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Episode 89: Too Close to Home

Author: Bantam Dell
Mon, Oct 06, 2008

Episode 89: Too Close to Home.
Linwood Barclay, author of Too Close to Home, explores whether you are in more danger when tragedy strikes next door, or following the theory that lightening never strikes the same place twice, if are you safer than ever before.

Episode 88: The Snowball.
Alice Schroeder, author of The Snowball, talks about why her biography of Warren Buffett is titled "The Snowball," and how taking wet snow, pushing it down a long hill, and watching it grow and grow, is an apt metaphor for Mr. Buffett's life.

Episode 87: The State of the Wicket.
Excitement is brewing in the world of Diana Gabaldon. In this episode Diana gives her "general state of affairs" address sharing an overview of all publications to come including where her stories are heading and when you can get your hands on her next book. Bonus: Diana reads an excerpt from an upcoming Lord John story, "The Custom of the Army."

Episode 86: Conquistador.
Buddy Levy, author of Conquistador, talks about the great irony in how Montezuma initially dealt with Cortes, giving Cortes gold to demonstrate his power and encourage Cortes to leave the New World, a move that only fueled Cortes's gold-lust.

Episode 85: The Good Thief.
Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief, shares how discovering a book of words that have fallen out of use sparked the idea that turned into her debut novel.

Episode 84: Stalking Irish Madness.
In Stalking Irish Madness, Patrick Tracey traces the origins of the
schizophrenia that riddles his family tree. In this deeply personal
episode, Patrick shares the story of his grandmother, Mae Sweeny, and the 'incident' that led to her being committed in an asylum.

Episode 83: My Husband's Sweethearts.
Bridget Asher, author of My Husband's Sweethearts, talks about loveable cheats, and the complications of love and family.

Episode 82: The Magicians and Mrs. Quent.
What if Jane Austen wrote fantasy novels? Galen Beckett discusses the influences that led him to write his Gothic fantasy novel, The Magicians and Mrs. Quent.

Episode 81: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Annie Barrows discusses how the passion for books and reading she shared with her aunt, Mary Ann Shaffer, led to their collaboration and how The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society grew from her aunt's visit to Guernsey, where she spent three days stuck in the airport and learning local history.

Episode 80: Fractured.
Karin Slaughter talks about Will Trent, agent in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and hero of her new novel, Fractured, and how he gets drawn into a case filled with deep, dark secrets.

Episode 79: Shadows Return.
Lynn Flewelling shares what it's like to return to the favorite characters in the Night Runner series after taking time to write a different trilogy set in the same world 500 years earlier.

Episode 78: Jessica Z..
Every summer, Shawn Klomparens is kicked out of his writing studio so his mother-in-law can stay in the room during her summer-long visit. He shares how he overcomes these difficulties — and the music and books that inspire him while he's at work on a novel — in this intimate chat.

Bonus: Free Chapters of Garden Spells.
As a bonus for Bantam Dell podcast listeners, here are three free chapters from Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen for you to read. In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special sort of fruit. In this luminous debut novel, Sarah Addison Allen tells the story of that enchanted tree, and the extraordinary people who tend it....

Episode 77: Say Goodbye.
Lisa Gardner talks about the different ways in which a writer — especially a writer of creepy novels — sees the world, and discusses both her love of research and fascination with spiders.

Episode 76: No One You Know.
Michelle Richmond, author of No One You Know, talks about the joys of researching her protagonist Ellie's career as a coffee buyer, including Michelle's own love of coffee.

Episode 75: How to Talk to a Widower.
In this episode, Jonathan Tropper discusses how he came to the idea for How to Talk to a Widower and also touches on his experiences with Hollywood.

Episode 74: Vicki Lane.
When Vicki Lane signed up for a writing class, her writing teacher told her that she wasn't cut out to be a writer. She tells how this sparked her determination.

Episode 73: The Wedding Officer.
A WWII British officer assigned to keep his troops from marrying the local women? Anthony Capella talks about the inspiration behind his novel, The Wedding Officer, and the influence of Italian cuisine on his writing.

Episode 72: Lee Child - The importance of coffee.
Fans know that for Jack Reacher good coffee isn't enough, the cup itself is important. What does this say about the man? Lee Child, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Nothing to Lose, offers his thoughts in this bonus podcast episode.

Episode 71: Mind the Gap.
Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon take readers on a tour of the hidden cities and share how they met and how they approached the collaborative process to write Mind the Gap.

Episode 70: Nothing to Lose.
Lee Child discusses the pleasures of writing a long-running series and how a hero like Jack Reacher can deal with the issues on an author's mind in a way the author himself can't.

Episode 69: The Answer Is Always Yes.
Monica Ferrell grew up with the New York City skyline just across the river, and discusses how this inspired her to tell the story of a nightclub promoter named "Magic" Matt.