Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors
by J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle
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How hard-hitting reporting can translate into a novel, with bestseller Sarah Vaughan.
Jun 23, 2026
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Accessing past lives with NYT bestseller, Lauren Oliver.
Jun 16, 2026
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NYT Bestseller Caroline Kepnes takes us back to the beginning with YOU FIRST.
Jun 9, 2026
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Screenplays, Bestsellers, and everything in between with Lee Goldberg.
Jun 2, 2026
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Sustaining a career in romance with New York Times bestselling author, Lori Foster.
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| 6/23/26 | How hard-hitting reporting can translate into a novel, with bestseller Sarah Vaughan. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Simon & Schuster, Elias Thorne, and why publishing more content is making your SEO worse. Then, stick around for a chat with Sarah Vaughan! Sarah Vaughan is the Sunday Times and international bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal, Little Disasters and Reputation, plus two earlier novels. Translated into 26 languages, Anatomy of a Scandal became a worldwide number one Netflix limited series, watched for 200 million hours in its first month alone, and starring Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery and Rupert Friend. Little Disasters dropped on Paramount Plus in May 2025, and stars Diane Kruger, Jo Joyner and a “powerhouse cast” including JJ Feild, Shelley Conn, Emily Taaffe and Stephen Campbell Moore. Reputation has been optioned by Made Up Stories and 3dot productions, the team behind Anatomy of a Scandal. Before writing fiction, Sarah spent 15 years as a journalist, including 11 at the Guardian as a political correspondent and news reporter: great preparation for thrillers exploring power, privilege and misogyny, and incorporating police investigations and criminal trials. Brought up in Devon, she lives near Cambridge, England with her family and dog. | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | Accessing past lives with NYT bestseller, Lauren Oliver. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Authors Guild, Subterranean Press, Google's AI Overviews, and The Odyssey. Then, stick around for a chat with Lauren Oliver! Lauren Oliver is an author, screenwriter, and media entrepreneur. She is the author of the upcoming novels WHAT HAPPENED TO LUCY VALE (Sep 1, 2025) and THE GIRL IN THE LAKE (May 2026). Her previous works include multiple New York Times bestselling novels for teens, including Before I Fall (which spent seventeen weeks on the list and was adapted into a feature film released by Open Road), the Delirium trilogy (a two-million-copy-selling dystopian series translated into thirty-five languages), and Panic, which she later adapted into the streaming TV show on Amazon Prime of the same name, for which she wrote every episode and served as Executive Producer. Along the way, Lauren founded the IP company StoryGiants and helped to package and edit nearly one hundred other novels. She is also the co-founder of Incantor AI, a self-scaling digital media engine built on a new and proprietary foundational model of artificial intelligence that respects copyright by providing both IP attribution and royalty shares to contributing sources. Raised in Westchester, New York, Lauren attended the University of Chicago and got her MFA from NYU. She now divides her time between Maryland and Los Angeles. You can follow her on Goodreads, Amazon, or Instagram (lauren_oliver_books) to learn more. | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | NYT Bestseller Caroline Kepnes takes us back to the beginning with YOU FIRST. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Netflix, Audio Erotica, and trademarks. Then, stick around for a chat with Caroline Kepnes! Caroline Kepnes is the New York Times bestselling author of You, Hidden Bodies, Providence and You Love Me. Her work has been translated into a multitude of languages and inspired a television series adaptation of You, currently on Netflix. Kepnes graduated from Brown University and then worked as a pop culture journalist for Entertainment Weekly and a TV writer for 7th Heaven and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She grew up in Cape Cod, and now lives in Los Angeles. | — | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | Screenplays, Bestsellers, and everything in between with Lee Goldberg. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Kindle Translate, ChatGPT book recommendations, and John Grisham's new legal drama. Then, stick around for a chat with Lee Goldberg! Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including the Eve Ronin series, the Sharpe & Walker series, the Ian Ludlow trilogy, fifteen Monk mysteries, and five internationally bestselling Fox & O’Hare books co-written with Janet Evanovich. He has also written and/or produced many TV shows, including Diagnosis Murder, SeaQuest, and Monk, and is the co-creator of the hit Hallmark movie series Mystery 101. As an international television consultant, he has advised networks and studios in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, China, Sweden, and the Netherlands on the creation, writing, and production of episodic television series. He is also co-founder of the publishing company Brash Books. | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | Sustaining a career in romance with New York Times bestselling author, Lori Foster. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Bloomsbury, Minotaur, and subscription addiction. Then, stick around for a chat with Lori Foster! Lori Foster is a New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than 100 titles. She’s known for her fun, very sexy contemporary romance novels revolving around alpha males who meet (and fall in love with) strong, independent women. Lori’s been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. Even more fun, Lori’s been a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle, a clue in the USA Today Quick-cross puzzle, and the sensual and sexy Too Much Temptation was Amazon’s 2002 top-selling title in Romance. | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | The case of the mysterious chewed pen cap with Shannon Chakraborty. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Hollywood, Hachette Book Group, and AI Slop. Then, stick around for a chat with Shannon Chakraborty! Shannon Chakraborty is the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of The Daevabad Trilogy and The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages and nominated for the Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Instagram at @SAChakrabooks. | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | Fan Writing with Chris M. Barkley. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Jena Brown as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about the Pulitzer Prize, the state of Hollywood, and if agents are the real publishers. Then, stick around for a chat with Chris M. Barkley! | — | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | Finding Readers Who Will Love Your Book, with Dominique Raccah. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Octavia Butler, Indie Bookstore Day 2026, and The Small Press View. Then, stick around for a chat with Dominique Raccah! Sourcebooks: "We're an entrepreneurial publisher built on the belief that books change lives. From our humble beginnings in a spare bedroom in 1987, with just one book and a single employee — our founder, Publisher and CEO Dominique Raccah — we’ve stayed true to our passion for stories and our dedication to helping authors reach readers. We’re an innovative, mission-driven book publisher that champions diverse voices in publishing." | — | ||||||
| 4/28/26 | A Deadly Episode with Anthony Horowitz. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Jena Brown, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Character.ai, BookCon 2026, and rare stolen books. Then, stick around for a chat with Anthony Horowitz! Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. Anthony is a born polymath; juggling writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 50 books including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, which is estimated to have sold 21 million copies worldwide and has been turned into a hugely successful TV series by Amazon Freevee. A third series has just been filmed and the fourteenth Alex Rider novel, Nightshade: Revenge will be published in 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | — | ||||||
| 4/21/26 | Writers, Ink Podcast: Episode 343 - It’s possible to trad publish without an agent. Author R.M. Caldwell explains.✨ | traditional publishingtheatre+1 | R.M. Caldwell | Draft 2 DigitalSpotify+4 | HamiltonNew Zealand | Draft 2 DigitalSpotify+1 | — | 59m 48s | |
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| 4/14/26 | The Ending Writes Itself, co-authors VE Schwab and Cat Clarke.✨ | entertainment newsquerying writers+2 | Cat ClarkeV.E. Schwab | AudibleWashington University+9 | CaliforniaTennessee+7 | AudibleDan Brown+3 | — | 57m 24s | |
| 3/31/26 | Mixing Fact and Fiction with #1 New York Times Bestseller, Steve Berry.✨ | entertainment newsromance cover models+4 | Steve Berry | New York TimesWoodside Motion Co.+5 | — | New York Timesbestselling author+2 | — | 56m 02s | |
| 3/24/26 | Want to finish your novel? NYT Bestselling author Karen Robards explains the importance of learning to write anywhere.✨ | writingnovel finishing+3 | Karen Robards | NYTBookTok+5 | — | bestselling authorwriting tips+1 | — | 58m 25s | |
| 3/17/26 | Capturing the moment in your fiction with J.R. Thornton.✨ | entertainment newswriting+1 | J.R. Thornton | AmazonSpotify+9 | LondonUK+3 | Beautiful CountryLucien+3 | — | 47m 02s | |
| 3/10/26 | How to Survive in the Woods with author, Kat Rosenfield.✨ | entertainment newsbook clubs+3 | Kat Rosenfield | No One Will Miss HerMTV News+7 | — | pop culturepolitical writing+2 | — | 58m 09s | |
| 3/3/26 | The Best Little Motel in Texas with Author, Lyla Lane.✨ | entertainment newsauthor interview+1 | Lyla Lane | IngramSpotify+7 | Texas | IngramSpotify+5 | — | 53m 16s | |
| 2/24/26 | Research, research, research with WHITE RIVER CROSSING author, Ian McGuire.✨ | entertainment newsbookfluencers+4 | Ian McGuire | AudibleDNF+11 | — | White River CrossingThe North Water+4 | — | 55m 34s | |
| 2/17/26 | How to memorialize the truth when it’s stranger than fiction with Benjamin Hale.✨ | entertainment newswriting+3 | Benjamin Hale | The Evolution of Bruno LittlemoreThe Fat Artist and Other Stories+22 | New York'sHudson Valley | Draft2DigitalBookshop DRM+2 | — | 1h 00m 01s | |
| 2/10/26 | The Writers, Ink. Live Episode!✨ | entertainment newsProWritingAid+2 | — | ProWritingAidbookshop.org+3 | — | — | — | 1h 01m 13s | |
| 2/3/26 | If you’re not using Scrivener, you’re doing it all wrong. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Anthropic, IPG, and what's happening in the book market. Then, stick around for a chat with Oliver Evensen! Oliver Evensen: For nearly four years, Oliver has been helping writers thrive. He tests tools, strategies, and systems to save you time and share what actually works. Whether you’re starting out or leveling up, his goal is to give you the confidence and resources to focus on what matters—your writing. Join us live on Feb 5 @ 1pm ET! https://bit.ly/WIPLive226 Meeting ID: 867 0031 3844 | Passcode: 851563 | — | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | Why every story could use a splash of fantasy with Samantha Sotto Yambao. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Substack TV, Spotify, and a £50,000 ‘reader-led’ writing prize. Then, stick around for a chat with Samantha Sotto Yambao! Samantha Sotto Yambao is a professional daydreamer, aspiring time traveler, and speculative fiction writer based in Manila. She is the Sunday Times, USA Today, and Indie List Bestselling author of Water Moon, Before Ever After, Love and Gravity, A Dream of Trees, and The Beginning of Always. | — | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | Plotter, pantser, or plantser? Autocrit’s Bekah Brinkmeier breaks it all down. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about a new bestseller list, Matthew McConaughey, and how artists can reclaim foreign rights. Then, stick around for a chat with Bekah Brinkmeier! Bekah Brinkmeier is a USA Today Bestselling author and ghostwriter of more than 90 novels. She works with AutoCrit as an instructor and author coach, leading Team Plantser in the Novel 90 Writing Challenge. She loves helping writers untangle their ideas, build confidence, and turn rough drafts into finished books. When she’s not coaching or writing, she speaks at conferences and on podcasts about writing with ADHD, strategy, full-time author life, and book marketing. | — | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | Amy Suto and her novel, The Anti-Starving Artist’s Guide to Becoming a Seven-Figure Writer. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Audible, Robert Munsch, and 2026 social media trends. Then, stick around for a chat with Amy Suto! Amy Suto: I’ve devoted my life to the art of storytelling. I graduated from USC’s presitigious film school with a BFA in Writing for Screen and Television. I worked my way up the ranks from agency assistant to being able to write my own episode of TV, fully immersing myself in the art of writing fast-paced thrillers for global audiences. In my spare time, I also created a live events company (Kingdom of Pavement) that I would pivot to a scripted podcast company when the pandemic hit. In 2021, I started traveling the world with friends and leaned even further into my work as a freelance memoir ghostwriter. These days, I balance my freelance work with my own career as a romantasy author. I’ve published three books so far: my how-to book Six-Figure Freelance Writer: A Holistic Guide on Finding Freedom in Freelancing, The Nomad Detective: Volume I, and my debut romantasy novel The Ash Trials. | — | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | Christopher Locke explains how IBPA can help authors. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about best-selling books and genres, and cultural works becoming public domain in 2026. Then, stick around for a chat with Christopher Locke! Christopher Locke is the Director of Membership & Member Services at IBPA. He assists the more than 3,000 IBPA members as they travel along their publishing journeys. Major projects include managing the member benefits to curate the most advantageous services for independent publishers and author publishers; managing the Innovative Voices Program that supports publishers from marginalized communities; and hosting the IBPA podcast, “Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA).” He’s also passionate about indie publishing, because he’s an author publisher himself, having published two novels so far in his YA trilogy, The Enlightenment Adventures. | — | ||||||
| 12/30/25 | What agents are looking for with Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group. | Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about a 70-year-old debut novelist, new names on fiction bestseller lists, and why certain contract clauses are scary. Then, stick around for a chat with Mark Gottlieb! Mark Owen Gottlieb is an executive vice president and highly ranked literary agent in overall deals and other individual categories. He is actively building his client list of authors using that same initiative and insight for identifying talented writers. Mark Gottlieb is excited to work directly with authors, helping to manage and grow their careers with all of the unique resources available at book publishing’s leading literary agency, Trident Media Group. Mark Gottlieb continues to represent numerous New York Times bestselling and prominent award-winning authors through his work at Trident Media Group. He has optioned and sold books to film and TV production companies. Following his time at Penguin Books, he previously ran the agency’s audiobook department and worked in international rights. | — | ||||||
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