Episode 8 of The Authors' Studio Podcast is an interview David R. Slayton.

David R. Slayton grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding ones with diverse characters was downright impossible. Now he lives in Denver and writes the books he always wanted to read. His debut, White Trash Warlock, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. In 2015, David founded Trick or Read, an initiative to give out books along with candy to children on Halloween as well as uplift lesser-known authors or those from marginalized backgrounds. His epic fantasy, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea, won the Colorado Book Award.

More: https://davidrslayton.com/

The Authors' Studio podcast is a production of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Co-hosts:

Mira Landry

Mark Stevens

www.writermarkstevens.com

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

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Theme music: "Moon Shine" by Brass Queens: www.brassqueensnyc.com

Episode 7 of The Authors' Studio Podcast is an interview with Scott Graham, author of Great Sand Dunes Massacre.

Scott Graham is the National Outdoor Book Award-winning author of the National Park Mystery Series, published by Torrey House Press. Scott is an avid outdoorsman and public lands advocate who lives in southwest Colorado. In addition to his mysteries, Scott is the author of five nonfiction books. He has worked as a reporter, editor, disk jockey, city councilor, and coal-shoveling fireman on the steam-powered Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

More information visit https://www.scottfranklingraham.com/

The Authors' Studio podcast is a production of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Co-hosts:

Mira Landry

Mark Stevens

www.writermarkstevens.com

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

www.rmfw.org

Theme music: "Moon Shine" by Brass Queens: www.brassqueensnyc.com

Episode 6 of The Authors' Studio Podcast is an interview with Rachel Weaver, author of The Last Run.

Rachel Weaver's novel Point of Direction was named a Top Ten Book To Pick Up Now by Oprah Magazine and won the Willa Cather Award for Fiction. Rachel's recent medical memoir, Dizzy, was described by Maureen Corrigan on NPR's Fresh Air as 'an arresting new memoir'.

Her second novel, released in June 2026, The Last Run, was described by Alaska Magazine as 'A page-turning, authentic Alaskan tale that you'll want to devour in one sitting.' Rachel's essays and short fiction have appeared in The Sun Magazine, Gettysburg Review, Blue Mesa Review, Southeast Review, Medicine and Meaning, River Teeth, The Healing Muse, and others. Prior to earning her MFA in Writing and Poetics at Naropa University, Rachel worked for the Forest Service in Alaska studying bears, raptors and songbirds. She teaches at Wilkes University's low-residency MFA program and at Lighthouse Writers Workshop where she won the Beacon Award for Teaching Excellence. Rachel holds a CPA in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University.

More information visit rachelweaver.net

The Authors' Studio podcast is a production of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Co-hosts:

Mira Landry

Mark Stevens

www.writermarkstevens.com

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

www.rmfw.org

Theme music: "Moon Shine" by Brass Queens: www.brassqueensnyc.com