Top Shelf at the Merrick Library

Top Shelf at the Merrick Library


Latest Episodes

E132: Interview with Angie Kim, author of Happiness Falls
September 27, 2023

You all remember Episode 27 when I hosted Angie Kim for her Edgar Award winning debut, Miracle Creek. Well what a thrill to host Angie once again for her best-selling, GMA book of the month club choic

E131: Interview with Erin Flanagan, author of Come With Me
September 06, 2023

I try to make my characters as smart as they can be so says Edgar Award winning author Erin Flanagan in this episode. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Erin to talk about her latest thriller,

E130: Interview with James Wade, author of Beasts of the Earth
August 24, 2023

All Things Left Wild by James Wade was one of my favorite novels of the last two years, as was River, Sing Out. But neither of those novels could have prepared me for the dark and compelling vision o

E129: Interview with James McBride, author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
August 10, 2023

What an episode! I had the pleasure of hosting James McBride, the award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter to talk about his latest book, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. His landmark memoir

Episode 128: Interview with Matthew Norman author of Charm City Rocks
July 20, 2023

If Daisy Jones and Emily Henry had a baby, it would be Charm City Rocks. ~ bestselling author Colleen Oakley. For this episode, three-time guest Matthew Norman sat down to talk about his completely

E127: Interview with Hazel Gaynor author of The Last Lifeboat
July 06, 2023

Emotionally riveting and beautifully told,The Last Lifeboat is an unforgettable story of survival, resolve, and the shimmering stubbornness of hope. You can count on Hazel Gaynors gorgeous writing t

E126: Interview with Steven Rowley author of The Celebrants
June 21, 2023

Anytime I host Steven Rowley theres plenty to celebrate and this episode is no different! We celebrate Stevens magical year: winning the 2022 Thurber Prize for American Humor for The Guncle, being a

E125: Interview with Erin E. Adams author of Jackal
June 08, 2023

This marvelous debut, Jackal, by author Erin E. Adams is one of those books best read with the lights on! Recommended by Gillian Flynn on the Today Show, Jackal is the story of a young Black girl who

E124: Interview with J. Ryan Stradal, author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
May 25, 2023

I cant think of a better place to be than Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club! This latest from NYT bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, is a story of a couple from two very different restauran

E123: Interview with Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
May 17, 2023

Lessons in Chemistry, the bestselling juggernaut by Bonnie Garmus, has taken the world by storm and to say I was thrilled to host her for this episode is an understatement! For E123, we talk about the