In BOY WANDER, author Jobert Abueva gives us an honest accounting of his life. Jobert has wandered the world either with his biological family or with his chosen family. And also on his own. Raised a "good boy" in a family that expected the best of him, Jobert delivered. He also became a "bad boy" and he shares those moments too. Jobert has wandered far and wide and you will want to take the journey with him as he recounts where he came from and where he has been.

Author Thomas Westerfield brings us a collection of short stories that examine emotions from love, loss, abuse, trauma and redemption. On this episode of OutWtihDan, Thomas discusses some of his stories and also some of his own life.

In SUN DAMAGE, Sabine Durrant has given us a tale of intrigue and deception. Nine guests and a cook arrive separately to a luxurious villa in the south of France. Each one comes with secrets. One even arrives under an assumed identity. Will the heat of the summer be too much? Will the secrets be revealed? This page-turner will keep you hooked from beginning to end.

Sometimes the strong and self-sufficient ones become dependent on others for help. And it's never easy. This is exactly what happens to Delilah Harlow. She has been hit with a spell that takes away her memory. Now she will have to rely on friends and even a former lover to regain her place. Thistle Grove is a-buzz with spells, love, and betrayal. As usual, Lana Harper gives us a gorgeous Witch story. This book will cast a spell on you and you'll be happy about it. #OutWithDan #DanWhite #LanaHarper

Cinderella is an age old story. Most all of us know the story. But we didn't know until now, this new retelling. Paul O Zelinsky is a master illustrator and he puts his immense talents to work on Cinderella And A Mouse Called Fred. Along with Deborah Hopkinson, author, they give us a fantastic new way to enjoy Cinderella. (Spoiler: Fred will steal your heart!)

Randy is a "nice boy" from Minot North Dakota. Randy dreams of life in a city with a Subway. And when his aged parents both die in a short amount of time, he indeed does move to the big city: Washington, DC. And he decides to be bold. He runs in a high heel race. And meets Jayne. Nothing will ever be the same. Chandler Myer has created such wonderfully funny and heartfelt characters. #lgbtq+ #ChandlerMyer

On the surface, Dante O'Donnell and Jazz Friendly would seem unlikely friends and cohorts, but in the hands of master storyteller Michael Craft, they become a formidable duo.Once again a murder takes place in idyllic Palm Springs and at a home that has been rented out by Dante's employer. The two are drawn back into murder, mystery and mayhem. Will they discover the killer? #OutWithDan

Kira is drawn back to her hometown in East Texas after being away for the most of the last 20 years. One of her high school friends is having a Vow Renewal celebration. And her grandmother drops a bomb about Kira's mom, whom Kira believes was murdered. Kira is apprehensive and nervous. And she soon learns that she has good reason to be both. May Cobb has crafted a well written thriller that will keep you turning pages and looking over your shoulder.

Martin Matamoros is the playwright of the new show THE FANATICALS. This musical romp is a fun and funny look at Love and Belonging and a Cult. What a zany group of characters will make you contemplate joining. Come join our group on Thursday July 27th at ArtShareLA. Tickets selling out fast. Buy them here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fanaticals-tickets-645588561767?aff=erelexpmlt

This Coming-Of-Age story about a little boy growing up in the rural south is Jeffrey Dale Loftin's debut novel. Philbet (Keebler, Suzie) is a most delightful and direct and brave boy you will ever meet. He says what's on his mind, and quite often what's on the minds of others. Warning: Philbet will steal you heart! And in the end, you will be glad he did.

Bernie Ardia joins Dan for a chat about AT SEA WITH PATRICK DENNIS, a memoir by Robert Karr. Two friends go on a cruise down to Mexico and encounter the beguiling Patrick Dennis, author of Auntie Mame. This "Madcap Mexican Adventure" will leave you breathless as Patrick Dennis winds and weaves his way through everyone's hearts and pocketbooks. An adventure as exciting as the greatest rollercoaster ever.

DEEP AS THE SKY, RED AS THE SEA is a swashbuckling adventure through the South China Seas of Pirates and Emperors. This story resonates with some of the same issues of class and race and sex that we still deal with in modern times. But in the hands of Rita Chang-Eppig we get characters that are fully formed and full of bravado and flamboyance. The strength of the main character Shek Yeung had me rooting for her from page one through the entire adventure.

NY Times and USA Today best selling author David Bell joins OutWithDan to discuss his latest mystery/thriller TRY NOT TO BREATHE. A wonderful outing and a perfect summer read, this book will keep you on edge as you discover the real truth in this family drama that keeps you spellbound from the beginning through to the end.

How I wish this book had been available when I was a kid. Andy Passchier has given us a gentle and loving exploration into Gender for Kids. Never preachy, never pushy, Always Loving and Kind, this book gives kids easy tools to work with and parents a guide to loving and teaching our kids about gender.

We are reminded of the Killers over and over again. Documentaries, podcasts, TV Shows, Movies.... it goes on and on. But what about the Victims? They may not be as "glamorous" but they were to someone. When 3 best friends become 2, the damaging effects break up the friends's relationship. Each want answers and justice. Will they get it? At what cost? Rebecca McKanna joins me to discuss just that. DON'T FORGET THE GIRL is OUT Now!

Y'all this is Too Stinking Cute! Lambda Literary Award winning author Wallace West is back again with his latest CINDA MEETS ELLA. What Wallace started with Mighty Red Riding Hood (A Fairly Queer Tale) continues with the equally delicious Cinda Meets Ella. THESE are the fairy tales all Queer Kids need. And may they keep coming! Bravo Wallace!

RAINBOW PARENTING is an essential guide to raising Queer Kids and their Allies. Lindz Amer has been producing premium content on their YouTube channel Queer Kid Stuff and through a TED talk. Now a physical book that functions as a roadmap to parenting healthy and happy kids.

You love your sister and she loves you. You try to protect her, she didn't ask you to protect her, but you think you should. Then you come into possession of a secret that changes so many things. You mom says don't tell your sister. Your incarcerated dad says: No. But this secret is your half sibling that neither you or your sister knew about. Now, what do you do.... And will that secret destroy your relationship with you sister? How far must Ollie go to "protect" Alex. And what will that road bring both of them? And will these secrets tear them apart forever.... NO PERFECT PLACES explores these secrets and so much more.

What happens when your new love is smeared with scandal. It's a small town and the fact that he's been "questioned" by the police, and he's the only one they took "in" to question. What would you do? Take it? Fight back? Get to the bottom of it? Miss Jo is up against this, and she ain't gonna take it lying down. Catch De'Shawn Charles Winslow and I as we chat about Miss Jo and all the rest of the characters in West Mills. It's a WhoDunIt with many twists.

Zachary Zane has written a memoir and manifesto about his life living out and proud as a Bi-Sexual man. His honest telling of his life story is straightforward and unapologetic, just as it should be. BOYSLUT is a delicious read and Zach is a great guest.

THE LAST DROP OF HEMLOCK is Katharine Schellman's latest book. It is a great mystery set up with a death and all the deliciousness of the Gilded Age. It's smart, it's sexy and it's out now. If you like mysteries, you will love this cleaver WhoDunIt.

Rae McDaniel chats with Dan about GENDER MAGIC. This book talks about gender and identity in a very direct manner that all humans can relate to. Finding our own gender and identities is a necessary component to living an healthy and true life.

On this episode, TJ Alexander returns to chat about their latest novel: CHEF'S CHOICE. It's a love story set amongst food and baking. And it's just as delicious as the book before. It's a great summer love story read.

Chana Porter joins Dan for a chat about her latest novel THE THICK AND THE LEAN. What would this world be like if some pleasures like Sex were completely accepted and encouraged, while Food was rationed and not for pleasure? And what would happen if not everyone agreed? This Speculative Fiction novel deliciously turns pleasures on its collective head.

Actress, Artist, Performer and now Author, Rinny Perkins chats about life affirming successes, as well as the Trials and Errors of her life and her journey. Rinny is both fun and funny and dead serious. Because just as the title says "Not Everyone Is Going To Like You." But I bet you end up really liking Rinny!

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith's debut novel GLASSWORKS chronicles the lives of 4 generations of artists and a family who are involved in Glass Work. Each of the stories showcases both the trials and successes of the characters as they navigate their world. An historical history that is so engrossing.

Twilight Manors in Palm Springs is a Campy, Fun, Irreverent mystery set in Palm Springs and the surrounding area. The leaders in this romp are Brian and Stephane. I giggled, snorted and laughed very loudly at this delicious slice of heaven. St Sukie de la Croix stops by and chats with me about all things Gay and Fabulous. The author and I get each other.

Best friends always step up to the plate. Right? But what happens when you step up to the plate and don't have the tools needed. And what happens when the perfect person enters the picture and easily steps up to the plate with all the right tools. Appreciation, jealousy, hurt, love.... Author Sid Karger chats with Dan about his debut novel: BEST MEN. It is a fabulous start to the best summer read.

Award winning author Cheryl A Head chats with Dan about her latest book: TIME’S UNDOING.  There are two parallel stories: A reporter in 2019 covering the BLM movement for the Detroit Free Press and the actual murder of her great grandfather in 1929.  Through masterful writing, Head shares two equally compelling stories of race relations, where we were last century and where we are today.  How much has progressed and also how much is still the same.

Ren DeStefano's newest book is about identical triplets who are also serial killers. When it's time for the third sister to execute her "kill", she along with the help of her sisters locate the perfect target. Sissy is the methodical sister. The sister that cleans up the messes of her siblings. She thinks for the long game. What she doesn't think about is falling for the target. Each day gets a little closer to the kill date, and each day gets Sissy a little closer to falling in love with her target. Her sisters are impatient. What happens will be hinted at when Ren chats with Dan about "How I'll Kill You".

Simon and his siblings (Talia & Rose) go to stay with their grandmother while their parents work on some personal issues. While at Nanaleen's, the trio go discovering about the past, about ghosts and more about themselves. Author Lin Thompson has created loving and wonderful characters. Their journey is so heartwarming.

Dan chats with Taleen Voskuni about her debut romance novel SORRY, BRO. This queer rom-com features a bi Armenian woman who goes on a hunt to discover her family roots and along the way discovers so many things about herself as well as her family. A big incredible love story on so many levels. You won't be disappointed.

New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear chats with Dan about her new stand-alone novel: THE WHITE LADY. This historic fiction novel features Elinor White who serves in both WW1 and WW2 in intelligence. As Jacqueline said "This book is about women doing amazing things with incredible strength." I wholeheartedly agree! It's a must read.

Two time Edgar and Two time Tony award winner Rupert Holmes joins Dan to discuss his latest book: The McMasters Guide to Homicide: Murder Your Employer.   This book is so delicious in the detailed story of three of the students at McMaster Academy.  We are told upfront, that perhaps not all of these students will graduate.  They are at the academy to learn to "Delete" their employer.  Not just bump the employer off, but how to do it flair and finesse and not get caught.  Each has assignments to work through, and a failure at an assignment might get them deleted.  This book is wickedly fun and a must read.  You will not want to miss what will surely top the New York Times bestseller list.  And every other list as well.  Or that list might just be "Deleted" too.

Dru Ann Love (BOUCHERCON 2023 FAN GUEST OF HONOR) chats with Dan about her special honor.

Francesca Royster stops by for a chat on OutWithDan.  Her memoir (CHOOSING FAMILY) is about her journey of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance.  Her story of growing up with a large extended family shapes and influences her as she and her lesbian partner travel the path of adoption of their daughter.  Told with such love and reverence of the past as well as the present.  You will love this memoir.

Prolific author Gary Phillips has created a Murder/Mystery Noir set in 1963 Los Angeles with his ONE-SHOT HARRY.  Korean war vet Harry Ingram encounters his old war buddy and friend Ben Kinslow in Los Angeles.  Not long after, Kinslow is found dead from a car accident.  As usual the LA Police sweep it under the rug.  But Harry isn't sure it was an accident and sets out to find the truth.

Author Jayme Bean and I discuss UNTOUCHED their Love Story to the Earth and to friends and lovers.  Nature is a powerful force that the characters in the novel find out the hard way.  It's not about force, it's about harmony.

International Bestseller Jane Harper chats with Dan about her most recent book Exiles.  This is the third and final novel to feature Aaron Falk.  Jane creates such interesting characters and puts them in such interesting locations of Australia that these locations function as a secondary character.  While Exiles is definitely a murder/mystery it is also part love story.  There really is something for everyone.

Debut novelist Marco Carocari visits OutWithDan to chat about BLACKOUT.  The novel is mostly set in current day Manhattan (2016) with flashbacks to 1977's Blackouts in Manhattan.  Franco witnesses what he thinks is a murder in the "empty" building across the street.  But when the police cannot find a body, Franco's credibility is questioned.  Then unexplained coincidences begin to happen.   And is it possible those coincidences could possible be tied back to Franco's own father's brutal murder during an intense blackout in 1977.  Or is Franco just off?  This tightly written book will have you guessing until the very end.

How often have you thought "Everyone Has Done That?"  Or "I'm Not Like Them!"  In his latest novel, author Benjamin Stevenson explores these and so many other emotions.  And of course, if you want a family to kill, invite everyone to a family reunion.  This book is wickedly fun and tantalizing as the same time! And just who is the serial killer, one of the family??  Give us a listen as we discuss.

Jimmy Cooper was a highly paid and successful child star until his star burned out.  Once he's hit rock bottom, his mom and sister bring Jimmy into their law firm as a Private Investigator.  After a really high profile chase scene propels Jimmy's star back into the spotlight, his role is increased.  But once that Genie is out of the box, it's hard to know whether to leave it out, put it back or exactly what.  Author Lawrence Allan stops by and chats with Dan about Jimmy and writing and life.  It's fun not-to-be missed episode.

Novelist and retired Detective Sergeant Bruce Robert Coffin discusses his book WITHIN PLAIN SIGHT with Dan.  This is the 4th book in the Detective Bryon series (and it is great as a stand-alone).  Bryon and his team investigate the death of young woman found gruesomely murdered and staged.  The team is under the gun from the press, the top brass as well as the family of the victim.  Will there be enough time to discover what really happened? Bruce Robert Coffin delivers a book that will have you on the edge of your seat hungry with anticipation for the next chapter!

Season 2 opens with one of the most delightful books that I have read in a long time.  Keith Bruton has crafted a fun (and sometimes funny) tale of a Hitman with OCD.  After a very clean and direct "hit" Patrick discovers something completely unexpected at the scene: a baby.  Unable to leave the crying, hungry and dirty Little Bugger behind, the baby becomes a new addition to Patrick's everyday life.  What could possible go wrong?  Or right?

Here's Dan sharing a remembrance of days long ago and also reading 'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Books that honestly deal with grief are rare.  And now from Jason Dombrow comes a book that deals with grief from the experience of a young one.  Hello Heaven!  Is Poppy There? is just such a book.  Told through the lens of a young Doberman who loses a beloved grandparent, Hello Heaven! is such a heartfelt love story to a family member who has passed on.

Wally White author of CHRISTMAS TRAVELERS chats with Dan about his modern retelling of the Nativity Scene.  Six strangers meet on a plane bound for Newark.  their flight and subsequent grounding in the New York area changes their lives.  For better or for worse?  You will find out in this magical Christmas book.

Ashley Herring Blake stops by OutWithDan to discuss her upcoming book release: Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail.  Ashley continues the Bright Falls series with the new work focusing on Astrid Parker.  Astrid is motivated, driven and successful.  She has to be.  It's her destiny.  Until it all falls apart in the second in the series.  It's delightful from Page 1.  It's a must read.  Out November 22.  Twitter: @OutWithDan  IG and Fbk: @GoOutWithDan