Episodes

Inside the Warzone: A Thrilling Journey with Author Gary Edgington | Inside the Warzone: A Thrilling Journey with Author Gary Edgington | Episode 85
Join the Bookaholic podcast as we talk to Gary Edgington author of Outside The Wire.

Here’s a breakdown of the book. A retired LA counterterrorism cop and a fearless Army doctor risk everything, including their burgeoning romance, as they battle clandestine Iranian operatives bent on the slaughter of thousands of innocents and ultimately the destru...

In this episode, we are honored to have Edward Miskie, a musical theatre actor, singer, and author of the compelling memoir, "Cancer, Musical Theatre, & Other Chronic Illnesses." Edward takes us on an emotional journey through his personal experiences as a cancer survivor and his mission to give back to the community that supported him.

Edward shares that his desire to support others who have been through similar struggles started during his treatment at the renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Ca...

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Beatrice Adenodi is a marketing guru, awareness advocate, and founder/CEO of Mirror Ink, a business consulting firm based in Minneapolis. As a first-generation Nigerian American immigrant, Beatrice had to figure everything out on her own. Over the years she built her own set of tools to overcome the challenges of life. Through her unique perspective, she has been able to help many people get out of unfortunate situations by guiding them from being reacti...

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SUNSHINE, a young adult graphic memoir written and illustrated by National Book Award finalist Jarrett J. Krosoczka, is Jarrett’s account of being a teen counselor at Camp Sunshine in Maine, where he learned about the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of times. It’s the moving follow-up to his graphic memoir, Hey, Kiddo, which detailed growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father, and two unforgettably opiniona...

Read your way through the 1990s with the mystery and thriller that is character-driven and set in the 90s on the east coast. Manifest Destiny with Nick, the main character. His father was murdered when he was a teen. This sets him on a destructive path into adulthood. To finally put to rest his demons, he recruits his long-time best friend and police officer to reopen the case in hopes of getting closure. Meanwhile, Nick is dealing with his own demons. His past and present converge in ways he co...

Have you ever walked into a bookstore or the library and felt instantly overwhelmed?

I’m Deirdre AKA Bookaholic. I have had a love for reading ever since I learned how. I am passionate about most genres, reading multiple books at one time and supporting independent bookstores and libraries.

In April 2021, during the pandemic, I started my Bookaholic podcast. Thanks to listeners like you, I have produced almost 100 episodes. I also started a YouTube channel and blog to help you find your next r...

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Josh Kelley is a traditionally published author, novelist, and ghostwriter/collaborative author with 17 books. After 15 years as a pastor, he became a bartender to focus on writing. When COVID put him out of work, he transitioned into full-time writing (but still occasionally moonlights at a speakeasy for fun). Josh excels at seeing the big picture, drawing material out of his clients, telling stories, and writing engaging and insightful books. He holds a bachelor's in...

Guy Morris has led an extraordinary life. After escaping an abusive childhood at age 13 to become a homeless runaway, Guy worked alongside migrant workers before he earned three degrees by age 27, including acceptance to Harvard and a scholarship award from the University of Arizona for his innovations in building a macro-economic that out-performed the Federal Reserve.

His career led him to the international oil company Occidental Petroleum where he pioneered the adoption of early-stage AI sys...

Andrew Wall is a book coach and world-building consultant who works with fantasy and science-fiction authors to take their stories from ideas to reality. He offers coaching services, designs digital products, and records courses to help writers develop their story worlds and discover how best to tell the stories they want to write.

00:00:00 An intro to Andrew Wall
00:02:46 How did Andrew become a book coach?
00:04:12 Focusing on Science Fiction and Fantasy
00:05:06 Come up with good character n...

Ian Williams is an author, speaker, and business advisor. As an author and speaker, his work focuses primarily on personal development and spiritual maturation. As a business advisor, he works primarily with mission-driven organizations on the front lines of social and environmental justice to help them build capacity and grow healthy cultures through process optimization, well-being integration, and environmental restoration.

00:00:00 An Intro to Ian Williams
00:00:40 Who is Ian Williams
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E.A. Smiroldo is a nuclear engineer with a creative streak. She’s also a Washington Area Music Association Award-nominated singer-songwriter and has won prizes in writing competitions sponsored by the Bethesda Literary Festival and the International Screenwriters. After placing in the latter, she optioned the treatment for her screenplay, Blood Like Water, with X-ray Media. Premised on real science, The Silent Count is her debut novel.

00:00:00 An intro to E.A Smiroldo
00:00:51 Writing Journey
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Brian Selznick began his career as a bookseller at Eeyore's Books for Children in New York City and has worked as a puppeteer and a set designer. His books have sold millions of copies, garnered countless awards worldwide, and been translated into more than 35 languages. He broke open the novel form with his innovative and genre-defying thematic trilogy, beginning with the Caldecott Medal-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Invention of Hugo Cabret, adapted...

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Glenn Kaplan is the NY Times bestselling author of Evil Inc. and Poison Pill. He worked in the international art world and as a creative director in global advertising agencies and a Fortune 500 company. He is married and lives in New York City.

00:00:00 An Intro to Glenn Kaplan
00:01:35 Journey Becoming a Writer
00:04:29 Writing Evil Inc. & Poison Pill
00:06:47 International thriller
00:13:33 NewYork Time Best Selling Author
00:16:45 Angel of Ambition
00:17:57 Sign Offs
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Vic Ferrari is a retired twenty-year veteran of the New York City police department. A Bronx resident for over 40 years he now splits his time between sunny Florida and his timeshare in North Korea. Vic Ferrari has written four humorous books about the New York City Police Department. In addition to writing books, I’m a professional raconteur with over a hundred podcast, radio, and television interviews and a contributor to the syndicated radio program Sterling on Sunday.

00:00:00 An intro to V...

The horrors of the Holocaust and concentration camps not only affected those who were there at the time but future generations as well.

Max J. Friedman realized early in life that the world he lived in was very different from what most others his age would ever experience.

He was born in Sweden to Sam and Frieda, Polish-Jewish parents who met and married there after their liberation from Bergen-Belsen and then emigrated to the US in 1952.
Max and his sister learned very little from their paren...

CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF WONDER WITH FOUR SPECIAL EDITIONS HONORING DISNEY’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY!
For those looking to be inspired by Disney’s beloved tradition of storytelling, readers and collectors can look to a variety of celebratory titles from Disney Publishing, including Walt Disney: An American Original, Commemorative Edition; The Official Walt Disney Quote Book; Art of Coloring: Disney 100 Years of Wonder and The Story of Disney: 100 Years of Wonder, by John Baxter, Bruce C. Steele and the ...

Sue Donnellan was a first-class yelling parent. Now, through here own experience, she has unlearned old school parenting techniques and is ready to share them with you.

Sue is an award-winning author, parenting specialist, entrepreneur, wife, and mother of four (including surprise triplets). As a one-time reluctant parent and reformed yeller, Sue has lived the mom-stress balance firsthand. She is a revolutionary thinker who has been advising parents, transforming households, and reducing overwh...

Bookaholic Podcast - Episode 68
Former Emotional Hot Mess and World Class Awfulizer, Jennifer Moore supports other highly sensitive intuitive women to release empathic overwhelm and distress so they can access their inner wisdom and power. Jen brings over thirty years of experience to her work where she merges practicality, intuition, and skill to offer insight, guidance and emotional freedom to those she serves.

Jen holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology & Religion, is an Accredited Master Trai...

Marianne Sciucco is the producer and host of Untangling Alzheimer’s and Dementia, an AlzAuthors podcast.

AlzAuthors is the global community of authors writing about Alzheimer’s and dementia from personal experience to light the way for others. With more than 300 authors and resources in its collection, the non-profit has a wealth of knowledge and experience to offer caregivers currently on a dementia journey with a loved one, or professionals working in dementia and memory care.

00:00:00 An in...

Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro is an award-winning and celebrated author, speaker, and educator. She earned her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University and completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard during a very successful and rewarding 35-year career as a high school special education teacher, with 12 years as a university graduate school adjunct professor.

00:00:00 An intro to Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro
00:01:27 Who is Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro
00:04:32 True Deceit False Love book series...

Randi-Lee Bowslaugh was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. She continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions.

In 2017 Randi published her first book about mental health awareness and from there knew that this was her dream. Since then she has continued writing and expanding the genres that she writes.

00:00:00 An intro to Randi-Lee Bowslaugh
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Teri Brown is a wife, mother, grandmother, and author who loves word games, reading, bumming on the beach, taking photos, singing in the shower, hunting for bargains, ballroom dancing, playing bridge, and mentoring others.

Born in Athens, Greece as an Air Force brat, Teri M Brown came into this world with an imagination full of stories to tell. She now calls the North Carolina coast home, and the peaceful nature of the sea has been a great source of inspiration for her creativity.

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Lisa Towles is an award-winning, Amazon bestselling crime novelist and a passionate speaker on the topics of fiction writing, creativity, and Strategic Self Care. Lisa has nine crime novels in print with a new title, Salt Island, forthcoming in June of 2023. Her latest thriller, The Ridders, was an Amazon #2 Kindle Bestseller and won an American Fiction Award. Her psychological thriller, Hot House was an Amazon #1 Bestseller and the first-place Winner of the 2022 Book Fest Literary Award in Myst...

In 2018, Emmanuel launched a personal podcast called Flavors Unknown, featuring a series of conversations with trending and award-winning chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists from around the United States. Emmanuel Laroche has access to a variety of acclaimed people in the food industry.

00:00:00 An intro to Emmanuel Laroche
00:01:45 Writing Conversation Behind the Kitchen Door
00:03:57 Publishing Journey
00:07:02 How Emmanuel's book started
00:10:03 50 American Chefs
00:14:56 Unsatisfied
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