HeyJaredElaine's Literary Salon
Bibliophiles will love this new show — live from the popular bistro Elaine's in Old Town, Alexandria VA. Our host is the restaurant's owner, Jeffrey James Higgins, a prolific author who is on a mission to help his fellow writers share their stories.
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S.J. Rozan is in the house! The architect turned award-winning author (of an Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, Nero, and the Macavity) is our featured interview this week at Elaine’s Literary Salon (opens the original)
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Meet the Author: S.J. Rozan was born and raised in the Bronx and is proud of it. She spent over 20 years as an architect in New York City and is kind of proud of that, too. Now she writes and teaches. She’s done 15 books in the Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series, two standalones, and two paranormals co-written with Carlos Dews under the name Sam Cabot. She’s also published eight dozen short stories and edited or co-edited three anthologies. In 2024, with THE MURDER OF MR. MA, SJ launched a new series
What’s next for the 28-year-old ensemble QuinTango? Founder Joan Singer shares “The Story Tango Tells” (opens the original)
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Today on Elaine’s Literary Salon: Meet violinist Joan Singer, the founder and director of QuinTango. Managing the group combines Joan’s flair for storytelling and weakness for glitz with her love of music and travel. Before founding QuinTango, she played at Inaugural Balls, backed up Aretha Franklin and was a tenured member of the Baltimore Opera Orchestra. About QuinTango: For the last 28-years, performances have taken the group from a Command Performance at the White House to memorable concert
Check out “The Secessionist’s Wife,” the new novel by Wolf Bahren that blends espionage, political, international, and journalistic thriller genres (opens the original)
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Meet the Author: Wolf Bahren is the pen name used by the writer Kristi Bahrenburg Janzen for her fiction. The Secessionist’s Wife is her third thriller. A lover of spy stories since childhood, she published her first novel, Agents of Suzharia, in 2016, and then Source of Deceit in 2020. Her fiction is a blend of espionage, political, international, and journalistic thriller genres. She has been a writer and editor for more than 30 years. Currently, she teaches in the University Writing Program a
Policy expert and political operative Matthew Lavoie brings us his debut thriller novel, “Main Street Fringe” (opens the original)
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Meet the Author: A policy expert and political operative for some of Washington’s most influential power brokers, Matthew Lavoie has spent his career evaluating the how and why of American political and cultural movements and observing some of the biggest shifts in American and geopolitical history. Main Street Fringe is his debut novel. He is a member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. Learn more: MatthewPLavoie.com. In our interview with Elaine’s Literary Salon h
Ep70: If you and your team are struggling in the workplace, don’t miss this groundbreaking book by Dr. C. Victor Herbin III: “Organizational Arrogance: How Superiority Behaviors Become Cultural Arrogance – And What Every Leader Must Do to Stop It” (opens the original)
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Meet the Author: Dr. C. Victor Herbin III (aka: Dr. Vic) is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, leadership advisor, and the founder of Organizational Arrogance — a leadership development brand built on more than two decades of service at the highest levels of government and the military. Through books, assessments, and keynote programs, Dr. Herbin helps leaders see how a sense of superiority within leadership shapes behavior, decision-making, and culture. His programs equip leaders to recogn
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