Often called the Queen of Suspense, and paid mega millions for her efforts, Mary Higgins Clark is not only one of our world class story tellers, who sells more books than there are people, but she is one of the nicest and most interesting ladies you will ever meet. I love her, and treasure her friendship. Get to know Mary here on my show…you will not regret it.

Peter, who is executive editor of The New Republic, and author of U.S. Versus Them; How a Half Century of Conservatism has Undermined America’s Security, is one of the more informed and articulate voices out there. . . well worth listening to. He is also a keynote speaker at the Writer’s Conference 2009 this coming June.

Joe is writing a trilogy beginning with The Pig Did It. He often defines himself as The Pig Himself.

First novelist Stefan Merrill Block makes a big wave with THE STORY OF FORGETTING. Don’t forget to tune in.

Yes, the son of Mark Van Doren, the famous Columbia professor, Charles is also the one you remember years ago who got caught up in a TV scandal. Charles who was an editor of the Encyclopedia Brittanica,  is not only erudite and sweet, but his book THE JOY OF READING is one of the finest guides to the western literary canon I have read.

Probably one of the most eloquent men I know, Pico writes with style to spare. His prose is not only invariably interesting and elegant, but languorous as well which happens to be his favorite word. On visiting North Korea once Pico found it curious that North Korea one of the least travelled places on earth by tourists was building the tallest hotel in the world. Whether it is Pico writing travel books like Cuba By Night or his most recent thoughts about the Dalai Lama,  you will find yourself unable to put his work down.

Colin who is married to Katherine Harrison (The Kiss), and is an editor at Scribner, is a dazzlingly good novelist. One of his recent novels was serialized in the New York Times Sunday Magazine Section.

Sidney Offit has written Friends, Writers, and Other Country Men, which any thinking person should read. It is a memoir about Sidney’s friends and literary experiences over the last half century.

Joe wrote Netherland, need I say more.