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Episode 649: Aime Alley Card, Author of The Tigerbelles

Episode 649: Aime Alley Card, Author of The Tigerbelles

Author Aime Alley Card stops by the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her book The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State.

Episode 646: Crystal Hana Kim, Author of The Stone Home

Episode 646: Crystal Hana Kim, Author of The Stone Home

Acclaimed author Crystal Hana Kim returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel The Stone Home.

Episode 631: Best Books of 2023

Episode 631: Best Books of 2023

In our season finale, Daniel Ford and the Writer's Bone Podcast Network share the books we loved in 2023. 

Episode 618: Ronald C. White, Author of On Great Fields

Episode 618: Ronald C. White, Author of On Great Fields

Author and historian Ronald C. White chats with Daniel Ford about his new book On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

Episode 616: David Kruh, Author of Inseparable

Episode 616: David Kruh, Author of Inseparable

Author David Kruh joins Daniel Ford in studio to chat about his book Inseparable: An Alcatraz Escape Adventure.

Episode 575: Heather Webb, Author of Strangers in the Night

Episode 575: Heather Webb, Author of Strangers in the Night

Author Heather Webb joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her latest book Strangers in the Night.

Episode 571: Mark Whitaker, Author of Saying It Loud

Episode 571: Mark Whitaker, Author of Saying It Loud

Author, journalist, and "CBS Sunday Morning" contributor Mark Whitaker joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his latest book Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement.

Episode 561: The Best Books of 2022

Episode 561: The Best Books of 2022

Daniel Ford shares our favorite books of the year.

Episode 558: Fred Kaplan, Author of His Masterly Pen

Episode 558: Fred Kaplan, Author of His Masterly Pen

Author and historian Fred Kaplan joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer.

Episode 555: David Maraniss, Author of Path Lit by Lightning

Episode 555: David Maraniss, Author of Path Lit by Lightning

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe.

Episode 547: Phil Klay & Elliot Ackerman

Episode 547: Phil Klay & Elliot Ackerman

Authors Phil Klay and Elliot Ackerman join Daniel Ford to chat about their new books Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War and The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan, respectively.

Episode 479: Louise Claire Johnson, Author of Behind the Red Door

Episode 479: Louise Claire Johnson, Author of Behind the Red Door

Author Louise Claire Johnson joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut Behind the Red Door.

Episode 471: Sarah Penner, Author of The Lost Apothecary

Episode 471: Sarah Penner, Author of The Lost Apothecary

Author Sarah Penner joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut The Lost Apothecary.

Episode 451: Maaza Mengiste, Author of The Shadow King

Episode 451: Maaza Mengiste, Author of The Shadow King

Author Maaza Mengiste joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel The Shadow King.

Episode 439: Morgan Jerkins, Author of Wandering in Strange Lands

Episode 439: Morgan Jerkins, Author of Wandering in Strange Lands

Author and essayist Morgan Jerkins discusses her new book Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots.

Episode 415: Melissa R. Klapper, Author of Ballet Class: An American History

Episode 415: Melissa R. Klapper, Author of Ballet Class: An American History

In another special Sunday episode, author and historian Melissa R. Klapper talks with Daniel Ford about her new book Ballet Class: An American History.

Episode 322: In the Hurricane’s Eye Author Nathaniel Philbrick

Episode 322: In the Hurricane’s Eye Author Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and Bunker Hill, returns to the show to discuss the finale of his Revolutionary War trilogy In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown.

Episode 313: Founding Martyr Author Christian Di Spigna

Episode 313: Founding Martyr Author Christian Di Spigna

Author and historian Christian Di Spigna talks to Daniel Ford about his new book, Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero.

Episode 268: Inside the Combat Zone Author Stephanie Schorow

Episode 268: <i>Inside the Combat Zone</i> Author Stephanie Schorow

Live from the PRX Podcast Garage in Allston, Mass., Stephanie Schorow, author of Inside the Combat Zone: The Stripped Down Story of Boston’s Most Notorious Neighborhood and Drinking Boston: A History of the City and its Spirits, talks to Sean Tuohy and Mike Nelson about the history of Boston’s “sordid and alluring” underside.

Episode 246: The Frozen Hours Author Jeff Shaara

Episode 246: <i>The Frozen Hours</i> Author Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara, author of Gods and Generals and The Fateful Lightning, returns to the podcast to discuss his new novel, The Frozen Hours. Shaara talks to Daniel Ford about consulting with Korean War veterans, how he chose the characters featured in this narrative, and why, in large part because of those veterans, his writing process was more emotional this time around.