This Is the Author

In this special edition of This is the Author, listen to authors Mayim Bialik, Heather Turgeon, Alison Pateki, Grant Wahl, Nathalie Nino, Camas Davis, and Mark & Angel Chernoff share why libraries are so special to them.

In this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author Ryan North, and venture capitalist Bradley Tusk. Go from space exploration to start-ups, as each of these authors explores the surprising intersection of seemingly-unrelated things: science and military power, history and science, and politics with tech, and business. Plus, hear one author’s plan to g...

In this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, former Scientologist Michelle LeClaire, and pastor Carey Nieuwhof. Hear the passion behind each author’s personal journey to the mic and what inspired them; be inspired by the strength and self-love required to escape from a cult; and learn what it takes to be a good leader. Plus, find out which author had trouble prono...

In this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson, teacher and novelist Torrey Maldonado, and former CBS News producer and reporter Heather Won Tesoriero. Hear how these authors are redefining what it means to be a superhero– whether it’s by standing up for America’s youth in underrepresented communities, writing stories that speak to the superhero in al...

In this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet activist Khalida Brohi, poet Kevin Young, and bestselling writer and journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas. You’ll hear about stories from all over the world from the “voiceless” women in Pakistan, to the voices of one’s childhood, to the heartfelt letters of everyday Americans. Plus, learn why poetry, like song, is meant to be shared out loud. Enjoy. I Should H...

In this episode we hear from Nathalie Molina Niño, author of Leapfrog, Chris Bailey, author Hyperfocus, and Steve Hilton, author of Positive Populism. Leapfrog by Nathalie Molina Niño: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/561511/leapfrog/ Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/562033/hyperfocus/ Positive Populism by Steve Hilton: http://www.penguinrandomhous...

In this episode we hear from Dr. Sharon Saline, author of What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew, KJ Dell’Antonia, author How to Be a Happier Parent, and Maxie McCoy, author of You're Not Lost. What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by Dr. Sharon Saline: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/562282/what-your-adhd-child-wishes-you-knew/ How to Be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell’Antonia : http://www.p...

In this episode, we hear from Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of AWARE, Sam Anderson, author of Boom Town, and Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All. Aware by Daniel J. Siegel, MD: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/539757/aware/ Boom Town by Sam Anderson: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/228335/boom-town/ Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas: http://www.penguinrandomho...

In this episode of This is the Author, the author, Howard Michael Gould, and the narrator, John Michael Higgins, discusses recording Last Looks. Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/564309/last-looks/

In this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet “Unmistakable Creative” podcaster Srinivas Rao, businesswoman Tiffani Bova, and entrepreneur Jessica Honegger. You’ll learn personal and professional skills as these authors talk about creativity, discovering new paths to success, facing your fears…and why one author may have found a new career path thanks to the recording process! An Audience of One by S...

In this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet comedian Maeve Higgins, poet Fatimah Asghar, and psychologist Mitch Abblett. You’ll go on a journey of personal enlightenment with these authors as they talk about everything from being an immigrant, to how writing is a way of thinking, and how we can better understand ourselves and our patterns in order to find happiness. Plus, perhaps our new favorite a...

"What inspired me to write this memoir was I had a daughter four years ago, and my mother, who had been dead for a long time, was an alcoholic. And as I began to write about motherhood I realized that one thing that was very important to me, in my life with my daughter, was to sort of break a cycle of silence and secrecy that exists within most alcoholic families." Learn more: http://www.penguinra...

"I was inspired to write the book when my old editor-in-chief from SAVEUR Magazine reached out to me while I was in France because he'd read some online post that I'd written and said, 'You should think about writing a book.' And I remember telling him, 'No, I don’t want to write a book.'" Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/531102/killing-it/

"My novel is titled IMMIGRANT, MONTANA. A young man comes to America from India, and hears Dr. Ruth on the radio. He also wants to fall in love, have sex." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/565697/immigrant-montana/

"I was inspired by Isabel Allende’s memoir PAULA, which she wrote when her daughter was in a coma, which she ultimately did not recover from. I remember I found that book when I was in my MFA program, already pretty close to done with my book. I read that and I saw how she was addressing her daughter directly, and giving the family history to her daughter in an effort to revive her daughter and br...

"I was inspired to write my book HAPPIER AT HOME because I realized that for me, one of the most important elements for my happiness was feeling happy at home. And I wanted to really dig deep. I wanted to think about how I could be more "at home" at home." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/209400/happier-at-home/

"I wrote my book because I had to. I didn’t plan on it to be a book. I kept notebooks for several years after my wife died and at a certain point I started transcribing them and I realized that in doing that it was not just helping me understand certain things but it was giving me a certain kind of distance I needed to move forward." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/563747/t...

"Here I was really kind of cruising into the very heart of middle age and suddenly there was this compound called Omega-3’s and also this Omega-3 compound was implicitly and explicitly connected to the entire food system of the ocean, at least in how it’s discussed in most magazines and newspapers. I thought this was a good way in to look at a lot of different things going on in the ocean but yet...

"The inspiration for this book came from a few places; It was really a knitting together of a number of stories and themes that I had been working on for years, having to do with problems with the welfare system, and the kind of grand promise of just giving people cash coming from developing countries, like Brazil. " Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/551618/give-people-money/

"What inspired us to write this book was that we saw so many families and parents struggling with the dilemma of conflicting sleep advice that they were getting. A lot of parents telling us that they really had a feeling that their child was capable of better sleep but that they wanted to be good, responsive, warm parents, and that they’d been reading about attachment parenting and the importance...

"I wrote my book because I didn’t want to have any secrets and I thought that it would be important to talk about the abuses that women face in jail. I also thought it would be important to talk about books, because even though we live in the digital age, there’s nothing better than holding a book in your hand." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/566410/the-lost-chapters/

"I was inspired to write this book because I actually wrote a book called GIRL CODE a couple of years ago, which was all about women coming together and supporting one another. But I noticed there was an issue. Women were totally excited and on board to support one another, and they knew that they’d be happier if they did that, but they couldn’t get there if they didn’t have confidence in themselv...

"My book is about my five years that I spent in the white house in the Obama administration and the two months I spent in the Trump administration as a stenographer. I actually got the job on Craigslist so I was a bit of a fish out of water. The story is really about a young woman, me, finding her way along the corridors of power and making a lot of bad decisions and poor life choices, and having...

"ASTROBALL is really the result of several twists of fate. In 2014, in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, I wrote a cover story about what was then the worst team in baseball, one of the worst teams in baseball history, and we predicted on the cover that they would win the 2017 World Series. And then they actually did. I just had to write a book about the new techniques they used to get from the bottom to the to...

"Hope Nation is a collection of stories and essays about hope written by some of my personal favorite YA writers writing for readers today." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/561595/hope-nation/