The Fresh Fiction Podcast

Meet Lisa Regan | Author of 'Her Dying Secret' (Detective Josie Quinn series)

We're chatting with Lisa Regan, author of the Detective Josie Quinn series, including Her Dying Secret. Join this lively conversation about her work!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lisa Regan is the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series as well as several other crime fiction titles. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of Education degree from Bloomsburg University. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers Association, and Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, daughter and Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip.

Meet Shaina Steinberg | Author of 'Under the Paper Moon'

We're chatting with Shaina Steinberg, author of Under the Paper Moon. Join this lively conversation about her work!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Shaina Steinberg is the author of the Bishop & Gallagher Mysteries, as well as a film and television writer who’s worked on Malcolm in the Middle, Everwood, Cold Case, Bionic Woman and Spartacus. Named to the Young and Hungry List in 2013 and the WriteHer List in 2017, she has developed pitches, pilots and features with companies such as Temple Hill, Endgame Entertainment, Fremantle, eOne, Blondie Girl, Josephson Entertainment and Alcon. Most recently, she optioned a feature film to Balcony 9 with shooting scheduled to begin in 2023. She lives with her family in Los Angeles, CA.

Meet Amy Andrews | Author of the 'Outback Heat' Series

We're chatting with Amy Andrews, author of the OUTBACK HEAT series. Join this lively conversation about her work!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Amy is an award-winning, USA Today best-selling, triple RITA nominated Aussie author who has written eighty contemporary romances in both the traditional and digital markets and sold over 3 million books.

Her books bring all the feels from sass and quirk and laughter to emotional grit to panty-melting heat. She loves frequent travel, good books, and great booze, although she’ll take mediocre booze if there’s nothing else. For many, many years, she was a registered nurse. Which means she knows things. Anatomical things. And she’s not afraid to use them!

In 2019, Romance Writers of Australia, an organization she has been heavily involved with for over twenty years, gave her life member status.

She lives in the pretty little coastal town of Yeppoon, where she gets to stare at the ocean all day.

Film & TV Ep. 10 | 'The Watchers' (feat. Ishana Shyamalan), 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' & 'The Acolyte'

Fresh Fiction's Preston Barta and James Cole Clay and special guest Bryan Kluger (of High Def Digest & Boomstick Comics) discuss the latest happenings in entertainment.

This week's episode features talks about:

FILM

• Alamo Drafthouse Theaters Close in Dallas-Fort Worth (0:00-15:15)
• BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE (15:15-26:49)
• THE WATCHERS (26:49-35:02)
• ALIEN: ROMULUS Trailer (35:02-39:45)

TV

• THE ACOLYTE (39:45-49:06)

INTERVIEWS

• THE WATCHERS director/writer Ishana Shyamalan (49:55-56:11)

Film & TV Ep. 9 | 'The Dead Don't Hurt' (feat. Viggo Mortensen) and 'In a Violent Nature' (feat. Lauren-Marie Taylor)

Fresh Fiction's Preston Barta and James Cole Clay discuss the latest happenings in entertainment.

This week's episode features talks about:

FILM

• THE DEAD DON'T HURT
• IN A VIOLENT NATURE
• WHAT YOU WISH FOR
• SUMMER CAMP

TV

• LOOT Season Two Finale (Apple TV+)
• VANDERPUMP RULES

INTERVIEWS

• THE DEAD DON'T HURT director/writer/star Viggo Mortensen
• IN A VIOLENT NATURE & FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART 2 star Lauren-Marie Taylor

Film & TV Ep. 8 | 'Furiosa' (Extended Review), 'Hit Man' & 'Trying' Season 4 (feat. Rafe Spall & Esther Smith)

Fresh Fiction's Preston Barta and James Cole Clay and Dan Moran (of the Fear & Loathing in Cinema Podcast) discuss the latest in entertainment, including what's happening at the cinema and on television.

This week's episode features talks about:

FILM

• FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (Extended Review)
• THE GARFIELD MOVIE
• HIT MAN

TV

• TRYING Season 4 (Apple TV+)

INTERVIEWS

• TRYING stars Rafe Spall & Esther Smith

Meet Jeff Zentner | Author of 'Colton Gentry's Third Act'

We're chatting with Jeff Zentner, author of COLTON GENTRY'S THIRD ACT. Join this lively conversation about his work!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jeff Zentner is the author of New York Times Notable Book The Serpent King, Goodbye Days, and Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee. He has won the William C. Morris Award, the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, the International Literacy Association Award, and the Westchester Fiction Award. He’s a two-time Southern Book Prize finalist, been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and UKLA, and was a finalist for the Indies Choice Award. He was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and an Indies Introduce pick. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. Before becoming a writer, he was a musician who recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Debbie Harry. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

He came to writing through music, starting his creative life as a guitarist and eventually becoming a songwriter. He’s released five albums and appeared on recordings with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry, Mark Lanegan, and Lydia Lunch, among others.

He became interested in writing for young adults after volunteering at the Tennessee Teen Rock Camp and Southern Girls Rock Camp. As a kid, his parents would take him to the library and drop him off, where he would read until closing time. He worked at various bookstores through high school and college.

He speaks fluent Portuguese, having lived in the Amazon region of Brazil for two years.

Film & TV Ep. 7 | 'IF', 'Babes', 'The Strangers: Chapter 1' & 'The Big Cigar' (feat. cast and showrunners)

Fresh Fiction's Preston Barta, James Cole Clay and Courtney Howard discuss the latest in entertainment, including what's happening at the cinema and on television.

This week's episode features talks about:

FILM

• IF
• BABES
• THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1
• BACK IN BLACK
• FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
• ORPHAN (Scream Factory Blu-ray release)
• Various film screenings on 35mm

TV

• THE BIG CIGAR (Limited Series on Apple TV+)

INTERVIEWS

• THE BIG CIGAR showrunners Janine Sherman Barrois & Jim Hecht and stars Alessandro Nivola, P.J. Byrne & Tiffany Boone

Meet Susan C. Shea | Author of 'Murder and the Missing Dog'

We're chatting with Susan C. Shea, author of MURDER AND THE MISSING DOG. Join us for a lively conversation about her work!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Susan C. Shea loves fine art, interesting food, all things France, the beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area she lives in, and her two orange tabby cats. She writes three mystery series that arise out of her likes: a French village mystery series that debuted in May 2017; the Château in Burgundy series that launched in 2023; and the Dani O'Rourke mysteries set in San Francisco. All of her series have collected high praise from reviewers. She's a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She blogs with 7Criminal Minds and speaks frequently at book events. 

Film & TV Ep. 6 | 'The Last Stop in Yuma County' (feat. director Francis Galluppi), 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' and 'The Dry' Films

Fresh Fiction's Preston Barta and James Cole Clay are here to bring you the latest updates on what's happening in the world of cinema and television. So, sit back, relax, and tune in!

This week's happenings include:

A discussion on the state of the film/theater industry.

FILM

• THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY
• KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
• I SAW THE TV GLOW
• THE DRY 
• FORCE OF NATURE
• EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
• POOLMAN

INTERVIEWS

• THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY director Francis Galluppi