Writers on Writing
Episodes
Annie Hartnett, author of THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS
15 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Hartnett is the award-winning author of three novels: Rabbit Cake, Unlikely Animals, and the national bestseller The Road to Tender Hearts, whic...
Steven Rowley, author of TAKE ME WITH YOU
09 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Rowley is the New York Times bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, The Editor, named by NPR as on...
Tom Perrotta, author of GHOST TOWN
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Perrotta’s eleven works of fiction include Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers,...
Tom Perrotta, author of GHOST TOWN
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Perrotta’s eleven works of fiction include Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, ...
Cassandra Neyenesch, author of A LITTLE BIT BAD
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cassandra Neyenesch is a Brooklyn-based writer, activist, and curator. Cassandra’s reviews and cultural pieces have appeared in The Guardian, Bro...
Ada Limón, author of AGAINST BREAKING: ON THE POWER OF POETRY
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ada Limón is likely best known for her role as the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. Her signature project, "You Are Here," focused on connect...
Estelle Erasmus, author of WRITING THAT GETS NOTICED
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Estelle Erasmus is a 2025 TEDx Speaker and an award-winning writing professor at New York University. An award-winning journalist, she has written for...
Jayne Anne Phillips, author of SMALL TOWN GIRLS
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jayne Anne Phillips has been on the podcast at least three times. First in 2000, with her novel MotherKind. Again in 2014 with Quiet Dell, and the las...
T.C. Boyle, author of NO WAY HOME
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
T. Coraghessan Boyle is the author of thirty books of fiction, including The Tortilla Curtain, Talk to Me, I Walk Between the Raindrops, and most rece...
Louise Erdrich, author of PYTHON’S KISS
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Erdrich in one of those relatively rare authors who has won both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. She’s authored 19 novels as well...
Dylan Landis, author of LIST OF ALL POSSIBLE DESIRES: A Novel in Stories
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Landis is the author of three works of fiction in the Rainey Royal Cycle, set in 1970s Greenwich Village: List of All Possible Desires, a novel...
Anne Enright, author of ATTENTION: WRITING ON LIFE, ART, AND THE WORLD
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Enright has written eight novels, most recently The Wren, The Wren, for which she was on the show in 2023. She won the Man Booker Prize for The G...
Allegra Goodman, author of THIS IS NOT ABOUT US
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Allegra Goodman’s new book, This Is Not About Us, is a Late Show With Stephen Colbert Book Club Selection. Her novels include Isola (a Reese’...
Kate Schatz, author of WHERE THE GIRLS WERE
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Schatz is the New York Times bestselling author of the "Rad Women" book series, including Rad American Women A-Z, Rad Women Worldwide, Rad Girls...
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of LAKE EFFECT
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling novels The Nest (named a best book of the year by People, the ...
Jordy Rosenberg, author of NIGHT NIGHT FAWN
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jordy Rosenberg is a professor in the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He’s the author of the 2018 novel, Confessions of the ...
Larissa Pham, author of DISCIPLINE
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Larissa Pham’s writing has appeared in The Nation, the New York Times Book Review, Aperture, Bookforum, Art in America, Granta, the Paris Review Dai...
Larissa Pham, author of DISCIPLINE
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Larissa Pham’s writing has appeared in The Nation, the New York Times Book Review, Aperture, Bookforum, Art in America, Granta, the Paris Re...
Bret Anthony Johnston, author of ENCOUNTERS WITH UNEXPECTED ANIMALS
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bret Anthony Johnston is the internationally bestselling author of the novels We Burn Daylight and Remember Me Like This, as well as the award-winning...
Reena Shah, author of EVERY HAPPINESS
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Reena Shah is a writer, editor, and teacher. Her work has been featured in the Masters Review, Electric Literature, Joyland, BBC, the American Pro...
Mark Haddon, author of LEAVING HOME: A MEMOIR IN FULL COLOUR
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Haddon might be best known for his 2003 breakout novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. But it’s only the tip of a body of...
Richard Lange, author of JOE HUSTLE
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lange is the author of the story collections, Dead Boys and Sweet Nothing, and the novels, This Wicked World, Angel Baby, The Smack, R...
Ann Packer, author of SOME BRIGHT NOWHERE
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Ann Packer’s latest novel, Some Bright Nowhere, was chosen by Oprah for her book club last November, we saw what an impact this book was making...
Andrea Bartz, author of THE LAST FERRY OUT
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Bartz is a journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here, The Spare Room, The Lost...
Elizabeth McCracken, author of A LONG GAME: NOTES ON WRITING FICTION
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth McCracken is the author of nine books across several genres — novels, short story collections, autofiction, and now a craft book about wr...
Marrie Stone’s BEST OF 2025
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, I compiled my first-ever “Best Of the Year” show. It was such fun to make, and received such a great response from listeners, that I de...
Nicholas Boggs, author of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Boggs is the New York Times bestselling author of Baldwin: A Love Story, the first major biography of the iconic figure in more than three d...
A. Muia, author of A DESERT BETWEEN TWO SEAS
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve been following A. Muia and her writing journey for several years. She’s been a longtime listener of the podcast and supporter of the show. W...
Tod Goldberg, author of ONLY WAY OUT
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tod Goldberg is the author of the new novel, Only Way Out, published by Thomas & Mercer. He’s also the New York Times bestselling author of 16 book...
Megha Majumdar, author of A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Megha Majumdar’s A Burning came out in 2020. It was an instant NYT bestseller and was nominated for a number of prestigious awards, including the Na...
Eric Beetner, author of REAL BAD, REAL SOON: A Carter McCoy Novel
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Beetner has been hailed as “the new maestro of noir,” by Ken Bruen and LitReactor said he’s “The 21st Century’s answer to Jim Thompson....
Adam Johnson, author of THE WAYFINDER
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Johnson won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for his novel, The Orphan Master’s Son. He won the National Book Award in 2015 for his story collection,...
Paul Trammell, author, podcaster, sailor
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Trammell lives on a sailboat, currently at anchor in Bocas del Toro, Panama. He is the author of ten books and co-author of three more. His lates...
Joan Silber, author of MERCY
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Silber is the author of ten books of fiction, as well as The Art of Time in Fiction which looks at how fiction is shaped and determined by time, ...
REPLAY: fiction writer Melissa Bank
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Bank, who passed away in 2022, was a fabulous writer and an incredible person. We met a few times in person, out here in Southern California w...
Gish Jen, author of BAD, BAD GIRL
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gish Jen describes her childhood as “a master class in perseverance.” The daughters of withholding mothers learn to reject rejection, she writes. ...
REPLAY: Literary agent MATTHEW CARNICELLI
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Carnicelli is the president of Carnicelli Literary Management, located in New York City and the Hudson Valley. He represents bestselling and a...
Janelle Brown, author of WHAT KIND OF PARADISE
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Janelle Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels I’ll Be You, Pretty Things, Watch Me Disappear, All We Ever Wanted Was Everythi...
Replay: ELMORE LEONARD, legendary writer
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re going to replay a show from 2007. Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is joined by Elmore Leonard, an American novelist, short story author and scre...
Bruce Holsinger, author of CULPABILITY
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability was Oprah’s big pick this summer. No surprise. It’s a novel that gives book clubs a lot of contemporary ethical is...
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, author of POOL FISHING
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the microphone turns on Writers on Writing founder and host Barbara DeMarco-Barrett. She joins Marrie Stone to talk about her latest story coll...
Patrick Ryan, author of BUCKEYE
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One Story Magazine Editor Patrick Ryan cut his teeth on the short story form. Author of the critically acclaimed collections The Dream Life of Astrona...
Paul Bradley Carr, author of THE CONFESSIONS
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bradley Carr is the author of the new novel, The Confessions. He has written three memoirs about his adventures in and around Silicon Valley. He ...
Michelle Huneven, author of BUG HOLLOW
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Huneven is the author of six novels including Round Rock, Jamesland, Off Course, Blame, Search and — most recently — Bug Hollow. Bug Holl...
Crissy Van Meter, author of CREATURES
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crissy Van Meter’s novel, Creatures (Algonquin Books, 2020), was a Belletrist Book pick, an NPR Book of the Year, a finalist for the WILLA Literary ...
Richard Curtis, literary agent & digital pioneer
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Literary agent Richard Curtis was a pioneer in the e-book industry. Having worked in publishing for nearly 50 years, he understands nuances, trends, a...
Stefanie Leder, author of LOVE, COFFEE, AND REVOLUTION
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stefanie Leder is a TV showrunner and writer whose credits include the MTV teen dramedy Faking It, TBS comedy Men at Work, Netflix’s Boo, Bitch, ...
Ed Park, author of AN ORAL HISTORY OF ATLANTIS
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Park is the author of the novels Same Bed Different Dreams (2023), a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Pe...
Jill Ciment, author of THE BODY IN QUESTION
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Ciment, author of The Body in Question, was born in Montreal, Canada. She is the author of Small Claims, a collection of short stories, novels, ...
Amy Bloom, author of I’LL BE RIGHT HERE
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker has said that Amy Bloom “gets more meaning into individual sentences than most authors manage in whole books.” She is the author ...
Richard Bausch, author of THE FATE OF OTHERS
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An acknowledged master of the short story form, Richard Bausch's work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Gentleman's Quarterly, Harper's, ...
Chris Whitaker, author of ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Whitaker is the author of four novels including Tall Oaks, All the Wicked Girls, We Begin at the End and All the Colors of the Dark (now out in ...
Caroline Fraser, author of MURDERLAND
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Seattle, Caroline Fraser holds a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Harvard. Formerly on the editorial staff of The New Yorker, sh...
Wally Lamb, author of THE RIVER IS WAITING
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wally Lamb is the author of six New York Times bestselling novels: I’ll Take You There, We Are Water, Wishin’ and Hopin’, The Hour I First Belie...
Gillian McAllister, author of FAMOUS LAST WORDS
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gillian McAllister graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She ...
Jess Walter, author of SO FAR GONE
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We don’t have many guests return to the show six times. Jess Walter is now one of them. Barbara DeMarco-Barrett has interviewed him three times —...
Darrow Farr, author of THE BOMBSHELL
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Darrow Farr is a Salvadoran-American writer who was a Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University from 2017-2019 and received an MFA in Creative ...
Richard Russo, author of LIFE AND ART: ESSAYS
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Russo is the author of ten novels, most recently Somebody’s Fool, Chances Are, Everybody’s Fool and That Old Cape Magic; two collections o...
Charlotte Wood, author of STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Wood is the author of seven novels and three books of non-fiction. Her novel Stone Yard Devotional was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Pri...
Vauhini Vara, author of SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vauhini Vara grew up alongside internet startup companies. She was in middle school when AOL sent those first floppy discs to our homes, inviting us t...
Jennifer Haigh, author of RABBIT MOON
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Haigh’s first novel, Mrs. Kimble, won the PEN Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Mercy Street, was named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Y...
Andrew Porter, author of THE IMAGINED LIFE
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Porter is the author of two story collections, The Disappeared and The Theory of Light and Matter. He’s also the author of the novel In Betwe...
Tova Mirvis, author of WE WOULD NEVER
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tova Mirvis is the author of the memoir The Book of Separation as well as three novels, Visible City, The Outside World and The Ladies Auxiliary, ...
Brian Selznick, author and illustrator of RUN AWAY WITH ME
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2007, with his Caldecott-winning masterpiece The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick invented a new way of storytelling. The book became the b...
Colum McCann, author of TWIST
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Colum McCann first came on the podcast in 2010 to talk about his National Book Award winning novel, Let the Great World Spin. He most recently returne...
Scott Turow, author of PRESUMED GUILTY
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Turow is a writer and former practicing lawyer and the author of 13 bestselling works of fiction, including Presumed Innocent. Scott has also p...
Charlotte McConaghy, author of WILD DARK SHORE
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte McConaghy is an Australian author living in Sydney with her partner and two children. She has a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from the Au...
Eowyn Ivey, author of BLACK WOODS, BLUE SKY
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eowyn Ivey was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for her debut novel, The Snow Child. Her latest, Black Woods, Blue Sky, offers a ...
Adam Ross, author of PLAYWORLD
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Ross is the author of Mr. Peanut, selected as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Economist. He’...
Laila Lalami, author of THE DREAM HOTEL
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laila Lalami’s fifth novel, The Dream Hotel, is a dystopian story for our time. Set in Los Angeles in the near-distant future, the novel follows Sar...
Tana French, author of THE HUNTER
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tana French is the New York Times bestselling author of eight previous books, including The Searcher, The Likeness, and The Witch Elm. Her novels have...
Eric Puchner, author of DREAM STATE
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Puchner is the author of two story collections — Music Through the Floor and Last Day on Earth. His first novel, Model Home, was a finalist for...
Literary Agent Renee Fountain
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Renee Fountain is president of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Lit Mgmt. She’s been in the publishing industry for more than 30 years. She’s worked at H...
Danielle Prescod, author of THE RULES OF FORTUNE
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Prescod is a 15-year veteran of the beauty and fashion industry. She is also the author of the memoir Token Black Girl, which was one of the ...
Kim Dower, author of WHAT SHE WANTS (poetry)
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kim (Freilich) Dower (City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood from October 2016 – October 2018) has published six highly acclaimed collections of poetr...
Bradford Morrow, author of THE FORGER’S REQUIEM
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bradford Morrow is the author of 10 novels, as well as short stories, children’s books, essays, anthologies, and illustrated books. He is also the f...
Rebecca Renner, author of GATOR COUNTRY
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Renner is a journalist and fiction writer from Daytona Beach, Florida. She’s a seventh-generation Floridian, and is committed to making life...
Marrie Stone’s BEST OF 2024
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the questions I often get this time of year is who were my favorite interviews and what were my favorite books? This year, the question prompte...
Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I have a Christmas and Hanukah gift for you: my show with Stephen Dunn. This is one of my favorite shows and he was one of my favorite poets. He publ...
Karl Marlantes, author of COLD VICTORY
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Marlantes served as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple...
Caroline Leavitt, author of DAYS OF WONDER
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Leavitt, the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels, most recently Days of Wonder, A finalist for the Midatlantic Fiction Prize...
Suzanne Redfearn, author of TWO GOOD MEN
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Suzanne Redfearn didn’t discover her talent for fiction until her 30s. A trained commercial and residential architect, she’d also worked as a copy...
Susan Minot, author of DON’T BE A STRANGER
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Minot is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, and screenwriter. She also paints watercolors and makes collages. She...
Coco Mellors, author of BLUE SISTERS
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coco Mellors is the author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and is currently being adapted for television. Her seco...
Nicola Yoon, author of ONE OF OUR KIND
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Yoon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Instructions for Dancing, Everything, Everything, The Sun Is Also a Star, and a co-author o...
Alice McDermott, author of ABSOLUTION
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alice McDermott is the author of nine novels, all published by FSG, including Charming Billy (winner of the National Book Award), That Night, As Weddi...
Jo Hamya, author of THE HYPOCRITE
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Hamya was born in London in 1997 where she now lives. After living in Miami for a few years, she completed an English degree at King’s College L...
Zoe Whittall, author of WILD FAILURE
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Whittall is a Canadian poet, novelist, and TV writer. She has published five novels including The Fake, The Spectacular, The Best Kind of People ...
Jean Hanff Korelitz, author of THE SEQUEL
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of nine novels including The Latecomer and The Plot (both in development for limited series), You Should Have Known ...
Jonathan Lethem, author of BROOKLYN CRIME NOVEL
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Lethem is one of the smartest, riskiest, and most experimental writers working in crime fiction today. He writes about crime not only like a ...
Jenna Satterthwaite, literary agent and author of MADE FOR YOU
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Satterthwaite was born in the Midwest, grew up in Spain, lived briefly in France, and now lives in Chicago with her husband and three kids. Jenn...
Alice Hoffman, author of WHEN WE FLEW AWAY: A NOVEL OF ANNE FRANK BEFORE THE DIARY
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Hoffman is the author of more than 40 books, including novels, YA fiction, middle grade and children’s books, short stories and nonfiction. Pe...
Special show with hybrid and indie authors
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking with four hybrid/self-published authors. Christine Amoroso spent the first decade of her professional career as an account...
Elizabeth Strout, author of TELL ME EVERYTHING
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Tell Me Everything, brings together her whole cast of characters to Crosby, Maine. Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton...
Patricia Engel, author of THE FARAWAY WORLD (stories)
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Engel is the author of five books including the newest collection of short stories, The Faraway World; Infinite Country, a New York Times Be...
Ben Shattuck, author of THE HISTORY OF SOUND
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Shattuck is the author of Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau, which was a New Yorker Best Book of 2022, a Wall Street Journal Best...
Sarah Pearse, author of THE WILDS
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she spent every spare mo...
Julia Phillips, author of BEAR
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Phillips is the author of the National Book Award finalist and NYT Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year debut Disappearing Earth. Her lates...
Flynn Berry, author of TRUST HER
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Flynn Berry is author of Trust Her. Berry is the New York Times bestselling author of Under the Harrow, winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fir...
Kimberly McCreight, author of LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times bestseller Kimberly McCreight is the author of eight novels, including A Good Marriage, Friends Like These and Reconstructing Amelia. S...