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	Author Biographer Historian Laurence Bergreen (credit photo: Sigrid Estrada)   Author Connie May Fowler       Author Joseph Skibell		Upcoming Radio Broadcast Interviews Tune in to the fun. Listen to the live and archived radio broadcasts and podcasts for great writing tips. Outstanding authors talk candidly about the writing life.    Click on these shows to hear lively and informative interviews. Each tab (below) is a new show. We'll surprise you with the guest's name after the introduction.     :::::::::::::: Authors ~Nicole Galland Crossed ~Natalie Goldberg Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within ~Sana Krasikov One More Year ~Fiona Maazel Last Last Chance ~Jeff Pearlman Boys Will Be Boys ~William Winokur The Perfect Game ~Peter Manseau Vows ~ Thisbe Nissen Osprey Island and The Good People of New York ~Diane Leslie Fleur De Leigh in Exile ~Nancy Horan Loving Frank ~Joseph Skibell A Blessing on the Moon ~Michael C. White Soul Catcher ~Shelley Singer (aka Lee Singer) Blackjack ~Elizabeth Gaffney Metropolis - a novel ~David Leavitt The Indian Clerk :::::::::::::: Special Guests ~Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio Mayor's Book Talk ~Editor-in-Chief Sara Nelson Publishers Weekly ~Book Publicist Scott Manning Representing Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) and P.J. O'Rourke (CEO of the Sofa)
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	Author Jeff Pearlman and his Little Pumpkin		:: Jeff Pearlman,author and sportswriter, is a columnist with ESPN2 and a former contributor to Sports Illustrated. He is the author many non-fiction books including "Boys Will Be Boys" and "Love Me Hate Me." Jeff lives and works in New York and relies on his wife and two children to keep him off the bad boys lists.
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	Book Editor Margo Hammond		:: Margo Hammond, founder of the Festival of Books, co-author and commentator with Book Babes.com blog, and former book editor of the St. Petersburg Times.
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	Author and Poet Peter Meinke		:: Peter Meinke, author and poet. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His new book, The Contracted World, an award-winning new edition that was released this year, is one of his best. Check back for the WordSmitten podcast of this radio broadcast.
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	Editor Tom Valeo		::Tom Valeo, editor, writer, and founder of The Existential Memoirist. :: A freelance health and science writer, Tom writes a column on aging for the St. Petersburg Times and contributes regularly to WebMD. He was a theater critic in Chicago for 15 years and a founding editor of two Chicago-based magazines devoted to arts and culture. Visit www.existentialmemoir.com
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