Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her fiction collection My Monticello. To learn more about Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. My Monticello was featured in October 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm (promo code WRITERSBONE), As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and Misfits Markets (promo code: WRITERSBONE).

Author Zoe Whittall joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel The Spectacular. Daniel also pays tribute to the late Donna Borrelli, former associate publisher of JCK magazine. Read JCK's Rob Bates' obituary for Borrelli. To learn more about Zoe Whittall, follow her on Twitter and Instagram. The Spectacular was featured in September 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm (promo code WRITERSBONE), As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and Misfits Markets (promo code: WRITERSBONE).

Author Ted Flanagan joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about his debut Every Hidden Thing. Caitlin Malcuit also shares her favorite children's book and plugs "Big Questions with The Dead Milkmen." To learn more about Ted Flanagan, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Every Hidden Thing was featured on October 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.

Max Greenfield ("The Neighborhood," "New Girl") joins Daniel and Stephanie Ford on the show to chat about his new children's book I Don't Want to Read This Book.  To learn more about Max Greenfield, follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Catch Greenfield on "The Neighborhood" on CBS. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Filmmaker and author Nick Davis joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait. Davis also chats about his ESPN 30 for 30 for 30 documentary "Once Upon a Time in Queens." To learn more about Nick Davis, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Competing with Idiots was featured in October 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland, returns to chat with Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee about his new book, The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth. Caitlin Malcuit also shares some thoughts about America's opioid epidemic. "The TL;DR version is that too much focus—when it comes to prevention, harm reduction, and so on—is on the individual rather than the systems that get people stuck in the first place,” she says. To learn more about Sam Quinones, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 253. Today's Friday Morning Coffee episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Night Watchman, joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest book, The Sentence. "I always wanted to write a ghost story," Erdrich tells Ford. "I always wanted to write about a supernatural presence that wouldn't let you go." You can learn more about Louise Erdrich and her bookstore Birchbark Books by visiting their website, liking their Facebook page, and following them on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Authors Lee and Andrew Child join Daniel Ford on the show to talk about the latest Jack Reacher thriller Better Off Dead. Follow Lee on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Andrew on Twitter and Instagram. Better Off Dead was featured in October's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Happy Halloween! In a special bonus episode, Rachel Harrison, author of The Return, chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Cackle. "I wanted to explore folk-horror and also destructing a fairy tale," Harrison tells Ford. "I go with my instincts and let the book what it's trying to be and not fight against it." To learn more about Rachel Harrison, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Cackle was featured in October 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Also listen to our first interview with Harrison, as well as her guest interviews with Elisabeth Thomas, Clay McLeod Chapman, Adam Cesare, and Shaun Hamill. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

On this week's Friday Morning Coffee, we welcome author and journalist Jan Brogan. She chats with Daniel Ford about her book The Combat Zone: Murder, Race and Boston’s Struggle for Justice. Caitlin Malcuit also discusses some of the racial, political, and sociological issues facing Boston's past and present. To learn more about Jan Brogan, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. The Combat Zone was featured in September 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today's Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Wicked author Gregory Maguire chats with Daniel Ford about his new book The Brides of Maracoor, the first in the Another Day series. "I had no other responsibility but to follow Rain in my little author's rowboat and see what happened to her," Maguire tells Ford. To learn more about Gregory Maguire, visit his official website. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author Jayne Allen talks with Daniel Ford about her novel Black Girls Must Die Exhausted. "There's a lot of competition for readers' attention these days," Allen tells Ford. "Readers aren't only readers. What is going to make someone choose my eight hours over binging something?" To learn more about Jayne Allen, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Julia Dahl joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her latest novel The Missing Hours. Caitlin Malcuit also discusses a World Health Organization report on violence against women, as well as work being done by Not Our Native Daughters, National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault, The National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence, The Anti-Violence Project, The National Center for Transgender Equality, and The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. To learn more about Julia Dahl, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. The Missing Hours was featured in August 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s Friday Morning Coffee episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

We celebrate our 500th episode with the help of Pop Literacy hosts Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and Kimberly Potts. They share some pop culture book and TV recommendations with Daniel Ford and share some lessons they've learned about podcasting (0:51 - 41:56). Two-time National Book Award finalist Lauren Groff then joins Daniel on the show to discuss her latest book Matrix (43:07 - 1:06:35). Groff explains to us how she went about crafting a story set in 12th century and featuring Marie de France as the main character. To learn more about Lauren Groff, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter. Matrix was featured in September 2021’s “Books That Should Be On Your Radar.” To learn more about Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about Kimberly Potts, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also subscribe to Pop Literacy and pick up When Women Invented Television and The Way We All Became The Brady Bunch. Here's a list of recommendations featured in this episode: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos by Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa Bad Motherfucker: The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood by Gavin Edwards Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid "For All Mankind" on Apple TV "Heels" on Starz "Impeachment" on FX "Dopesick" on Hulu Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

We head to the U.K. for Episode 499! Author Jo Hamya chats with Daniel Ford about her debut Three Rooms. "I'm finding increasingly weirder ways to construct a sentence is what keeps me interested," says Hamya.  To learn more about Jo Hamya, follow her on Twitter. Three Rooms was featured in August 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

On today's Friday Morning Coffee, Mary Roach, author of Fuzz, tells Daniel Ford all about animals behaving badly (or more accurately, hungrily). Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposing delisting 23 species from the Endangered Species Act because they are extinct. To learn more about Mary Roach, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter. Also listen to our first conversation with the author in Episode 198. Fuzz was featured in September 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s Friday Morning Coffee episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author, sportswriter, podcaster Joe Posnanski returns to the show to discuss his book The Baseball 100. Posnanski tells Daniel Ford about the metric he used to compile the greatest 100 baseball players of all time, the Field of Dreams game held earlier this year, and what it meant to him to research and include Negro League players on his list.  Ford is also joined by new hotshot podcaster, legendary ghostwriter, and hardball author Daniel Paisner. The pair discuss what Paisner has learned from his fellow ghostwriters and some of his favorite baseball players of all time. To learn more about Joe Posnanski, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to Rebecca Weston's interview with the author and subscribe to The Podcast, which Posnanski hosts with television guru Michael Schur. To learn more about Daniel Paisner, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also subscribe to As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast and pick up his novel A Single Happened Thing. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author María Amparo Escandón joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest novel L.A. Weather, which is a Reese's Book Club selection. "My grandmother taught me the difference between a lie and a story," Escandón tells Ford. "How stories are fun and lies are hurtful. She gave me a notebook and told me, 'Go on, write your lies here.'" To learn more about María Amparo Escandón, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Daniel Paisner's new podcast As Told To and Libro.fm

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.

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.

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.

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.

Andrea Bartz, author of The Herd and The Lost Night, returns to the show to discuss her latest novel We Were Never Here. To learn more about Andrea Bartz, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our past interviews with the author on Episode 408 and Episode 345. We Were Never Here was featured in July 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Award-winning actress and author Meg Tilly joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her new novel The Runaway Heiress. To learn more about Meg Tilly, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author David Vine joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss his book The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State. Caitlin Malcuit also chats about the U.S. military's exit from Afghanistan and critiques Frontline's special "Leaving Afghanistan." To learn more about David Vine, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. The United States of War was featured in June 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Matthew Norman returns! One of our favorite authors joins us once again to chat about his latest book All Together Now. To learn more about Matthew Norman, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our Norman's Friday Morning Coffee appearance and Gary Almeter's interview with the author in Episode 127. All Together Now was featured in June 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author Elias Rodriques joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut All the Water I've Seen Is Running. To learn more about Elias Rodrigues, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter. All the Water I've Seen Is Running was featured in June 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Georgetown Law professor Tiffany Jeffers and journalist Kira Lerner join Caitlin Malcuit and Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss voting rights in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and the 2020 election. To learn more about Tiffany Jeffers, read her Georgetown Law bio and follow her on Twitter. To learn more about Kira Lerner, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Facebook. Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by the Queries, Qualms, & Quirks podcast and Libro.fm. Photo credit: Will Reyes 

Bestselling author Laura Lippman returns to the show to discuss her latest novel Dream Girl. To learn more about Laura Lippman, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our past interviews with the author on Episode 269 and Episode 371. Dream Girl was featured in June 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by the Queries, Qualms, & Quirks podcast and Libro.fm.

Author and newly minted Catapult editor in chief Megha Majumdar joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut A Burning (out today in paperback). To learn more about Megha Majumdar, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by the Queries, Qualms, & Quirks podcast and Libro.fm.

Author and A Mighty Blaze co-founder Caroline Leavitt joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her book With or Without You (out in paperback June 29). Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the new special episode of HBO's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." To learn more about Caroline Leavitt, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. With or Without You was featured in August 2020's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Authors Robyn Gigl, Eddy Boudel Tan, Dave Valdes join Daniel Ford and special guest co-host Kelly J. Ford for a virtual podcast recording hosted by the Cambridge Public Library. Kelly J. Ford is the author of Cottonmouths, named one of 2017’s best books of the year by the Los Angeles Review and featured in the “52 Books in 52 Weeks” from The Los Angeles Times. Her work has appeared in Post Road Magazine, Black Heart Magazine, Fried Chicken and Coffee, and Knee-Jerk Magazine. She is an instructor for GrubStreet Writing Center and an IT project manager. Kelly is Arkansas bred and Boston based. Eddy Boudel Tan was selected as a 2021 Rising Star by the Writers’ Trust of Canada. His debut novel After Elias was a finalist for the Edmund White Award, and his second novel The Rebellious Tide arrives this summer. His stories can also be found in Joyland, Yolk, Gertrude Press, and the G&LR. He lives with his husband in Vancouver. Follow Eddy on Twitter @eddyautomatic. Robyn Gigl, the author of By Way of Sorrow, is an attorney, speaker and activist. A frequent lecturer on diversity issues, she lives in New Jersey where she continues to practice law by day, and work on her next novel by night. She can be found on Twitter @RobynGigl. David Valdes is a writer of drama, fiction, and nonfiction. His essays and columns have appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and Medium. He is the author of Homo Domesticus, A Little Fruitcake (a "Today" Top 10 Holiday Books pick), The Rhinestone Sisterhood, Revengers, and Spin Me Right Round. He is the author of more than a dozen plays staged coast to coast and overseas.  Today’s episode is sponsored by the Queries, Qualms, & Quirks podcast and Libro.fm.

Author P.J. Vernon joins Daniel Ford and special guest co-host Kelly J. Ford (Cottonmouths) on the show to chat about his book Bath Haus. To learn more about P.J. Vernon, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by the Queries, Qualms, & Quirks podcast and Libro.fm.

Author Judy Batalion joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her book The Light of Days. In Friday Morning Coffee's new "Percolatin'" segment (new name needed ASAP), Caitlin Malcuit and Daniel chat about a recent serious (?), goofy (?), problematic (?) literary kerfuffle. They also share some of the television shows and books they're consuming. To learn more about Judy Batalion, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. The Light of Days was featured in April 2021’s “Books That Should Be On Your Radar.” Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Steven Rowley, author of The Editor and Lily and the Octopus, returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book The Guncle. To learn more about Steven Rowley, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 358. The Guncle was featured in May 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by The Writerly Bites Podcast and Libro.fm.

Author A.E. Osworth joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their debut We Are Watching Eliza Bright. To learn more about A.E Osworth, visit their office website and follow them on Twitter and Instagram. We Are Watching Eliza Bright was featured in April 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by The Writerly Bites Podcast and Libro.fm.

Hannah Mary McKinnon, author of Sister Dear, returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her latest thriller You Will Remember Me. To learn more about Hannah Mary McKinnon, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also follow First Chapter Fun and listen to our first interview with the author. Today’s episode is sponsored by The Writerly Bites Podcast and Libro.fm.

Author Shawn Reilly Simmons joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her Red Carpet Catering Mystery series and her podcast Five Compelling Questions with Shawn. Caitlin Malcuit also discusses Friday Morning Coffee's new format, which launches this summer and will feature expanded social justice coverage and investigative journalism. To learn more about Shawn Reilly Simmons, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author Louise Claire Johnson joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut Behind the Red Door: How Elizabeth Arden's Legacy Inspired My Coming-of-Age Story in the Beauty Industry. To learn more about Louise Claire Johnson, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by The Writerly Bites Podcast and Libro.fm.

Harold Schechter, author of Deviant and Hell's Princess, sits down with Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about his latest book Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer. Caitlin Malcuit also discusses mass murder in the United States. She also has a word or two about the current Israeli/Palestinian conflict. To learn more about Harold Schechter, visit his official website and follow his Facebook page. Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author Rachel Lynn Solomon chats with Daniel and Stephanie Ford about her book The Ex Talk. To learn more about Rachel Lynn Solomon, visit her official website, liker her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. The Ex Talk was featured in January 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by The Writely Bites Podcast and Libro.fm.

Author Travis M. Andrews takes us into the pop culture phenomenon of Jeff Goldblum on today's Friday Morning Coffee. He chats with Daniel Ford about the origins of his book Because He’s Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood’s Most Enigmatic Actor. Caitlin Malcuit also celebrates National Nurses Week and discusses Massachusetts Nurses Association's march on May 8 to raise awareness about Cambridge Health Alliance executives "dragging out lengthy and unfair contract negotiations that ignore much-needed improvements to staffing, pay, and benefits." Learn more about Travis M. Andrews by visiting his official website and following him on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by The Writely Bites Podcast and Libro.fm.