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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
337 episodes
Jessi Cole Jackson's Romantasy Debut: Ruinous Creatures
Jessi Cole Jackson grew up in rural Michigan surrounded by lakes, cornfields, and hard-working pragmatists who would never call themselves artists, despite woodworking, sewing, baking, flower arranging, building, drawing, and crafting. Thus, it...
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Season 6
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Episode 59
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19:04
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Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney: Bringing the Seventies to Life in Lake Effect
What does an author do when her debut novel becomes an instant bestseller? Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney went right back to work on her next one, and her next-also instant hits. In this episode, Cynthia discusses growing up in the seventies, he...
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Season 6
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Episode 58
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26:14
Nick Petrie Talks Thrillers, Tree Climbers, Cocaine Bear-Plus a Sneak Peek at The Dark Time
Inspiration doesn't always find authors at their desk, and it doesn't give a darn about deadlines. Where does a creative go when the muse is silent? Nick Petrie's back at the Writing Table. He shares his secrets to writing adventure...
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Season 6
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Episode 57
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19:55
Lisa Unger on Writing Thrillers and Channeling Inspiration *Plus a preview of her latest novel, Served Him Right*
Regarded as a master of suspense, Lisa Unger stops by the Writing Table to talk to Kris about her writing career and how she channels inspiration into suspense-packed novels. Lisa Unger is the New York Times and internation...
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Season 6
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Episode 58
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23:44
Linda Rhodes: Breaking the Barnyard Barrier
Linda Rhodes began her career as a dairy cow veterinarian after she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude in 1978. After several years in dairy practice, she was granted a fellowship at Cornell University, where...
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Season 6
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Episode 56
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17:54
Kate White on Her Time at Cosmopolitan, Writing Thrillers in Uruguay, & Her Latest Novel, I Came Back for You
Kate White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of eleven psychological thrillers. In addition to writing stand-alone psychological thrillers, Kate is the author of eight Bailey Weggins mysteries. The most recent, SUCH A PERFE...
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Season 6
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Episode 55
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27:22
Joshilyn Jackson on Sisters, Nailing Your Authorial Voice, and Men in Kilts
New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson’s books have been translated into a dozen languages, won SIBA’s Novel of the Year award, three times been the #1 Book Sense Pick, twice been the #1 Indie Next ...
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Season 6
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Episode 54
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33:05
Hays Blinckman and Tiny Little Earthquakes
Hays Trott Blinckmann is a writer, journalist, teacher, and recovering painter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has written the novels: I...
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Season 6
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Episode 53
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19:23
Sofia Robleda: Embracing the Past
Sofia Robleda is a Mexican writer who spent her childhood and adolescence in Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. She completed her undergraduate and doctorate degrees in psychology at the University of Queensland, in Australia. She currently li...
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Season 6
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Episode 52
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20:07
Wendy Walker's New Thriller: Blade
How does an ice skater move forward when her Olympic hopes are dashed? This isn't the logline for a novel, but Wendy Walker's true story. Wendy Walker is the author of the psychological suspense novels All Is Not Forgotten, Emma In ...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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22:56
Kaira Rouda: We Were Never Friends
Kaira Rouda is an award–winning, USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novels of domestic suspense include The Widow, Somebody’s Hom...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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26:29
Kristine Delano: The Lies We Trade
Kristine Delano spent over twenty years navigating a career on Wall Street before trading her panoramic city view for her standing writer's desk where she crafts thriller novels set in the high-stakes finance world, exploring the emotional tens...
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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21:41
Amy Meyerson: The Water Lies
Amy Meyerson is the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling The Bookshop of Yesterdays, The Imperfects, and The Love Scribe. Her books have been translated into eleven languages and are frequently chosen for best-o...
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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23:36
Book Publicist & Debut Novelist Jessica Cozzi
Jessica L. Cozzi crafts swoon-worthy romances for teens to show that there is always love in the world, if you’re willing to find it. She is a publicist at William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, and is also a former YA book blogger. She h...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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21:46
Jacqueline Mitchard & The Bird Watcher
Jacqueline Mitchard is the New York Times bestselling author of 23 novels for adults and teenagers, and the recipient of Great Britain’s Talkabout prize, The Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson awards, and named to the short list for the W...
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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24:34
Brooke Warner on Hybrid Publishing and the Memoir Genre
Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press, an imprint of The Stable Book Group. She is a memoir coach and author of Write On, Sisters!, Green-light Your Book, What's Your Book?, and three books on memoir. She’s also a TED...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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26:16
Christina Kovac: Watch Us Fall
Christina Kovac sits down with Kris to talk about living and writing in and around her Georgetown, DC home. Christina writes psychological suspense/thrillers set in Washington, DC. Prior to writing fiction, Christina worked in telev...
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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17:59
Historian Gareth Russell on King James' Many Loves
Gareth Russell is a historian and broadcaster, educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University, Belfast. He is the author of nine books. He is host of the podcast Single Malt History with Gareth Russell. Russell divid...
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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32:02
Yasmin Angoe: Nina Knight is Back
Yasmin Angoe is an action and psychological suspense thriller author, Library of Virginia People’s Choice Fiction Award finalist, and Anthony-award nominee of the critically acclaimed international Her Name is Knight and domestic psychological ...
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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22:07
Elle Marr: Writing Thrillers While Raising Small Children
Elle Marr is the author of thrillers THE MISSING SISTER (2020), LIES WE BURY (2021), STRANGERS WE KNOW (2022), THE FAMILY BONES (2023), THE ALONE TIME (2024), and YOUR DARK SECRETS (July 30). She is (evidently) a fan of coffee. Her work has bee...
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Season 6
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Episode 41
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19:42
Beverly Jenkins: Calling All Blessings
BEVERLY JENKINS is the recipient of the 2018 Michigan Author Award by the Michigan Library Association, the 2017 Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for histor...
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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21:33
Kelsey Miller & Old Money
Kelsey Miller is a culture writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of international bestseller, I'll Be There For You (2018), a pop-culture history of Friends, and the memoir Big Girl (2016). Her work ha...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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14:50
Amy Rossi: The Cover Girl
Debut novelist Amy Rossi shares her journey as she launches The Cover Girl. Amy Rossi received her MFA from Louisiana State University, and she lives in North Carolina, by way of Massachusetts, with her partner and two dogs. The Cov...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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14:50
Lori Gold on Writing High Concept Novels in the Age of AI
Lori Gold discusses her transition from writing young adult to commercial book club fiction. She and Kris chat about writing in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Lori discusses her current works-in-progress, teaching other writers through Gru...
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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21:53
Kelly Foster Lundquist on Beard, A Memoir of a Marriage
Kelly Foster Lundquist explores the secrets of her first marriage, how she found the courage to love again, and what it took to share her story with readers. A teacher of writing at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park,...
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Season 6
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Episode 36
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27:29