Category: authors
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Things get personal for Susie Steiner’s protagonist in Persons Unknown
By G. Robert Frazier Even as the excitement over Susie Steiner’s first crime novel, Missing, Presumed, is reaching new peaks, the author’s second book in the series featuring Detective Manon Bradshaw, PERSONS UNKNOWN, hits stores this month. Missing, Presumed was recently shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, one of…
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Author Interview: Armand Rosamilia
by G. Robert Frazier Armand Rosamilia has a lot going on in his head. At any given moment, he could be writing a crime thriller, a zombie novel, an over-the-top humor book, or a paranormal thriller. With more than 150 stories published—from shorts to novellas to novels—the only time he’s…
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Author interview: Danny Gardner
by G. Robert Frazier Danny Gardner first made a name for himself as a stand-up comedian on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam. So, what’s he doing scribing dark, gritty tales of crime in 1950s Chicago? Turns out the author of A NEGRO AND AN OFAY (Down and Out Books) has also toiled…
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‘Your brain on literature’ a high for award-winning author George Saunders
Many people can still recall the old anti-drug commercials depicting an egg sizzling in a frying pan with the message, “This is your brain on drugs.” The antidote to that is a “brain on literature,” says award-winning short story author George Saunders.
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‘The Devil’s Bible’ brings Carpenter’s historical hero into the present
When readers last saw Mouse, the hero of Nashville author Dana Chamblee Carpenter’s debut novel Bohemian Gospel, she was locked up in a cell writing what would become known in some circles as the eighth wonder of the world, the Codex Gigas. Better known as THE DEVIL’S BIBLE, the real-life…
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Danielewski lets voices around him guide his words
Mark Danielewski’s novels are not for the timid, or the fearful. From the groundbreaking bestseller House of Leaves to National Book Award finalist Only Revolutions, each book combines typographical experimentation—pages that read upside down, sideways, or at odd angles—with multiple viewpoint characters, creating an immersive experience like no other. His…
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Soring controversy keys mystery in Jaden Terrell’s A Taste of Blood and Ashes
If you’re a writer or a fan of mystery novels in the Southeast, chances are you already know Jaden Terrell. Terrell has been an integral force behind the Killer Nashville Writers Conference along with founder Clay Stafford since 2006, has served as president of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of Sisters…
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Alana White’s Come Next Spring a timeless story of growth, change
Nashville author Alana White’s first novel, Come Next Spring, is making a comeback after 25 years. First published in 1990 by Clarion, the book has been re-released with a 25th anniversary printing by Open Road Distribution, making it available to a whole new generation of readers as well as those…
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National Book Award winner John Lewis inspires new generation with ‘March’
by G. Robert Frazier I was fortunate to be among hundreds of Nashville-area residents this past week to hear American icon, Georgia Congressman John Lewis, recount his lifetime of civil rights struggles. A graduate of American Baptist College and Fisk University, both in Nashville, Rep. Lewis was a leader in the…
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Apex Magazine founder Jason Sizemore recounts zine’s origins, eyes future
The man who founded one of the top online magazines of dark science fiction, horror, and fantasy literature in the country didn’t set out to be an editor. But once he set his mind to it, nothing could seemingly stop him.
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