Traverse City, Michigan effort keeps authors in the spotlight.
Doug W. Stanton joins Jeffrey C. Mosher in the studio for a chat as Doug was criss-crossing Michigan with MBN ally - Susan Wilcox Olson.
To hear Doug and Jeffrey's extended conversation, press play on the PodCast shared below.
They cover his background, the National Writers Series and how it is celebrating a 10th anniversary, sharing a bit of the Michigan and national flavor attendees get when going to sessions in Traverse City.
Then they get into the challenges and lay-of-the-land for how book tours for authors have changed in the past twenty years.
From Doug's perspective... Over the course of 36 hours, in three major cities, on 8 TV, print, radio and podcast interviews (like MBN's) across commercial and public media, he spoke to about 1 million people about the Traverse City National Writers Series, authors, bookstores, and Traverse City, my hometown. He's been in hundreds of bookstores, done hundreds of interviews on three national book tours, and few people equalled Susan's ability to get the word out. Give this extended interview a listen.
Doug Stanton is the author of the New York Times best-sellers In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The New York Times, TIME, the Washington Post, and other national publications where he has been a contributing editor. In Harm’s Way spent more than six months on the New York Times best-seller list. Horse Soldiers was featured on the front page of the Sunday New York Times Book Review, which compared the book to Stephen Ambrose’s Band Of Brothers.
Stanton’s recent book Horse Soldiers spent over 3 months on the New York Times best-seller list, reaching #2. Horse Soldiers was also a best-seller on best-seller lists in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly Publisher’s Weekly, and IndieBound. Horse Soldiers is in development as a movie by Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Stanton has appeared multiple times on the Today Show, Morning Joe, and other major TV and radio outlets to talk about his work.
Horse Soldiers was named a 2009 “Notable Book” by the New York Times, and it was chosen as a “Best Book Of 2009” by Publishers Weekly, Christian Science Monitor, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com. Stanton attended Interlochen Arts Academy, Hampshire College, and received an MFA from the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. He lives in Michigan with his wife, Anne Stanton, and their children.
Further resources and information on the NWS.