Author Ed Yong spoke to KBIA's Lauren Hines about the joy and the mystery of the creatures around us.

Author Vanessa Riley's historical fiction writes romance and a happily ever after into the complicated lives of Regency-era women of color

Brittney Morris is an author and video game writer. Her books include Slay, The Cost of Knowing, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Wings of Fury and she’s worked on video game projects like Wolverine and Subnautica: Below Zero for Spider-Man 2.

Howard Marshall is an author, a fiddler and a writer - and he said for almost 200 years, there’s been a fiddler in his family in mid-Missouri. His latest book is Keep it Old-Time: Fiddle Music from the 1960s Folk Music Revival to the Present.

Akil Kumarasamy recently debuted her first novel Meet Us by the Roaring Sea, which explores themes of loss, identity and change through interconnected stories.

Eric Nguyen is probably best known for his book, “Things We Lost to the Water,” in which he explores the lives of a Vietnamese refugee family in New Orleans.He spoke with KBIA's Katie Quinn.

Katherine Standefer is probably best known for her book, “Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life,” in which she explores the process of making an implantable cardioverter defibrillator after getting one of her own. She spoke with KBIA’s Alex Cox about some of what she learned through the process.

Malaka Gharib is a journalist and cartoonist probably best known for the graphic memoir “I Was Their American Dream,” in which she writes about her life as a first generation Filipino-Egyptian American She spoke with KBIA’s Halle Jackson.

Steve Paul is probably best known for his book “Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S. Connell,” in which he explores the writing career of Evan S. Connell, a novelist from Kansas City.Connell's work was known in the Kansas City literary scene, and some of his work was made into a 1990 movie, “Mr. And Mrs. Bridge.” He spoke with KBIA’s MJ Montgomery.

Sequoia Nagamatsu has recently published a short story collection: How High We Go In The Dark, in which he explores climate change, the pandemic and grief through multiple perspectives. He spoke with KBIA's Tadeo Ruiz.