Friends & Fiction

By: Mary Kay Andrews Kristin Harmel Kristy Woodson Harvey Patti Callahan Henry Ron Block
  • Summary

  • We're four bestselling novelists and friends whose common love of reading, writing, and independent bookstores bound us together. Now we want to share and celebrate stories—of the books we’ve written, the ones we’re reading now, and the art of writing—with each other and the guest authors we invite to join us. If you love books and are curious about the writing world, you’re in the right place.
    2024 Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block | 2020-2023
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Episodes
  • Friends & Fiction with Craig Johnson
    Nov 29 2024
    On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcome New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson to discuss TOOTH AND CLAW, the new short novel in his wildly popular Longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is a two-time recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, was the first One Book Wyoming selection, and has received the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Reading the West Book Award for fiction. Craig joins us from his home in Ucross, Wyoming (population 26), to discuss his new pulse-pounding, bone-chilling novel of extreme adventure, TOOTH AND CLAW, which adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire. Kirkus Reviews has called it "a chilling novel with all the ingredients needed to keep readers turning pages,” and we are excited to talk to Craig all about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Friends & Fiction with Michael Connelly
    Nov 22 2024
    On this episode the Fab Four (Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry) gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the #1 NYT-bestselling, Edgar, Grand Master and Diamond Dagger award-winning Michael Connelly, to discuss our November 2024 Pick of the Month, THE WAITING, in which LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter. Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of 39 novels and one work of non-fiction. With more than 85-million copies sold worldwide and books translated into 45 languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. His books, which include the Harry Bosch, the Lincoln Lawyer, and the Renée Ballard series, have been adapted for film and television including the movie Blood Work, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, and The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. Michael is the executive producer of three current television series based on his books: Bosch and Bosch: Legacy (both streaming on Amazon Prime), and The Lincoln Lawyer (streaming on Netflix). A former reporter, Connelly worked the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale (where he earned a Pulitzer nomination) before finishing his journalism career as the Los Angeles Times crime reporter. He joins us from his home in Florida to discuss his new Ballard/Bosch crossover novel, THE WAITING,which Publishers Weekly calls “unputdownable…white-hot suspense guaranteed to please his fans.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Friends & Ficton with David Baldacci
    Nov 15 2024
    On this episode, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci to discuss To Die For, the third installment in his 6:20 Man series which finds Travis Devine in the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case where he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train. David Baldacci is a global #1 bestselling author, and one of the world’s favorite storytellers with books published in 45+ languages in 80+ countries, with 150-million copies sold worldwide. His works have been adapted for both feature film and television. David and his wife co-founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. He joins us from his home in Virginia to discuss his brand-new twisty whodunit, To Die For, which has been praised for its “fast-moving excitement” and “satisfying finish” in a starred review from Kirkus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins

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