Why Authors Write features conversations with best-selling authors to discover what propelled them from inspiration to publication. Weekly episodes explore the powerful, emotional moments that shape the books we want to read.
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Mary J. Cronin, Creator and Host
Brought to you by Mary J. Cronin, entrepreneur, author, creator, researcher, and podcast host. I have always been curious about what compels my favorite authors to dedicate years to writing exactly that book that I can’t stop reading. Now I get to ask them directly on Why Authors Write.
Kristie Dickinson, Co-Host
Kristie is an author, speaker, and musician / songwriter. She worked at Apple advising on product strategy and interface design, and now writes a Substack newsletter teaching creatives how to surprise and delight the world. Besides talking with authors on Why Authors Write, Kristie is hard at work on her debut book — a hybrid memoir / novel with lyrics.
Sara Stanton, Co-Host
Sara is a writer, literary agency assistant, Boston Authors Club Board Member, and, above all, a reader. She delights in the power of a good book and embraces how writing can be used to spark change. She’s especially interested in author voice and unique settings. On Why Authors Write, Sara is excited to learn what drives each author to create and to also help each listener find their new favorite read.
Recent Episodes
Ellery Adams
Invasive Species
Prepare for a thrill; Invasive Species is the first ever horror novel from mystery author Ellery Adams. It turns out that she story on her own life! In this episode of Why Authors Write, host Mary J. Cronin sits down with Ellery Adams to dive deep into her chilling, genre-bending novel Invasive Species—a Long Island sea-monster story that explores mothers, daughters, power, and what happens when sisterhood fractures.
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Benny B. Peterson
The Maiden Heads
What if the worst thing you ever did to someone you loved could transform into a long journey toward repair and self-forgiveness? That’s one of the questions that Why Authors Write host Kristie Dickinson explores with Benny B. Peterson, author of The Maidenheads. Their candid conversation in this episode covers the themes in Benny’s breakthrough first novel of queer coming of age, and the journey that writing it required for the both author and characters.
Julie Carrick Dalton
The Forest Becomes Her
Julie Carrick Dalton joins Kristie Dickinson on Why Authors Write to talk about her unforgettable and hopeful climate fiction novel, The Forest Becomes Her. Set in Concord, Massachusetts, this literary eco-thriller reveals the unexpected human costs of destroying an old-growth forest for a so-called “eco-friendly” development. Dalton takes us inside the hearts of three women who take action to reclaim their connection to land, to their bodies, and to their own rage.
Senaa Ahmad
The Age of Calamities
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
Names Have Been Changed