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If you are an author, screenwriter, writer or anyone connected to publishing, live theater, or film making and have published a book or contemplating authoring one, you may want to participate in an E-Interview with Bookpleasures.com.
Bookpleasures.com has been in existence since 2002 and has posted over 850 author interviews and over 6000 book reviews. Many of our interviewees are award-winning celebrities while others, although they may not be household names, are just as interesting.
Appearing on Bookpleasures.com offers you a great promotional opportunity for your book or other writings that you may have contributed to various media.
The interviews consist of about ten questions and you can find out more about these interviews and the interviewees by clicking HERE.
If interested, please contact Norm at bookpleasures@gmail.com
In Conversation With Playwright & Novelist Susan Rubin
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 1, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest playwright and novelist, Susan Rubin. Susan has been writing plays for over twenty years and her work has been performed in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, and Cuba. Her works have been produced at the New York Theater Workshop, Baltimore Center Stage, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, where she was in residence for 6 years, and LA’s Bootleg and Circle X theaters.
Susan has written nine fully produced plays winning recognition from the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly and prestigious Garland and Ovation awards, and she received 20 years of support and commissions from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the Cultural Affairs Department of Los Angeles.
She has also written twenty-five documentaries, seen by thousands on college campuses and through screenings by organizations (and at the White House Commission on the Status of Women), on topics like domestic violence, early and forced marriage, untested rape kits and women’s reproductive rights and other feminist subjects. Susan has also written for Funny or Die.
In Conversation With Author, Poet, and Screenwriter, Barry Gifford
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 24, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest author, poet, and screenwriter, Barry Gifford. Barry's work includes the novel Wild at Heart, which was adapted by David Lynch into a Palme d’Or-winning film, and Sailor and Lula.
He has authored dozens of other screenplays, novels and books of poetry and essays.
He has recently published
Roy's World: Stories 1973-2020, a collection of Barry's most
acclaimed short stories that show America from a different vantage
point, a certain mix of innocence and worldliness.
In Conversation With Joy Pope Director of the Decatur Book Festival
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 17, 2020
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Joy holds a dual-genre MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She previously earned a Master’s degree in the Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, famous for its Great Books curriculum, and she has a BA in English from the University of Oregon. Prior to joining the festival, she was the Journalism Educator at the Andrew P. Stewart Center’s after-school studio program that serves the children of Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. She has lived in Decatur with her husband and two daughters since 2006.
In Conversation With Author Joseph DiPrisco
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 10, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Joseph Di Prisco.
Joe has published six novels, Confessions of Brother Eli, Sun City, All for Now, The Alzhammer, Sibella & Sibella, and The Good Family Fitzgerald, three books of poetry, Wit’s End, Poems in Which, and Sightlines from the Cheap Seats, two books on childhood and adolescence co-written with psychologist and educator Michael Riera, Field Guide to the American Teenager and Right from Wrong, and two memoirs, Subway to California and The Pope of Brooklyn.
He is the Series Editor of
Simpsonistas: Tales from the Simpson Literary Project, the annual
anthology of work from Simpson Project-related authors such as Joyce
Carol Oates, Anthony Marra, Sigrid Nunez, and dozens of other
distinguished writers, as well as first-time fledgling writers from
the Simpson Literary Project workshops. (Vol 3 is in pre-production
for 2020 publication.)
His book reviews, essays, and poems have appeared in numerous journals and newspapers, and his poetry has been awarded prizes from Poetry Northwest, Bear Star Press, and Bread Loaf.
In Conversation With Author, Playwright & Actor, Billy Van Zandt
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 10, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com is excited to welcome as our guest Billy Van Zandt. Billy is the co-author and star of the Off-Broadway plays You've Got Hate Mail, Silent Laughter, Drop Dead!, and 21 other theatrical plays written with Jane Milmore, including A Night at the Nutcracker, Wrong Window, and summer stock perennial Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.
He also wrote The
Property Known as Garland starring Adrienne Barbeau that broke
house records at Off-Broadway’s Actors Playhouse.
He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his television special I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, and won People's Choice and NAACP Image Awards for his work on the Martin Lawrence comedy Martin and a Prism Multi-Cultural.
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In Conversation With Nancy Kunhardt Lodge Author of The Crystal Navigator and Mona Lisa's Ghost, (Eric Hoffer Book Award,) and The Gravity Thief
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 8, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes once again as our guest, Nancy Kunhardt Lodge. Nancy has a master’s degree in Classics and a Ph.D. in Renaissance Art History. She has taught at Tufts, Boston, and American Universities and written scholarly articles and delivered papers at Renaissance Conferences in Italy and the U.S., among them at the Frick Collection of Art, the Corcoran Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Resident Associates Program.
Nancy has been a member of SCBWI since 2009.
She is the author of two award-winning, Sci/Fi Fantasy Middle Grade novels: The Crystal Navigator (named as one of the best middle grade books of 2014 by the National Education Association, and Mona Lisa's Ghost, (winner of an Eric Hoffer Book Award,) and The Gravity Thief.
All three books have been picked up by Madrid publisher, Editorial Kolima for publication in Spanish.
In Conversation With Novelist, Public Speaker and Professional Corporate Writer, Denise Turney
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 8, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Denise Turney. Denise is a novelist, public speaker and professional corporate writer. She is the editor of The Book Lover's Haven and host of the literary radio show, Off The Shelf Books Talk Radio.
She has been listed in various entertainment and business directories, including industry leaders such as Who’s Who, 100 Most Admired African American Women and Crosswalk. Her works have appeared in Parade, Essence, Ebony, Madame Noire, We The People, The Trenton Times, The Pittsburgh Quarterly and Obsidian II.
She is the author of the books Portia, Long Walk Up, Spiral, Love Has Many Faces, Rosetta's Great Hope, Long Walk Up, Gada's Glory, Gregory The Lionhearted and Love Pour Over Me (her new book)
In Conversation with Dr. Diana Wiley Author of Love in the Time of Corona
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 6, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Dr. Diana Wiley. Diana is a Seattle-based licensed marriage & family therapist and board-certified sex therapist specializing in sexual and relationship issues, who has been providing talk therapy to individuals and couples for more than thirty years. She hosts a weekly show, Love, Lust and Laughter, on Progressive Radio Network, lectures and presents at conferences around the world, and has been featured in national media from Playboy TV to Cosmopolitan.
Before graduate school, she taught English in Hawaii, Italy, and Mexico City. She also worked as a fashion model and performed on stage and in film.
She has recently published Love in the Time of Corona.
In Conversation With Journalist & Author John Marquis
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 30, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, John Marquis. John has been a journalist for 50 years, has published several books, including Blood and Fire, his acclaimed study of the murder of baronet Sir Harry Oakes in the Bahamas in 1943.
He has also published Papa Doc, about the brutal reign of Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier in Haiti, and My Very Good Friend Bert Lawrence, a personalised profile of the writer D.H.Lawrence.
In Conversation With Sara Winokur Author of Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 27, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Sara Winokur. Sara is a geneticist, researcher, and author of the mystery thriller Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders.
She has a master’s degree in cytogenetics and a Ph.D. in molecular genetics. She has worked on DNA analysis of human genetic diseases and was part of the team that discovered the genes associated with Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, and Huntington’s Disease.
Dozens of her articles have been published in scientific journals. Her research has appeared in Human Molecular Genetics, Nature Genetics, and Cell Stem Cell.
According to her website, eight years ago, after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Sara took a step back from research to focus on her health. She took the opportunity to reinvent herself by combining her passion for science with her love of reading and writing crime and historical fiction.
When asked about what her readers can expect from her novel, she revealed that her audience will be met with suspense, a learning experience, and thought-provoking writing. Sara is now cancer free.
In Conversation With Greg Wyss Author of When Life Was Like A Cucumber
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 26, 2020
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In Conversation With Michael J. Merry Author of Six Honest Serving Men
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 21, 2020
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In Conversation With Wendy Nicole Duong Author of Mimi And Her Mirror, Daughters of the River Huong and Postcards from Nam
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 15, 2020
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Mimi and Her Mirror, won the Multicultural Fiction International Book Award in 2012.
In Conversation Lisa Luciano, Former New York Times Sports Reporter and Author of The Chosen Ones
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 29, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, former New York Times sports reporter and author of The Chosen Ones, Lisa Luciano. The Chosen Ones won multiple awards in advance of its release in May 2020 including Best Sports Fiction in the NYC Big Books Competition.
Lisa was also a television producer and director who received national recognition for excellence in educational programming. A teacher with 40 years of experience, Lisa taught English, TV Production, Technology, and Digital Literacy and most recently worked as a Library Media Specialist.
In Conversation With Rabbi Rachel Adler. Rabbi Adler Author of Tales of the Holy Mysticat: Jewish Wisdom Stories by a Feline Mystic
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 25, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Rabbi Rachel Adler. Rabbi Adler is the David Ellenson Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles Campus.
She is the author of Engendering Judaism, the first book by a female theologian to win a National Jewish Book Award for Jewish Thought. She has recently published Tales of the Holy Mysticat: Jewish Wisdom Stories by a Feline Mystic.
Rabbi Adler has a PhD in Religion and Social Ethics from the University of Southern California, rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College.
In Conversation With David Ruggiero, Celebrity Chef,Television Personality and Author
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 23, 2020
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In Conversation With Adriana Gavazzoni Author of Hidden Motives: Behind the Door, Lara´s Journal, The Brilliant Game, and Her Most Recent Novel, Sketches of Life
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 17, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Adriana Gavazzoni author of Hidden Motives: Behind the Door, Lara´s Journal, The Brilliant Game, and her most recent novel, Sketches of Life.
Adriana is a Brazilian writer, a former professor of law and has been a practicing lawyer for 30 years. Her first series of self-published novels, Hidden Motives: Behind the Door, Lara´s Journal and The Brilliant Game,
Her books have won won several writing contests, gathered five gold medals, one bronze medal, five honorable mentions and was finalist of many great contests (B.R.A.G medallion (Gold Medal); Book Excellence Awards (Two Gold medals); e-lite awards (Gold medal), Golden Book Award (Gold Medal); IPPY AWARDS (Bronze Medal), Readers Favorite (three honorable mentions); Paris Book Festival (Three honorable mentions); Eric Hoffer Book Award (Finalist); American Fiction Awards (Finalist); Indie Excellence Awards (Finalist); Independent Author Network (Finalist); Indie Excellence (Finalist); The IAN book of the year awards (Finalist); The Kindle-book award (semi-finalist).
In Conversation With Chad Lehrmann Author of The Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles Rites of Passage and The Class They Remember
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 16, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Chad Lehrmann author of The Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles Rites of Passage and The Class They Remember.
After eleven years in ministry, Chad became a public school teacher in College Station, Texas, at College Station High School, where he is currently the Psychology, Sociology, and a Social Studies teacher and founder of LEADS, a middle-grade leadership program that he oversees.
In Conversation With Author, International Keynote Speaker, and Expert on Successful Aging and Modern Retirement Lifestyle, Adriane Berg
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 15, 2020
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Adriane is the founder of Generation Bold Consulting to reach the boomer, mature, and caregiver markets. She acts as Director of The Kitalys Institute for a healthy lifespan and the Metabesity Initiative, an annual conference on the delay and prevention of age-related diseases.
She has authored 13 books that have been translated into many languages, including The Retirement Income Explosion; Have More. Spend Less. Live Better (2020), How Not to Go Broke at 102: Finding Everlasting Wealth, Wiley, and The Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids and Their Family, The Totally Awesome Business Book for Kids and Their Family.
In Conversation With Karol Hoeffner. Karol is the Chair of Screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and Author of Several Novels Including the Upcoming Release of Knee Deep.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 8, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Karol Hoeffner. Karol is the Chair of Screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She has penned several novels including the upcoming release of Knee Deep.
Karol also has fourteen film credits including Mary Kate and Ashley's Winning London, MTV's All You've Got, several Danielle Steel adaptations, a television mini-series Harem, movies-of-the-week based on true stories – The Making of a Hollywood Madam and Miss America: Behind the Crown.
Among her other credits are the original movies, Voices from Within and Burning Rage.
In Conversation With Katia R.V. Reed, Author of The Foretold Story Book 1: Part 1 of a 4 part Trilogy
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 28, 2020
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In Conversation With Sherry Zak Morris Founder of Yoga Vista, Executive Producer and CEO of YogaJP, and Co-Founder of the Yoga Vista Academy
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 2, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Sherry Zak Morris. Sherry is Founder of Yoga Vista, Executive Producer and CEO of YogaJP, and Co-Founder of the Yoga Vista Academy, a school for the Advanced Training of Gentle, Senior and Chair Yoga Teachers.
The life work of Sherry’s vision for promoting Yoga for Healthy Aging is offered on YogaVista.TV. This streaming video library is focused on Gentle, Senior and Chair Yoga with lots of Educational information for those who want to feel forever young!
In Conversation With Steven Dodge Author of The Intelligence of Captain Heinz
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 20, 2020
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In Conversation With Author of Children's Books and Political Satirist, John Briggs
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 13, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest John Briggs, author of JUST FOR KICKS: 600 KNOCK-OUT JOKES, PUNS & RIDDLES ABOUT SPORTS, Mary Dyer, Friend of Freedom, Judy Garland: Little Woman, Big Talent, Pete Seeger, The People's Singer, Leaping Lemmings, and his most recent tome, A Vote for Jesus: A Satire on Campaigning, Corruption & Political Crucifixion
In Conversation With Jenna MacSwain Author of A Slow Leap into the Sky.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 5, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com
welcomes as our guest, Jenna MacSwain author of A Slow
Leap into the Sky.
In her freshman year at CalTech in 1982, Jenna was the only undergraduate African American woman on campus. At the time, the overall ratio of male students to female students was 7 to 1. Her sophomore year saw 4 more incoming freshman African American young women, and that was roughly 10 percent of the incoming women students. She later began a career in Silicon Valley at a time when it was virtually an all-male environment.
In Conversation With Maggie Kast Author of SIDE BY SIDE BUT NEVER FACE TO FACE
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 17, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Maggie Kast author of SIDE BY SIDE BUT NEVER FACE TO FACE.
Maggie began writing in the 1990s, following a career in modern dance as founder, director and principal choreographer of Chicago Contemporary Dance Theater. She is also the author of a memoir, The Crack Between the Worlds and a novel, A Free, Unsullied Land.
In Conversation With Award-Winning Author, Teacher, and Authority on the Subject of Sexual Abuse Prevention, Kimberly King
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 28, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest,award-winning author, teacher, and authority on the subject of sexual abuse prevention, Kimberly King.
Kimberly believes it is imperative we start talking about sexual education, sexual abuse prevention, and consent more seriously. It is the most important tool for prevention we have. Helping kids set healthy boundaries for their private parts can be a daunting and awkward task for parents, counselors, and educators. Kimberly helps parents and kids learn how to proactively communicate on difficult topics with her unique kid-to-kid guides.
In Conversation With Kenneth W. Harmon, author of In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 23, 2020
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In Conversation With Charles Souby author of A View From The Borderline: A Collection of Short Stories
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 11, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Charles Souby author of A View From The Borderline: A Collection of Short Stories. Charles is also the author of three novels, Winifred, A Shot of Malaria, and A Long Time Gone.
His short stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post Online, Story Teller Magazine, and Opening Line, and his poetry can be found in 5 Poetry Magazine, Bohemian Magazine, and the California Quarterly Review.
In Conversation With Robert Trebor Author of The Haircut Who Would Be King
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 6, 2020
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Robert Trebor author of The Haircut Who Would Be King.
Robert is an American character actor, perhaps best known for starring as Salmoneus on the cult hits Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. His stage name is a palindrome of his birth given name.
In conversation With Actresses, Writers, Producers Shelly Skandrani and Natalie Marciano
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 4, 2019
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In Conversation With August Turak author of Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 13, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest August Turak author of Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity. August is also a speaker, consultant and contributor for Forbes. com and the BBC.
He is the founder of the spiritual and educational nonprofit the Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation (SKSF).
August attributes much of his success to his 20-year stint as a frequent monastic guest of the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey. As a monastic guest, he lives and works alongside the monks sometimes for months at a time.
When August is not hanging out with Trappist monks, he lives and works on his 75-acre farm just outside Raleigh, NC.
In Conversation With John Blumenthal Author of What's Wrong with Dorfman?, Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour, Three and a Half Virgins and The Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 28, 2019
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He is the award-winning author of the novels, What's Wrong with Dorfman?, Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour, Three and a Half Virgins and The Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird.
IN CONVERSATION WITH RANDY SMITH AUTHOR OF THE RAFFLE SERIES
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 16, 2019
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In Conversation With Sigrid Macdonald, Author of Be Your Own Editor, Getting Hip and, Her Most Recent Debut Fiction, Finding Lisa
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 30, 2019
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In Conversation With Marc Grossberg Author of The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors in Houston
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 21, 2019
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In Conversation With Norman Bacal Author of Odell's Fall
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 16, 2019
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In Conversation With Paullina Simons Whose Books Have Been Published in Over 23 Countries, Have Sold Millions of Copies, and Have Been on Many Bestseller Lists around the World
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 11, 2019
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In Conversation With Dr. Simon Kreindler Author of Peddlers All, Stories of the First Ashkenazi Jewish Settlers in Barbados
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 30, 2019
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In Conversation With Victor Cunrui Xiong, author of From Peasant to Emperor: The Life of Liu Bang
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 26, 2019
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In Conversation With Kevin E. West Author of Life In A Word and 7 Deadly Sins: The Actor Overcomes
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 25, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Kevin E. West author of Life In A Word and 7 Deadly Sins: The Actor Overcomes.
Kevin is a veteran television actor in Hollywood with over 65 plus credits including Guest Starring on Aquarius, Criminal Minds, Bones, Castle, Touch, CSI: Miami, Justified, Leverage, Lost, 24, Desperate Housewives, NCIS, Alias, CSI, Judging Amy and dozens more. He recently wrapped shooting on, The UnHealer, starring Lance Henriksen and Natasha Henstridge.
Kevin is the founder of The Actors' Network and as such has been recognized as the top expert opinion leader industry-wide on the ‘business of show business.’ The Actors’ Network is the most endorsed actor's business organization in the U.S., winning consecutive BackStage West "Reader's Choice" awards (06/07). A few of its alumni include Emmy Nominee Masi Oka (Heroes), Chelsey Crisp (Off The Boat), Chris Gorham (Covert Affairs-Ugly Betty) and Maggie Grace (Taken trilogy).
In Conversation With television Comedy Writer, Producer, and Author of Elevating Overman, Cascade Falls, and The Way We Work: On The Job In Hollywood, Bruce Ferber
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 21, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, television comedy writer, producer, and author of Elevating Overman and Cascade Falls, Bruce Ferber. He is also the editor of the anthology, The Way We Work: On The Job In Hollywood.
Bruce is an Emmy-nominated comedy writer and producer whose credits include Bosom Buddies, Growing Pains, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Coach, Dan Vs., and Home Improvement, where he served as executive producer and show runner. In addition to being recognized by the television academy, his work has received The People's Choice, Kid's Choice, and Environmental Media Awards.
In Conversation With Susan Wakeford Angard Who Has Recently Authored On Wings Of A Lion
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 21, 2019
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In Conversation With Actress and Author of The Return of King Lillian, Suzie Plakson
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 19, 2019
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In Conversation With Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame Member Layng Martine Jr. and Author of Permission To Fly - A Memoir of Love, Crushing Loss, and Triumph
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 19, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame Member Layng Martine Jr. Layng has recently published a memoir of his life, Permission To Fly - A Memoir of Love, Crushing Loss, and Triumph.
Layng is an American songwriter whose compositions have appeared on the country and pop music charts over a four-decade span beginning in the late 1960s.
In Conversation With Dr. John DeGarmo who is the author of several books including Keeping Foster Children Safe Online, and Helping Foster Children in School, and The Little Book of Foster Care Wisdom: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement for Foster
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 9, 2019
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In Conversation With multiple award-winning American writer, Director, Producer, Actor, and Musician, Chris Jaymes
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 6, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as out guest, multiple award-winning American writer, director, producer, actor, and musician, Chris Jaymes. In his nearly three decades of working in the entertainment industry, he has been a member of the Capitol Records recording artist band Bootstraps; acted in such projects as Lost, Party of Five, andChicago Hope; wrote, produced, and directed the multiple award-winning film, In Memory of My Father, and directed numerous films and TV shows.
Chris recently authored Sons of Chaos with illustrations by Ale Aragon.
In Conversation With Dr. Judy Stone Author of Resilience: One Family's Story of Hope and Triumph over Evil
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 5, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Dr. Judy Stone, author of Resilience: One Family's Story of Hope and Triumph over Evil. Judy is the daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors and a physician specializing in infectious diseases.
She is a Forbes Pharma and Healthcare contributor, the former Molecules to Medicine columnist for Scientific American, and the author of a nationally established textbook, Conducting Clinical Research: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Nurses, Study Coordinators, and Investigators.
In Conversation With Michael Kenneth Smith Author of The Postman, Scarred, Home Again and His Recent Novel, The Thin Gray Line.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 5, 2019
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In Conversation With Internationally Produced Playwright With Over 60 Produced Plays and Musicals, Colette Freedman
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 5, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest author and internationally produced playwright with over 60 produced plays and musicals, Colette Freedman.
Colette's play Sister Cities has been produced around the country and internationally, including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur), Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle) and Australia. She also wrote the novel and the film which stars Jacki Weaver and can currently be seen on Netflix.
Colette co-wrote, with International bestselling novelist Jackie Collins, the play Jackie Collins Hollywood Lies. In collaboration with New York Times best selling author Michael Scott, she wrote the thriller The Thirteen Hallows (Tor/Macmillan).
Her other novels include The Affair and The Consequences (Kensington), Anomalies with Sadie Turner (Select Books) I Wrote That One, Too with Steve Dorff (Backbeat Books) and her most recent book, The Reluctant Fairy Godmother with Kimberly Much. (Metamorfic).
She also wrote the film
And Then There Was Eve which won best feature at the LA Film
Festival 2017 and co-produced the film Quality Problems, both
of which are currently available on Amazon. Her film Miles
Underwater is currently in post production and she has
co-written several Lifetime thrillers with Brooke Purdy.
In Conversation With Kimberly Much, Actor, Producer, Writer & Co-Author of The Reluctant Fairy Godmother: and the Absolutely Positively Impossible Good Deed
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 5, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Kimberly Much is a producer and writer. She started her own independent film and theatre company, Muchmore Productions, LLC in 2013. She has produced and or written numerous short films, commercials, music videos, feature films and Broadway musicals.
Some of her most notable works include Platypus the Musical, The Middle Distance, Recursion, Video Games: The Movie and Urinetown on the West End.
Her films and theatrical productions have either won or been nominated in many of the top award shows and film festivals around the world.
Kimberly recently co-authored with Colette Freedman, The Reluctant Fairy Godmother: and the Absolutely Positively Impossible Good Deed.
Meet Gary D.McGugan Who Discusses his Third Novel in his Multima Series, Unrelenting Peril
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 26, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Gary D. McGugan author of Three Weeks Less A Day, The Multima Scheme and Unrelenting Peril. Gary is here today to discuss the third novel in the Multima series, Unrelenting Peril.
In Conversation With award Winning National Radio Host, Professional Speaker, and Multiple Time Best-Selling Author, Angel Tuccy
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 24, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest award winning national radio host, professional speaker, and a multiple time best-selling author, Angel Tuccy.
For 10 years, Angel hosted over 2,000 broadcasts and interviewed almost 4,000 guests – including big names in business such as Michael Gerber, Seth Godin, Laura Ingraham, Bill Walsh and Jackie Collins.
Angel is the author 11 books, Lists That Saved My Life, Mommy Has Lots To Do, and Impact: Life, Leadership & Legacy including her latest book ABC’s of Exposure, Jumpstart for Business.
In Conversation With Retired University President and Author, Dr. Philip Carlton Williams
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 24, 2019
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In Conversation With Award Winning Actress/Director Garbielle Stone Who Has Recently Published Eat, Pray #FML
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 22, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as out guest Award Winning Actress/Director Garbielle Stone. Garbrielle is the daughter of actress Dee Wallace (over 200 film credits including ET: The Extraterrestrial /CUGO/ Just Add Magic, etc) and Christopher Stone (Dallas/Bionic Woman/The New Lassie). Gabrielle has recently published Eat, Pray #FML.
In Conversation With Faith L. Justice Whose Work Appeared in Such Publications as Salon.com, Writer’s Digest, and The Copperfield Review
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 22, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest novelist Faith L. Justice. Her work appeared in such publications as Salon.com, Writer’s Digest, and The Copperfield Review.
Her most recent novel Twilight Empress, plus her previous work, is available through Raggedy Moon Books. Faith is the chair of the New York City chapter of the Historical Novel Society and Associate Editor for Space and Time Magazine. For fun, she likes to dig in the dirt—her garden and various archaeological sites.
In Conversation With Woodrow Wilson Author of Stranded on Mars, Fish Story, The Utah Flu, and Dead Astronauts
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 20, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Dr. Woodrow Wilson author of four novels, three cookbooks, and a STEM ebook aimed at young adults. In addition, Woodrow publishes two on-line magazines weekly: one about cooking and the other presenting science for the general public. He also writes science for a professional audience under contract to the American Institute of Physics.
His most recent novel, Stranded on Mars is a science fiction piece with accurate astronomy and rocket science. He has also published Fish Story, a tale of people kept by dolphins, Dead Astronauts, a space opera exploring an alien ship who occupants have died in transit, and The Utah Flu, a medical mystery about an epidemic that pops up near the old biological weapon facility.
In Convesation Once Again With Gary D. McGugan Who Discusses His Second Novel In The Multima Series, The Multima Scheme
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 18, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com once again welcomes as our guest, Gary D. McGugan author of Three Weeks Less A Day, The Multima Scheme and Unrelenting Peril.
Gary is here today to discuss the second novel in the Multima series, The Multima Scheme.
In Conversation With Dr. Barbara Hudson Roberts author of The Doctor Broad: A Mafia Love Story The Memoir of Dr. Roberts
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 17, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Dr. Barbara Hudson Roberts author of The Doctor Broad: A Mafia Love Story [Heliotrope Books, September 3, 2019], the memoir of Dr. Roberts.
Dr. Roberts was the first female adult cardiologist in the state of Rhode Island. She graduated from Barnard College and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.
In Conversation With Stephen Crabbe Author of Conflict on Kangaroo Island and Song of Australia
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 16, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest today, Stephen Crabbe author of Conflict on Kangaroo Island and Song of Australia. Stephen is now working on his third novel, telling a story set in South Australia during the First World War. It will feature characters from the earlier books.
Stephen Crabbe was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His ancestors were among the earliest colonists, arriving from Scotland in 1839.
In Conversation With Gary D. McGugan Author of Three Weeks Less A Day, The Multima Scheme and Unrelenting Peril
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 15, 2019
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In Conversation With Kathalynn Turner Davis who, along with Genevieve Joy, is the author of Kiss Me Swami: The Spiritual Education of a Beauty Queen.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 9, 2019
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In Conversation With Vic DiMartino Author of Escapes
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 7, 2019
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In Conversation With Chriss Lyon author of A Killing in Capone's Playground: The True Story of the Hunt for the Most Dangerous Man Alive
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 7, 2019
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For more than twenty years Chriss has been a public safety professional and historian, who has not only walked the beat, but shot the most famous Thompson submachine guns in the world, all while documenting and researching the historic era of the The Roaring Twenties.
Her passion in Prohibition-era gangsters, maritime, and aviation history as well as historical weather has afforded opportunities to write articles for various magazines and journals and assist other authors with historical research.
A graduate of Grand Valley State University’s Film/Video School, Chriss began working behind the scenes at CNN Headline News but now is out in front of the camera. She has appeared in an episode of the PBS series, History Detectives as well as documentaries on the National Geographic Channel, Travel Channel, Investigation Discovery Channel, and the American Heroes Channel.
In Conversation With Michael Merry Who Will be Discussing His Latest Novel, Magician In Black
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 3, 2019
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In Conversation With Megan Close Zavala
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 21, 2019
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She has spoken at writers' conferences nationwide and has trained hundreds of authors on all things book- and publishing-related. A bibliophile all her life, she is thrilled to have found a career niche that lets her read for a living, while also helping authors take their writing from good to great! For book coaching and writing advice.
In Conversation With Larry Atkins, Journalist, University Professor, Liberal Columnist, Lawyer, and Author of Skewed: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 17, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Larry Atkins. Larry is a journalist, university professor, liberal columnist, lawyer, and author of Skewed: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias (Prometheus Books).
He has written over 500 articles, Op-Eds, and essays for many publications, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dallas Morning News, Detroit News, The Hill, Huffington Post, Indianapolis Star, Jewish Exponent, Jewish Monthly, National Public Radio (commentaries for Morning Edition and Only a Game), Newark Star-Ledger, Newsday, Newsweek, Newsworks.org (WHYY), Online Journalism Review, Orange County Register, OpEdNews.com, Pennsylvania Magazine, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer and Inquirer Sunday Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly, The Progressive Magzine, Quill Magazine (SPJ), San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Tikkun, Washington Post, and The Writer Magazine.
He teaches Journalism as an Adjunct Professor at Temple University, Arcadia University, and Montgomery County Community College.
In Conversation With Poet,Writer, Educator, Filmmaker, and Standup Comedian Matt Nagin
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 17, 2019
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In Conversation With Author W. Clark Boutwell
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 14, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, W. Clark Boutwell. Walt graduated from Northwestern University Medical School at twenty-three, he trained in Philadelphia to become a Neonatologist, a specialist in the care of critically ill newborn infants, a career he continues to pursue.
For the last twenty years, he has volunteered at mission hospitals from South America to Africa to India, which provides him a vivid palette from which to paint his stories of a future America. He is a member of the Libertarian Futurists of America, National Association of Book Entrepreneurs, the American College of Pediatricians, and a believer. He lives with his wife of over forty years in rural Alabama.
Walt is the author of three books: Outland Exile: Exiles’ Escape and Malila of the Scorch: in a series called Old Men and Infidels.
In Conversation With Donna Gunter CEO of the consulting firm, BizSmart Media & Author
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 13, 2019
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Bookpleasures.com Interviews Donna Gunter CEO of the consulting firm, BizSmart Media.
Donna is the Author of Make Them Choose You: How Local Business Owners Can Double Their Business, Get Customers Consistently, and Have More Free Time WITHOUT Being Held ... Expensive Marketers (Become Business Famous), Brand Yourself as The Trusted Local Celebrity: 25 Marketing Strategies to Position Yourself as the Obvious Choice in Your Market and Biz Smart Quick Guide: 10 Strategies to Online Visibility for More Traffic, Clicks and Profit!
In Conversation With Susie Rheault Author of My Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir of Africa
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 12, 2019
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In Conversation With Dianne Ebertt Beeaff Author, Journalist, & Poet
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 9, 2019
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In Conversation With Karlianna Voncil Author of Led Astray: A Crime Thriller
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 6, 2019
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In Conversation With Jill Sylvester Author of The Land of Blue and Trust Your Intuition
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 22, 2019
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In Conversation With Patrick Stull, Artist, Photographer and Author of Encounters
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 13, 2019
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He has recently ventured into the realm of surrealism, creating powerful imagery that reflects on our humanity while dealing with the meaning of art.
In Conversation With Mark Guillerman Author of Flow Like A River
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 15, 2019
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In Convesrsation With Roger Higgins Author of Billy Gogan, American and Billy Gogan, Gone Fer Soldier
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 19, 2019
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In Conversation With Lloyd Z. Remick Author of Two Times Platinum
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 16, 2019
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In Conversation With Beverly Knauer and Murray Rosenthal, Authors of The Exigent Earth
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 1, 2019
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In Conversation With Yancey Williams Author of Shoot the Messenger, Worlds Apart, Rome and Joliet: A Chapterless Continuum and His Most Recent Novel, The Resurrection of Jesus
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 30, 2019
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In Conversation With Dr.Leo M. Rozmaryn author of Lone Soldier
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 25, 2019
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In Conversation With William H. Coles, Writer, Surgeon, and Creative Force
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 17, 2019
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The Voice Star Sisaundra Lewis interviews Elaine Howard, Author of Passion in the Bones
- By Sisaundra Lewis
- Published January 10, 2019
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In Conversation With Laurie Stevens Author of The Dark Before Dawn, Deep into Dusk and her recent tome, The Mask Of Midnight
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 10, 2019
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In Conversation With JP O'Donnell Author of Fatal Gamble, its sequel, Deadly Codes: A Gallagher Novel and Most Recently, Pulse of My Heart: A Gallagher Novel
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 6, 2019
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In Conversation With Michael J. Merry Whose Recent Novel, Percy and Two Other Fools Has Just Been Published
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 25, 2018
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Once again Bookpleasures.com is pleased to welcome as our guest Michael J. Merry.
In Conversation With Deborah Gaal Author of The Dream Stitcher
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 20, 2018
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In Conversation With Rob Levinson Author of The Leper Messiah
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 26, 2018
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In Conversation With Dr. Edward Shorter and Dr. Max Fink authors of The Madness of Fear: A History of Catatonia
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 16, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guests, Dr. Edward Shorter and Dr. Max Fink authors of The Madness of Fear: A History of Catatonia.
In Conversation With Ashley Rhodes-Courter Author of the International Best-Seller Three Little Words and Three More Words
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 8, 2018
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In Conversation With Thelma Allen Watkins Author of Harpoona: The Diary Of An Ugly Tuna.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 25, 2018
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In Conversation With With Writer, Director, Producer, Musician Cameron Washington Who has Just Come Out With a Documentary, A Man And His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 22, 2018
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In Conversation With Michael Pronko Author of The Moving Blade: A Tokyo Mystery
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 22, 2018
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He has written about Japanese culture, art, jazz, and politics for Newsweek in Japan, The Japan Times, Artscape Japan and many other publications for over twenty years.
Michael has appeared on several television broadcasts and he has an award-winning publication of essays about life in Japan.
Recently,
Michael has published The Moving Blade: A Tokyo Mystery which
is part of the Detective Hiroshi series.
In Conversation With Emily Bleeker, Author of Wreckage, When I'M Gone, (Wall Street Journal Best Seller), Working Fire and Her Most Recent Novel, The Waiting Room
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 22, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Emily Bleeker, author of Wreckage, When I'M Gone, (Wall Street Journal Best Seller), Working Fire and her most recent novel, The Waiting Room.
Emily is a former educator who learned to love writing while teaching a writer’s workshop. After surviving a battle with a rare form of cancer, she finally found the courage to share her stories. Emily currently lives with her family in suburban Chicago.
In Conversation With Jesse McKinnell, author of Dead Cats and Other Reflections on Parenthood
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 7, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Jesse McKinnell, author of Dead Cats and Other Reflections on Parenthood.
Jesse grew up in Massachusetts but has lived peacefully in Maine for many years. On July 4, 2015, he had a dream about a dentist with a passion for writing sitcoms. Somehow, DEAD CATS And Other Reflections on Parenthood was the result. It is his first novel.
In Conversation with Composer, Playwright, Librettist, Author, and Gastronome, Norman Matthews
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 5, 2018
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In Conversation With Ronny Herman de Jong Author of Rising from the Shadow of the Sun: A Story of Love, Survival and Joy
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 31, 2018
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In Conversation With Kathryn Berla Author of Young Adult Novels
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 18, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Kathryn Berla. Kathryn enjoys writing in a variety of genres including light fantasy, contemporary literary fiction, and even horror. She writes for all ages: children, middle grade, young adult, and adult.
She’s the author of the young adult novels: 12 HOURS IN PARADISE, DREAM ME, THE HOUSE AT 758, an GOING PLACES, which received VOYA Magazine’s Perfect Ten rating.
A JOURNEY OF ORDINARY PROPORTIONS is her middle grade novel for adults. And although ORANGE DOG, a children’s picture book, exists only in her heart, it holds a special place there.
THE KITTY COMMITTEE is her first novel written strictly for adult readers.
In Conversation With Roger Johns 2018 Georgia Author of the Year For His Debut Mystery, Dark River Rising
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 18, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Roger Johns. Roger is a 2018 Georgia Author of Year for his debut mystery, Dark River Rising. He is a former corporate lawyer and retired college professor with law degrees from Louisiana State University and Boston University.
During his nearly two decades as a professor, he served on the editorial staffs of several academic publications and he won numerous awards and recognitions for his teaching and his scholarly writing. Roger is the author of the Wallace Hartman Mysteries, Dark River Rising (August 2017) and River of Secrets (August 2018) from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books.
In Conversation With Kristen Wolf, Author of The Way and Escapement
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 7, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Kristen Wolf, author of The Way that was hailed by O, The Oprah Magazine as “A Title to Pick Up Now!”
Her second novel, ESCAPEMENT, won a 2018 IndieReader Discovery Award and received this praise: “Wolf is a masterful storyteller who has written an enchanting novel... it will resonate with anyone who has ever felt passion.”–IndieReader,
As a graduate of Georgetown University she was nominated to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and holds an M.A. in creative writing from Hollins University. She is currently working on several innovative ventures.
In Conversation With Actor, Artist and Actor Peter Mark Richman
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 6, 2018
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Peter Mark is known as Hollywood's most notorious on screen bad guy and holds the record for deaths on screen: shot, stabbed, hung, poisoned, eaten, boiled, crushed, burned, beheaded and more.
Peter Mark has appeared in over 500 guest star television roles. He has had numerous reoccurring roles in both daytime and prime time such as Santa Barbara, Dynasty, and many more. Some of the leading ladies that Peter Mark has acted with include Florence Henderson, Sophia Loren, Cloris Leachman, Anne Baxter, Tippi Hedren, Janet Leigh, Joan Collins, Eva Marie Saint, June Allyson, Janis Page, Jane Wyman and many more. many more.
In Conversation With Michael Doyle Author of Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters and Hancock on Hancock
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 3, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Michael Doyle. Michael is a journalist and author born in Wales. His words have appeared in such publications as Fangoria, Rue Morgue and Scream, affording him the opportunity to interview many celebrated filmmakers including William Friedkin, John Carpenter, Philip Kaufman, David Cronenberg, Roger Corman, Guillermo Del Toro, Ivan Reitman, Joe Dante, Paul Verhoeven, John Landis and Wes Craven.
His first book, Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters, was published by BearManor Media in 2015 to critical acclaim. It traces the life and works of the independent filmmaker Larry Cohen, the man responsible for such cerebral “schlockers” as It's Alive, God Told Me To, Q – The Winged Serpent and The Stuff.
In Conversation With Dr. Bob Rich Author of 17 Published Books
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 3, 2018
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In Conversation With Vicki Salloum Author of Candyland and Faulkner & Friends, One Novella, A Prayer to Saint Jude and Her Most Recent Novel Waiting For You At Midnight.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 18, 2018
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In Conversation With John Harvey Co-Author of Modern Real Estate Investing: The Delaware Statutory Trust
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 15, 2018
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In Conversation With Daniel A. Miller Author of The Gifts of Acceptance: Embracing People and Things as They Are
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 8, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Daniel A. Miller author of the bestselling Losing Control, Finding Serenity and The Gifts of Acceptance: Embracing People and Things as They Are.
After graduating from UCLA with honors in business administration, Daniel then went on to rank in the top five percent of his class at UCLA School of Law.
While still in his twenties, he became a popular real estate instructor in the UCLA extension program; in his thirties, he wrote a respected professional book, How to Invest in Real Estate Syndicates (Dow Jones-Irwin, 1978).
He later founded the California Institute of Real Estate Education, which offered state-licensed seminars to thousands of real-estate professionals, and achieved financial success as a real estate investment advisor to celebrities and the wealthy.
After suffering a series of traumatic events, he began a new journey, learning to surrender to the ups and downs of life. In the process, he became an artist, a published poet, a champion senior tennis player, a happily married man, and a much wiser parent.
He now writes and speaks about the profound benefits of letting go of control and practising acceptance.
In Conversation With Christopher Grey Author of Hand of Silver, Hand of Gold
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 30, 2018
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In Conversation With Filmmaker, Author and Owner of Visual Arts Entertainment, Shane Stanley
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 24, 2018
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In Conversation With Musician & Author Nevard Tellalian
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 10, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest musician, band leaders and song writer, Nevard Tellalian. Nevard started playing piano by ear at age five, and became a professional musician, band leader, songwriter before the age of twenty and a former Island recording artist.
Her main instrument is the piano, and she plays the guitar, and has said she is able to play the blues harp, “but not expect Little Walter.” Nevard as recently published her memoir, Musical Road Kills: And Other Tales. Some With Morals, Some Without
In Conversation With Andreas Algava Co-Author of 600 Days in Hiding
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 7, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Andreas Algava co-author of 600 Days in Hiding.
Andreas was born in Thessaloniki Greece also familiarly known as Salonika. When he was sixteen months old, Hitler's forces invaded his country of birth and for six hundred days, with the help of some Christian friends, he, his parents and grandparents hid from the Nazis.
In Converstion With Emmy Award-Winning Writer and Author of Death and Taxes Mark Zaslove
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 4, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Emmy Award-Winning Writer Mark Zaslove.
Throughout his career Mark has served as writer, producer, voice director, story editor, and live action director. He creates content for all major studios, including Disney, Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros.
A two-time Emmy Award winner for writing/producing, and a recipient of the Humanities Prize (for writing about uplifting human values in television and movies), he also writes short fiction and has served as a senior editor on various magazines.
Mark has recently published his debut novel, Death and Taxes.
In Conversation With Larry Jeram-Croft Author of the Jacaranda Trilogy and the Jon Hunt Series
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 4, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, best-selling author, Larry Jeram-Croft author of the Jacaranda trilogy and the Jon Hunt Series. Larry spent thirty years in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot and engineer. He then worked in industry for seven years before retiring. When he retired, he and his wife bought a yacht and went to live in the Caribbean. It was this experience that led to the idea for his Jacaranda trilogy.
In Conversation With Dennis Meredith Author of Science Thrillers The Rainbow Virus, Wormholes: A Novel, Solomon's Freedom, The Cerulean's Secret and The Happy Chip and His Most Recent One, The Neuromorphs.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 29, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Dennis Meredith author of science thrillers The Rainbow Virus, Wormholes: A Novel, Solomon's Freedom, The Cerulean's Secret and The Happy Chip and his most recent one, The Neuromorphs.
His novels seek to extrapolate real-world science into compelling stories that speculate on their ultimate implications.
In Conversation With Michael J. Merry Who has Just Published His Most Recent Collection of Short Stories, The Tomb Robber
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 25, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes once again as our guest, Michael J. Merry author of The Education of Santiago O'Grady and Other Short Stories, The Golden Altar, The Reluctant Colonel, El Altar de Oro(Spanish), Guten Tang, Mr. Churchill, Galleón and Seven Other Tales and his most recent tome, The Tomb Robber.
Michael was educated at the Royal Liberty School, England. Transferred to Panama in 1959, he worked as a Telecommunications Instructor. When the Panama National Guard staged their coup in 1968, he drove the escape vehicle carrying the President, Dr. Arnulfo Arias and several Ministers, through the military blockade to safety in the Panama Canal Zone. In 1987 he became Division Vice President of a major U.S. news operation in Latin America. He was in Argentina when the Army revolted later that year and Venezuela during the attempted coup by Lt. Colonel (later President) Hugo Chávez in 1992.
In Conversation with NY Times and International Best-Selling Author, Steve Alten
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 24, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com once again welcomes as our guest NY Times and International best-selling author of 17 thrillers Steve Alten.
Steve is best known for his MEG series, about Megalodon, a 70-foot, 100,000-pound prehistoric cousin to the great white shark. After 20 years of development hell, the movie, The MEG, will debut in theaters on August 10, 2018—a $150 million global release by Warner Bros., directed by Jon Turtletaub (National Treasure) and starring Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, Jessica McNamee, Rainn Wilson, and a star-studded international cast.
Steve has recently authored a laugh-out-loud edgy romantic comedy called Dog Training The American Male. Originally the paperback was published under Steve's comedic pen name, L.A. Knight and the just-released ebook is under Steve Alten.
In Conversation With Solange Ritchie Author of Firestorm
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 23, 2018
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Bookpleasures welcome as our guest Solange Ritchie, author of Firestorm.
Solange was born in Jamaica of a Jamaican father and a French mother and immigrated to the United States at age eleven.
As a lawyer in Southern California, she was dubbed “the Case Saver” for handling intense legal motions that either make or break a case, especially in the areas of business, labor, and employment law. In 2014, she received the State Bar of California’s Solo and Small Firm Section’s highest award, the Myer J. Sankary Attorney of the Year Award. When Solange was just thirty-seven years old, her first husband died due to gross medical negligence. She began writing creatively as a way to deal with the stress of his hospitalization and death. She now lives in South Florida.
In Conversation With Larry D. Thomson Author of White Witch
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 9, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Larry D. Thomson author of White Witch. Larry graduated from the University o Texas School of Law and practised as a trial lawyer for the first half of his professional life. About twelve years ago he started his career as a novelist and has written five highly acclaimed legal thriller. White Witch is his sixth and more are to come.
In Conversation With Tim Ortman author of NEWSREAL - A VIEW THROUGH THE LENS WHEN…
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 6, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Tim Ortman author of NEWSREAL - A VIEW THROUGH THE LENS WHEN…
Tim spent 35 years working in television news, having worked for all major U.S television news networks. As an Emmy Award winning cameraman and producer, his understanding of the overall television production process is comprehensive. Tim spent more than three decades shooting, lighting, editing, writing, story editing, and producing news.
His globe-trotting travels have taken him on assignments to five continents, covering everything from war, revolution, terrorist attacks, and famine to Cold War Summits, the fall of Communism, Olympiads, and Olympic Park bombings, presidential elections and the occasional press conference. But his chops were truly made on the front lines of news as part of the Foreign Press Corps. Based in Europe during the 80’s, as an impressionable 20-something staff cameraman for NBC News, his understanding of and appreciation for the news business was formed when it was at its most trustworthy zenith.
In Conversation With Lara Reznik author of The Girl From Guyland, The M&M Boys and Her Most Recent Novel, Bagels & Salsa.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 22, 2018
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Meet Lara Reznik Author of The Girl From Guyland, The M&M Boys and Her Most Recent Novel, Bagels & Salsa
In Conversation With Mark Reutlinger, Professor of Law Emeritus at Seattle University and Author of the Mrs. Kaplan Cozy Mystery Series
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 19, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Mark Reutlinger, Professor of Law Emeritus at Seattle University and author of the Mrs. Kaplan cozy mystery series (Random House), including Mrs. Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death and A Pain in the Tuchis, and the political thriller Made in China (Abbott Press). His latest novel is Sister-in-Law: Violation, Seduction, and the President of the United States, a romantic suspense story published by Black Opal Press and written under the pen name M. R. Morgan. A third Mrs. Kaplan novel is coming soon.
In Conversation With Musician, Author, Screenwriter & Lecturer, Erica Miner
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 8, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violinist Erica Miner who now enjoys a multi-faceted career as an award-winning author, screenwriter, arts writer and lecturer.
Erica studied violin with Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Joseph Silverstein at Boston University, where she graduated cum laude; the New England Conservatory of Music; and the Tanglewood Music Center, summer home of the Boston Symphony, where she performed with such celebrated conductors as Leonard Bernstein.Erica went on to perform with the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for twenty-one years, a high-pressured milieu but the pinnacle of her field, where she worked closely with numerous luminaries of the opera world.When injuries from a car accident spelled the end of her musical career, Erica drew upon her lifelong love of writing for inspiration and studied screenwriting in Los Angeles with screenplay gurus Linda Seger and Ken Rotcop.
In Conversation With Jim Lindsay Author of The Little Bastards
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 6, 2018
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Jim Lindsay Author of The Little Bastards
In Conversation With Julia Fowler Author of Talk Southern To Me
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 5, 2018
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Actor, Writer, Dancer, Singer, Producer and Author of Talk Southern To Me, Julia Fowler
In Conversation With Actress Shelly Skandrani
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 27, 2018
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Shelly Skandrani is best-known for her critically acclaimed co-star role of Leah Lubitch, in Showtime's popular Holocaust film The Devil's Arithmetic starring Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy, and produced by Dustin Hoffman and Mimi Rogers.
In Conversation With Robert & Carol Teitelbaum Authors of Hiding in Plain Sight
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 24, 2018
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com interviews Robert & Carol Teitelbaum authors of Hiding in Plain Sight.
Robert Teitelbaum is son of Abe and Esther Teitelbaum, who were the attorneys for mob leader, Al Capone.
In Conversation With Randi Brill Author of 99 Creative Wows: Words of Wisdom for Business
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 22, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Randi Brill author of 99 Creative Wows: Words of Wisdom for Business
In Conversation With Johnathan McClain and J A Huss Authors Of The Four-Part Series Sin With Me To Shortly Be Released March
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 20, 2018
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Photo Credit: Bobby Quillard
Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guests Johnathan McClain and J A Huss authors of the four-part series Sin with Me which the first of the series will be released on March 6th, 2018 and the next books in the series will continue to be released on a three week roll out to essentially allow the reader to “binge read” as the books have major cliffhangers for an exciting and suspenseful read.
In Conversation With Dr. Berit Brogaard Author of On Romantic Love: Simple Truths about a Complex Emotion
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 17, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes
as our guest Dr. Berit Brogaard author of On Romantic Love: Simple Truths about a Complex Emotion
Dr. Brogaard is a Professor of Philosophy with joint appointments in the Departments of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Miami as well as the Network for Sensory Research at the University of Toronto.
Her educational background includes a medical degree in neuroscience and a doctorate in philosophy. Her areas of research include perception, synesthesia, blindsight, consciousness, neuro-psychiatry and emotions.
In Conversation With Author, Musician and Popular Culture Consultant, Chuck Harter
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 2, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, author, musician and popular culture consultant, Chuck Harter.
Chuck is the author of the new book Mr. Novak An Acclaimed Television Series and has written four previously published books which include, Superboy & Superpup: The Lost Videos, Superman on Broadway - Co-Authored with Bob Holiday, Johnnie Ray: The Year of the Atomic Ray and Little Elf: A Celebration of Harry Langdon - Co-Authored with Michael J. Hayde.
In Conversation With Playwright, Actor, Producer and Author, John Pielmeier
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 29, 2018
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Credit: Jordan Matter
Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest playwright, actor, producer and author, John Pielmeier. John began his career with the play and movie Agnes of God. Since then, he has had three more plays mounted on Broadway and more than 25 film, television movies and miniseries produced. Most recently, he has written and acted in the internationally successful limited series The Pillars of the Earth (named the Fifth Best Miniseries of All Time) and recently prepped his stage adaptation of The Exorcist, which had its West End premiere in late autumn 2017.
In Conversation With New York Times Best-Selling Author, Archer Mayor
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 28, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Archer Mayor author of the highly acclaimed Vermont-based series featuring detective Joe Gunther, which the Chicago Tribune describes as “the best police procedurals being written in America.”
In Conversation With Reggie Hill Author of Lakewood, Reggie and Anita's Camelot and Co-Author of Sunshine's Excellent Adventures
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 21, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Reggie Hill. Reggie is the author of Lakewood, Reggie and Anita's Camelot and he along with his wife Anita have also penned a children's picture book, Sunshine's Excellent Adventures.
In Conversation With Dorianne Allister Winkler author of Pukey Poetry: Tales Ticklers by Mz Millipede
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 14, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Dorianne Allister Winkler author of Pukey Poetry: Tales Ticklers by Mz Millipede.
In Conversation With Geoffrey Mark Author of Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 10, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Geoffrey Mark. Geoffrey has been called a “walking encyclopedia of show business history.” A singer/stand-up comedian in nightclubs and cabarets, and an Off-Broadway veteran, Geoffrey has hosted radio series, written comedy for several stand-up comedians, and writes and produces documentaries and reality shows for cable television. Mark has three best-selling books, including The Lucy Book and is the producer of Nigel: Come Back to Me, a CD with a seventeen-piece Big Band. Geoffrey has recently authored Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald.
In Conversation With Nicole Kelly, M. D. author of 69 Shades of Nashville: Sociopathic Sex Southern Style
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 9, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Nicole Kelly, M. D. Nicole is the author of 69 Shades of Nashville: Sociopathic Sex Southern Style. Nicole is an established Nashville physician who had first-hand experience dealing with the manipulations of a sociopath.
In Conversation With Maya El Author of The Book of Angels: Twin Flames Rising
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 3, 2018
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Maya El author of The Book of Angels: Twin Flames Rising.
A Conversation Pulitzer Prize Winner For His Wall Street Journal Series & Author of The Price of Admission and Spy Schools: How The CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities, Daniel Golden
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 7, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner for his Wall Street Journal series on admissions preferences at elite colleges which became the basis for his bestselling book, The Price of Admission, Daniel Golden.
Today, Dan will be telling us a little about himself and his most recent tome, Spy Schools: How The CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities.
In Conversation With T. Mike Walker Author of Escape from Iran: The Re-enslavement of Women and the Death of Modern Music
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 11, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, writer, author, retired teacher, musician, and artist, T. Mike Walker author of Escape from Iran: The Re-enslavement of Women and the Death of Modern Music.
In Conversation With David Hutter Author of Fake News
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 4, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest David Hutter, author of Fake News.
David was born and raised in Germany, and he spent two years in Italy before moving to London fifteen years ago to study creative writing at university. Since graduating in 2006, he has worked as a writer and editor for various publications, but always planned to write satirical books. His first one, a novella about Donald Trump that imagines how things might pan out if the Donald was involved in incidents that are similar to some obscure and bizarre historical events, is out now.
In Conversation With Hollywood Producer & Author of Produce Yourself, Terence Michael
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 3, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Emmy-nominated producer and author of PRODUCE YOURSELF Terence Michael.
Terence has produced over 20 movies and 30 TV shows (Duck Dynasty). He additionally hosts 2 podcasts about the entertainment industry. In his spare time, he invests in real estate, runs a mortgage business, and consults entrepreneurs on how to monetize their passions and be happy in the process.
Bookpleasures.com welcomes
as our guest Emmy-nominated producer and author of PRODUCE
YOURSELF Terence Michael.
Terence
has produced over 20 movies and 30 TV shows (Duck Dynasty). He
additionally hosts 2 podcasts about the entertainment industry. In
his spare time, he invests in real estate, runs a mortgage business,
and consults entrepreneurs on how to monetize their passions and be
happy in the process.
In Conversation With Nancy Kunhardt Lodge Author of The Crystal Navigator and Mona Lisa's Ghost
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 31, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, Nancy Kunhardt Lodge. Nancy has a Masters degree and a Ph.D. in Renaissance art history. She has taught at Tufts, Boston, and American Universities and has written scholarly articles and delivered papers at Renaissance conferences in Italy and the U.S., among them the Frick Collection of Art, the Corcoran Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Resident Associates Program.
Nancy is a member of SCBWI and the College Art Association and is the author of two middle grade novels, The Crystal Navigator and Mona Lisa's Ghost which is part of her Lucy Nightingale adventure series.
In Conversation With William Luvaas Whose Honors Include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, first place in Glimmer Train’s Fiction Open Contest, The Ledge Magazine’s Fiction Contest, and Fiction Network’s 2nd National Fiction Competition
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 19, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, William Luvaas. William has published three novels, The Seductions of Natalie Bach, Going Under, and Beneath The Coyote Hills, and two story collections, A Working Man’s Apocrypha and Ashes Rain Down: A Story Cycle, The Huffington Post’s 2013 Book of the Year and a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
In Conversation With Wildlife Photographer & Author Laura Crawford
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 18, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, professional wildlife photographer and author, Laura Crawford.
Laura became a professional wildlife photographer in 2001, after three of her images were published in National Wildlife magazine. Since that time she has been published in magazines such as National Geographic, Smithsonian, Nature’s Best, and The Nature Conservancy.
In Conversation With Dr. Peter L. Ward Author of What Really Causes Global Warming? Greenhouse Gases or Ozone Depletion?
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 16, 2017
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BookPleasures.com welcomes as our guest Dr. Peter L. Ward. Dr. Ward worked 27 years with the United States Geological Survey as research geophysicist, branch chief, and program manager. He helped develop and manage a major national research program, chaired a committee at the White House, testified before Congress, worked on a committee for Vice President Gore, published more than 50 scientific papers, and won two national awards for explaining science to the general public.
He retired in 1998, working intensely for the past decade trying to resolve several enigmatic observations related to climate change. Dr. Ward’s analysis and theory are explained in detail in his new book What Really Causes Global Warming? Greenhouse Gases or Ozone Depletion?
In Conversation With John Diamond Nigh whose debut short stories, Sacred Sins: Short Sensual Stories Has Just Been Published
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 14, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest John Diamond Nigh whose debut short stories, Sacred Sins: Short Sensual Stories has just been published. John is a man of many talents, poet, visual artist, playwright, sculptor, and author. As a poet, (John's MFA is in poetry) he has published in many renowned journals including The Paris Review, The Sewanee Review and Agni, and a book of poetry, Labyrinth.
In Conversation With Author Andrew Joyce
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 12, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Andrew Joyce. Andrew left high school at seventeen to hitchhike throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. He wouldn't return from his journey until years later when he decided to become a writer. Joyce has written five books.
In Conversation With Television Journalist & Author John Wilford
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 11, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest John Wilford. John is a television journalist who made documentaries for BBC, ITV and MTV. He lives in Leeds and writes, books, plays and poetry. His other interests include sport on television, walking, cycling, gardening and acting. He is the author of Blood on Cop Fell.
In Conversation With Louise Dean Whose Novels Have All Been Reviewed To Critical Acclaim
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 8, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com interviews Louise Dean whose novels have all been reviewed to critical acclaim in major UK newspapers, literary journals and overseas press. She has won the Society of Authors Betty Trask Prize, Le Prince Maurice Prize, been nominated for The Guardian First Book Prize, and longlisted for the Man Booker and IMPAC.
In Conversation With Joseph Hunter Author of Back Door To Mars
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 4, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Joseph Hunter Author of Back Door To Mars
In Conversation With Playwright, TV Writer, and Author Daria Polatin
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 2, 2017
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Photo Credit: Elisabeth Caren.
Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, playwright, TV writer and author, Daria Polatin. Daria is currently a writer-producer for Amazon’s upcoming TV series Jack Ryan, starring John Krasinski, and has written for Hulu’s psychic drama Shut Eye.
In Conversation With Joan L. Jackson Author of Voluntary Chaos and her most recent novel, Just In Time
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 2, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Joan L. Jackson Author of Voluntary Chaos and Just In Time
In Conversation With Actress and Author Joyce Bulifant
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 25, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Actress and Author, Joyce Bulifant.
Joyce is known for Airplane, Match Game and Sport Billy as well as starring as Marie on The Mary Tyler More Show, dancing with Fred Astaire in Alcoa Premiere, and many other TV shows, films and theater plays. Off screen, she has managed to navigate the choppy waters of her husbands' alcoholism, co-dependency, and an extended family of four marriages.
In Conversation With , Bruce Deitrick Price Author of Saving K-12: What Happened to Our Public Schools? How Do We Fix Them?
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 22, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Bruce Deitrick Price, Author of Saving K-12: What Happened to Our Public Schools? How Do We Fix Them?
In Conversation With Screenwriter, Playwright, Celebrated Emmy Award-Winning Producer/Director and Debut Author of The Trial of Prisoner 043, Terry Jastrow
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 25, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Screenwriter, Playwright, Celebrated Emmy Award-Winning Producer/Director and Debut Author of The Trial of Prisoner 043, Terry Jastrow
In Conversation With Jamil Soucar Author of Real Life Construction Management Guide From A-Z
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 16, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Jamil Soucar Author of Real Life Construction Management Guide From A-Z
In Conversation With Freelance Screenwriter & Author of The Nubivagants, Ethan Furman
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 9, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Freelance Screenwriter & Author of The Nubivagants, Ethan Furman
In Conversation With Dr. Jack Westman Author of The China-America Alliance: East Asian and American Cultural Values Promote Global Harmony
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 27, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Dr. Jack Westman Author of The China-America Alliance: East Asian and American Cultural Values Promote Global Harmony
In Conversation With Pulitzer Prize Winner Journalist and Author of The Making of Donald Trump, David Cay Johnston
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 21, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Author of The Making of Donald Trump, David Cay Johnston
In Conversation With Michael J. Merry Whose Latest Work of Fiction Galleón and Seven Other Tales Has Just Been Published
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 17, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Once Again Interviews Michael J. Merry
In Conversation With Philip Mann Author of Dark Muse
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 5, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Canadian Author, Philip Mann
In Conversation With Dr. Richard Barager whose second novel, The Atheist and the Parrotfish follows his award-winning Altamount Augie published by Interloper Press in 2011. In 2018, Evolved Publishing plans to release his Red Clay, Yellow Grass: A Novel
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 26, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Author & Nephrologist, Dr. Richard Barager
In Conversation With Dan Millstein Author of The ABC of Sales, 17 Cents and a Dream, Street Smart Selling and now his latest tome, RULE #1 DON'T BE #2
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 26, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Author & Businessman, Daniel Milstein
In Conversation With Graham Parke Author of Sometimes I'm so Smart I almost Feel Like a Real Person
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 23, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Graham Parke Author of Sometimes I'm So Smart I almost Feel Like a Real Person
In Conversation With Ethel Roham Author of The Weight of Him
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 30, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Ethel Rohan Author of The Weight of Him
In Conversation With Marc Liebman Author of Inner Look, Forgotten, Big Mother 40, Cherubs2, Rnder Harmless and Big Mother 40
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 29, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Novelist Marc Liebman Author of Inner Look, Forgotten, Big Mother 40, Cherubs2, Rnder Harmless and Big Mother 40
In Conversation With Ellie Douglas Author of Four Fast-Paced Books
- By Lois C. Henderson
- Published May 21, 2017
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Lois C. Henderson, One of Bookpleasures' Reviewers Interviews Ellie Douglas Author of Four Fast-Paced Books
In Conversation With Dr. Robert S. Goodman Co- Author of The Discovery
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 26, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Dr. Robert S. Goodman Co-Author of The Discovery
In Conversation With Melody L. Boulton Author of Amazing Adventures With Dev
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- Published April 14, 2017
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Bani Sodermark of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Melody L. Boulton, Author of Amazing Adventures With Dev
In Conversation With Wally (Daddy) Bregman Translator-Author of Lessons from Shadow: My Life Lessons for Boys and Girls.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 12, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Retired Executive Wally Bregman, Translator-Author of Lessons from Shadow: My Life Lessons for Boys and Girls
In Conversation With Writer, Actor and Director Ron Fassler Who Has Recently Authored His First Book, Up in the Cheap Seats.
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 9, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Ron Fassler, Author of Up In The Cheap Seats
In Conversation With Lisa Dickey Author of Bears In The Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 24, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest author and ghostwriter Lisa Dickey who has helped write seventeen published nonfiction books, including eight New York Times bestsellers. Dickey began her career in St. Petersburg, Russia, writing articles for The Moscow Times and USA Today. She is an accomplished storyteller, appearing at live events such as the Moth Grand Slam. Lisa has just published Bears In The Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia.
In Conversation With Award Winning actress and Activist Loretta Swit Renowned For Her Starring role on TV's M.A.S.H. Series As Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan and now Author of SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 12, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Award Winning actress and Activist Loretta Swit Renowned For Her Starring role on TV's M.A.S.H Series, Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan and now Author of SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit
In Conversation With Shashank Shekhar Author of My First Home: A Step-By-Step Guide To Achieving the Ultimate American Dream
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 24, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Shashank Shekhar Author of My First Home: A Step-By-Step Guide To Achieving the Ultimate American Dream
In Conversation With T.L. Willilams Author of Zero Day: China's Cyber Wars
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 23, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publishr & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews T.L. Williams Author of Zero Day: China's Cyber Wars
In Conversation With William Peace Author of Seeking Father Khaliq
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 12, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews William Peace Author of Seeking Father Khaliq
In Conversation With Ron Melchiore Author of Off Grid and Free: My Path to the Wilderness
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 9, 2017
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest Ron Melchiore author of Off Grid and Free: My Path to the Wilderness.
Ron is an Outdoorsman/Pioneer, Homesteader, Remote Exploration Camp Manager and Author. Living off grid since 1980.
Ron and his wife Johanna have spent the better part of their lives "unplugged." As part of the back to the land movement that originated in the 70's, they have spent their adult years living the homestead dream.
In Conversation With Dr. Barbara Golder Author of Dying For Revenge: The Lady Doc Murders
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 2, 2017
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Dr. Barbara Golder Author of Dying For Revenge: The Lady Doc Murders
In Conversation With A.C. Greenlee Award-Winning Creator of Paranormal Romance, High Fantasy & Adventure Novels
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 23, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Award-Winning Creator of Paranormal Romance, High Fantasy & Adventure Novels, A.C. Greenlee
In Conversation With Fred Krebsbach Author of OKAY OKAY Holy Sh*T Vietnam
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 22, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Fred Krebsbach Author of OKAY OKAY Holy Sh*T Vietnam
In Conversation With Author Devra Robitaille
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 6, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Author Devra Robitallie.
Her children's book series The Muffy Series is a trilogy of chapter books for kids aged four to eight.
Her latest novel The Efficiency Claus; An Improbable Christmas Tale is for older readers, and her exciting sci-fi thriller called The Dream Stealers is coming out on February 19th 2017.
In Conversation With Lucette Walters Author of Light of the Desert
- By Norm Goldman
- Published December 1, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Lucette Walters Author of Light of the Desert
In Conversation With Actress & Producer Cynthia Bravo
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 30, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Actress & Producer, Cynthia Bravo
In Conversation With Prodiucer & Director Jonathan Sanger
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 19, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Producer & Director, Jonathan Sanger Who has Recently Published a Memoir Entitled Making the Elephant Man: A Memoir
In Conversation With Jim Bradford & H.K. Derryberry Authors of The Awakening of HK Derryberry:My Unlikely Friendship with the Boy Who Remembers Everything
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 17, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Jim Bradford & H.K. Derryberry Authors of The Awakening of HK Derryberry:My Unlikely Friendship with the Boy Who Remembers Everything
In Conversation With Q. L. Pearce Author of Over 120 Books
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 15, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Q. L. Pearce Author of More Than 120 Books
In Conversation With Gary Smith Author of The Willing
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 7, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Gary Smith Author of The Willing
In Conversation With Michael E. Nathanson Author of Cries of the Eagle
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 25, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Michael E. Nathanson Author of Cries of the Eagle
In Conversation With Brian Meehl Former Puppeteer on Sesame Street & Now Author
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 21, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Brian Meehl Former Puppeteer on Seasame Street and Now Author
In Conversation With Avraham Azrieli Whose Latest Novel Deborah Rising: A Novel Inspired By The Bible Has Just Been Published
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 15, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Avraham Azrieli Whose Latest Novel Deborah Rising: A Novel Inspired By The Bible Has Just Been Published
In Conversation With Geórgeos C. Awgerinøs author of Eugenia Destiny and Choice
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 13, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Geórgeos C. Awgerinøs author of Eugenia Destiny and Choice
In Conversation With Jochanan Stenesh Author of A World At Risk
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 9, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Jochanan Stenesh, Author of A World At Risk
In Conversation With Judy Alter Author of Several Fictonal Biographies of Women of the American West
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 5, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interview Judy Alter Author of Several Fictional Biographies of Women of the American West
In Conversation With Marian Small Author of When Johnny Doesn't Come Marching Home
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 29, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Marian Small Author of When Johnny Doesn't Come Marching Home
In Conversation With Nat Segaloff TV Writer-Producer, Jounalist, Studio Publicist & College Teacher
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 20, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Nat Segaloff. Over theyears Nat has worn many hats including TV writer-producer, jounalist, studio publicist, college teacher, entertainment critic and many more.
In Conversation With Marilyn Meredith Author of Over 40 Books
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 16, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Marilyn Meredith Author of Over 40 Books
In Conversation With Kenneth D. Ackerman Author of Trotsky in New York, 1917: A Radical on the Eve of the Revolution
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 13, 2016
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Norm Goldmn, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Kenneth D. Ackerman Author of Trotsky in New York, 1917: A Radical in the Eve of the Revolution
In Conversation With Christine Simolke Author of Children of Italy: Love Secrets & Betrayal
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 9, 2016
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Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Christine Simolke Author of Children of Italy: Love Secrets & Betrayal