9/25/2012 Write On! Radio

We speak with Sam Weller, the authorized biographer of Ray Bradbury, about his new book Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, which he co-edited with Mort Castle. He is also the author of The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, and Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews.

Also, we chat with Amanda Coplin about her masterful debut novel, The Orchardist, an epic drama about a gentle and lonely orchard farmer who gets involved in the lives of two girls who have been subjected to cruelty and tragedy. The book has been widely praised by such entities as The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Minneapolis Star Tribune and Publishers Weekly.