My guest today, Elise Atchison, is a fabulous award-winning author whose debut novel, Crazy Mountain, was one of my favorite books of 2022. Crazy Mountain has been called “a grand tale of the power of wilderness to heal wounds—scars on the land and the troubled humans...
I recently had the great fortune to discover the work of Stephen Mack Jones, the man behind the fantastic August Snow crime fiction series. Poet, playwright, author and a lifelong fan of Detroit-made muscle cars – a man after my own heart! The new Open Mic is...
There is something to the art and craft of the short story that has always had my heart. I recently discovered the fantastic debut collection of short stories, Hunting Geese, from Montana-based author Sarah Rau Peterson. It is an absolute gem, so I’m thrilled to...
Connor Sullivan’s debut novel Sleeping Bear earned him the 2022 Barry Award winner for best first mystery/crime novel and tagged him as one of the true rising stars of the thriller genre. I spoke with him recently about that book, his career arc and his follow...
Jeff Pearlman has forged a reputation as one of the best sports biographers on the scene today. Several of his 10 books have landed on the NYT bestsellers list, including stellar tomes on the likes of Brett Favre, Walter Payton and the 1986 Mets. He has written two...
I’m a bit late in getting the news out there, but the Open Mic has transitioned from a written interview blog to the Open Mic: Writers in Their Own Words YouTube channel and podcast, available on all the major podcast platforms. But the heart and purpose of the...
