Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including some optimistic publishing predictions from the stage of the 74th National Book Awards. Then, stick around as Christine chats with crime fiction legend James Ellroy!

Called "The American Dostoyevsky" by Joyce Carol Oates, James Ellroy is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s a Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. His latest novel, The Enchanters, came out in September and is available now wherever books are sold.

Check It Out!

The Enchanters - https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-enchanters-james-ellroy/19462467

James Ellroy's American Tabloid: A Full Cast Audio Drama (An Audible Exclusive) - https://www.amazon.com/James-Ellroys-American-Tabloid-Audio/dp/B0CJ16ZQQH

Write Publish Profit 6.0: Join The Waiting List! - https://infostack.io/stack/wpp6/

"David Steinberger’s Narrative" (via Publishing Perspectives) - https://publishingperspectives.com/2023/11/the-national-book-awards-david-steinbergers-narrative/

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Christine Daigle - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/⁠⁠⁠

JP Rindfleisch IX - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jprindfleischix.com/⁠⁠⁠

Kevin Tumlinson - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kevintumlinson.com/⁠

Patrick O'Donnell - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.copsandwriters.com/⁠⁠

James Ellroy - https://www.jamesellroy.net/

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