Author Interviews

The Great Gatsby is a classic novel – and one Colorado author loves the book so much she set out to tell the story from a fresh perspective. In a new novel called Mrs. Wilson’s Affair, Broomfield resident Allyson Reedy set out to retell the story from a different character’s perspective.

A struggling novelist sets off a social media firestorm in a new novel by Colorado author R.L. Maizes. "A Complete Fiction" raises sticky questions about who gets to tell someone else’s story. We talk with the author about how her own social media obsessions inspired the book.

It’s easy to find the history of the men for whom some of Colorado’s highest mountains are named. But when it comes to peaks named for women, like Mount Ida, or Mount Flora – it’s tough to figure out just who those women were. With her new book, a Colorado author set out to discover some of that history.

In the late 1800s, silver mining made Leadville a wealthy city. But after the silver market crashed, city leaders faced economic hardship. So they decided to try an unusual idea to draw tourists to Leadville: They built a massive palace made out of ice. We’ll hear the story of the historic Leadville Ice Palace today on In The NoCo.

It’s easy to find the history of the men for whom some of Colorado’s highest mountains are named. But when it comes to places named for women, like Mount Ida, or Mount Lady Washington – it’s tough to figure out just who those women were. We talk with a Colorado author who set out to discover some of that history.

The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs says thousands of Indigenous American and Alaska Native women have been missing or murdered in recent years, and many of those cases remain unsolved. A Berthoud writer set out to raise awareness about this real-life crisis using fiction. We talk with her about her new horror novel.

In 1955, a man planted a bomb in luggage aboard a United Airlines flight shortly before it took off from Denver. The plane exploded over beet fields in Weld County -- killing everyone on board. Now there’s a new History Colorado exhibit commemorating the tragedy. Today on In The NoCo, we hear the story of Flight 629, and a local group's efforts to create a memorial.

During World War II, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and live in camps. For a Colorado author, the story of his own family’s incarceration inspired him to look at the legacy of those camps. He discussed his new book about it, on today’s In The NoCo.

Colorado writer X. Ho Yen fell remembers loving science fiction as a child. He’s autistic – and he liked science fiction that depicted a futuristic society where people like him were treated equally. Now, X. Ho Yen is a published author who just released his third book.

Four decades after a white supremacist group murdered a Denver talk show host, a new movie called "The Order" revisits the story. The movie is based on a book by longtime journalist Kevin Flynn, who covered the crime and the group that committed it. On today’s In the NoCo: why “The Order” is still an important story today.