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Debut Author Podcasts
Maggie Smith, a member of WFWA since 2015, hosts our podcast. Her debut novel, TRUTH AND OTHER LIES, released in March 2022 by Ten 16 Press, was the winner of our 2023 Star Award for Debut Fiction and she indie published her second book, a psychological suspense called BLINDSPOT, in May 2024. She blogs on writing-related topics for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Association and serves as the Managing Editor of the Chicago Writer’s Association’s on-line literary publication The Write City E-Zine. A confirmed workshop junkie and avid Instagrammer, Maggie makes her home in Milwaukee. If you are a WFWA member and would like to submit your debut women's fiction for podcast consideration, please visit our submissions page. Latest Podcast EpisodeDebut Author Podcast: Lynne Golodner
Lynne Golodner is the award-winning, bestselling author of ten books and hundreds of essays and articles as well as a marketing expert, writing coach and retreat leader. After working as a journalist in New York and Washington, D.C., and earning an MFA, Lynne returned to the Midwest, where she created Your People, a marketing company with a focus on storytelling. Between 1996 and 2013, Lynne wrote eight books—two poetry collections and six nonfiction titles. Around 2020, she started writing fiction with a goal of producing a book year. Her first novel, WOMAN OF VALOR, won an honorable mention in the Eric Hoffer Award for Spiritual Fiction and her second novel, CAVE OF SECRETS, hit #1 on Amazon in Jewish fiction, gay fiction and British and Irish literature. She has degrees from the University of Michigan, Goddard College and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. She is the mother of four young adults and lives in Huntington Woods, Michigan. Previous Podcasts
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Each Debut Author Podcast is a conversation between our moderator Maggie Smith and a debut women's fiction author. 
