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The Book Show #1251 - Deborah Harkness

Deborah Harkness exploded onto the literary scene with her debut novel, A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

, Book One of the magical All Souls Trilogy. The novel introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and the handsome geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont. Now, picking up from the first book’s cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night: A Novel
plunges Diana and Matthew into Elizabethan London.

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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