Great Stories about Great Storytellers
GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.
Great Stories about Great Storytellers
Nevada Barr--the mystery writer who takes readers to national parks
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Randy Overbeck
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In this 50th episode, you'll learn--
- how Nevada Barr began her working career as an actress of moderate success
- the unusual way Nevada became interested in the outdoors and specifically the national parks
- how Nevada remained committed to writing even though any success was slow in coming
- how Nevada Barr broke new ground in the mystery writing genre by moving her sleuth, park ranger Anna Pigeon to a new park for each entry
Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!