Writers on Writing is a weekly radio program produced and hosted by author
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, with co-host Marrie Stone. Each Wednesday at 9am Pacific, writers, poets and literary agents
join her and/or Marrie. The show is broadcast from the studios of KUCI-FM; on your radio in Orange County, CA, at 88.9
and simulcast worldwide at www.kuci.org. "Thanks for having me on your show. An hour seemed like a long time to talk about myself, but you made it fun, especially after I got warmed up." —Billy Collins, The Trouble with Poetry
"I really enjoyed talking to you. Thanks for making it such a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. I had fun, and appreciate all your support and good questions--a lot!" —Aimee Bender, Willful Creatures
"I woke at the end of the hour hoping I'd said anything, a single thing that was interesting, but please know I spoke frankly and if I was advisory (lesson-ary) I hope it was useful to your listeners. I understood immediately that you knew what writers were up to. It was a privilege to be included in your list of writers."— Ron Carlson, Five Skies , Norton
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Authors:Diana Abu-Jabar, Christina Adams, Caroline Adderson Kim Addonizio, a.j. albany, Sahar Alam, Dwight Allen, Steve Almond, Joan Wester Anderson, Natalie Angier, Jay Asher, Kate Atkinson, Elizabeth Ayres, Noreen Ayres, Thomas Averill, Burl Baer, Neil Baldwin, Melissa Bank, Andrea Barrett, Nora Raleigh Baskin, Chris Baty, Charles Baxter, Madison Smartt Bell, Gail Belsky, Aimee Bender, Elizabeth Benedict, David Benioff, Elizabeth Berg, Nina Bernstein, Stacy Bierlein, Sarah Bird, Mark Bittner, David Blatner, Lawrence Block, Amy Bloom, Judy Blunt, Charles Bock, Chris Bohjalian, Ted Botha, T.C. Boyle, Gayle Brandeis, Lynette Brasfield, Adam Braver, Kate Braverman, David Brooks, Geraldine Brooks, Janelle Brown, Rachel Manija Brown, Debby Bull, Allison Burnett, Gene Busnar, Bo Caldwell, Andrea Campbell, Janell Cannon, Ron Carlson, DeAnna Cameron, Ethan Canin, Nell Casey, Ana Castillo, Mary Castillo, Michael Chabon, Charles Champlin, Terry Cheney, Harriet Chessman, Tracy Chevalier, Jill Ciment, Melissa Clark, Susanna Clarke, Amy Cohen, George Cohen M.D., Kerry Cohen, K.C. Cole, Paul Collin, Andrea King Collier, Laura Collins, Maura Conlon-McIvor, Lisa Collier Cool, Michael Connelly, Eleanor Cooney, Catherin Cowan, Lynne Cox, Peter Craig, Robert Crais, Judi Culberson, Michael Datcher, Edwidge Danticat, Iris Rainer Dart, Meghan Daum, Claire Davis, Kathryn Davis, Sara Davidson, Debra Dean, Joan Detz, Eric Jerome Dickey, Chitra Divakaruni, Phil Doran, Geoff Dyer, Andre Dubus III, Tananarive Due, Samantha Dunn, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jack El-Hai, Dr. David Elkind, Naomi Epel, Tom Epperson, Tony Eprile, Louise Erdrich, Maria Escandon, Marc Estrin, Percival Everett, B.H. Fairchild., Tom Farber, Jon Fasman, Stefan Fatsis, Alice Feiring, Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Zoe Ferraris, Robert Ferrigno, Rachel Fershleiser, Janet Fitch, Fawn Fitter, Vicki Forman, Ken Foster, Earlene Fowler, Karen Joy Fowler, David Francis, Martha Frankel, Lucinda Franks, Judith Freeman, James Frey, John Freyer, Lisa Fugard, Peter Gadol, Christina Garcia, Carolyn Garcia-Aguilera, Ruth Gendler, Peter Gethers, Elizabeth Gilbert, Susan Jane Gilman, Debra Ginsburg, Julia Glass, Barry Glassner, Lisa Glatt, Natalie Goldberg, Ariel Gore, Barbara Gowdy, Dan Griely, Lauren Groff, David Groves, Mireille Guiliano, Patricia Guiver, Sally Gunning, Sandra Gurvis, Debra Gwartney, Constance Hale, Donald Hall, Sands Hall, Janice Hallowell, Denise Hamilton, Patricia Hampl, Kristin Hannah, Judith Handelsman,Elizabeth Harper, Tim Harper, Paul Harris, Rick Haskin, Sheridan Hay, Lesley Hazelton, Ursula Hegi, Christine Heinrichs, Ed Husain, Robert Hellenga, Amy Hempel, Kathy Hepinstal, Jane Heller, Lamar Herrin, Naomi Hirahara, Alice Hoffman, Liz Holzemer, Ann Hood, Marya Hornbacher, Michelle Huneven, Samantha Hunt, Tara Ison, David Israel. Susan Issacs, A.J. Jacobs, Kate Jacobs, J.A. Jance, Wendy Johnson, Heidi Julavits, Jonathan Kirsch, Kelly James-Enger, Allison Johnson, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Ken Kalfus, Susan Kandel, Karen Karbo, Jennifer Kaufman, Beth Kephart, David King, Laura Kipnis, Joe Kita, Matt Klam, Dr. Michael Klaper,Jean Hanff Korelitz, Rochelle Krich, Amy Krouse, Dean Kuipers, Leora Krygier, Aryn Kyle, Carroll Lachnit, Sandy Lamb, Wally Lamb, Mimi Latt, Jennifer Lawler, Martha C. Lawrence, William Least Heat-Moon, Joanna Hershon, Ross LaManna, Maria Laurino, Caroline Leavitt, Janice Y.K. Lee, Diane Lefer, Kate Lehrer, Dinah Lenney,
Diane Leslie, Wendy Lesser, Peter Levitt, Aaron Raz Link, Beth Lisick, Emily Listfield, Margot Livesey, Aimee Liu, Sandra Tsing Loh, Steve Lopez, Laura Glen Louis, Stephen Lovely, Stephen Lukes, Teresa Lust, Sarah Lyall, Doug Lyle, MD, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Karen Mack, Amy MacKinnon, Eric Maisel, Clarence Major, Julie Mammano, Paul Mandelbaum, Jo-Ann Mapson, Eric Marcus, Merrill Markoe, Scott Martelle, Robert Masello, D.T. Max, Frances Mayes, Joyce Maynard, Shawn McBride, Alice McDermott, Dennis McDougal, Patricia McFall, Martha McFee, Ron McLarty, Kirsten Menger-Anderson, Diane Middlebrook, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Lillian Moats, Nicole Mones, Susanna Moore, Mary Morris, Walter Mosley, Bernadette Murphy, Sarah Murray, Gina Nahai, Lela Nargi, Jennie Nash, Antonya Nelson, Theo Pauline Nestor, Janis Cooke Newman, Susan Newman, Ph.D., Jennifer Niven, Frances Noble, Howard Norman, Sigrid Nunez, Maxine O'Callaghan, Shirley Carroll O'Connor, Nuala O'Faolain, Kristin Ohlsen, Norman Ollestad, Debra Ollivier, Susan Orlean, Peter Orner, Diane Osen,Helen Oyeyemi, Ann Packer, Tom Paine, Dennis Palumbo, TJ Parsell, Sara Paretsky, T. Jefferson Parker, Carolyn Parkhurst, Linda Pasta, .Jim Paul, Nancy Peacock, Tom Perrotta, Susan Perry, Gary Phillips, Jayne Anne Phillips, Scott Phillips, Jodi Picoult, Melissa Plaut, Stanley Plumbly, Andrea Portes, Chandra Prasad, Francine Prose, Louise Rafkin, Mary Rakow, Ron Rash, Robert Ray, Hilda Raz, Nick Reding, Philip Reed, Judy Reeves, Melanie Rehak, David Rensin, Rachel Resnick, Katherine Russell Rich, Trish Riley, Tom Robisheaux, Mary Roach, Roxana Robinson, Kirwan Rockefeller, M.J. Rose, Jordon Roter, Mary Rourke, Anastasia Royal, Hazel Rowley, SJ Rozan, Sue Russell, Louis Sachar, Devyani Saltzman, R.A. Salvatore, Preeta Samarasan, Marisa de los Santos, Erika Schickel, Cathleen Schine, Helen Schulman, John Burnham Schwartz, Christina Schwarz, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Kathy Seal, Carolyn See, Lisa See, Susan Segal, Sylvia Sellers-Garcia, Danzy Senna, Willa Shallit, Barry Siegel, Marc Siegel, M.D., Barbara Seranella, Siddharth Shangvi, Dan Shapiro, Dani Shapiro, Akhil Sharma, Mary Sharratt, Tucker Shaw, Marisa Silver, Alix Kates Shulman, Neal Shusterman, Sue Silverman, David Skal, Dominic Smith, Janna Malamud Smith, April Smith, Martin J. Smith, Scott Smith, Taylor Smith, Kevin Smokler, Kirk Snyder, Dava Sobel, Pete Souza, Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., Darin Straus, Jane Anne Staw, David Henry Sterry, Deanne Stillman, Shreve Stockton, Robert Stone, Susan Straight, Ginger Strand, Elizabeth Strout, Nancy Rubin Stuart, Manil Suri, Ellen Sussman, Mark Svenvold, E.L. Swann, Lisa Teasely, Tina Tessina, Ph.D., Melanie Rae Thon, Judith Thurman, Michael Tolkin, Jim Tomlinson, Jennifer Traig, Claire Tristram, John Truby, Danielle Trussoni, Scott Turow, David Ulin, Louise Ure, Louis Alberto Urrea, Andrew Vachss, A. Van Jordan, Vendela Vida, Norah Vincent, Diane Wagman, Cathy Wald, Ayelet Waldman, David Wallis (Featurewell.com), Jeannette Walls, Joseph Wambaugh, Amanda Ward, Mary Waters, Katherine Weber, Irvine Welsh, Wendy Werris, Carol Weston, Carolyn Wheat, Colson Whitehead, Amy Wilentz, Jincy Willett, Paul Williams, Andrew Winer, Lauren Winner, Lolly Winston, Richard Wolffe, Susan Goldsmith Woolridge, Paula Woods, Jane Yolen, Victoria Zackheim
Poets: Marvin Bell, Michelle Ben-Hur, Derrick Brown, Billy Collins, Lea Deschenes, Diane Di Prima, Stephen Dunn, Donna Hilbert, Victor Infante, Eloise Klein Healy, Clarence Major, James McMichael, Rondo Mieczkowski, Mindy Nettifee, Linda Pastan, Georgia Popoff, Aleida Rodriguez, Martha Serpas, Gerald Stern, Diane Wakoski, Lisa Williams, Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge./p>
Literary Agents:Betsy Amster, Julie Barer, Vicki Bijur, Sheree Bykofsky, Elise Capron, Julie Castiglia, Bill Contardi, Brenda Copeland, Adam Chromy, Sandy Dijkstra, Arielle Eckstut, Laurie Fox, Laurie Harper, Gary Heidt, Jeff Herman, Dorian Karchmar, Jeff Kleinman, Linda Konner, Amy Kossow, Michael Larsen, Betsy Lerner, Noah Lukeman, Donald Maass, Steve Malk, Alice Martell, Elizabeth Pomada, Amy Rennert, BJ Robbins, Rita Rosenkranz, Susan Schulman, Sally Van Haitsma, David Vigliano, Elizabeth Wales, John Ware, Ted Weinstein, Al Zuckerman
Screenwriters, Playwrights & Film & TV Producers: Terry Black, Joe Eszterhas, John Glore, Melissa Hsu, Barry Kibrick (host, "Between the Lines," KCLS-TV), Frederick Levy, Robert Johnson, Thom Taylor, Richard Walter
Editors, Publishers & Book Publicists: Steve Burgard (Los Angeles Times), Kedric Francis (Riviera), Robert Gray (FreshEyesNow.com), Jackie Green (Los Angeles book publicist), Douglas Messerli (Sun & Moon Press), Pat Mott (formerly of Orange Coast Magazine, now editor of Orange County Catholic), Richard F.X. O'Connor (Renaissance Books), Craig Reem (OC Metro), Richard Stayton (formerly of Westways), Will Swaim (OC Weekly), Holly Richmond (west coast editor of Seventeen), Andrew Tonquitz (Santa Monica Review), Lissa Warren (De Capo)