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Andie Burke began college as an English major before jumping into a pediatric nursing career. Her writing is inspired by over a decade spent working in hospitals with patients of all ages. After the last couple years spent in the pandemic ER, she escaped to an outpatient pediatric sedation unit.

Andie lives in a blue house in Maryland with an alarming number of books and an embarrassing number of ultra-fine point pens. When she’s not writing, she’s probably feeding snacks to the two small human creatures who live with her or trying not to kill her chaotic houseplants. You can find her on Bookstagram adding to her ever-expanding TBR or letting her ADHD brain happily dissociate while listening to Taylor Swift. She is the author of Fly With Me and Fall for Him. 

Learn more at andieburke.com

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Katherine Howe is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian and novelist. She is the author of several novels for adults and young adults, has edited two volumes of primary sources for Penguin Classics, and is the co-author with Anderson Cooper of the #1 New York Times bestselling books VANDERBILT and ASTOR.

Her newest novel, a mystery adventure set in the Golden Age of Piracy called A TRUE ACCOUNT: HANNAH MASURY'S SOJOURN AMONGST THE PYRATES, WRITTEN BY HERSELF came out in the US and the UK on November 21, 2023.

Katherine has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “CBS This Morning,” NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” the BBC, the History Channel, Smithsonian TV, the Travel Channel, and she hosted “Salem: Unmasking the Devil” for National Geographic. Her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages. She holds a BA in art history and philosophy from Columbia and an MA in American and New England studies from Boston University. A native Houstonian and avid sailor, she lives in New England with her family, where she is at work on her next book. One time, as a child, she looked up into the eye of a hurricane. She also puts hot sauce on everything.

Learn more at katherinehowe.com

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Sarahlyn Bruck writes contemporary, book club fiction and is the award-winning author of three novels: Light of the Fire (coming January 2024), Daytime Drama (2021), and Designer You (2018). When she’s not writing, Sarahlyn moonlights as a full-time writing and literature professor at a local community college. She’s also a co-host of the pop culture podcast, Pretty Much Pop. From Northern California, she now lives in Philadelphia with her family.

Learn more at sarahlynbruck.com and follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @sarahlynbruck.

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Katrina Kittle remembers thinking of herself as a writer way back in grade school, although she never thought about writing for publication until she graduated from college. Former classmates to this day tease her about the interminable stories she was always writing about horses or bands of stray animals. She inherited this love of books and storytelling from her dad, who encouraged her to read great books long before the same titles were required in school. Her dad still greets her at the door whenever she visits with, “Did you bring me any books?” Her curiosity, imagination, and passion for adventure come from her mom, who taught her always to look at the world with the discovering eyes of a child.  Katrina has written several novels for adults—The Blessings of the Animals,The Kindness of Strangers,Two Truths and a Lie,and Traveling Light—and one for young adults, Reasons to be Happy. 

Her characters are people we know, people we are, people we’ve been. They find themselves in circumstances they never imagined they’d face, and we are compelled to follow them as they find their way home, heal what’s broken, and discover strength they didn’t know they had. Katrina’s new novel, Morning in This Broken World, was an Amazon First Reads pick for August. 

Learn more at Katrina.kittle.com 

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Molly Harper is the author of more than thirty paranormal and contemporary romance titles, including the Half-Moon Hollow series, the Southern Eclectic series, and the Audible exclusive Mystic Bayou series. Molly lives in Michigan with her family.

Molly's latest novel is Witches Get Stuff Done, an Audible Original. 

Learn more at mollyharper.com

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In this episode of Kites and Strings, Steve and Catherine talk with author, Mary-Lou Weisman. She's a prize-winning journalist who has contributed too many articles to list in publications like the New York Times, Connecticut Weekly, Vogue, Newsweek, Newsday, and Woman's Day.  She's also a bestselling book author with five published books to date, and she teaches writing at the university level.  Mary-Lou's insights and utter joy for the art of writing comes to the fore in this interview as we learn about her creative process, and a few clever tricks that she uses to keep the ideas flowing.  In short, Catherine and Steve have a great time learning about how Mary-Lou grabs her string and flies her kite.

Mary-Lou's books.
Playing House in Provence: How Two Americans Became a Little Bit French   iUniverse
Al Jaffee’s Mad Life   HarperCollins
Traveling While Married   Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
My (Middle-Aged) Baby Book   Workman Publishing
Intensive Care: A Family Love Story   Random House/iUniverse

To learn more about Mary-Lou, visit her website at http://www.marylouweisman.com

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Tamara Grantham discusses her best selling YA novels, and her newest middle grade novel, The Not So Chosen One. 

Barbara Rosenberg discusses agenting and the acquisition process. 

Lyn Liao Butler discusses her debut novel, The Tiger Mom's Tale

Julie Cantrell discusses her background, her writing, and why she enjoys coaching other writers. 

Rochelle Weinstein discusses her novels and how writing brings joy to her life. 

Zibby Owens discusses Moms Don't Have Time: A Quarantine Anthology and how books brought her through difficulties. 

A preview of Kris Clink's Writing Table Podcast--a place for writers and book lovers to get to know authors, discuss writing, and learn about publishing, featuring: Kimberly Belle, Kathleen Barber, Molly Harper, Zibby Owens, Amy Poeppel and more! 

Molly Harper Harper is the author of more than thirty paranormal and contemporary romance titles, including the Half-Moon Hollow series, the Southern Eclectic series, and the Audible exclusive Mystic Bayou series. Molly lives in Michigan with her family. 

Psychological suspense writer, Kimberly Belle, talks about writing during the lockdown, recent projects, and what writers should do while they wait for "the call."