Norah Woodsey, is an indie author, with three novels, THE CONTROL PROBLEM and LIFELESS, and the novella WHEN THE WAVE COLLAPSES. Her next book, THE STATES, will be out in April 2024. After short careers in finance and tech, Norah began writing novels featuring subjects of which she says she has “intense interest but not quite expertise”, such as history, physics, genetics, sociology and gender studies. She’s a fourth generation Brooklynite, though she’s now living over on the west coast.

You can pre-order THE STATES or buy any of her other books via the links on Norah's website, or from Norah's favorite indie bookstore, Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, and you can find Norah at www.norahwoodsey.com and follow her on  Instagram.

Kealani Netane is a Native Hawaiian and Samoan author who was raised on the leeward side of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi where she currently lives. She writes children's books and her debut picture book will be TALA LEARNS TO SIVA, illustrated by Dung Ho (Scholastic, Summer 2024) and is available for pre-order now.

Kealani is passionate about championing Pacific Islander voices in all sectors of the art world, and she was part of the organizing team which put together the Books for Maui online auction to help support the island recover and rebuild after the devastating wildfires of August 2023. 

The other auction organizers are:

• Malia Maunakea- LEI AND THE FIRE GODDESS
• Keala Kendall- unannounced book news
• Erika Cravahlo Meyers- not an author, contributor to Scholastic’s Rising Voices initiative
• Shar Tuiasoa- Punky Aloha
• Terisa Siagatonu- award-winning poet 
• Joanna Ho (Chinese/Taiwanese)- NYT Bestselling author. 

The four organizations which the Auction supported are:

• Kamehameha Schools and the Pauahi Foundation
• Hawai’i Community Foundation
• Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
• Maui Food Bank

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Emily Bain Murphy is the author of two gorgeous magical fantasy books for young adults - THE DISAPPEARANCES and SPLINTERS OF SCARLET - and has this month published her first novel for adults, ENCHANTED HILL, with Union Square & Company, Emily has not only transitioned to writing for an adult audience, she's also turned to the world of a detective and a murder mystery.  Having lived in the Far East as a youngster, and all over the US as an adult, Emily has finally settled in the St Louis area.

You can buy ENCHANTED HILL from Emily's favorite indie bookstores in Missouri, Main Street Books in St. Charles, or The Novel Neighbor in Webster Groves.

You can find Emily at www.emilybainmurphy.com, and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

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Kathryn Casey is an award-winning journalist and the author of eleven true crime books and seven crime fiction novels. As a journalist, Casey has written more than a hundred national magazine articles and pieces for The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Houston Chronicle. Her true crime story, DEADLY LITTLE SECRETS was made into a movie, SINS OF THE PREACHER, and based on her work for her book DELIVER US, she was featured in all three episodes of the Netflix series "Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields." In 2022

Her latest book - her 19th - is Angel Falls, and this time, it's historical fiction, but based on a real life explorer, Ruth Robertson.

To buy Angel Falls from Kathryn's favorite indie bookstore, Murder by the Book in Houston, Texas, visit the store's website. 

To buy Angel Falls, and support this podcast, visit our page at Bookshop.org

You can find Kathryn, and read the opening chapter of Angel Falls at www.kathryncasey.com

 

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