Books Connect Us
We’re staying connected with each other and the stories and authors who inspire us. BOOKS CONNECT US brings you brand new conversations with some of your favorite authors.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 135
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2023
Kate Stayman-London, author of ONE TO WATCH | Ep31 BOOKS CONNECT US
Kate Stayman-London is a novelist, screenwriter, and political strategist. She served as lead digital writer for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and has written for notable figure…
Josh Malerman, author of BIRDBOX and the sequel MALORIE | Ep30 BOOKS CONNECT US
Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer/ songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His debut novel, BIRDBOX, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film starri…
Poetry with authors Fatimah Asghar, Olivia Gatwood, Billy Collins, Nate Marshall, Jana Prikryl, and Jenny Zhang | Ep29 BOOKS CONNECT US
On this special episode we're celebrating poetry with an all-star panel. Enjoy readings from Fatimah Asghar (author of IF THEY COME FOR US), Billy Collins (author of WHALE DAY), Olivia Gatwood (autho…
Megha Majumdar author of A BURNING | Ep28 BOOKS CONNECT US
Megha Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India, and moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar. In her debut novel A BURNING she writes wi…
Simran Jeet Singh, author of FAUJA SINGH KEEPS GOING | Ep27 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's guest is Simran Jeet Singh, author of FAUJA SINGH KEEPS GOING. This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the true story of Fauja Singh, who broke world records to become the first one h…
Andrea Bartz, author of the suspense thrillers THE LOST NIGHT and THE HERD | Ep26 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's guest is Andrea Bartz, a Brooklyn-based journalist and author of the suspense thrillers THE LOST NIGHT and THE HERD. Oprah Magazine raves that “Andrea Bartz breathes new life into the psychol…
Ruth Reichl, the bestselling author of MY KITCHEN YEAR, DELICIOUS, and her latest memoir SAVE ME THE PLUMS | Ep25 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's guest is Ruth Reichl, the bestselling author of MY KITCHEN YEAR, DELICIOUS, and her latest memoir SAVE ME THE PLUMS which chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet. C…
Lauren Ho, author of LAST TANG STANDING | Ep24 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's guest is Lauren Ho, author of the debut novel LAST TANG STANDING. This funny romance has been described as CRAZY RICH ASIANS meets BRIDGET JONES' DIARY, and is about the pursuit of happiness,…
J. Kelly Hoey (BUILD YOUR DREAM NETWORK) and Maxie McCoy (YOU'RE NOT LOST) | Ep23 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today we have a conversation between authors J. Kelly Hoey and Maxie McCoy. J. KELLY HOEY is a writer, investor, connector, networking expert, and author of the book BUILD YOUR DREAM NETWORK. In bot…
Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown, authors of WE ARE EVERYWHERE: PROTEST, POWER, AND PRIDE IN THE HISTORY OF QUEER LIBERATION | Ep22 BOOKS CONNECT US
On today's show we have a conversation between Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown, authors of WE ARE EVERYWHERE: PROTEST, POWER, AND PRIDE IN THE HISTORY OF QUEER LIBERATION. This book is a a rich and…
Max Brooks, author of WORLD WAR Z and DEVOLUTION | Ep21 BOOKS CONNECT US
On today's show Max Brooks, the author of World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide, and Minecraft: The Island, talks with his editor Sarah Peed about his writing process, survival, and his newest book,…
Chanel Cleeton, author of NEXT YEAR IN HAVANA and LAST TRAIN TO KEY WEST | Ep20 BOOKS CONNECT US
On today's show we have author Chanel Cleeton, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick NEXT YEAR IN HAVANA. Her latest book LAST TRAIN TO KEY WEST is a…
Dustin Lance Black, author of MAMA'S BOY and Academy Award winning screenwriter of MILK | Ep19 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's guest is Dustin Lance Black: an author, filmmaker and social activist known for writing the Academy Award–winning screenplay of the Harvey Milk biopic MILK, and for his part in overturning Ca…
Jodi Picoult (SMALL GREAT THINGS) and Nic Stone (DEAR JUSTYCE) have a frank discussion about race | Ep18 BOOKS CONNECT US
On today's show we have authors Nic Stone and Jodi Picoult discussing topics such as white fragility, the differences in expectations for black women and white women, the problematic nature of colorb…
Abbi Waxman (I WAS TOLD IT WOULD GET EASIER) and Kristan Higgans (ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW) | Ep17 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's episode is a discussion between authors Abbi Waxman and Kristan Higgins. Abbi Waxman is the USA Today bestselling author of OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES, THE GARDEN OF SMALL BEGINNINGS, and her late…
Roselle Lim (Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop) and Soniah Kamal (Unmarriageable) | Ep16 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today we have a conversation between authors Roselle Lim and Soniah Kamal. Roselle Lim is a Filipino Chinese writer who came to Canada from the Philippines as a young teen, and penned the novels Nata…
Elizabeth Gilbert author of EAT PRAY LOVE and CITY OF GIRLS | Ep15 BOOKS CONNECT US
Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, and several other internationally bestselling books of fiction and nonfiction. Her latest entitled CITY OF G…
Jonathan Karl, author of FRONT ROW AT THE TRUMP SHOW and Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News | Ep14 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's guest is Jonathan Karl, the Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News and president of the White House Correspondents' Association. Over his long and award-winning career, he has reported …
Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM, asks "What if Hillary had NOT married Bill Clinton?" | Ep13 BOOKS CONNECT US
Curtis Sittenfeld is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Prep, American Wife, Sisterland, and Eligible. Her latest is the much anticipated RODHAM, a novel that imagines a deeply compe…
Nic Stone, author of DEAR MARTIN and DEAR JUSTYCE | Ep12 BOOKS CONNECT US
Today's guest is Nic Stone, the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of titles such as DEAR MARTIN, JACKPOT, CLEAN GETAWAY and her latest DEAR JUSTYCE. Angie Thomas, author of T…