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Renaii West

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BookTrib-Renaii-West-300x300.jpg Renaii West Cozy Mystery/Chick Lit A multitalented writer and performer who recently authored the cozy mystery Death by Chaos Renaii West has been writing and performing from an early age. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, she became the dramatic arts instructor in a performing arts program,…

BookTribJune 25, 2021

Audiobooks Author Spotlight Fiction Romance

AudioFile Spotlight: Interview with Romance Author Kennedy Ryan

Bestselling author and RITA Award-winning romance writer Kennedy Ryan shares the story of her new audiobook, Reel (Scribechick Media, LLC) the first in the Hollywood Renaissance series. Ryan worked with Lyric Audio to produce this historically inspired Black romance as an homage to the Black artists and entertainers whose stories…

Caitlin AugustaJune 30, 2021

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C. Roloson Reese on Envisioning His “Lake Roland”

Lake Roland, by debut author C. Roloson Reese, is an enigmatic book. It’s a coming-of-age tale that spans decades. It is a mystery about a missing person but its catalyst is a beautiful and placid lake. It’s about a family man with a white-collar career as a banker, but this…

BookTribJuly 5, 2021

Author Spotlight Fiction

Sail Away to Extraordinary Adventure on a “Raft of Stars”

Huck Finn meets This Tender Land in this beautiful riverfront coming-of-age adventure. Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars (Ecco) was written with vivid descriptions of nature, imperfect and realistic characters and deep thought. From the stars in the sky to the black bears and the white water of the river,…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 10, 2021

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Ivy Keating Delves Into Her Moody, Magical and Medieval Fantasy

Ivy Keating’s intense, provocative fantasy novel Sarana and the Dark King (Champagne Book Group) centers on a white-haired baby girl who is proclaimed cursed due to both her unusual appearance and the prejudices of her father, the king. Innocent baby Sarana, destined for royalty, instead undergoes a series of trials…

BookTribJune 21, 2021

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Des Birch Shares How He Shape-Shifted and Shaped a Narrative

Beyond Dark Waters is a special book. For one thing, it’s unlike anything you’ve ever read before. Yes, we can almost guarantee that. It’s about a nine-year-old boy who can transform into other species, and while he does, he realizes all sorts of things about himself and the vast and…

BookTribMay 31, 2021

Author Spotlight Children's Books

Janice Dixon Has a Wonderful Story Behind Her Story

When BookTrib created its Author Spotlight feature, the hope was to ask authors probing questions that would take us deeper into their personality, their work and the thinking behind it. Sometimes they prompt stories that could themselves be a book. That’s what we found when we asked questions of Janice…

Jim AlkonMay 24, 2021

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured Thrillers Young Adult

Liz Alterman Unveils a Mysterious and Riveting YA Novel

Picking someone up from the airport is always a drag, but sometimes it’s downright dangerous. He’ll Be Waiting (Willow River Press) by Liz Alterman tells of a spunky teenager who does a favor for her significant other by retrieving his traveling friend. Next thing she knows, she knows nothing; she’s…

BookTribJuly 6, 2021

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Sex, Death, and Obsession Comes for Small-Town Texans in “The Hunting Wives”

"I keep seeing her face, upturned in the pool. Her long hair darkened by the water, stringy and tangled and noodling around her neck. Her eyes are closed, her body floating. Her lips are parted just slightly, and it looks as if she’s resting, tranquil and at peace. Of course,…

Neil NyrenApril 30, 2021

Author Spotlight Fiction

Ed Surma on the Power of Small Kindnesses

How do you go about writing an adult fable with a positive message for change? With his abstract and haunting The Trees Are Dying, author Ed Surma does just that, penning a tale of faeries, goddesses, and oracles that veils a call to protect the magical land we call planet earth.…

BookTribApril 26, 2021

Fiction Miscellany Podcasts

Tall Poppy Review: Exploring an Extraordinary and Unexpected Bond

Caroline has it all: a loving husband, three gorgeous children, a happy extended family and a career she’s passionate about; so when she takes a mail-in DNA test on a lark, she expects the results to be nothing more than an interesting topic of conversation at a dinner party. She…

Nicole BaartMarch 25, 2021

Author Spotlight Fiction

Joel C. Rosenberg on the Reality Behind the Fictional Thrillers

“The top priority of a thriller writer is to thrill. To make your heart rate spike.” So says author Joel C. Rosenberg, and when it comes to his latest work, The Beirut Protocol, mission accomplished. “I want you to be able to look over the shoulders of bad guys plotting…

BookTribApril 5, 2021

Author Discovery Zone

R.J. King Author Profile

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DSC00068-300x300.jpg R.J. King General Fiction Author of a debut thriller about a detective and a prolific serial killer, going back into the past of both men and showing the journey they took to eventually end up on an inevitable collision course.

Judy MorenoFebruary 22, 2021

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Sarah Penner on “The Lost Apothecary”: Secrets, Poison and Revenge

“She would come at daybreak – the woman whose letter I held in my hands, the woman whose name I did not yet know. “I knew neither her age nor where she lived. I did not know her rank in society nor the dark things of which she dreamed when…

Neil NyrenFebruary 26, 2021

Author Discovery Zone

Linda L. Richards Author Profile

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Linda-L.-Richards-Headshot-300x300.jpg Linda L. Richards Thriller/Crime Fiction Experienced author writing strong female protagonists in engrossing page-turners.

Judy MorenoFebruary 18, 2021

Author Spotlight Young Adult

SE Keller Reveals What Goes Into Writing a New War in her Debut Novel “Rain”

A war with no discernible cause or motivation. The “New War'' in S.E. Keller’s Rain is one such conflict. Waging for over a year, the true origins of the “New War” remain unknown. Some believe it was the work of a terrorist organization while others speculate that it was “a…

Judy MorenoFebruary 22, 2021

Renaii West

AudioFile Spotlight: Interview with Romance Author Kennedy Ryan

C. Roloson Reese on Envisioning His “Lake Roland”

Sail Away to Extraordinary Adventure on a “Raft of Stars”

Ivy Keating Delves Into Her Moody, Magical and Medieval Fantasy

Des Birch Shares How He Shape-Shifted and Shaped a Narrative

Janice Dixon Has a Wonderful Story Behind Her Story

Liz Alterman Unveils a Mysterious and Riveting YA Novel

Sex, Death, and Obsession Comes for Small-Town Texans in “The Hunting Wives”

Ed Surma on the Power of Small Kindnesses

Tall Poppy Review: Exploring an Extraordinary and Unexpected Bond

Joel C. Rosenberg on the Reality Behind the Fictional Thrillers

Sarah Penner on “The Lost Apothecary”: Secrets, Poison and Revenge

Linda L. Richards Author Profile

SE Keller Reveals What Goes Into Writing a New War in her Debut Novel “Rain”

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