
Reader's Entertainment Radio
Reader's Entertainment Radio is a fun, informative and entertaining way to learn about books, engage with authors and have fun! From Book Lights to Reader's Entertainment Radio Show we have something for every reader and every genre!
Episodes
319 episodes
Diving into the World of Cyberpunk with Author Mark Everglade on Book Lights
Mark Everglade is a cyberpunk author whose first novel hit #5 in its genre. His most recent book, Inertia, won the 2024 Fire and Ember Award for best sci-fi novel from a small publisher. His short stories have been featured beside auth...
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Season 17
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Episode 10
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28:22

True Crime Travel with Author Dawn Barclay on Book Lights
Dawn M. Barclay writes fiction as D.M. Barr and nonfiction under her own name. A veteran travel reporter who has held senior editor or contributing editor positions at Travel Agent Magazine, Travel Life, Travel Market Report, and most recently,...
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Season 17
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Episode 9
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29:53

Thrillers and Spies with NYT Best Seller Tess Gerritsen on Book Lights
International bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, she later earned her MD at the University of California, San Francisco. While on maternity leave as a physician, she b...
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Season 17
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Episode 8
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31:29

Southern Gothic Secrets with Author Emily Carpenter
EMILY CARPENTER, a former actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes soap opera assistant, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, she now lives in Georgia with her family. You...
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Season 17
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Episode 7
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30:35

Christmas and Cryptids with Author Liana Brooks on Book Lights
Liana Brooks is an American author who writes science fiction and sci-fi romance for people who like fast ships, big guns, witty one-liners, and happy endings. She enjoys writing science fiction in every form, from sprawling space operas (
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Season 17
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Episode 6
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29:30

Steaming up the pages with Author Luce Sutherland on Book Lights
Luce Sutherland has been reading juicy, erotic romance since before it was mainstream... when you couldn’t hide behind a Kindle, and you had to bring the illicit book to the register - and be judged by the cashier.When those books became...
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Season 17
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Episode 5
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31:12

Love and Magic with Author Tricia Copeland on Book Lights
Tricia Copeland believes in finding magic. She thinks magic infuses every aspect of our lives, whether it is the magic of falling in love, discovering a new passion, viewing a beautiful sunset, or reading a book that transports us to another wo...
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Season 17
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Episode 4
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34:14

Haunting Gothic Thrillers with Author Christa Carmen on Book Lights
Christa Carmen lives in Rhode Island. She is the author of The Daughters of Block Island, winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, the Indie Horror Book Award-winning Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, and ...
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Season 17
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Episode 3
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24:58

Making Tarot Cards a Practical Tool for Personal Development with Author Lisa Kessler on Book Lights
Lisa Kessler is the author of the Practical Tarot deck and The Practical Tarot Method: Learning to Read Tarot Cards Intuitively and has been a professional tarot card reader for nearly twenty years, reading for clients all ove...
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Season 17
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Episode 2
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35:58

Thrillers, Stalkers, and More with Author Victor Methos on Book Lights
At the age of thirteen, when his best friend was interrogated by the police for over eight hours and confessed to a crime he didn’t commit, Victor Methos knew he would one day become a lawyer.After graduating from law school at the Unive...
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Season 17
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Episode 1
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34:14

Heating up your holidays with USA Today Bestseller Christi Barth on Book Lights
USA TODAY bestseller Christi Barth earned a Masters degree in vocal performance and embarked upon a career on the stage. A love of romance then drew her to wedding planning. Ultimately she succumbed to her lifelong love of books and now writes ...
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Season 16
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Episode 50
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35:53

Walking in a Winter Wonderland with Author Sheila English on Book Lights
An award-winning author, Sheila English lives in California, USA where she is a producer, director and screenwriter for COS Productions, the top producer of book trailers in America, and a company she owns.She has worked with authors suc...
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Season 16
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Episode 49
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33:39

Crossing Boundaries with thriller author Brad Parks on Book Lights
International bestselling author Brad Parks is the only writer to have won the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty Awards, three of American crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. His novels have been translated into fifteen languages and have won critic...
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Season 16
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Episode 48
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34:40

Historical Fiction and Families with Author Tong Ge on Book Lights
Tong Ge was born and raised in China and moved to Canada in 1988. She began writing the China China trilogy in 2004. Although she was challenged by learning to write in English and by her long-term disability, she persevered and since 2012 has ...
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Season 16
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Episode 47
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31:00

Camping, Comedy & Killers with Author Amelia Diane Coombs on Book Lights
Amelia Diane Coombs is the author of the new dark comedic mystery Drop Dead Sisters, as well as four young adult novels, most recently All Alone With You, a JLG Gold Standard Selection. She’s a Northern California transplant l...
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Season 16
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Episode 46
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29:55

Myths & Monsters with Author Crystal King on Book Lights
Crystal King is the author of In The Garden of Monsters, The Chef’s Secret and Feast of Sorrow, which was long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was a Must Read for the MassBook Awards. She is ...
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Season 16
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Episode 45
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24:59

Twenty Years of Screaming with Horror Author Mark Leslie on Book Lights
Mark Leslie would be the first person to admit he's still afraid of the monster under his bed. That might be why most of his books explore the darker side. In addition to penning a series of true ghostly tales (that include SPOOKY SUDBURY, HAUN...
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Season 16
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Episode 44
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25:37

Talking Freaky Folklore with Darkness Prevails & Carman Carrion on Book Lights
Darkness Prevails is a spooky storyteller extraordinaire hailing from the Ozarks of Arkansas. When he's not busy spinning yarns about things that go bump in the night on Eeriecast: The Horror Podcast Network or on his wildly successful YouTube ...
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Season 16
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Episode 43
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31:54

American Scary with Author Jeremy Dauber on Book Lights
Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American Studies at Columbia University, where he has also served as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Harvar...
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Season 16
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Episode 42
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36:04

Saving Christmas with Author Dr. Roger Leslie on Book Lights
Dr. Roger Leslie is a scholar in the fields of success and education. Through major literary houses, medium and small presses, and his own publishing house, Leslie has published fiction and nonfiction books in multiple genres: historical fiction, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 128
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30:54

Mysteries with a paranormal twist with Author Lauren Thoman on Book Lights
Lauren Thoman writes speculative fiction for teens and adults. Her debut novel, I'll Stop the World, was selected for publication in 2023 by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling through her eponymous imprint, Mindy's Book Studio. Lauren's pop cultur...
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Season 6
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Episode 126
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31:14

Betrayal Road with #1 NYT Best Seller Christine Feehan on Book Lights
Christine Feehan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, with 83 published works in seven different series: Dark Series, GhostWalker Series, Leopard Series, Drake Sisters Series, Sea Haven Series, Shadow Series, and Torpedo Ink Series. All seve...
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42:40

Getting Gothic with Author and Musician Aurelio Voltaire on Book Lights
Born in Havana and raised in New Jersey, Aurelio Voltaire’s boyhood fascination with horror movies blossomed into a teenage taste for the moody music of British rock bands including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, and the Cure. Aurelio worked ...
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34:17

Myths & Outlaws with #1 NYT Best Seller Sherrilyn Kenyon on Book Lights
Defying all odds is what #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Sherrilyn McQueen writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon does best. Rising from extreme poverty as a child that culminated in being a homeless mother with an infant, she has bec...
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Season 6
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Episode 124
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31:26

Marilyn Monroe, Murder, and the Mob with Thriller Author Lori Roy on Book Lights
Lori Roy is the author of six novels, including her upcoming novel, LAKE COUNTY (6/1/24). Her debut, BENT ROAD, was awarded the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. She went on to receive the 2016 Edgar Allen Poe Award...
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Season 6
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Episode 121
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30:47
