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Spooky season is upon us and if you like the horror genre then I have a great new book for you.  Nick Medina is back with another great read.  Check out Savage Lake, a cabin in the wood horror novel that keeps you on your toes.  Author suggestions Misery Evil Dead Burn Cabin in the Woods The Strangers The Shining The Silent Women by Tara Lynn Massey The Caretaker by Marcus Kliever Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night, Part 2

This week on the podcast we have returning author Eva Jurczyk discussing her latest novel, The Paris Files.  A woman meets a man and the fall in love.  They meet up in Paris for two weeks enjoying the city.  Then the man suddenly disappears and no one knows what happened.  The novel is told entirely through police reports.  Author reads Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Dracula by Bram Stoker We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Petty LIes by Sulmi Bak Penance by Eliza Clark

This week on the KPL Podcast, we are doing something a little different.  We spoke with E. Madison Shimoda who translated Welcome to Kokoro Cat Clinic by Syou Ishida.  In this episode we learn more about literary translation from Japanese to English.   Author Reads Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley

This week on the podcast we have bestselling author, Sharon Cameron.  She was here to talk about her latest novel, Up From the Ashes.  This historical fiction is about two people finding each other and falling in love in the most horrific conditions in a Nazi death camp during WW2.  Author Reads The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow Building 903 by Lois Lowry

This week on the KPL podcast we have author Ally Zetterberg. Her new novel is a unique blend of comedy mixed with a thriller.   Her new novel, The Dating Game is a fun and unexpected blend of comedy and thriller, with plenty of humor, suspense, and surprises.  Author Reads I Think We Should Kill Other People by LM Chilton Mrs. Dickens by Emily Howes

This week on the KPL Podcast we are back with Anne Shaw Heinrich and her latest book, The House of Teeth.  This is book three the series, The Women of Paradise County. The book is also a finalist for the American Fiction Award. Previous Episodes God Bless the Child by Anne Shaw Heinrich Episode 255 Violet is Blue by Anne Shaw Heinrich Episode 290 Author Reads Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

This week on the KPL Podcast, we have middle-grade author, Emily Galvin Almanza.  Andromeda Diaz and the Reasonable Doubt is about the daughter of public defenders as she locates why a classmate was suspended from school. Author Reads The Mismeasurement of America: How Outdated Government Statistics Mask The Economic Struggle Of Everyday Americans by Gene Ludwig Everything is Tuberculois: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Sarah Lotz and we are discussing, How to Kill a Crime Writer.  A young woman solves her mother's murder while working with a fictional detective from her mother's books. Author reads Hagitude by Sharon Blackie Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

This Week on the KPL Podcast, take yourself to the South African bush.  Natalie Moss' debut novel is set in the South African bush.  Two sisters and friends journey through the bush on foot as they navigate the wildlife and stay ahead of the killers. Author Reads Homebound by Portia Elan Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Jane Pek.  Her latest novel The Rivals explores the world of AI in a fun, interesting way.  This is a mystery novel set in a dating agency. Claudia Lin works for an agency that explores the truth about online dating profiles.  She uncovers an AI conspiracy and cover-up by corporate matchmakers.   Author Reads In the Wood by Tana French Golden Hill by Francis Spufford The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami Collected Fiction by Jorge Luis Borges

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author/journalist Nicole Carr.  We had a great conversation about her new book, The Price of Exclusion, The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation.  The book explores the systemic racism, exclusionary and historical policies that dismantled Black medical institutions and shaped modern healthcare disparities.  Author Reads Before  I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

This week on the KPL podcast we have author Meg Shaffer.  Her latest novel, The Book Witch, is a delightful cozy fantasy about a woman whose magical job is to preserve books and protect the stories within them. Armed with the ability to step inside the pages of a book, she must fix problems before they alter the story readers know and love. It's a charming, imaginative, and wonderfully lighthearted read.  London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Sherlock Holmes and the Hounds of Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle Writing Creativity  and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd

This week on the KPL podcast we spoke with authors David Levithan and Gabriel Duckels about their new book, The Fight of Our Lives: Aids in America.  A moving book that chronicles the Aids crisis of the 80's and 90's.  A portrait of a group of people that fought to be heard even when countless doors were shut for them.

The week on the KPL Podcast we spoke with Cynthia Sweeney about her latest novel, Lake Effect.  The parents of two neighboring families have an affair and breakup the families.  The novel explores long-term effects of divorce on family and how it alters relationships. Author Reads In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man by Tom Junod Whistler by Ann Patchett The end of my life is killing me : the unexpected joys of a cancer slacker by Annabelle Gurwitch Go Gentle by Marie Semple

This week on the KPL Podcast, we have author Hallie Cantor.  We discussed her latest novel Like This But Funnier.  A debut novel about a TV writer who is having difficulty getting any project into development.  She accidentally finds her therapist husband's notes about a patient and decides to pitch a TV show based on this patient's personal life.  Hollywood loves it but the patient knows nothing about it. An entertaining, witty debut novel Author Reads Saves the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody Refuse to Be Done: How to write and rewrite a novel in three drafts by Matt Bell Story by Robert McKee Craft in the Real World, Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping  by Matthew Salesses Writing down the Bones: Feeling the writer within by Natalie Goldberg Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life by Anne Lamott Making Comics by Lynda Barry