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  • Can a quintessential American girl maintain her independent spirit when her father moves the family to Tehran, Iran? Shaghayegh Farsijani's THE BURDEN OF…
  • **Rebroadcast from Sept 13, 2015* Hosts Daniel Chacon & Tim Hernandez discuss why writers are drawn to writing in the voice of a famous writer. Daniel…
  • Critics have called Don Winslow's novel THE CARTEL the "Game of Thrones of the Mexican drug war"...and a "south-of-the-border Godfather for our time." The…
  • GOTHAM ACADEMY is a new, monthly teen drama created by the minds of DC Comics...set in the shadow of Batman and the craziness of Gotham City, with new…
  • C. S. Lewis is the 20th century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and their…
  • In 1951, when he was only 12 years old, ED LUCAS was struck in the face by a baseball. The blow left him blind. Ed's mother would write letters to his…
  • In a re-broadcast from October 4, 2014, Dennis Woo talks with Cynthia Copeland, author of "Really Important Stuff My Dog has Taught Me." They talk about…
  • Author JEFF SHAARA is the son of bestselling writer Michael Shaara. His first novel, Gods and Generals, was published in 1996, and it became a New York…
  • LOUISE HARRISON knows all about Beatlemania - her brother George was a Beatle. And if it wasn't for her efforts, the Beatles might never had gained ANY…
  • Host Louie Saenz interviews Jesse Goolsby, author of I’D WALK WITH MY FRIENDS IF I COULD FIND THEM, which traces the lives of three men and their families…
  • Lucy Sanna's THE CHERRY HARVEST is a coming-of-age story and love story laced with suspense, and it explores a hidden side of the home front during World…
  • On the next KTEP Book Club, New York Times best-selling author CHRIS BOHJALIAN and daughter, GRACE EXPERIENCE talk about their careers, recent works and…