My guest today, Wanda Morris, had the kind of breakout every writer dreams of. Her debut novel, All Her Little Secrets, won the 2022 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel and was nominated for several more. Her follow up, Anywhere You Run, picked up right where she...
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...
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...
One of the hardest parts of this pandemic is that it has cut a lot of us off from seeing family. For today’s edition of the Open Mic Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project, I travel to South Carolina to check in with two of my favorite past Open Mic guests:...
For Day 29 of the Open mic Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project, I check in with independent editor extraordinaire Kristen Weber. She works with a number of well-known fiction authors, and it sounds like her schedule is as full as always. OM: It sounds like...