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Friday Morning Coffee: Two Authors, Twice the Crime

A double shot for today's Friday Morning Coffee!

Authors Nekesa Asia and John Fram join Daniel Ford to chat about their work.

Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the thrills and mysteries involved in being in a band with no name.

To learn more about Nekesa Asia, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Dead Dead Girls was featured in June 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar."

To learn more about John Fram, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. The Bright Lands was featured in August 2020's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar."

Today’s Friday Morning Coffee episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast.

Episode 496: Paula Hawkins, Author of A Slow Fire Burning

Author Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train, Into the Water) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest novel A Slow Fire Burning.

"One of the things I thought about a lot writing this novel is what is appropriate justice? Who gets what they deserve?" Hawkins tells Ford. "Should you restore order to the world? Is that your obligation as a crime novelist? Or should you be realistic?"

To learn more about Paula Hawkins, visit her official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram. Also read our print interview with the author from 2015.

Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and Basic Pitches.

Episode 495: James Tate Hill, Author of Blind Man's Bluff

Author James Tate Hill (Academy Gothic) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his memoir Blind Man's Bluff.

"Follow your obsessions," Tate tells Ford. "They're probably connected to something that can very easily become a story that would be very entertaining to an audience or useful to you as a writer to explore."

To learn more about James Tate Hill, visit his official website and follow him on Facebook and Twitter. Blind Man's Bluff was featured in August 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Also listen to the author's appearance on Pop Literacy.

Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast.

Friday Morning Coffee: Kia Corthron, Author of Moon and the Mars

Author and playwright Kia Corthron joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her latest novel Moon and the Mars.

Caitlin Malcuit and Daniel also discuss the dumpster fire news cycle from the past week. 

To learn more about Kia Corthron, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter. Moon and the Mars was featured in August 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar."

Today’s Friday Morning Coffee episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast.

Episode 494: Katie Crouch, Author of Embassy Wife

Author Katie Crouch joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her novel Embassy Wife.

To learn more about Katie Crouch, follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Embassy Wife was featured in July 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar."

Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast.

Episode 493: S.A. Cosby, Author of Razorblade Tears (With Special Guest Host Kelly J. Ford)

S.A. Cosby, author of Blacktop Wasteland, joins Daniel Ford and special guest host Kelly J. Ford (Cottomouths) to chat about his book Razorblade Tears.

To learn more about S.A. Cosby, like his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 433.

To learn more about Kelly J. Ford, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Listen to our first chat with the author in Episode 402.

Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Friday Morning Coffee: Joby Warrick, Author of Red Line

Pulitzer Prize-winner Joby Warrick returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World. They also discuss the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan and the humanitarian crisis there, as well as other U.S. national security issues around the globe.

To learn more about Joby Warrick, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter. Also listen to our first chat with the author in 2016 and read more of Warrick's work with The Washington Post. 

Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Episode 492: Megan Abbott, Author of The Turnout

Megan Abbott, author of Give Me Your Hand and You Will Know Me, joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her new, best-selling novel The Turnout.

To learn more about Megan Abbott, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Episode 491: Kristen Arnett, Author of With Teeth

Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things, joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her sophomore novel With Teeth.

To learn more about Kristen Arnett, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. With Teeth was featured in July 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar."

Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Friday Morning Coffee: Carol Anderson, Author of The Second

Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote, joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss her latest book The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America.

Caitlin Malcuit also chats about The Verge's feature on Chicago's predictive policing program and Interrupting Criminalization's "Cop’s Don’t Stop Violence" report.

To learn more about Carol Anderson, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter. The Second was featured in July 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar."

Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.