Writer's Bone

Julia Dahl joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her latest novel The Missing Hours . Caitlin Malcuit also discusses a World Health Organization report on violence against women, as well as work being done by Not Our Native Daughters , National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault , The National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violenc...

We celebrate our 500th episode with the help of Pop Literacy hosts Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and Kimberly Potts. They share some pop culture book and TV recommendations with Daniel Ford and share some lessons they've learned about podcasting (0:51 - 41:56). Two-time National Book Award finalist Lauren Groff then joins Daniel on the show to discuss her latest book Matrix (43:07 - 1:06:35). Groff e...

We head to the U.K. for Episode 499! Author Jo Hamya chats with Daniel Ford about her debut Three Rooms . "I'm finding increasingly weirder ways to construct a sentence is what keeps me interested," says Hamya.  To learn more about Jo Hamya, follow her on Twitter . Three Rooms was featured in August 2021's " Books That Should Be On Your Radar ." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm .

On today's Friday Morning Coffee, Mary Roach, author of Fuzz , tells Daniel Ford all about animals behaving badly (or more accurately, hungrily). Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposing delisting 23 species from the Endangered Species Act because they are extinct. To learn more about Mary Roach, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter . Also listen...

Author, sportswriter, podcaster Joe Posnanski returns to the show to discuss his book The Baseball 100 . Posnanski tells Daniel Ford about the metric he used to compile the greatest 100 baseball players of all time, the Field of Dreams game held earlier this year, and what it meant to him to research and include Negro League players on his list.  Ford is also joined by new hotshot podcaster, legen...

Author María Amparo Escandón joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest novel L.A. Weather , which is a Reese's Book Club selection . "My grandmother taught me the difference between a lie and a story," Escandón tells Ford. "How stories are fun and lies are hurtful. She gave me a notebook and told me, 'Go on, write your lies here.'" To learn more about María Amparo Escandón, visit her off...

A double shot for today's Friday Morning Coffee! Authors Nekesa Asia and John Fram join Daniel Ford to chat about their work. Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the thrills and mysteries involved in being in a band with no name. To learn more about Nekesa Asia, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Dead Dead Girls was featured in June 2021's " Books That Should Be On You...

Author Paula Hawkins ( The Girl on the Train , Into the Water ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest novel A Slow Fire Burning . "One of the things I thought about a lot writing this novel is what is appropriate justice? Who gets what they deserve?" Hawkins tells Ford. "Should you restore order to the world? Is that your obligation as a crime novelist? Or should you be realistic?" T...

Author James Tate Hill ( Academy Gothic ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his memoir Blind Man's Bluff . "Follow your obsessions," Tate tells Ford. "They're probably connected to something that can very easily become a story that would be very entertaining to an audience or useful to you as a writer to explore." To learn more about James Tate Hill, visit his official website and follow...

Author and playwright Kia Corthron joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her latest novel Moon and the Mars . Caitlin Malcuit and Daniel also discuss the dumpster fire news cycle from the past week.  To learn more about Kia Corthron, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter . Moon and the Mars was featured in August 2021's " Books That Should Be On Your Radar ." Toda...

Author Katie Crouch joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her novel Embassy Wife . To learn more about Katie Crouch, follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Embassy Wife was featured in July 2021's " Books That Should Be On Your Radar ." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast .

S.A. Cosby, author of Blacktop Wasteland , joins Daniel Ford and special guest host Kelly J. Ford ( Cottomouths ) to chat about his book Razorblade Tears . To learn more about S.A. Cosby, like his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 433 . To learn more about Kelly J. Ford, visit her official website and follow her on...

Pulitzer Prize-winner Joby Warrick returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World . They also discuss the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan and the humanitarian crisis there, as well as other U.S. national security issues around the globe. To learn more about Joby War...

Megan Abbott, author of Give Me Your Hand and You Will Know Me , joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her new, best-selling novel The Turnout . To learn more about Megan Abbott, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm .

Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things , joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her sophomore novel With Teeth . To learn more about Kristen Arnett, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . With Teeth was featured in July 2021's " Books That Should Be On Your Radar ." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm .

Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote , joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss her latest book The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America . Caitlin Malcuit also chats about The Verge 's feature on Chicago's predictive policing program and Interrupting Criminalization's " Cop's Don't Stop Violence " report. To learn more about Carol Anderson, visit her official we...

Andrea Bartz, author of The Herd and The Lost Night , returns to the show to discuss her latest novel We Were Never Here . To learn more about Andrea Bartz, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our past interviews with the author on Episode 408 and Episode 345 . We Were Never Here was featured in July 2021's " Books That Sho...

Award-winning actress and author Meg Tilly joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her new novel The Runaway Heiress . To learn more about Meg Tilly, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm .

Author David Vine joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss his book The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State . Caitlin Malcuit also chats about the U.S. military's exit from Afghanistan and critiques Frontline 's special " Leaving Afghanistan ." To learn more about David Vine, visit his official website , like his Fa...

Matthew Norman returns! One of our favorite authors joins us once again to chat about his latest book All Together Now . To learn more about Matthew Norman, visit his official website , like his Facebook page , and follow him on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our Norman's Friday Morning Coffee appearance and Gary Almeter's interview with the author in Episode 127 . All Together Now was fea...

Author Elias Rodriques joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut All the Water I've Seen Is Running . To learn more about Elias Rodrigues, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter . All the Water I've Seen Is Running was featured in June 2021's " Books That Should Be On Your Radar ." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm .

Georgetown Law professor Tiffany Jeffers and journalist Kira Lerner join Caitlin Malcuit and Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss voting rights in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and the 2020 election. To learn more about Tiffany Jeffers, read her Georgetown Law bio and follow her on Twitter . To learn more about Kira Lerner, visit her of...

Bestselling author Laura Lippman returns to the show to discuss her latest novel Dream Girl . To learn more about Laura Lippman, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our past interviews with the author on Episode 269 and Episode 371 . Dream Girl was featured in June 2021's " Books That Should Be On Your Radar ." Today's epis...

Author and newly minted Catapult editor in chief Megha Majumdar joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut A Burning (out today in paperback). To learn more about Megha Majumdar, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Today's episode is sponsored by the Queries, Qualms, & Quirks podcast and Libro.fm .

Author and A Mighty Blaze co-founder Caroline Leavitt joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her book With or Without You (out in paperback June 29). Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the new special episode of HBO's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." To learn more about Caroline Leavitt, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . With o...