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Jon Marc Smith

Reading And Writing Podcast

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Writer's Bone

Writer Types

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Dark and Stormy Book Club

Poisoned Pen Podcast

Writers on Writing

Anthony Horowitz

Marc Smith

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Smith Henderson

Heather Young

L.v. Nield

Tom Sleigh

Stephen Dunn

Amy Stewart

Louisiana Longshot DeLeon

Bess Carnan

Megan Abbott

Lee Goldberg

George Saunders

Jason Pinter

OwlTail

The 411th episode of the Reading and Writing podcast features an interview with Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith co-authors of the novel MAKE THEM CRY.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &amp; Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The 411th episode of the Reading and Writing podcast features an interview with <a href="http://www.smith-henderson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smith Henderson</a> and Jon Marc Smith co-authors of the novel <a href="https://amzn.to/3unGnUL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAKE THEM CRY</a>.Support this podcast at — <a href="https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href="https://redcircle.com/brands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: <a href="https://redcircle.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith interview - Episode 411

Smith Henderson is the recipient of the 2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award in fiction. He was a 2011 Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell University, a 2011 Pushcart Prize winner, and a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. He currently works at the Wieden+Kennedy advertising agency. His fiction has appeared in American Short Fiction, One Story, New Orleans Review, Makeout Creek, and Witness. Born and raised in Montana, he now lives in Portland, Oregon.Jon Marc Smith teaches English at Texas State University and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Make Them Cry is their first novel. Make Them Cry - It’s hard to make Diane Harbaugh flinch. A former prosecutor notorious for her aggressive tactics, she’s now a DEA agent who interrogates witnesses so effectively, she has them confessing in tears. But when she hears from Gustavo, a high-ranking cartel member with an invaluable secret about the international black market, she’s thrown for a loop. She heads to Mexico to meet him, and her entire understanding of justice and duty is thrown into question. Gustavo sends her down a rabbit hole that leads to a criminal conspiracy more pervasive than anything she and the DEA ever suspected. She teams up with Ian Carver, a disillusioned CIA agent, and begins to unravel layers of deceptions, grifts, and schemes that date back to the beginnings of the Afghanistan War. As they learn more, they become the target of cartel assassins, embittered spies, and even their own government. They are at the center of an international manhunt with world-changing consequences—and the only way out is for Diane to do the one thing she promised herself she’d never do. Stylishly written and relentlessly plotted, Make Them Cry is an action-packed thriller of unimaginable stakes.

Smith Henderson is the recipient of the 2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award in fiction. He was a 2011 Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell University, a 2011 Pushcart Prize winner, and a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. He currently works at the Wieden+Kennedy advertising agency. His fiction has appeared in American Short Fiction, One Story, New Orleans Review, Makeout Creek, and Witness. Born and raised in Montana, he now lives in Portland, Oregon. Jon Marc Smith teaches English at Texas State University and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Make Them Cry is their first novel. Make Them Cry - It’s hard to make Diane Harbaugh flinch. A former prosecutor notorious for her aggressive tactics, she’s now a DEA agent who interrogates witnesses so effectively, she has them confessing in tears. But when she hears from Gustavo, a high-ranking cartel member with an invaluable secret about the international black market, she’s thrown for a loop. She heads to Mexico to meet him, and her entire understanding of justice and duty is thrown into question. Gustavo sends her down a rabbit hole that leads to a criminal conspiracy more pervasive than anything she and the DEA ever suspected. She teams up with Ian Carver, a disillusioned CIA agent, and begins to unravel layers of deceptions, grifts, and schemes that date back to the beginnings of the Afghanistan War. As they learn more, they become the target of cartel assassins, embittered spies, and even their own government. They are at the center of an international manhunt with world-changing consequences—and the only way out is for Diane to do the one thing she promised herself she’d never do. Stylishly written and relentlessly plotted, Make Them Cry is an action-packed thriller of unimaginable stakes.

Smith Henderson & Jon Marc Smith - Make Them Cry

As Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith prove, not all novelists are loners. The two decided to collaborate while partaking of a few substances at Tim O'Brien's wedding back in the early 2000s. Fifteen years, one screenplay, and two books later their first novel, Make Them Cry, debuted in September.This literary joyride through a Mexican drug cartel has a rich cast of characters—a compromised DEA agent, a bookish sicario, a cartel fugitive, crooked cops, CIA agents, former military operatives and more, each with fascinating backstories and motivations.Smith Henderson (author of Fourth of July Creek) and Jon Marc Smith join Marrie Stone to talk about how the book came to be, the extensive research it required, the intricacies of how their collaboration works, why they had to throw the first draft of the novel away and begin again, the importance of routine, and so much more. They also share that mind-bending story of Tim O'Brien's wedding.Download audio.  (Record date: October 6, 2020)

As <a href="http://www.smith-henderson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smith Henderson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/relianteyeball?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jon Marc Smith</a> prove, not all novelists are loners. The two decided to collaborate while partaking of a few substances at Tim O'Brien's wedding back in the early 2000s. Fifteen years, one screenplay, and two books later their first novel, <a href="https://www.lagunabeachbooks.com/book/9780062825179" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Make Them Cry</a>, debuted in September.This literary joyride through a Mexican drug cartel has a rich cast of characters—a compromised DEA agent, a bookish sicario, a cartel fugitive, crooked cops, CIA agents, former military operatives and more, each with fascinating backstories and motivations.<a href="http://www.smith-henderson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smith Henderson</a> (author of <a href="https://www.lagunabeachbooks.com/book/9780062286468" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fourth of July Creek</a>) and <a href="https://twitter.com/relianteyeball?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jon Marc Smith</a> join Marrie Stone to talk about how the book came to be, the extensive research it required, the intricacies of how their collaboration works, why they had to throw the first draft of the novel away and begin again, the importance of routine, and so much more. They also share that mind-bending story of Tim O'Brien's wedding. <a href="http://www.barbarademarcobarrett.com/writersonwriting/audio/Smith-Henderson_Jon-Marc-Smith_October-06-2020.mp3 " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download audio</a>.  (Record date: October 6, 2020)

Literary Thriller Co-Authors Smith Henderson & Jon Marc Smith on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM