In "Blood's a Rover," author James Ellroy writes the concluding third book in his Underworld USA trilogy with the end of the 1960s laced with violence, greed, and conspiracy theories.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo Credit: facebook.com/JamesEllroy/

Ellroy: Blood's a Rover

In "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," author Jamie Ford writes his debut novel about a Chinese American man named Henry Lee who reflects decades later on what it was like growing up during World War 2 in Seattle, the conflict between his father's insistence that he grow up American and the sad history of what happened to Japanese Americans swept up in the internment camps, including a special friend he never forgot.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo Credit: Robert Costa

Ford: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

In this episode, Jim Foster shares what recent guest and author John Updike had to say at the 2006 annual book seller convention about the future of book writing and publishing.  This discussion took place on a 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo Credit: Robert Costa

Foster: 2006 State of Book Writing and Publishing

In "Midnight in Europe," author Alan Furst writes a novel set at the start of World War 2 in 1938 following the story of a lawyer in Paris who is approached to help supply weapons to the Spanish Republic's army.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2014 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo Credit: facebook.com/alanfurstbooks

Furst: Midnight in Europe

In "The Widower's Tale," author Julia Glass writes a novel about a retired man living in a rural community many decades after the sudden death of his wife as he comes to the realization that he can't stay isolated anymore from his community, two adult daughters, or from a new love.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2010 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo Credit: facebook.com/AuthorJuliaGlass

Glass: The Widower's Tale

In this episode, the late Kathi Kamen Goldmark talks about the debut event for Book Group Expo which was designed to bring together book lovers and independent book sellers to promote discussion about books and authors, in addition to readers forming new book groups.  Dozens of authors were grouped together by themes such as death &amp; grieving, historical fiction, and writing from life.  This discussion took place on a 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo Credit: Chronicle/Eric Luse

Goldmark: Book Group Expo

In "The Cookbook Collector," author Allegra Goodman writes a novel about two young women sisters making their way in the world with very different views about what life and love can be, set in Silicon Valley during the dot com bust.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2010 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo Credit: allegragoodman.com

Goodman: The Cookbook Collector

In "Long Man," author Amy Greene writes a novel set in 1936 about a young mother desperate to make sure her daughter inherits the family's land held for generations in an Appalachian Tennessee town, just as the Tennessee Valley Authority plans to dam the nearby river and flood the town to bring electricity and jobs the area.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2014 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.

Greene: Long Man

In "Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction," co-author Tracy Kidder presents a book that teaches how to write nonfiction, including narratives, essays, and memoirs, and also delves into how to find a story and make a living as a writer.  The book is co-written by the late Richard Todd.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo: facebook.com/officialtracykidder/

Kidder: Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction

In "Buckingham Palace Gardens," author Anne Perry writes another novel in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, in which Thomas Pitt of the Special Services must solve the murder of a young woman in order to save his career and the monarchy.  This discussion with the author took place on a 2008 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.  Photo: anneperry.us

Perry: Buckingham Palace Gardens

Authors from around the world discuss their book with host Jim Foster. "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" aired for over two decades on radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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