah Konen knows how to craft a thriller. She's made a career out of writing page turning stories that keep you on the edge of your seat and You Should Have Told me is no different. You'll be left guessing until the very end. It's almost as if she's made it her quest to build out a stunning narrative. Which makes when sense when you hear about her love of the long form adventures she's fallen in l...

We're back with another bonus episode loaded with book recommendations! Adam's buddy Tina, from the popular Book Talk, etc., podcast , stops by to spend an hour offering up backlist book recommendations that are sure to add STACKS to your TBR list... sorry, not sorry. Tina's current read: The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz Adam’s current read: Maame by Jessica George Tina’s Book picks How it went...

We're back with another bonus episode loaded with book recommendations! Adam's buddy Tina, from the popular Book Talk, etc., podcast , stops by to spend an hour offering up backlist book recommendations that are sure to add STACKS to your TBR list... sorry, not sorry. Tina's current read: The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz Adam’s current read: Maame by Jessica George Tina’s Book picks How it went...

Mimi Herman's new book, The Kudzu Queen , is all about a mysterious man who comes into town looking to shake things up. In her own way, Mimi was that strange person when she bought a house, nearly site unseen, that she could afford to purchase but could not afford to pay someone else to fix up. And so, she learned plumbing. And painting. And electric. And a million other things that went into home...

Mimi Herman's new book, The Kudzu Queen, is all about a mysterious man who comes into town looking to shake things up. In her own way, Mimi was that strange person when she bought a house, nearly site unseen, that she could afford to purchase but could not afford to pay someone else to fix up. And so, she learned plumbing. And painting. And electric. And a million other things that went into home...

Nick Brooks is an author hip hop artist and an award-winning filmmaker. All his life, he's find stories in the music he listens to, transforming them into films, lyrics, and, now, his massively awaited new novel, Promise Boys . In this discussion, Adam and Nick chat about his foundational love of rap, the groups he fell in love with, and how he determines what medium to tell his stories in. Enjoye...

Nick Brooks is an author hip hop artist and an award-winning filmmaker. All his life, he's find stories in the music he listens to, transforming them into films, lyrics, and, now, his massively awaited new novel, Promise Boys. In this discussion, Adam and Nick chat about his foundational love of rap, the groups he fell in love with, and how he determines what medium to tell his stories in. Enjoyed...

Grady Hendrix’s new novel, How to Sell a Haunted House, is the culmination of what his career as a horror novelist has been all about: building terror through emotion and experiences we can all relate to. In this discussion, Adam and Grady chat about how these emotional cores that transform into fear sprung from his original passion for folklore and the horror that comes from it.  They discuss his...

Grady Hendrix’s new novel, How to Sell a Haunted House, is the culmination of what his career as a horror novelist has been all about: building terror through emotion and experiences we can all relate to. In this discussion, Adam and Grady chat about how these emotional cores that transform into fear sprung from his original passion for folklore and the horror that comes from it.  They discuss his...

Jennifer Herrera's new book, The Hunter , is a psychological thriller that will leave you guessing every step of the way. When you learn about her extensive knowledge of both philosophy and psychology in this chat, you'll uncover how she was able to weave such an incredible mystery that is also packed with feeling and emotion. This wide-ranging chat goes into her studies in college, her budding in...

Jennifer Herrera's new book, The Hunter, is a psychological thriller that will leave you guessing every step of the way. When you learn about her extensive knowledge of both philosophy and psychology in this chat, you'll uncover how she was able to weave such an incredible mystery that is also packed with feeling and emotion. This wide-ranging chat goes into her studies in college, her budding int...

In Victoria Garza's new memoir, The Field , she writes about the unspeakable tragedy that took place in her family when she was a child. Between that time and now, Victoria has gone on a journey to understand what took place in the past and what has taken place since then in her own mind. In this discussion, Victoria and Adam discuss her childhood growing up in the vegetable fields of Ohio and her...

In Victoria Garza's new memoir, The Field, she writes about the unspeakable tragedy that took place in her family when she was a child. Between that time and now, Victoria has gone on a journey to understand what took place in the past and what has taken place since then in her own mind. In this discussion, Victoria and Adam discuss her childhood growing up in the vegetable fields of Ohio and her...

Millions of copies of Cornelia Maude Spelman's books have been sold thanks to their ability to help children understand emotions and come to terms with life experiences they're having for the first time. Now, she's written a memoir titled Missing in an attempt to understand the life experiences of her own family. In this discussion, Adam and Cornelia discuss family heirlooms and the things that ge...

Millions of copies of Cornelia Maude Spelman's books have been sold thanks to their ability to help children understand emotions and come to terms with life experiences they're having for the first time. Now, she's written a memoir titled Missing in an attempt to understand the life experiences of her own family. In this discussion, Adam and Cornelia discuss family heirlooms and the things that ge...

Lesley Livingston, author of QUEEN AMONG THE DEAD , adores uncovering the history of place. She seeks out cities and countrysides to explore and learns about the pockets of forgotten lore that lie within them. There, she finds her stories. In this discussion, we talk about the incredible little known history of New York City before talking about Celtic magic and myth that sits at the basis of her...

Lesley Livingston, author of QUEEN AMONG THE DEAD, adores uncovering the history of place. She seeks out cities and countrysides to explore and learns about the pockets of forgotten lore that lie within them. There, she finds her stories. In this discussion, we talk about the incredible little known history of New York City before talking about Celtic magic and myth that sits at the basis of her l...