My Favorite Detective Stories

Katie Tallo| My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 186

Katie studied Film and English at Carleton University, TV Broadcasting at Algonquin College and filmmaking at the prestigious Summer Institute of Film and Television [http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-canadian-film-school] and Women in the Director’s Chair. [http://www.creativewomenworkshops.com/] In the two decades that followed, Katie enjoyed an award-winning career as a screenwriter and director, collaborating on projects in animation, television and motion pictures. Supported by the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts, her films screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Sudbury Cinefest, Local Heroes International Film Festival and the NSI Film Exchange. In 2013, Katie’s first-ever manuscript, Gone Monday, won top prize in the international Mslexia Women’s Novel Writing Competition [https://mslexia.co.uk/competition_winner/katie-tallo/]. Buoyed by this unexpected success, and with her trusty golden retriever, Levi, by her side, Katie began writing another novel that was to become her publishing debut. The thriller Dark August [https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062948045/dark-august/] is set in the Wellington West neighbourhood where she lives with her husband, Andy. The novel became an international bestseller and inspired a sequel. The follow-up to Dark August brings back her feisty protagonist for another cold case in the novel, Poison Lilies [https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780063247888/poison-lilies/]. Katie’s beloved Levi lives on in both novels. https://katietallo.com/ [https://katietallo.com/] Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share [https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share]You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/] to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my websitehttp://www.johnhoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/]

Sarah Burr | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 185

There's always murder and mystery in the works for Sarah. #FollowMe for Murder [https://bit.ly/followmeformurder], first in the Trending Topic Mysteries [https://www.saraheburr.com/trending-topic-mysteries], shines the spotlight on a social media influencer after she discovers a dead body in her clients' store, forcing her to untangle a web of secrets in her small, beachside town. Sarah is also the author of the award-winning paranormal cozy mystery You Can't Candle the Truth [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DDBVSRD], first in the Glenmyre Whim Mysteries. Readers are introduced to candle shop owner Hazel Wickbury. Hazel has a secret. She knows when someone is going to die. This power, known as a "whim," helps Hazel uncover a murder in her hometown. Together with her aunt, Hazel aims to shine a light on the killer before they snuff her out. Sarah's latest Court of Mystery [https://www.saraheburr.com/courtofmystery] novel, Innocence Imprisoned [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CZKFGZY], features her fearless heroine, Duchess Jacqueline Xavier, first introduced in The Ducal Detective Mysteries [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z9MPN4N]. This is the eighth book in the Court of Mystery series [https://www.saraheburr.com/courtofmystery]. Sarah is a member of Sisters in Crime, currently serving as the social media guru for the NY-TriState Chapter. She is also the creative mind behind BookstaBundles [https://www.saraheburr.com/bookstabundles], a content creation service for authors. When she’s not spinning up stories, Sarah is singing Broadway show tunes, video gaming, and enjoying walks with her dog, Eevee. https://www.saraheburr.com/ [https://www.saraheburr.com/] https://www.instagram.com/authorsaraheburr/ [https://www.instagram.com/authorsaraheburr/] https://www.facebook.com/authorsaraheburr/ [https://www.facebook.com/authorsaraheburr/] Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share [https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share]You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/] to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my websitehttp://www.johnhoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/]

Catriona McPherson | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 184

Catriona was born in Scotland and lived there until 2010, then immigrated to California where she lives on Patwin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patwin] ancestral land. A former academic linguist, she now writes full-time. Her multi-award-winning and national best-selling work includes: the DANDY GILVER historical detective stories, the LAST DITCH mysteries, set in California, and a strand of contemporary standalone novels including Edgar-finalist THE DAY SHE DIED and Mary Higgins Clark finalist STRANGERS AT THE GATE. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America [http://www.mysterywriters.org/], The Crimewriters’ Association [http://www.thecwa.co.uk/], The Society of Authors [http://www.societyofauthors.net/] and Sisters in Crime [http://www.sistersincrime.org/], of which she is a former national president. http://catrionamcpherson.com/ [http://catrionamcpherson.com/] https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063049789492 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063049789492] Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share [https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share]You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/] to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my websitehttp://www.johnhoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/]

Lori Duffy Foster | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 183

Lori Duffy Foster is a former crime reporter who writes fiction and nonfiction from the hills of Northern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and four children. She was born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, where a part of her heart remains. Her short fiction has appeared in the journal Aethlon, and in the anthologies Short Story America and Childhood Regained. Her nonfiction has appeared in Healthy Living, Running Times, Literary Mama, Crimespree and Mountain Home magazines. A Dead Man’s Eyes, the first in the Lisa Jamison mystery/suspense series, is her debut novel.  Book two in the series, Never Broken, came out in April of 2022. Her first standalone thriller, Never Let Go, releases in December of 2022. She is also author of Raising Identical Twins: The Unique Challenges and Joys of the Early Years. Her nonfiction book, Raising Identical Twins: The Unique Challenges and Joys of the Early Years, is available from Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692934642]. Lori is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, The Historical Novel Society and Pennwriters. She is also vice president of the Knoxville (PA) Public Library board. https://loriduffyfoster.com/author/loriduffyfoster/ [https://loriduffyfoster.com/author/loriduffyfoster/] https://www.facebook.com/loriduffyfosterauthor [https://www.facebook.com/loriduffyfosterauthor] https://www.instagram.com/lori.duffy.foster/ [https://www.instagram.com/lori.duffy.foster/] Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share [https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share]You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/] to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my websitehttp://www.johnhoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/]

Ausma Khan | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 182

Ausma Zehanat Khan is the author of The Unquiet Dead, published by St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books, and winner of the Barry Award, the Arthur Ellis Award and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best First Novel, as well as a 2016 Macavity Award finalist. Works in Khan's critically acclaimed Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series include The Language of Secrets, A Death in Sarajevo, Among the Ruins, and A Dangerous Crossing. In A Deadly Divide, the fifth and latest book in the series, Detectives Khattak and Getty investigate a mosque shooting in Quebec, and explore the after-effects of a rising tide of Islamophobia in both the province and the nation.  CrimeReads named Khan one of the Rising Stars of Crime Fiction in the 2010s, and both CrimeReads and Library Journal named A Deadly Divide one of the best crime novels of 2019. Khan has been featured in a Shondaland profile of Muslim Women Authors Everyone Should Know, and as Ms. Chatelaine in Chatelaine magazine. Most recently, she was profiled on Public Radio International. She frequently appears on CBC Radio, and has been interviewed by the BBC World Service and BBC Radio Woman's Hour, as well as appearing on CTV Your Morning, CBS and The Agenda. The Bloodprint, Ausma Zehanat Khan's fantasy debut, has been hailed as "one of the year's finest fantasy debuts". Published by Harper Voyager US & UK, The Bloodprint is Book One of The Khorasan Archives, a four-book epic fantasy series, that was followed by The Black Khan in October 2018, and The Blue Eye in 2019. In 2019, Khan was a Sirens Guest of Honor. The Bladebone, the epic conclusion of The Khorasan Archives was published in October 2020. Khan's non-fiction book, Ramadan, for middle-grade students, was published by Orca Books as part of the Origins series in Spring 2018.  It was selected as a Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2019, and as the Children's Literature Roundtable of Canada's 2019 Information Book Award Honour Book. Ramadan has also been nominated for a Hackmatack Children's Choice Award. Khan's nonfiction essay, "Origins and Destinations", was published by Seal Press in the crime writers' anthology, Private Investigations, edited by Victoria Zackheim, in 2020. She also has the short story, "The Once and Future Qadi", forthcoming in the Sword Stone Table anthology, and a crime story in a new BAME anthology. A frequent lecturer and commentator, Khan holds a Ph.D. in international human rights law with a research specialization in military intervention and war crimes in the Balkans, from Osgoode Hall Law School. She completed her LL.B. and LL.M. at the University of Ottawa, and her B.A. in English literature & sociology at the University of Toronto. Formerly, she served as Editor in Chief of Muslim Girl magazine. The first magazine to address a target audience of young Muslim women, Muslim Girl re-shaped the conversation about Muslim women in North America. The magazine was the subject of two documentaries, and hundreds of national and international profiles and interviews, including CNN International, Current TV, and Al Jazeera "Everywoman". Khan practiced immigration law in Toronto and has taught international human rights law at Northwestern University, as well as human rights and business law at York University. She is a long-time community activist and writer, and currently lives in Colorado with her husband. Khan has a new crime series forthcoming with Minotaur Books which features American Muslim detective Inaya Rahman. Inaya investigates homicides in minority communities in Colorado with her partner Catalina Hernandez, and independent monitor Areesha Adams - a trio of Muslim, Latina and Black investigators who work to change a system impervious to reform from both the inside and the outside. The series debut, Blackwater Falls, will be published in 2022. https://www.ausmazehanatkhan.com/ [https://www.ausmazehanatkhan.com/] Twitter: @ausmaehanat [https://twitter.com/ausmazehanat] Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share [https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share]You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/] to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my websitehttp://www.johnhoda.com [http://www.johnhoda.com/]