Laura Oles's guest appearances

Laura Oles

Unbroken

KUCI: Get the Funk Out

Kelly Oliver

Sallie Krawcheck

Mary Higgins Clark

David Choi

Rob Paulsen

Michael Bernard Beckwith

Brad Meltzer

Kathy Najimy

Brian Scudamore

Laura Vanderkam

Eve Rodsky

Ashton Applewhite

Kate Black

Ethan Hawke

Amy Herman

OwlTail

Mystery author Laura Oles joins Janeane 2/26 at 9:00am pst to talk about her Claymore Award Finalist novel, "Daughters of Bad Men"  The book follows the story of skip tracer Jamie and her bulldog, Deuce, as Jaime tries to uncover the mystery behind her ni

Have you ever wondered what it would take to disappear from your life entirely?I've been thinking about this conversation with Laura since we recorded it in late December, 2017. How does a person go about disappearing?Laura's detective in her debut mystery novel, Daughters of Bad Men, is a skip tracer; she finds people who don't necessarily want to be found. In our wired world it must be increasingly difficult for those who want to disappear to do so. Toward this end of this interview, you'll hear Laura touch on the idea for her next book featuring skip-tracer Jamie Rush, which asks the question, what if it's better for one of Jamie's targets to remain unfound?You can find out more about today's guest, Laura Oles, and all her books on her website LauraOles.com. You can also find her on Twitter @lauraoles.Links and resources mentioned in this episodeClick on any of the book covers to go to Laura's books on AmazonLaura belongs to a group called the Austin Mystery Writers. Click here to learn more.Book People bookstore in Austin, TexasPress play (above) to listen to the show, or read the transcript below. Remember you can also subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts. And listen on Stitcher.You can also click here to watch the interview on YouTube.Transcription of Interview with Laura OlesAlexandra: Hi, Mystery Readers, I'm Alexandra Amor. This is "It's A Mystery Podcast" and I'm here today with Laura Oles. Hi, Laura. How are you?Laura: Hi, how are you?Alexandra: I'm good, thanks. Let me introduce you to our listeners. Laura Oles is a photo industry journalist who spent 20 years covering tech and trends before turning to crime fiction. Daughters of Bad Men, her debut novel was named The Killer Nashville Claymore Award Finalist in 2016. This is the first book in a new series which introduces skip tracer Jamie Rush and her partner Cookie Hinojosa. Laura's short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including Murder on Wheels which won the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award in 2016. She's also a Writer's League of Texas Award Finalist. Her short story, "Island Time," has been selected to appear in the "Malice Domestic 13 Anthology: Murder Most Geographical" to be published next year. Laura lives on the edge of Texas Hill Country with her husband, daughter, and twin sons.Just before we started to air the show today, we both mentioned that as we're recording this, it's Friday, December 29th, 2017. And the world is just finding out that our beloved Sue Grafton has passed away.I asked Laura if she would be comfortable just talking a little bit about Sue's influence. Why don't we start there, Laura, and you can just tell us a little bit about her work and what it meant to you?Laura: Well, you know, Sue, obviously anybody who loves mysteries and storytelling knows Sue Grafton and her work. And it's just very sad to read. I didn't expect it at all. So, I'm still, quite frankly, I'm still digesting it because I think it's just been out in the news less than an hour or so. Alexandra: Yeah, me too, absolutely. And I think a couple of things occurred to me. One was that I didn't realized she was sick. And I know that today, in the announcements that they've made, they said she's been battling cancer for a couple of years. But I don't think that was sort of made generally aware, which makes sense. You know, she probably wanted to protect her privacy. Anyway, it's a great loss. And as we said, her last book, what turned out to be her last book is "Y is for Yesterday". And so, people are saying that, yeah, now the alphabet ends at Y which is a very nice tribute to her I think. So, we tip our deerstalker hats to Sue Grafton today.Laura: Yes. She'll be missed by so many people.Alexandra: She really will be. Let's change topics slightly then and talk about Jamie.

Have you ever wondered what it would take to disappear from your life entirely? I've been thinking about this conversation with Laura since we recorded it in late December, 2017. How does a person go about disappearing? Laura's detective in her debut mystery novel, Daughters of Bad Men, is a skip tracer; she finds people who don't necessarily want to be found. In our wired world it must be increasingly difficult for those who want to disappear to do so. Toward this end of this interview, you'll hear Laura touch on the idea for her next book featuring skip-tracer Jamie Rush, which asks the question, what if it's better for one of Jamie's targets to remain unfound? You can find out more about today's guest, Laura Oles, and all her books on her website <a href="http://LauraOles.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LauraOles.com</a>. You can also find her on Twitter @lauraoles. Links and resources mentioned in this episode Click on any of the book covers to go to Laura's books on Amazon Laura belongs to a group called the Austin Mystery Writers. Click here to learn more. Book People bookstore in Austin, Texas Press play (above) to listen to the show, or read the transcript below. Remember you can also subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts. And listen on Stitcher. You can also click here to watch the interview on YouTube. Transcription of Interview with Laura Oles Alexandra: Hi, Mystery Readers, I'm Alexandra Amor. This is "It's A Mystery Podcast" and I'm here today with Laura Oles. Hi, Laura. How are you? Laura: Hi, how are you? Alexandra: I'm good, thanks. Let me introduce you to our listeners. Laura Oles is a photo industry journalist who spent 20 years covering tech and trends before turning to crime fiction. Daughters of Bad Men, her debut novel was named The Killer Nashville Claymore Award Finalist in 2016. This is the first book in a new series which introduces skip tracer Jamie Rush and her partner Cookie Hinojosa. Laura's short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including Murder on Wheels which won the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award in 2016. She's also a Writer's League of Texas Award Finalist. Her short story, "Island Time," has been selected to appear in the "Malice Domestic 13 Anthology: Murder Most Geographical" to be published next year. Laura lives on the edge of Texas Hill Country with her husband, daughter, and twin sons. Just before we started to air the show today, we both mentioned that as we're recording this, it's Friday, December 29th, 2017. And the world is just finding out that our beloved Sue Grafton has passed away. I asked Laura if she would be comfortable just talking a little bit about Sue's influence. Why don't we start there, Laura, and you can just tell us a little bit about her work and what it meant to you? Laura: Well, you know, Sue, obviously anybody who loves mysteries and storytelling knows Sue Grafton and her work. And it's just very sad to read. I didn't expect it at all. So, I'm still, quite frankly, I'm still digesting it because I think it's just been out in the news less than an hour or so. Alexandra: Yeah, me too, absolutely. And I think a couple of things occurred to me. One was that I didn't realized she was sick. And I know that today, in the announcements that they've made, they said she's been battling cancer for a couple of years. But I don't think that was sort of made generally aware, which makes sense. You know, she probably wanted to protect her privacy. Anyway, it's a great loss. And as we said, her last book, what turned out to be her last book is "Y is for Yesterday". And so, people are saying that, yeah, now the alphabet ends at Y which is a very nice tribute to her I think. So, we tip our deerstalker hats to Sue Grafton today. Laura: Yes. She'll be missed by so many people. Alexandra: She really will be. Let's change topics slightly then and talk about Jamie.

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