Episodes

Friday Sep 15, 2023
Megan Miranda (9/15/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #122
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Ahead of her appearance at the 2023 Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem on September 23, Charlie talks to Megan Miranda about her novel, The Only Survivors. They discuss structuring a thriller, setting, writing about a tight group of characters, the impact of trauma, the book industry, and more.

Thursday Aug 31, 2023
John Connolly (9/1/23) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #121
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
John Connolly joins Charlie all the way from Ireland to talk about The Land of Lost Things, the long awaited follow-up to his The Book of Lost Things. John will be at the 2023 Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors in Winston-Salem. He and Charlie discuss fairy tales and folklore, ritual, the importance of books, paradox, humor, and much more.

Monday Aug 14, 2023
Alice Bell (8/15/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #120
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Charlie talks to UK mystery writer Alice Bell about her new novel Grave Expectations. They discuss Dickens, Agatha Christie, humor in murder mysteries, ghosts, chapter structure, police procedurals, and much more.

Monday Jul 31, 2023
Dwyer Murphy (8/1/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #119
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Charlie talks with Dwyer Murphy about his new noir thriller The Stolen Coast. They discuss small town New England, the use of dialogue, basketball, the noir aesthetic, and the imagination that goes into planning a heist.

Friday Jul 14, 2023
Elizabeth Silver (7/15/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #118
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Charlie talks with novelist Elizabeth Silver about her new book The Majority—inspired by the life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. They talk about the intersection of law and narrative, choosing the moments to dramatize in a historical novel, the Holocaust, women's rights, and much more.

Friday Apr 14, 2023
J. Ryan Stradal (4/14/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #117
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Charlie talks with bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal about his new novel Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club. They discuss midwestern novels, how to begin a novel, the structure of chapters, creating characters, and of course the culture of the supper club.

Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Something a little different this episode, Charlie shares his "Thoughts on Scholarship" in the annual Roger Lancelyn Green lecture delivered on the occasion of the publication of his new biography of the author of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll: Formed by Faith. Charlie's groundbreaking religious biography of Carroll provides examples for his advice to researchers, historians, and scholars.

Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Laurell K. Hamilton (3/14/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #115
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Charlie talks with Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series about the latest installment, Smolder. They discuss the challenges of sustaining a series, creating a long-range character arc, the combination of hard boiled detective with paranormal, the importance of therapy, and more.

Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Steve Berry (2/15/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #114
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Charlie talks with internationally best-selling author Steve Berry about his latest Cotton Malone adventure The Lost Kingdom. Steve talks about using history in a contemporary thriller and gives great advice on everything from starting chapters to using setting, researching historical figures, pacing a thriller and more.

Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Kate Alice Marshall (2/1/2023) Inside the Writer’s Studio Episode #113
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Charlie talks with Alice Kate Marshall about her new adult thriller What Lies in the Woods. They discuss writing characters at different ages, setting as a reflection of theme, finding voice and crafting point of view, writing for different audiences, magic, and much more.