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The Writing Table with Kris Clink
The Writing Table is a podcast for writers and book lovers. Whether you're a seasoned writer or curious about the writing life, pull up a chair. Hear from authors from every stage-from New York Times list-makers to debuts. You'll get a behind-the-scenes view of your favorite books-from writing the ugly first drafts to the final editorial processes.
Check out interviews with Phillipa Gregory, Jennifer Weiner, Lemony Snicket, Laurie Frankel, and so many others. Come on in-there's always room at the writing table.
Hosted by Kris Clink, author of Goodbye, Lark Lovejoy and Sissie Klein is Completely Normal. Kris’s novels are set in middle America where front porches offer the best views, books are treasured, and there’s always room to pull up an extra chair at dinner. A native Texan, she’s now at home in Kansas with her husband, two spoiled pups, and the gorgeous cardinals who visit her back deck.
Episodes
294 episodes
Laura Wood: Let's Make A Scene
Laura Wood peels back the emotions behind her writing and provides a preview of her novel, Let's Make A Scene. Wood is a bestselling and acclaimed author of children’s and young adult novels. She is also the author of the adult nove...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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23:10
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Anna Barrington's Debut: The Spectacle
Anna Barrington has worked in galleries, museums, and auction houses in the art world for seven years. She received an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and a BA from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Originally from Atl...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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16:10
Simon Tolkien on Writing Historical Novels
Simon Tolkien is the grandson of JRR Tolkien and a director of the Tolkien Estate. He is also series consultant for the Amazon series, The Rings of Power. He studied Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford and went on to become a Lon...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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23:37
Laura Resau: Acclaimed YA Author Debuting in A New Genre
What inspires an established writer to change genres? In this episode, Laura Resau discusses what it took to create her adult debut, The Alchemy of Flowers. Laura Resau is the author of eleven acclaimed books for young people. Her b...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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20:38
ER Doc to Bestselling Author, Daniel Kalla
Daniel Kalla is an Emergency Room Physician and the bestselling author of fifteen novels, translated into eleven languages. His Shanghai Trilogy has been optioned for film, and his works explore themes ranging from superbugs and pandemics to ps...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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19:35
Writing Suspense with Lori Roy
Lori Roy is the author of six novels of suspense. Lori's debut, BENT ROAD, was awarded the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. She went on to receive the 2016 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel, making Lori the f...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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18:32
Alden Jones: Edge of the World
Alden Jones explores tips for writing memoirs and discusses her work in fiction. She is the author of The Wanting Was a Wilderness, Unaccompanied Minors, and The Blind Masseuse. Her books have won awards including the New American Fiction...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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23:21
Susan Wiggs' Passion Project: Wayward Girls
Bestselling author Susan Wiggs discusses her writing practices and shares the backstory surrounding her passion project, Wayward Girls. Susan Wiggs’s life is all about family, friends…and fiction. She lives at the water’s edge on an...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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31:47
Megan Greenwell: Bad Company
Following over two hundred interviews, journalist Megan Greenwell's book, Bad Company, shines light onto the lives of those living and working downstream from private equity decision makers. Megan Greenwell is a journalist with exte...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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23:02
Jaclyn Goldis: The Safari
Jaclyn Goldish peels back the curtain on her process and lessons learned as she's published four novels. Jaclyn is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and NYU School of Law. She practiced estate planning law at a la...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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19:43
Jill Shalvis: 108 Novels and Counting
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis writes contemporary romance and romantic comedies filled with madcap adventures and shenanigans and sexy times. (just don’t tell her mom). She’s sold 20 million plus...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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21:13
Sue Halpern & Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
How does a Pulitzer Prize winning author find inspiration? Sue Halpern shares tips and discusses writing both nonfiction and fiction. Sue is the author of seven previous books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently the novel S...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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21:10
Jackie Lau: Geophysicist to Romance Writer
Jackie Lau decided she wanted to be a writer when she was in grade two, sometime between penning “The Heart That Got Lost” and “The Land of Shapes.” She later studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist before turning to writing romance no...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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14:11
Jillian Forsberg on Her Debut, The Rhino Keeper
Jillian Forsberg is a business owner and historical fiction author. She writes about animals from the past in her two books, The Rhino Keeper and forthcoming The Porcelain Menagerie. She lives and works in Wichita, Kansas. Special t...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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19:15
Amy Poeppel: Far and Away
As Amy Poeppel publishes her fifth novel, she reflects on lessons learned and discusses the challenges she faced while writing a novel simultaneously set in Berlin and Dallas. Amy Poeppel grew up in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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26:43
Beyond Tess Monaghan: Laura Lippman's Murder Takes a Vacation
Laura Lippman discusses how poetry feeds her spirit and looks back on her longstanding run with indelible character, Tess Monaghan, who has appeared in a dozen novels. While sharing her writing experiences, she invites listeners to take a seat ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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35:11
Michael McGarrity's Night in the City
With the publication of Tularosa in 1996, Michael McGarrity turned to writing full time. Many of his novels have been national best sellers. He holds a BA with distinction in psychology and a master’s degree in clinical social work. As an u...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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22:44
Aimee Phan's Adventure from Nonfiction to YA
Aimee Phan was born and raised in Orange County, California. She received her BA in English from UCLA and her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is the author of two books for adults, We Should Never Meet: Stories and the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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24:39
Lindy Ryan: Writing the Story You're Meant to Tell
Lindy Ryan discusses writing horror as a novelist and anthologist. She is an award-winning author, anthologist, and short-film director whose books and anthologies have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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20:10
Kaira Rouda: Jill Is Not Happy
Kaira Rouda talks about writing thrillers and how she came to host the Killer Author Club with her author friends. Kaira is an award–winning, USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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24:20
RaeAnne Thayne: 80 Books Later, What's Her Secret Sauce?
RayAnne Thayne's novels showcase complicated family dynamics and always deliver swoony love stories, but how does she keep up the magic after eighty books? Tune in, and find out. New York Times, USA Today, Wall...
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Season 5
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Episode 50
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25:31
Sue Hincenbergs on Querying, Writing, and Launching Her Debut, The Retirement Plan
Sue Hincenbergs discusses querying 198 agents and the successful query letter that she shares with other writers. Sue is a former television producer who has worked on multiple award-winning programs. She lives in Toronto with her (very much al...
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Season 5
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Episode 49
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22:05
Matt Goldman's Journey Writing for Seinfeld and More to Creating Crime Novels
Matt Goldman has written for television shows like Seinfeld but found his calling writing crime novels. He is a New York Times Bestselling author and Emmy Award winning television writer. He has been nominated for the Shamus Award and Ner...
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Season 5
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Episode 48
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27:34
Jacqueline Friedland: Counting Backwards
Jacqueline Friedland unpacks her process and discusses why she chooses societally relevant challenges for her characters. Jacqueline graduated Magna Cum Laude from both the University of Pennsylvania and NYU Law School. She practice...
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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19:11
Dane Huckelbridge, Writing about the Old West in Paris
Dane Huckelbridge discusses the settings in his novels and his research--from Africa for No Beast So Fierce to the plains of Oklahoma for his latest, Queen of All Mayhem--the tale of the most dangerous woman of the American west, Belle Starr.&n...
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Season 5
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Episode 46
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25:24