The Dead Tree Society Podcast

Best-selling author and paranormal fantasy sensation Laurell K. Hamilton visits to talk about her latest book in the Merry Gentry series, A Glimmer of Death, now available from Berkley. She talks at length about some of her career, about the importance of the Merry Gentry series in addressing themes she often returns to in fiction, as well as topics of intimacy, power, and sexuality in her books.Find more from Laurell K. Hamilton at www.laurellkhamilton.com and get any of her series at your local library today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Debut novelist Kennedy Cole visits to talk about her book There Used to Be People Here, available November 3, 2026, from Berkley. She talks about the book's major themes and issues, from racism to identity to alien hiveminds (and more!). You can find more about Kennedy Cole at www.kennedyreadsandwrites.com and you can get the book today from your local library or your favorite book retailer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Novelist Mackenzie Reed joins the show to talk about her debut adult romance I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell, available as a paperback original from Berkley. She talks about her road to adult romance and genre mashing, about what she thinks of tropes in genre fiction, how her book reflects the Millennial and Gen Z depiction of Hell, and more.You can find more about Mackenzie Reed at www.mackenziemreed.com, and you can grab her novel from your local library, where the librarians are surely nicer than Debra in Accounting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prolific author A. Rushby joins the show to talk about her latest novel, All Her Beautiful Deaths, now available from Berkley in the U.S. She talks about her career as a writer and her interest in the Gothic, as well as her experience with art and reflects on both its place in our lives and the trouble of its commercialization.You can find more about Allison Rushby at www.allisonrushby.com, and you can get her books at your local library or preferred retailer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author Nick Medina joins the show to talk about his latest novel Savage Lake, available October 27 from Berkley. He shares some heartfelt thoughts on the creative process as well as how we interact with art, and how we think about living upright, honest lives in a world governed by those who are not.You can find Nick Medina at www.nickmedina.net, and you can get the book now from your local library or your favorite book retailer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.