Episodes
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Joanna Lowell (8/15/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #135
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Charlie talks with historical romance novelist Joanna Lowell, whose latest book is A Shore Thing, about balancing commercial writing and academic life, queer and trans representation in romance, the evolution of the romance market, the importance of bicycles, and much more.
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Peng Shepherd (7/15/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #134
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
To launch a new season of IWS, Charlie talks with Peng about her novels The Cartographers and the recently published All This and More. They discuss the line between passion and obsession, the world of old maps, the structural challenges of a "choose your own adventure" novel for grownups, the nature of reality TV, and much more.
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sarah Langan (4/15/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #133
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Charlie talks with Sarah about her new novel A Better World. They discuss ideal neighborhoods, suburban dystopia, family dynamics, writing about the future, ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, an amazing book cover, and much more.
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Stephen McCauley (4/1/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #132
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Charlie talks with Stephen about his latest novel You Only Call When You're in Trouble. They discuss openings, language choice, character driven novels, humor, adaptations to the stage and screen, architecture, and much more.
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Nina Simon (3/15/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #131
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Charlie talks with debut novelist Nina Simon about her breakout novel Mother Daughter Murder Night. They discuss writing mysteries, the natural world, mother daughter relationships, strong women characters, and how Nina came to write this book in the first place.
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Escaping Dreamland Cast (3/1/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #130
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Charlie talks with Hunter Harrell, Charlie Putnam, and Tanner Whicker, stars of the world premiere stage adaptation of his 2020 novel Escaping Dreamland about the process of bringing the characters of Magda, Tom, and Gene to life in the production produced by the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem.
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Curtis Chin (2/15/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #129
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Charlie talks with Curtis Chin, author of Everything I Learned I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant about the immigrant experience, coming of age in Detroit in the 1980s, coming out in the 1980s, and food glorious food, Chinese style!
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Janice Hallett (2/1/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #128
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Charlie talks with British mystery writer Janice Hallett about her novel The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels. They discuss writing in the documentary form, cold cases, religion, cults, classic mysteries, journalistic ethics, and much more.
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Jane Corry (1/15/2024) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #127
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Charlie talks with Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Corry about her novel Coming to Find You. They discuss Devon, old houses, Frederic Leighton, prison, tabloid journalism, and much more about the art and craft of writing a mystery.
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Virginia Kantra (12/1/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #126
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Charlie talks with Virginia Kantra, author of the forthcoming novel The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale. They discuss classic children's books (from Oz to Narnia), the importance of setting, absent parents, the art of elegant exposition, metafictional irony, and much more.