Gloria Dunn-Violin of Novato talked with scores of folks before writing her second book. One of the saddest stories she heard was about “a man who had a lucrative business and retired without a clue about how to spend the rest of his life. He … [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.
Joel Friedlander’s Journey to Becoming Go-To Expert on Book Publishing, Cover Design, and More
On July 8, in the morning session, Joel Friedlander will present We All Judge Books By Their Covers — How to Create Book Covers That Work; for the afternoon session, he'll be part of a panel doing live critiques of BAIPA authors’ book … [Read more...]
Rollercoaster to Sizzle: An Interview with Woody Weingarten
Continuing with our author-interviews-author series, BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry interviews author Woody Weingarten, who wrote Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner’s breast cancer, after his wife recovered from breast … [Read more...]
BAIPA Author Pens ‘Cartoonish’ Mystery Play Being Staged in Mill Valley
John Byrne Barry, winner of the 2015 BAIPA Best Book Award, has written a murder mystery play that’s opening this weekend in Mill Valley. It's called Publish or Perish: Tam Valley Mystery Writers’ Retreat Murder Mystery, It might be fun for you to … [Read more...]
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth and Her Five Navy Psychics
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...]
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...]