Dec 19, 2023
“Voices of their generation. Except for Greta Thunberg. And Malala. Amanda Gorman . . .you know what, I take it back.” — Jimmy Fallon
That’s high praise for the comedy writing duo of Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold, from their former boss at NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” where our podcast guests became the...
Dec 5, 2023
George McFly’s A Match Made in Space, from “Back to the Future”…
Hank Moody’s God Hates Us All,” from “Californication”…
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein’s How I Did It, from “Young Frankenstein”…
Some of our best-loved movies and television shows feature books written by one of the lead characters....
Nov 21, 2023
“If I’m developing a recipe for a client, or for my own books, I’m all about people telling me what they think about it, what it invokes for them, what they would do differently,” notes New York Times best-selling cookbook author Adeena Sussman about the collaborative nature of preparing recipes for readers.
If...
Nov 7, 2023
Rennie Dyball is an award-winning journalist, ghostwriter, middle-grade novelist and children’s book author who’s found a way to marry her lifelong interest in horses with her many and varied talents as a writer. Together with her co-author Piper Klemm, she created the popular Show Strides series...
Oct 24, 2023
“I’ve been obsessed with the corrosive power of secrets since my first novel,” reflects the best-selling novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro, a writer who has been mining her own secrets since she first put pen to paper.
In a far-ranging, free-wheeling interview with host Daniel Paisner, pulled from a “Book &...