Book Lights Podcast
Bestselling author Lisa Kessler interviews authors from every genre, shining a light on the stories, voices, and inspirations behind their books. Each week you’ll discover new reads, fresh perspectives, and the magic that keeps us turning pages.
🔦 Shining a light on good books
Episodes
333 episodes
Halloween Scares and Dares with Author Lisa Morton on Book Lights
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening.” She is t...
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Season 17
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Episode 24
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30:21
Haunting Horror with NYT Best Seller Kelley Armstrong on Book Lights
Kelley Armstrong is the author of over 50 novels in mystery, fantasy and horror. believes experience is the best teacher, though she’s been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikid...
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Season 17
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Episode 23
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32:09
Romantic Suspense Time Starts Now with author Jeri Bronson on Book Lights
Jeri Bronson was originally from Southern California. She now lives in Texas with her Coroner Investigator husband, who is the perfect resource for suspense novels. They have two grown children and two feisty part Siamese cats. Jeri enjoys outd...
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Season 17
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Episode 22
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29:29
Chasing Monsters with Author Jason Offutt on Book Lights
Jason Offutt teaches journalism at Northwest Missouri State University. He's the author of four previous books on paranormal topics, including Haunted Missouri and Paranormal Missouri (Schiffer), in addition to several novels....
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Season 17
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Episode 21
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33:26
Fiendish Family Secrets with NYT bestselling author Alma Katsu on Book Lights
Alma Katsu is the author of eight novels, most recently Red London, The Fervor, Red Widow, and The Deep. Prior to the publication of her first novel, she had a thirty-five-year long career as a senior intelligence ana...
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Season 17
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Episode 20
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32:02
Your Are the Detective with NYT Bestselling Author Maureen Johnson & Author Jay Cooper on Book Lights
Maureen Johnson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious. She has also done collaborative works, such as Let It Snow...
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Season 17
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Episode 19
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34:23
When Revenge Calls with Author Sandra L. Barone on Book Lights
Sandra L. Barone is a writer, storyteller, and community leader whose work blends honesty, humor, and heart. A moderator for The Mom Link, Sandra supports a global community of women, men, and families seeking prayers, healing, and connection a...
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Season 17
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Episode 18
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30:35
The Grave Artist with Best Selling Authors Jeffery Deaver & Isabella Maldonado on Book Lights
Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning #1 international and New York Times bestselling author of numerous series, including Lincoln Rhyme, Colter Shaw, and Kathryn Dance, as well as the Sanchez & Heron series with Isabella Mald...
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Season 17
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Episode 17
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35:31
Adventures of the Malevolent Eight with author Sebastien de Castell on Book Lights
Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realized how much he actually hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interac...
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Season 17
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Episode 16
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33:17
Lost Treasures and High Fantasy with Author Joel McKay on Book Lights
Joel McKay is an award-winning writer based in Northern British Columbia. His fiction includes the fantasy adventure novel The Dungeoneers and the Treasure of Roan, the werewolf novella Wolf at the Door and short dark fiction ...
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Season 17
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Episode 15
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26:44
Social Media and School Life with Author Tara Hodgson on Book Lights
Tara Hodgson has called herself a teacher of teenagers for 17 years and is now thrilled to call herself a published author as well.When she isn't teaching or writing, she is reading. She loves all genres of books, but especially YA Conte...
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Season 17
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Episode 14
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28:41
Magic and High Fantasy with Author JM Shaw on Book Lights
J.M. Shaw lives in Alberta, Canada with her husband and two young children. She and her family embarked upon a journey of understanding, acceptance, and life-long learning when they discovered their shared diagnosis of autism and ADHD. Writing ...
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Season 17
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Episode 13
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21:39
Haunted Paintings & Ghostly Mysteries with Author Paulette Kennedy on Book Lights
Paulette Kennedy is the bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil, which received the prestigious HNS Review Editor’s Choice Award. She has had a lifelong obsession with the gothic. As a young girl, she spent her summ...
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Season 17
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Episode 12
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30:00
Diving into Dystopian Fiction with Author CC Robinson on Book Lights
CC Robinson has been writing stories - mostly in her mind - since she was little. Since then, she’s undertaken various non-fiction and fiction works, blogs, and pens far too many emails. By day, she is a wife, mom, pastor and director of financ...
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Season 17
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Episode 11
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29:47
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