Bedside Reading's AUTHORS THAT THRIVE

Award-winning author Derik Cavignano revisits his popular character Detective Ray Hanley in The Art of Dying (Dark Corners Press, September 20, 2019).

A native of Boston and a writer since high school, Derik Cavignano currently lives in Florida with his wife, children, and an angry cat who won’t stop biting him. He writes character-driven thrillers in a variety of genres, including horror, sci-fi, and crime. His novels include “The Righteous and the Wicked” and “Colony of the Lost” (a 2016 Silver Falchion Award finalist for best horror). His upcoming crime thriller, The Art of Dying, he chats with Lou Diamond about on Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive.

Kim Sakwa is the best selling author of the time travel romances THE PROPHECY and NEVER SAY GOODBYE. Hoping on occasion to fall through time herself, she settled on creating these stories instead.

When not writing, you can find her with coffee in hand, walking the hills of Michigan subdivision, listening to the soundtracks that she creates for her novels. Hopeless romantic hooked on happily ever after.

Enjoy listening to KIM SAKWA on Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive

Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents.

She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade.

Michelle 5th book -- comes out in Late April 2020... A CHILD LOST - which she talks about with Lou Diamond in a special episode of Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive.

Geoffrey Cooper is a former cancer researcher and scientific administrator, having held positions at Harvard Medical School and Boston University, who is now writing medical fiction.

He is the author of the cell biology text, The Cell, as well as several books on cancer. His first novel, The Prize, dealt with scientific fraud. His second, Nondisclosure, follows a case of sexual harassment that progresses to rape and murder. Coming to you from Ogunquit, Maine you'll enjoy hearing Geoffrey Cooper connect with Lou Diamond on Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive.

Danielle Girard is the USA Today and Amazon #1 bestselling author of Chasing Darkness, The Rookie Club series, and the Dr. Schwartzman Series—Exhume, Excise, Expose, and Expire, featuring San Francisco medical examiner Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman. Danielle’s books have won the Barry Award and the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award, and two of her titles have been optioned for movies.

A graduate of Cornell University, Danielle received her MFA at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She, her husband, and their two children split their time between San Francisco and the Northern Rockies. White Out, the first book in her new series, will be out July 7, 2020.

Taken from the Bedside Reading Authors That Thrive podcast, Danielle connects with Lou Diamond and takes us behind the scenes into her creative works and process.

Jeanne Blasberg is a novelist, travel writer, and adventurer.

She is an award-winning, bestselling author of Eden and The Nine. She has won the the Beverly Hills Book Awards for Women’s Fiction and has been a finalist for both the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction.

Jeanne is the founder of the Westerly Memoir Project as well as a board member of the Boston Book Festival. She is a student and board member of Grub Street, one of the country’s pre-eminent creative writing centers, where she wrote and revised The Nine and is currently developing her next novel.

Jeanne shares her story and how she comes up with her stories with Lou Diamond on Bedside Reading's Authors That Thrive.

Dr. Ivy Ge is a professor who writes for women wanting to take charge of their lives.

From an aspiring actress to working for airline executives, to becoming a pharmacy professor and a multi-genre author, she has transformed her life while being a full-time working mom.

She is the author of The Art of Good Enough - The Working Mom's Guilt-Free Guide to Thriving While Being Perfectly Imperfect.

Enjoy this fun conversation with Dr. Ivy Ge on Authors That Thrive.

Deke Copenhaver currently serves as Principal of Copenhaver Consulting, LLC, a niche consulting firm in Augusta, Georgia serving the needs of businesses, nonprofits and local governments. In May of 2019 he published his first book “The Changemaker: the Art of Building Better Leaders” with Advantage|Forbesbooks.

Deke served as Mayor of Augusta, Georgia from 2005 through 2014. Since leaving office Deke has served as the host of “There it is With Deke Copenhaver”, a daily call-in radio show on WGAC New Talk Radio, as well as Managing Consultant for the Augusta Economic Development Authority.

Deke became the first American mayor to complete all three legs of a sanctioned Ironman event and has subsequently completed four more Ironman 70.3’s.

Enjoy this conversation between Deke and Lou Diamond on the Bedside Reading’s Authors That Thrive podcast.