Top Shelf at the Merrick Library

Top Shelf at the Merrick Library


Latest Episodes

Episode 102: Interview with Bruce Holsinger author of The Displacements
August 08, 2022

Hypnotic. ~ NYT Cinematic. ~ USA Today A gripping, full-throttle page turner. ~ Miranda Cowley Heller The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger is an adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and tran

Episode 101: Interview with Hayley Scrivenor author of Dirt Creek
August 01, 2022

Im very interested in how we define ourselves to other people so says author Hayler Scrivenor about her amazing debut Dirt Creek. Dirt Creek is a suspenseful police procedural about a missing gir

Episode 100: Interview with Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea
July 27, 2022

Welcome to the 100th Episode of the Top Shelf Podcast! I couldnt think of a better way to spend it than with the brilliant Julia Armfield talking about her debut novel, Our Wives Under the Sea. You m

E 99: Interview with Jess Montgomery, author of The Echoes
July 20, 2022

What a joy to host for the third time author Jess Montgomery for the next book in her Kinship series, The Echoes. Jess and I chatted about her amazing main character Sheriff Lilly Ross, the very perso

Episode 98: Interview with Madeline Kay Sneed
July 05, 2022

Madeline Kay Sneed has written a Friday Night Lights for a new generation. The Golden Season is a heartfelt story of finding yourself, coming out, and coming home A tender, bighearted exploration of

Episode 97 : Interview with Marilyn Simon Rothstein author of Crazy to Leave You
June 27, 2022

Poignant and funny, Crazy To Leave You is chock full of Rothsteins signature fast-paced, smart dialogue and brimming with wit. A heartfelt, delicious story. Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling

Episode 96 : Interview with Geraldine Brooks author of Horse
June 13, 2022

Horse isnt just an animal storyits a moving narrative about race and art. TIME A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from t

Episode 95 : Interview with Nina LaCour, author of Yerba Buena
June 07, 2022

Here’s what’s being said about the debut adult fiction novel, Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour: “A love story for our time.” ―Tara Conklin, bestselling author of The Last Romantics “This book is a precious

Episode 94: Interview with May Cobb author of My Summer Darlings
June 02, 2022

“My Summer Darlings is spicy enough to make you sweat – until the suspense chills you to your core.” ~ Riley Sager, bestselling author of Survive the Night. Named A Most Anticipated Novel of 2022 by C

Episode 93: Interview with Peter Farris author of The Devil Himself
May 24, 2022

“The Devil Himself thunders off the page with beautiful writing and a killer sense of place. It’s urgent, triumphant, and unflinching.” — William Boyle, author of Shoot the Moonlight Out and City of M