Writer's Bone

Author Dirk Cussler joins Daniel Ford to discuss the latest Dirk Pitt adventure Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea. To learn more about Dirk Cussler, visit NUMA's official website and like his Facebook page. Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea was featured in "The Best Books of 2021" and November/December 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Read Daniel Ford's early Writer's Bone essay "Dan's Take: How Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt Made Me A Man." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author and journalist Maureen Boyle (Shallow Graves) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her latest book The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer. Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the failures at the state and federal level to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and her support of the Chicago Public Schools Radical Youth Alliance. To learn more about Maureen Boyle, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our first interview with the author. The Ghost was featured in "The Best Books of 2021" and September 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Author Nikki May joins Daniel Ford for the first episode of 2022 to discuss her debut Wahala. To learn more about Nikki May, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Best-selling author Jodi Picoult joins Daniel Ford on the final episode of 2021 to chat about her latest novel Wish You Were Here. Thank you, dear listeners, dear readers, and dear guests for a wonderful year in spite of, well, everything going on around you. Keep writing, and we’ll see you in 2022. To learn about Jodi Picoult, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Wish You Were Here was featured in November/December 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Mitch Albom, sportswriter and best-selling author of Tuesday with Morrie, joins Daniel Ford on a special episode to discuss his new book The Stranger in the Lifeboat. To learn more about Mitch Albom, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. The Stranger in the Lifeboat was featured in November/December 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).

Sportswriter and author Bill Pennington joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty. To learn more about Bill Pennington, read his work at The New York Times and follow him on Twitter. Chumps to Champs 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).

Dick Lehr, author of Dead Reckoning and co-author of Black Mass, joins Daniel Ford on the final Friday Morning Coffee of 2021 to discuss his latest book White Hot Hate. Caitlin Malcuit also closes out this year's Friday Morning Coffee run by spotlighting a few charities and services that could use your help this winter. Lowell Transitional Living Center | Follow on Twitter The Rolling Library | Follow on Twitter To learn more about Dick Lehr, visit his official website. White Hot Hate was featured on November/December "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today's Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm (promo code WRITERSBONE) and Misfits Markets (promo code: WRITERSBONE).

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.