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Each week, you can listen to a new Bantam Dell author talking about books, the writing process, and the experiences of being a writer. More than just audio excerpts, it is bestselling authors and great new voices sharing their insight with you, the reader.
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Bonus: Free Chapters of Garden Spells
Author: Bantam Dell Wed, Jul 16, 2008
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....

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Episode 77: Say Goodbye
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Jul 14, 2008
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.

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Episode 76: No One You Know
Author: Bantam Dell Thu, Jul 10, 2008
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.

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Episode 75: How to Talk to a Widower
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Jul 07, 2008
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.

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Episode 74: Vicki Lane
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Jun 30, 2008
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.

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Episode 73: The Wedding Officer
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Jun 23, 2008
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.

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Episode 72: Lee Child - The importance of coffee
Author: Bantam Dell Wed, Jun 18, 2008
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.

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Episode 71: Mind the Gap
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Jun 16, 2008
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.

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Episode 70: Nothing to Lose
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Jun 09, 2008
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.

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Episode 69: The Answer Is Always Yes
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Jun 02, 2008
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.

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Episode 68: Odd Hours
Author: Bantam Dell Tue, May 27, 2008
Episode 68: Odd Hours.
Dean shares personal short stories about writing and the writing profession for those who've ever wondered what it's like to be a writer.

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Episode 67: The Wise Heart
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, May 19, 2008
Episode 67: The Wise Heart.
Jack Kornfield talks about his new book, The Wise Heart, and how readers
can unlock their capacity for compassion, graciousness, inner freedom and
wisdom.

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Episode 66: Gandhi & Churchill
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, May 12, 2008
Episode 66: Gandhi & Churchill.
Arthur Herman discusses how Gandhi and Churchill, "leaders of last resort" for their respective nations, each achieved what he most wanted, but at the cost of what he most loved.

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Episode 65: The Crystal Skull
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, May 05, 2008
Episode 65: The Crystal Skull.
Manda Scott talks about the real crystal skulls and the mythology surrounding them that were the inspiration for The Crystal Skull.

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Episode 64: Eight Lives Down
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Apr 28, 2008
Episode 64: Eight Lives Down.
Chris Hunter talks about his tour as a bomb disposal operative in Iraq, including what it's like to take the 'long walk' up to an improvised explosive device in order to defuse it and how he handled being targeted for assassination by the bomb makers.

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Episode 63: Flawless
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Apr 21, 2008
Episode 63: Flawless.
Flawless author Joshua Spanogle talks about what it's like to balance both the life of an author with that of a doctor, and discusses the benefits of walking the two lines of fiction and science.

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Episode 62: Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Apr 14, 2008
Episode 62: Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA.
Join author Kris Radish in her office, as she talks about pink flamingos, her new "over the top love story," Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA, and shares a big secret she's never shared before.

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Episode 61: The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Apr 07, 2008
Episode 61: The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace.
Journey with Aaron David Miller, author of The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace into the last 50 years of American diplomacy in the mid-east. Learn why he believes it's important to set prejudices aside to do what one thinks is right.

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Episode 60: The Alibi Man
Author: Bantam Dell Thu, Apr 03, 2008
Episode 60: The Alibi Man.
Tami Hoag calls herself a "hard-boiled" suspense author who also leads a "crazy double life." When Tami isn't writing she's riding—as an internationally competitive equestrian. Listen as Tami talks about how her two passions come together, and offers an intimate portrait of her heroine in The Alibi Man, Elena Estes.

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Episode 59: Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Mar 31, 2008 55:41 -0500,
Episode 59: Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want.
Ask For It seeks to help women understand how to ask for what they want, how to identify what they want, and how to ask effectively. In this episode, authors Linda and Sara share stories about readers experiences stemming from advice offered in their new book.

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Episode 58: Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Mar 24, 2008
Episode 58: Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human.
Elizabeth Hess, author of Nim Chimpsky, talks about how she went from being an art critic to writing about the life of a chimpanzee raised by a loving family in New York City.

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Episode 57: Gardening at the Dragon's Gate
Author: Bantam Dell Mon, Mar 17, 2008
Episode 57: Gardening at the Dragon's Gate.
Author Wendy Johnson says Gardening at the Dragon's Gate means gardening at the edge of danger and surprise. Listen as Wendy shares her understanding of how meditation and gardening really fit together.

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