We’re wrapping up the season and the year by taking a look back at our favorite audiobooks from 2019!Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320Want the great audiobooks we talked about in this episode? Get your copy here:A Series of Unfortunate Events Vinyl: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062873927/a-series…

Seasons Greetings! We're bringing good tidings and interviews with Holiday Romance authors Jill Shalvis and Sarah Morgan!Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320Available Now:Wrapped Up In You by Jill Shalvis: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062897794/wrapped-up-in-you/A Wedding in December by Sarah Morgan…

We bring in the big names for this A-List episode with audiobook clips read by Tom Hanks, Demi Moore, and Debbie Harry. Plus, audiobook director and producer Scott Sherratt sits down for an interview.Subscribe to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp%E2%80%A6nts/id806303320Scott chats about his creative process, how he uses h…

We get in the Halloween spirit with horror and sci-fi author Joe Hill, who’s thrilling short story collection FULL THROTTLE is on-sale now!Subscribe to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp%E2%80%A6nts/id806303320Joe chats about how his family would record audiobooks for each other, that time his Dad let gross-out make-up leg…

We celebrate audiobooks with complex language by interviewing narrator Robin Miles about her experience reading the late Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon.We also pit the author of the upcoming The Gentleman’s Guide To Getting Lucky Mackenzi Lee against the book’s narrator Christian Coulson, in a game of forgotten phrases from 1700s England.Finally, w…

Three fantastic audiobook narrators and real life friends, Graham Halstead, Saskia Maarleveld, and Brittany Pressley share their insight on getting into the world of professional audiobook narration. The Super Friends talk about tips and tricks to a good performance, how they broke into the business, and more!Subscribe to the podcast, here: podcast…

Host of "By The Book" and author of "So You Want To Start A Podcast," Kristen Meinzer joins the pod for an interview about the questions you need to ask when starting a podcast, why vocal fry is a myth, and how to perfect the midwestern accent.Then, stick around to hear Kristen narrate the opening minutes of her audiobook "So You Want To Start A Po…

The creative team behind PUSS IN BOOTS (Neil Fishman, Harvey Edelman, and Khristine Hvam) join the pod for an interview about the creative process, creating audiobook musicals like Puss In Boots, how to be a better singer, and more! Plus they take on the Harper Audio Presents Grab Bag!Then, stick around to hear a show-stopping number from the new a…

Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton Series, joins the pod to talk about her M.O. as a writer of romance, her time as a contestant on The Weakest Link, and more! Plus she plays a round of the dreaded Self-Awareness Game.Then, it's a romance author roundtable featuring conversations about the craft with Charis Michaels, Alisha Rai, Megan Frampton, …

Josh Gondelman joins the show to talk about his new book of essays NICE TRY, what it's like to bomb on stage, the joys of 90s movie soundtracks, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320Enter the Kristen Meinzer Podcast Coaching Session Contest, Here: https://startapodcast.pgtb.me/65jXrh…

We take a look at books with “four letter words” and lots of asterisks in their titles, in the form of Listening Party and Word Nerd segments!Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320Enter to WIN the Listening Party here: http://harperaudio.hc.com/julylisteningparty/The Listening Party adds a new member and p…

We explore new sci-fi titles and interview the authors of THE BRINK, James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth!Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth chat about the type of sci-fi they like, performing accents for the THE BRINK audiobook, how fame has changed the way Murr fil…

We interview two authors who know how to treat their fans, Dorothea Benton Frank and Susan Mallery!Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320Dorothea Benton Frank chats with us from the “Dorothea Benton Frank Fanfest 2019,” about Low Country living and her latest novel Queen Bee.Then we chat with Susan Mallery…

We interview Sasha Alsberg, co-author of Nexus.Subscribe to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harper-audio-presents/id806303320Lindsay Cummings and Sasha Alsberg follow their bestselling sci-fi space adventure Zenith with the final entry to their Androma Saga, Nexus.Sasha chats with us about the journey of writing with a partn…

Authors Juliet Grames (The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna) and Catherine Chung (The Tenth Muse) discuss infusing family history into their work, how pregnancy changed their writing, and more. Then they play a new game called Spoiler Alerts.Subscribe to the pod here: exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fit…resents%2Fid806303320We also introduce a new…

The HarperAudio team has a LISTENING PARTY featuring audiobooks on vinyl, and you can play at home for a chance to win them all! See the official rules for how to enter, here: http://harperaudio.hc.com/apr19listeningparty/Subscribe to the pod here: https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fharperaudio-presents%2Fid8063033…

It's a pod-crossover, as we chat with the authors of Riverdish, Ryan Bloomquist and Sam Gold!Subscribe to the pod here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harpe…ents/id806303320It's a book based on a podcast based on a tv show based on a comic strip. It sounds confusing, but it's actually just fun. Tyler chats with the infectious hosts and authors of Rive…

We chat with author Greg Iles, and give our audience a chance to win free audiobooks in the Listening Party!Subscribe to the pod here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harperaudio-presents/id806303320Then HarperAudio team members Beth and Nathan join to walk the listeners through our first at-home listening contest . We call it THE LISTENING PAR…

Love is in the air as we chat with romance author Lisa Kleypas and romance narrator Mary Jane Wells!Subscribe to the pod here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harperaudio-presents/id806303320First, Andrew chats with Lisa Kleypas, the author of DEVIL's DAUGHTER. Lisa talks about being published at 21 years old, what she's learned over the course…

On the season 2 premier we celebrate Own Voices with Jerry Craft and Bahni Turpin!Subscribe to our podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harperaudio-presents/id806303320First, Andrew chats with Jerry Craft, the author and illustrator of NEW KID. They talk about how the graphic novel was adapted for audio, public school vs. private schoo…

Our guest this week on the pod is Gemma Hartley, the author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward.Gemma Hartley is a writer, reporter, and author. In September 2017, Gemma wrote an article that went viral, titled Women Aren’t Nags – We’re Just Fed Up. That article was viewed by over 2 billion people and gave voice to the frustratio…

At the year's end we chat with Robin Whitten, the editor and founder of AudioFIle Magazine, and one of the voices on their new audiobook review podcast "Behind The Mic."We talk about starting AudioFile, the growth of the audiobook industry and where it will go int he future, and so much more.Click Here to Listen to Behind the Mic: https://www.audio…

Actress and narrator Zosia Mamet takes over hosting duties this week, interviewing author Jonathan Lethem about his latest novel THE FERAL DETECTIVE. Stick around after the interview, as we give you a sneak peak of the audiobook, with Zosia narrating!Subscribe to HarperAudio Presents on iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harperaudio-present…

For our special Halloween episode, we sat down with the debut author of THE WITCH OF WILLOW HALL, Hester Fox.Hester chats about her background in museums, why she likes writing in public, why wallpaper made her life difficult, and more!Oleh Harper Audio Presents

The podcast returns with author of MAN OF WAR and co-founder of the American Warrior Initiative, Sean ParnellSean talks about his move from non-fiction to fiction, his aim to make Eric Steele a new hero worth looking up to, the differences between how American military and other foreign militaries are viewed by their country, and more!When a man fr…

Jim DeFelice joins the podcast to discuss his new book about the history of the Pony Express, WEST LIKE LIGHTNING.Jim talks about how screwed up congress was during that period of time, just how good of a horse rider you had to be to get a job with the Pony Express, who talked him into writing a book about this topic, and more!The thrilling narrati…

Christopher Moore returns to the podcast to discuss his latest sarcastically satiric novel, NOIRChristopher discusses how Bugs Bunny influenced Noir, talks about his goal to write books that he’d like to read while in the bathtub, plays a game of “what’s my agenda?” and much more.San Francisco. Summer, 1947. A dame walks into a saloon . . . It’s al…

Elizabeth Acevedo joins the podcast to chat about her new novel-in-verse, The Poet XElizabeth discusses a range of topics including how The Poet X is both her story and a universal coming of age for young girls, her experience of discovering poetry at a young age, the process of going from writing poems to a novel, and so much more.Fans of Jacqueli…

Nikki GIovanni joins the podcast to chat about her new collection of poetry A GOOD CRYIn the interview Nikki chats about recording her older poems, the feeling that we don't cry enough, women in religion, and much more.In A Good Cry, Nikki takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated …

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This week Ana Maria Allessi sits down with O’Reilly Media founder and author of WTF?, Tim O’Reilly. They discuss how technology platforms can show us how to deal with economic inequality, what Uber and Lyft teach us about cognitive augmentation in jobs, Tim’s experience with policy makers, and so much more.In today’s economy, we have far too much d…

This week we sit down with the legendary author of Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin to discuss his memoir Logical FamilyReflecting on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, Maupin shares his candid search for his "logical family," the people he could call his own. "Sooner or later, we have to venture beyond our biological…

This week’s episode features author, journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington Insider, Sally Quinn.In FINDING MAGIC, Sally Quinn speaks frankly about her varied, provocative spiritual experiences—from her Southern family of Presbyterians and psychics, to voodoo lessons from her Baptist nanny, her trials as a hospitalized military…

Katy Tur is a broadcast journalist and the NBC News correspondent who was tasked with following Donald Trump's presidential campaign. In her new book, UNBELIEVABLE, Tur recounts her experience on the campaign trail.From day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump’s inconsistencies, fact-checked his falsities, and called him out on his lies. In return, T…

Rounding out our Summer of Excerpts is Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, and read by Derek PerkinsMost books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examinin…

Another installment of our Summer of Excerpts, this week we feature the audiobook of SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi and performed by Kate Simses.The gripping first installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series.One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One …

Continuing our Summer of Excerpts, this week’s episode features the audiobook NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US by Stephanie Powell Watts, and performed by Janina Edwards.It’s THE GREAT GATSBY brilliantly recast in the contemporary South: a powerful first novel about an extended African-American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream.Yo…

Continuing our Summer of Excerpts, this week's episode features the audiobook of Hunger by Roxane Gay.From the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.You can listen to the entire audiobook of Hunger by purchasing it…

This week on the pod, we listen to an exciting clip from the audiobook of DUNKIRK by Joshua Levine, and performed by Jonathan KeebleThe Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed them across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultim…

On this week's episode, we listen to a clip from the audiobook of THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn, and performed by Saskia MaarleveldIn an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite…

On this week’s episode, we listen to a clip from the audiobook version of PAX by Sara Pennypacker. The story of a boy and his pet Fox, separated by war, this beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the essential truths that define us and the devastating costs of war, is destined to become a beloved classic. You can buy the audiobook of …

When Mary Kubica introduced the suspense element to her writing with The Good Girl, she knew she had found her style.Now a Master of Suspense, Mary Kubica weaves her most chilling thriller to date in Every Last Lie - one that explores the dark recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that some secrets might be better left buried.Ms. Kubica and…

Megan Whalen Turner's favorite thing about being a writer is that she can give away her creative output while still keeping it on a shelf at home. Her Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations, battles, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. The author sits down with Harper Audio’s Ana Maria…

Jodi Lynn Anderson’s MIDNIGHT AT THE ELECTRIC tell the story of three women – two from different eras of the early 20th century, one from the future – being linked both by their actions and a “very long-lived tortoise.” Anderson says that she likes “to write about magic that’s very realistic,” which was a “constant thread while writing this book.” …

Jamie Harrison sets her novel in 1905 Livingston Montana because, contrary to popular belief, it was a place of sophistication and flux similar to our world today. THE WIDOW NASH is about a woman who reinvents herself under a new identity. It poses the question, is this cowardice or courage? Harrison has lived in Montana for almost 30 years and wri…

Daniel Wallace believes his protagonist in EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES, Edsel Bronfman, is the first character he's ever created who "can exist outside the covers of the book." Wallace discusses his new "coming-of-age-late" novel and talks about finding underlying messages in his works after the fact, in today’s interview with Ana Maria Allessi.…

Susan Burton tells HarperAudio Presents that lectures and appearances are familiar territory, something she had to master as founder and Executive Director of “A New Way Of Life.” But now they’re in the service of her first book, a memoir entitled “Becoming Ms. Burton.” Burton intends the audience for her addict-to-activist story to include women i…

Lisa Ko’s debut novel THE LEAVERS takes a poignant look at the detainment of undocumented immigrants and the devastating emotional effects it has on their American-born children, who often end up being adopted by families outside of their background. Lisa discusses the novel, her background as a storyteller, and the need for more diverse writers in…

"I’ll quit next week" became Laura McBride's motto when her life became too difficult and too busy for writing. The irresistible project was 'Round Midnight, the story of four very different women whose lives come together after sixty years. The setting for their interaction is Las Vegas, McBride's home for nearly 30 years. Speaking with Harper Aud…

Benjamin Ludwig's debut novel GINNY MOON revolves around the title character, a fourteen-year-old girl adopted from the foster care system who is plotting an escape. Ludwig's own daughter is autistic and was adopted as a pre-teen by Benjamin and his wife, though the similarities between her and Ginny Moon begin to diverge after those facts. Today, …