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11/19/2025

Looking for a heartwarming holiday read and a boost of creative inspiration? 🎄✨

Tune in as Geeta Schrayter shares how her love for New England, joyful storytelling, and letting go of perfection can help you embrace happiness and creativity—even in life’s busiest moments. Perfect for anyone craving cozy vibes, authentic advice, and a little extra holiday cheer!

Listen for the full episode here: bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod or on your favorite podcast platform.

11/18/2025

Looking for your next page-turner? 🌲📚✨

Kathleen Basi chats with award-winning author Rebecca Hodge about Island Endgame—a thriller inspired by her summer camp adventures in Washington’s Puget Sound! 🚣‍♀️🏕️

From horseback rides on Lopez Island to heart-pounding island thrills, discover how real-life adventures fuel unforgettable fiction.

Tune in now!

11/12/2025

In this week’s Author Express, Rebecca Hodge—veterinarian, scientist, and author—shares how real-life adventures inspired her latest suspense novel, Island Endgame.

Discover how Rebecca brings heart, curiosity, and real-life grit to her unforgettable characters—and why authenticity is every writer’s greatest asset.

🎧 Listen now on bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod or wherever you get your podcasts.

11/05/2025

🎙️ The Final Chapter of Author Express

After 3 years, 130 episodes, and 125+ inspiring author interviews, Author Express is saying goodbye this November. 💛

Hosts Shawna Rodrigues, Kristi Leonard, and Kathleen Basi reflect on the friendships, lessons, and encouragement that defined their journey—celebrating creativity, community, and the courage it takes to share your story.

🎧 Listen to their heartfelt farewell: bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod

11/04/2025

Last week on Author Express, Virginia McCullough shared her powerful story of surviving assault and how it shaped her writing and advocacy. Through her work at a r**e crisis center and her deeply moving fiction, she reminds us that speaking out creates change and healing.

If you missed this moving conversation, now’s the perfect time to catch up before our new episode drops this week!

🎧 Listen at bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod or wherever you listen to podcasts.

10/29/2025

From classical ballet to bestselling women’s fiction, Virginia McCullough has built a writer’s life defined by hope, healing, and second chances. ✨

With over 150 books to her name, she’s helped others tell their stories—through ghostwriting, editing, and her own heartfelt novels. In this episode of Author Express, Virginia shares how life’s real challenges—single motherhood, advocacy, and compassion—shape the resilient characters she writes. 💫

🎧 Tune in and discover why every story is a chance for renewal. Listen here: https://bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod or wherever you stream.

10/23/2025

From tackling themes of social anxiety and belonging to weaving laughter into life’s toughest moments, Melissa shares how her stories—and her own experiences—inspire resilience and healing. 💛

If you’ve ever felt lost, her words (and her book!) will remind you: light shines even in the darkest places.

Catch the full conversation on the latest Author Express! 🌟 Listen here: https://bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod or wherever you stream.

10/15/2025

This week on Author Express, host Kathleen Basi chats with Melissa R. Collings, award-winning author of The False Flat. 🚴‍♀️📚

Melissa shares how her Nashville roots, cycling adventures, and biracial identity shaped her heartfelt, humorous story about finding your place in the world.

Tune in for laughter, insight, and inspiration that lingers long after the last page. ✨ 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod

10/08/2025

In the latest episode of Author Express, Catherine Matthews shares the book that inspires her most: "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" by Rebecca Wells. Catherine loves how the novel weaves past and present with honesty and vulnerability, spotlighting powerful themes of sisterhood and the way our histories shape our futures. 💜

If you’re a fan of stories with messy, complicated, and inspiring relationships between women, this is the book that’s influenced Catherine’s own writing style!

👉 Tap to hear the full episode: bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod

10/01/2025

✨ New on Author Express! ✨

Author Catherine Matthews shares the power of trusting your voice—in writing and in life. 🌊🐾

Inspired by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, her fiction blends sisterhood, secrets, and second chances. With morning writing sessions alongside her dogs, Delta & Wally, Catherine creates heartfelt stories about strong women finding their way.

🎙️ Tune in to hear how she turns family memories and road trips into unforgettable fiction! https://bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod

09/24/2025

🌲✨ What if the key to feeling united—no matter which way you lean—was as simple as stepping into a national park? 💚🇺🇸

On this episode of Author Express, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher shares how real-life adventures spark unforgettable personalities in her stories—plus how America’s wild, breathtaking parks inspired her newest series.

🎧 Tune in for inspiration from the people closest to us and the places that bring us together. https://bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod or wherever you stream.

09/17/2025

📚 Ever wondered how a secret novelist—writing her very first book without telling a soul—became the award-winning author of nearly 50 novels? ✨

On this week’s Author Express, Suzanne Woods Fisher shares how her bustling family of four inspires unforgettable characters, and how unexpected sparks—like photographing animals or tracking a legendary grizzly in Grand Teton—shaped her new national park series. 🐻

✍️ Hear how family, discipline, and adventure fueled a writing career that almost never happened. If you’re looking for insight on creativity, persistence, and following your calling, this episode is for you!

🎙️ Tap the link to listen now: bit.ly/AuthorExpressPod

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