Novelist Spotlight

Mike Consol

Novelist Spotlight is a gathering place for people interested in reading and writing great fiction and literature. This is where you will hear from the authors who write the novels and learn of their motivations, writing process, characters, struggles and successes. Novelist Spotlight is hosted by Mike Consol, a lifelong journalist and author of four novels.

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#206
August 19 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 206: Novelist Spotlight #206: Writing lessons from longtime Johns Hopkins professor Mark Farrington
In the spotlight is Mark Farrington, who recently retired after nearly 40 years of teaching writi...
#205
July 29 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 205: Novelist Spotlight #205: Literary agent Kate McKean on the myths of publishing success
In the spotlight is Kate McKean, literary agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency in Brooklyn...
#204
July 8 · 1 hr
Episode 204: Novelist Spotlight #204: Author Nathaniel Popkin writes of Oct. 7 and fractured Jewish identity
In the spotlight is Nathaniel Popkin, author of the new novel Partly Strong, Partly Broken. Set i...
#203
May 16 · 58 min
Episode 203: Novelist Spotlight #203: Mega bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
In the spotlight is Jayne Ann Krentz, who has written more than 100 novels under three different ...
#202
May 5 · 50 min
Episode 202: Novelist Spotlight #202: Famed British novelist Graham Greene, as remembered by fellow novelist Thomas Waugh
In the spotlight is famed British novelist Graham Greene, as remembered by novelist Thomas Waugh,...
#201
April 20 · 51 min
Episode 201: Novelist Spotlight #201: A conversation about romance novels domination of fiction publishing
In the spotlight is Diane Winston, author of the recent report headlined “From bodice rippers to ...
#200
April 15 · 1 hr
Episode 200: Novelist Spotlight #200: Canadian novelist Jane Bow on her new thriller and the writing life
In the spotlight is Canadian novelist Jane Bow, who grew up in Canada, the United States, Spain, ...
#199
April 7 · 59 min
Episode 199: Novelist Spotlight #199: ‘Troublemaker,’ the extraordinary life of activist Jessica Mitford
In the spotlight is Carla Kaplan and her biography of Jessica “Decca” Mitford, titled Troublemake...
#198
March 3 · 53 min
Episode 198: Novelist Spotlight #198: Tyson Cornell on Rare Bird Books’ new partnership with Simon & Schuster
In the spotlight is repeat guest Tyson Cornell, the founder and publisher of Rare Bird Books, an ...
#197
February 12 · 57 min
Episode 197: Novelist Spotlight #197: The writing life and the perils of girlhood and keeping memories
In the spotlight is Melissa Fraterrigo, the author of the memoir-in-essays titled “The Perils of ...
#196
January 24 · 57 min
Episode 196: Novelist Spotlight #196: ‘Rock of Pages’ illustrates connection between 1980s heavy metal and literature
In the spotlight is Jesse Kavadlo, author of “Rock of Pages,” a book inspired by his decades of w...
#195
January 8 · 59 min
Episode 195: Novelist Spotlight #195: Kid Comet — superhero stories with heart for middle-grade boys
In the spotlight is Christopher Bodmann, who has always been captivated by the power of storytell...
#194
Dec 19, 2025 · 54 min
Episode 194: Novelist Spotlight #194: How an author obituary launched a new writing career
In the spotlight is multi-award-winning Canadian author Douglas Smith. He writes novels, short st...
#193
Dec 8, 2025 · 56 min
Episode 193: Novelist Spotlight #193: New publisher reprinting forgotten books by American women authors
Lisa Endo Cooper and Bremond Berry MacDougall met on the first day of seventh grade and quickly d...
#192
Dec 2, 2025 · 56 min
Episode 192: Novelist Spotlight #192: American Iranian author Nick Berg on autofiction and his CIA-agent father
In the spotlight is Nick Berg, an Iranian American author whose life and writing has been marked ...
#191
Nov 6, 2025 · 59 min
Episode 191: Novelist Spotlight #191: Short story writer Bob Johnson and ‘The Continental Divide’
In the spotlight is Bob Johnson, award-winning short story writer, a graduate of the lowa Writers...
#190
Sep 30, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 190: Novelist Spotlight #190: Judith Valente explores ‘the Italian soul’ and how to savor the full joys of life
In the spotlight is Judith Valente and her new book The Italian Soul: How to Savor the Full Joys ...
#189
Aug 29, 2025 · 50 min
Episode 189: Novelist Spotlight #189: A conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist Vauhini Vara
In the spotlight is Vauhini Vara — writer, journalist, editor, fiction writer, essayist and playw...
#188
Aug 20, 2025 · 54 min
Episode 188: Novelist Spotlight #188: Book publicists Gretchen Koss and Meg Walker of Tandem Literary
In the spotlight are book publicists and Tandem Literary business partners Gretchen Koss and Meg ...
#187
Jul 22, 2025 · 58 min
Episode 187: Novelist Spotlight #187: The branding/advertising professional who turned fiction writer
In the spotlight is Jim Gregory, who publishes under the byline Dr. James R. Gregory and has 40 y...

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