From debut authors to Pulitzer Prize winners, Writers on Writing tackles a little of everything — novels, short stories, memoir, poetry, and more, as well as interviews with agents and publishers.

Unlike other shows dedicated to discussing books, we focus on the art, craft, and business of writing. Writers appreciate the opportunity to talk about the artistic elements of their job — the thousands of decisions that must be made to produce a manuscript. There’s no aspect of craft, creativity, and publishing we don’t explore.

Hosts Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone have interviewed well over 1,500 authors on the show including Elizabeth Strout, S.A. Cosby, Ann Patchett, Amor Towles, and George Saunders. Expert advice from some of the industry’s top writers allows us to offer a show that’s been called “your own personal MFA program” (with no financial strain).

Music and sound editing are provided by Travis Barrett.

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EPISODES

(2001 - present)

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Naomi Epel

Naomi Epel, writer of The Observation Deck: A Tool Kit for Writers.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 09, 1998)
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Noir on tomorrow's show

If you're on my e-list for the radio show, you've received this. If not....

Tomorrow, Weds. June 11, for the entire hour, we'll have three authors--Naomi Hirahara, Gary Phillips, and Susan Straight--talking about noir. I'm excited!

Naomi is the author of the Mas Arai mystery novels and the noir short story: "Number 19." Gary is the author of the Ivan Monk and Martha Chainey series, and a lot of short stories including the noir story "Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave." Susan is a novelist ("Highwire Moon" was a National Book Award nominee), and the noir short story: "The Golden Gopher," which won an Edgar. All three of the stories highlighted above are in the collection: "los angeles noir," published by Akashic Books.

Tune in at 9 a.m. Pacific at 88.9 FM KUCI or listen on iTunes. Eventually the show will be podcast and you'll find it here.
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Lisa See

Lisa See, author of Flower Net: A Red Princess Mystery.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 16, 1998)
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Keith Snyder

Keith Snyder, author of Coffin's Got the Dead Guy on the Inside.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 21, 1998)
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Noreen Ayres

Noreen Ayres, author of Carcass Trade: A Smokey Brandon Mystery.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 30, 1998)
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Martha C. Lawrence

Martha C. Lawrence, author of Aquarius Descending.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 20, 1999)
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MJ Rose and Lillian Moats

MJ Rose, author of Lip Service and Lillian Moats, author of Legacy of Shadows.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 03, 2002)
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Mary Roach and Cathleen Schine

Mary Roach, author of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex and Cathleen Schine, author of The New Yorkers: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: May 7, 2008)
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Dennis McDougal

Journalist Dennis McDougal, author of writer Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 05, 2008)
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Charles Bock and Manil Suri

Marrie Stone interviews Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children and Manil Suri, author of The Age of Shiva.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 26, 2008)
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Charles Baxter and Marya Hornbacher

Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief and Marya Hornbacher, author of Madness: A Bipolar Life.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 02, 2008)
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Tobias Woolf and John Burnham Schwartz

Marrie Stone interviews short story writer Tobias Woolf and John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Commoner.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 23, 2008)
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Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg, author of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 30, 2008)
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Mireille Guiliano and Theo Pauline Nestor

Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat and Theo Pauline Nestor, author of How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed.

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(Broadcast date: April 16, 2008)
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Samantha Hunt and Stephen Snyder

Marrie Stone interviews Samantha Hunt, author of The Invention of Everything Else and translator Stephen Snyder.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 12, 2008)
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Julie Smith

Mystery writer Julie Smith, author of 82 Desire (A Skip Langdon Novel).

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(Broadcast date: Nov 11, 1998)
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Arielle Eckstut

Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 08, 2001)
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Eloise Klein-Healy

Poet Eloise Klein-Healy, author of Artemis in Echo Park.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 18, 1998)
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Albert Zuckerman

Albert Zuckerman, literary agent and author of Writing the Blockbuster Novel.

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(Broadcast date: May 30, 2002)
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Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene, author of There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 19, 2008)
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