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Welcome to James River Writers, an organization based in Richmond, VA, which builds community by connecting and inspiring writers and all those in central Virginia with a love for the written word. In this podcast, we interview writers, agents, editors, and others from the industry to learn their perspectives on the world of writing and publishing.

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Author of five books, Shonda Buchanan is the author of Black Indian, which won the Indie New Generation Book Award for Memoir and was chosen by PBS NewsHour as a ?Top 20 Book to Read? to learn about institutional racism. Her... more

Ruta Sepetys is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Ruta is considered a ?crossover? novelist as her books are read by... more

Meet our guest: As a high energy, award-winning book publicist, literary agent, and publishing consultant, Dawn Michelle Hardy advocates for storytellers, entrepreneurs, and executives who want to share their creativity and knowledge... more

Meet our guest: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York-based journalist and author of the international bestseller Sarong Party Girls, named one of Amazon ?Best Books of the Month? for July 2016. She also wrote A Tiger in the Kitchen,... more

Meet our Guest: Hank Phillippi Ryan is USA Today bestselling author of 12 mystery novels, Hank has also won multple prestigious awards for her crime fiction: five Agathas, three Anthonys, the Daphne, two Macavitys, and the... more

Meet our guest: Cherise Fisher Over the course of her twenty-five year career as an acquiring editor at Simon & Schuster and the Editor-in-Chief of Plume, Cherise Fisher has edited and published several bestselling and award-winning authors.... more

Meet our guest: Meg Medina is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of numerous works for children and teens, including Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which won the 2019 John D. Newbery medal. She serves on... more

Meet our guest: Eric Smith, Agent, is an author and literary agent from Philadelphia with a love for young adult books, literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, and non-fiction. An agent with P.S. Literary, he's worked on award-winning and New... more

Meet our guest: Victoria Chrisopher Murray is a native New Yorker, Victoria Christopher Murray is the author of 30+ novels with Simon and Schuster. In addition, she is a five-time NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding... more

American author Padma Venkatraman lived in five countries, explored rainforests, and was chief scientist on oceanographic vessels. Her novels, A Time to Dance, Island's End and Climbing the Stairs, were released to multiple starred reviews... more

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