Queer Writers of Crime
Episodes
154 episodes
Laury A. Egan Sees Writing As Serious Business
Ep: 128 Laury A. Egan, and Brad Shreve discuss the diversity in the type of stories she writes, her passion for the visual arts, writing both psychological suspense and humor, and being a humanist. she doesn't write a series, and ...
Recommendation: Philip Praises A Police Procedural That Passes An Important Test
Ep: 127 Philip's June book recommendation is a book by Catherine Maiorisi that passes The Shreve Test. A High Standard Brad Insists in All Series novels.Podcast Website: www.que...
David S. Pederson: An Appreciation Of Life
Ep: 126 David S. Pederson and Brad discuss the love of writing dialogue, Phoenix life in the 1940s, and having a zest for life despite a series of disturbing events.Podcast Website:www....
Authors Recommending Authors with Dharma Kelleher, Bud Gundy, Anthony Bidulka, and Meredith Doench
Ep: 125 Dharma Kelleher, Bud Gundy, Anthony Bidulka, and Meredith Doench give suggestions for readers.Podcast Website: www.queerwritersofcrime.comDharma Kelleher Rec...
Brad Gives You A Taste Of What's To Come
Ep: 124 Brad Shreve had planned to give a book recommendation but decided to offer a sample of his current work in progress. He's having great fun writing the novel and hopes that comes through when you listen in. Feel free to leave a voice mes...
Meredith Doench Advocates for Disability Representation in Crime Fiction
Ep 123: Meredith Doench talks with Brad about being a nice person with a dark side, being a skilled literature and writing instructor, and her latest grim and gripping novel. Read the Queer Writers of Crime Guest Blog for her post on Disa...
Recommendation: Laury Presents a Dark Thriller by a Master of "Tartan Noir"
Ep: 122 Laury recommends the first novel in a grim psychological series by Val McDermid.Podcast Website:www.queerwritersofcrime.comCheck out blog posts by guests on the website:...
Anthony Bidulka Came Back. Why?
Ep: 121 Anthony Bidulka discusses why it was time for him to return to crime fiction, his co-founding a leadership retreat for LGBTQ+ youth, and what it's like to have a geographic location named after him. As if that's not enough, someho...
Recommendation: Philip Gives a Thumbs Up to a Story Which Could Have Been Lost Forever
Ep: 120 When ReQueered Tales obtained the rights to Grant Michael's Stan Kraychik series, they never expected to come upon an unpublished 7th novel in the series. That novel, Do-Si-Do with Death publishes in May 2022. Ep: 118 Brad has i...
Bud Gundy On His Newest Release, The History Of Alcatraz, And Working In Public Broadcasting
Ep: 119: How risqué was Tales of the City and was there male nudity? This isn't the primary topic but one of the many Bud Gundy discusses with Brad, including Bud's latest novel Inherit the Lightening, and even some history about Alcat...
Recommendation: Justene Gives Her Seal of Approval To a Lambda Literary Award Nominee
Ep: 118 Brad has interviewed three of the 2022 Lambda Literary Award nominees for Best LGBTQ Mystery. Now, it's Justene's Turn to say a Word About One of the Novels We Haven't Discussed. Podcast Website:
Dharma Kelleher Offers an Exclusive, Talks about her new Shea Stevens Novel, & a New Series on it's way.
Ep: 117 Dharma Kelleher converses with Brad about books 1 - 4 in her Shea Stevens Series. The 4th book "Road Rash" is coming soon. They also talk about marginalized people, primarily transgender, representation in the media and especially in bo...
Authors Recommending Authors with Jeffrey Round, Mark McNease, and Mikel J. Wilson
Ep: 116 Jeffrey Round, Mark McNease, and Mikel J. Wilson have brief chats with Brad about books they recommend. Listen in and you'll hear how you can get three books signed by outstanding authors.Podcast Website:
Recommendation: Laury shares a Deliciously Dark Thriller
Ep: 115 Author Laury A. Egan is new to the Queer Writers of Crime team offering book recommendations. She starts with a thriller by Anne Holt who Val McDermid says, "...is the latest crime writer to reveal how truly dark it gets in Scandanavia....
Mikel J Wilson Would Never Kill in a Boring Way
Ep: 114 Mikel J. Wilson chats with Brad about the unusual methods he uses to kill his victims, going from destitute to world traveler, and even gets into skydiving.Mikel also wrote a blog post for the website regarding unique methods of...
Recommendation: Philip Chats About the First Novel in a New Series by David S. Pederson
Ep: 113 Philip recommends a book by an author Justene talked about before, but this is the first in a new series. Podcast Website: www.queerwritersofcrime.comMurder on...
Jeffrey Round and His Varied and Wonderful Career in the Arts
Ep: 112 Jeffrey Round reads from Threads, a poetry collection. In addition, he discusses with Brad Jeffrey's four Bradford Fairfax Murder Mysteries, Murder in P-Town, Death in Key West, Vanished in Vallarta, and Bon Ton Roulet. Plus, they talk ...
Recommendation: Justene Talks about a Novel by Jason Wrench Where the Mystery Begins in an Unlikely Place
Ep: 111 Justene has a list of murders she prefers, and one is when they occur at a famous landmark. This week she recommends a novel where the mystery gets rolling after someone finds something they weren't shopping for in an iconic store in Ne...
Mark McNease And His Characters Age Together
Ep: 110 Brad talks with Mark McNease about what makes his Marshall James series thrillers compared to his Kyle Callahan series which are mysteries. They also discuss Mark's preference to write about older characters, plus the different points o...
Authors Recommending Authors with Marshall Thornton, Barbara Wilson, and Elizabeth Sims
Ep:109 In the first of a new monthly segment, three authors who were guests on the podcast, give book recommendations for others to enjoy. This episode includes guests featured in March 2022. They are Marshall Thornton, Barbarba Wilson, and Eli...
Elizabeth Sims Faced the Choice to be Remembered as an Executive Vice President or Someone Who Went For It
Ep: 108 Lambda Literary Award and Goldie Award winner Elizabeth Sims talks with Brad about balancing being both a writer and an editor, how her writing voice reflects her personality, working on a sheep ranch, and the experiences that shaped he...
Recommendation: Philip Suggests a First Time Novelist
Ep:107 Queer Writers of Crime is excited to add Philip to the team. Once each month he'll give you a book recommendation and in his premier episode his suggestion is a novel by a new author. Queer Writers of Crimes is rated by Buzzfeed ...
Barbara Wilson On Spinster Sleuths
Ep:106 Author Barbara Wilson, recipient of the Golden Crown Literary Society 2020 Trailblazer Award discusses with Brad what it means to be a trailblazer, the spinster sleuth and having series characters grow older, and diverse types of lesbian...
Richard Stevenson: An Encore Presentation for an Iconic Author
Ep:105 Richard Stevenson Lipez, 83, of Becket, died peacefully in his sleep on March 16, 2022, after a long exceptional life, and then an all-too-quick cancer. He would have liked to have lived longer, but considered himself lucky, nonethel...
Recommendation: Justene Discusses Steve Neil Johnson's Final Novel
Ep:104 Justene visits to launch or new format which offers one shorter episode each week which be for book recommendations. Author interviews will be separate. In this episode, Justene discusses Steve Neil Johnson's The Red Raven: Book 4: The L...