Welcome to WYSO's author universe—where the creators of literature share their stories, insights, and creative journeys with Southwest Ohio's community radio audience. Through intimate conversations and thoughtful interviews, we bring you closer to the minds that craft the books that move, challenge, and inspire us.
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The Domingo the Bounty Hunter series kicks off with the simultaneous release of the first two books in this series by Filipino-American author Cindy Fazzi. -
Thomas Perry was one fantastic crime fiction writer. This tribute revisits three interviews about his final novels before his death on Sept. 15, 2025 at age 78. -
This story collection transforms itself into one heckuva novel about a baseball-obsessed family in Maine, plus a 1998 interview about African Americans in golf history. -
A fantastic year for crime novels gets even better with this latest one from Lou Berney. The Mercurio family flees Vegas for Oklahoma City in this entertaining tale. -
Narcissistic leaders have always been among us, perhaps even more so today. A look back and forward at those narcissistic leaders we know all too well from 2001. -
This human resources specialist was being totally professional until she began falling in love with her client. Oops. A workplace romance that became marriage. -
Thirty years ago when Cindy Fazzi wrote this novel about undocumented immigrants, no publisher would touch it. They said nobody would want to read it. How times changed. -
A new private eye series set in the Appalachian region kicks off with a search for two girls who vanished without a trace 10 years ago. Annie Gore investigates. -
Barbara Taylor Bradford was in her mid-40s when she published her first novel. It sold more than 30 million copies. Over her long career, she sold more than 90 million. -
Educator Gwen Agna discusses her memoir on community-centered leadership and creating equitable schools. Plus, a bonus interview with late Indigenous flutist Kevin Locke. -
This second book in Eric Rickstad's new crime fiction series with elements of horror and science fiction is quite a page-turner. FBI agents hunt deadly psychic killers. -
Landon Keaton from Ponitz Career Tech interviews beloved author Lois Lowry about her Newbery Award-winning novel "The Giver" and the power of reading.
