JoAnn Ainsworth’s books have been racking up awards, including a recent 2016 Best Book Awards Finalist in the 'Fiction: Mystery/Suspense’ category. Her six novels reflect the exciting life she described in our fascinating chat. The heroine of … [Read more...]
Below are interviews conducted by BAIPA members of BAIPA members. If you'd like to be interviewer or interviewee, contact [email protected]. You learn more about the BAIPA Author Interviews here.
An Editor’s Life — Christina V. Kueppers Interviews Linda Jay
In our continuing series of BAIPA members interviewing fellow BAIPA members, author Christina V. Kueppers interviews editor/writer Linda Jay "You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you, and we edit to … [Read more...]
From Climber to Kunoichi: Interview with David Kudler About his New Book ‘Risuko’
Continuing with our author interviews author series, BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry interviews BAIPA vice-president David Kudler Somehow David Kudler, founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief for Stillpoint Digital Press, overseer of the … [Read more...]
David Kudler Interviews Christina V. Kueppers
In our continuing series of BAIPA authors interviewing BAIPA authors, BAIPA board member David Kudler interviewed author Christina V. Kueppers. Enjoy! No matter what their origin, folktales always come from the “old country.” They speak to a … [Read more...]
Mining Minnesota for Stories, an Interview with Author Tim Jollymore
[BAIPA member John Byrne Barry continues his series of BAIPA authors interviewing BAIPA authors.] Tim Jollymore, a former English teacher in Oakland, who grew up in northern Minnesota, has written and published two novels, Listener in the Snow, set … [Read more...]
Author Interview — Shari Weiss in Conversation with John Byrne Barry
In the continuing series of BAIPA members interviewing BAIPA members, Shari Weiss recently interviewed John Byrne Barry. Q: How did you come to write Bones in the Wash? I wanted to write the kind of book I like to read — fun, fast-paced, full of … [Read more...]
Aleta George Discusses her Book about Ina Coolbrith with Gael Chandler
INTRO: I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Aleta George, journalist, and the author of Ina Coolbrith—The Bittersweet Song of California’s First Poet Laureate. I had written a chapter about Ina in my own book, Chronicles of Old San Francisco … [Read more...]
Julie Freestone Interviewed by Laurie McAndish King
Another Angle Leads to NPR Podcast BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her Stumbling Stone co-author Rudi Raab were interviewed for Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilner for an NPR Podcast about travel. BAIPA member and NPR correspondent, Laurie … [Read more...]
John Byrne Barry Interviews Gael Chandler
Walking the Historic Streets of San Francisco After 30 years in Los Angeles working as a film editor, teacher, and author of three books on editing, Gael Chandler returned to the Bay Area, where she wrote "Chronicles of Old San Francisco," a history … [Read more...]
Author Interview — Doug Greene’s Journey from Grief to Grace
Shameless Self-Promotion or Selfless Promotion of Others? One benefit of being a BAIPA member is, or should be, an opportunity to get more readers for whatever we’re writing. But many of us, especially those of us born in the Midwest, where modesty … [Read more...]