The Fiction Addiction Podcast

Will Castillo joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses his journey as an author, pineapple pizza, his book Jake Howard: Multiverse 101, and more. 

Guest Bio

Will Castillo was born in 1977 and grew up in Wallkill, NY. He grew up with a love of science fiction, Dungeons and Dragons and video games starting back with the Atari 2600. Will is now married with twin daughters and lives in southern New Jersey and still loves eve...

Nicole Givens Kurtz joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author and publisher, the release of her black vampire anthology and more. 

Guest Bio

Nicole Givens Kurtz is the author of eight novels, and over 40 plus short story publications. I am the member of SFWA. My science fiction novels have been named as A Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award's Recommended title-(Zephyr Unfolding), Fresh Voices in S...

Ki Williams joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author, poetry and more. 

Guest Bio

Author and poet, Ki Williams, is a devoted writer and lover of creatives, and the creative industry. She has been writing since the crayon was placed in her hand which has always given her the freedom to express herself and exercise her voice and imagination.

Ki writes for personal passion and therapy, as well as to...

Sarah Carmele McGriff joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author and more. 

Guest Bio

Sarah Carmele McGriff came into this world in the great year of 1980, and her life has been a whirlwind of adventure ever since. Sarah loves books and has been an avid reader since her school age years. Writing has always been a part of Sarah's life, but she never thought it would take her to the position that she...

Arnittress Dowdy joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author and more. 

Guest Bio

Arnittress Dowdy loves to write whether it’s writing fiction or non-fiction. She has written two novels, Dreamtini and Dreamtini II: The Reality. Arnittress allows her readers to get to know her through her non-fiction works, Pieces of Me and Simply Me; where she shares her most intimate feelings and thoughts. When she...

Guest Bio

Crymsyn Hart is a multi-genre author from Horror, Urban Fantasy, and Romance. Her years of experience at Boston’s oldest psychic salon doing readings and her encounters with the supernatural have inspired many novels. She’s a lover of all things dark and goth. Vampires, grim reapers, and other paranormal creatures tend to end up in her books no matter how hard she tries to keep them away.

She currently resides in Charlott...

Kendra Hall joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author, Droppin’ Jewelz and more. 

Guest Bio

Kendra Hall, passionately champions for young women and other at-risk populations who are entering into adulthood, through her writing, mentoring, and avid connectivity to resources that she shares to uplift and prosper others. Her state career began working for the Judiciary as a state-worker in 2001. She ...

Daniella Shepard joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author, life in Alaska, The Dark Land, and more. 

Guest Bio

Daniella Shepard is a Professional Electrical Engineer and ex-Navy Nuclear Electrician’s Mate who pulled up anchor at eighteen in California and set out to see the world. Through many twists and turns, she slowly made her way north to Alaska, where she immediately fell in love with the L...

Barron Smith joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses his journey as an author, filmmaking, getting shot and more. 

Guest Bio

An Author, Poet, Screenwriter, Director and Filmmaker from St. Louis, Mo. While serving five years in the Navy, Barron started writing about his time aboard ship. "Sometimes I used to write just to ease the pain from being out to sea." Soon, those weekly entries became poetic masterpieces!!! Barro...

Chante Douglas joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author, autism awareness, and more. 

Guest Bio

Chante Douglas is from Philadelphia, PA. She is a single parent of an amazing 6-year old boy named Levi. Once Chante learned that her child was diagnosed with Autism, she made it her priority to be an advocate not just for her son, but for all kids and adults. Writing has always been her passion since ...

Jacari Tucker joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses his journey as an author, trademarks and more. 

Guest Bio

My name is Jacari Tucker and I am the author and creator of a story called Reseneo Blanket. I posted the summary of my story below from my website just to keep things straight forward. I am 31 years old and I've only been seriously producing this story for about 2 years now. Unfortunately, I don't get to produ...

Antwan Floyd Sr. joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses his journey as an author, bookstore owner, and more. 

Guest Bio

Antwan Floyd Sr. began his writing and publishing career in 2009 with the release of his debut title Crew Love which he released under his self-published imprint Bleeding Pen Publishing. Years later he would move to Indianapolis, IN where he would open Maleah Solange Books a brick and mortar paperback...

Aviance joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses their journey as singers, their acting roles and more. 

Guest Bio

This Philadelphia-based R&B duo is on the rise and won’t stop until they take over the world.

One of the hottest rising R&B acts today is taking the world by storm. The Philadelphia duo, Aviance, fuse traditional R&B, urban-soul, and hip-hop, with a shared appreciation for acts like Jodeci, Dru Hill, SWV and...

Didi Oviatt and Kim Knight join the Fiction Addiction podcast and discuss their new anthology. 

Didi’s Bio

Didi Oviatt is an intuitive soul. She's a wife and mother first, with one son and one daughter. Her thirst to write was developed at an early age, and she never looked back. After digging down deep and getting in touch with her literary self, she's writing mystery/thrillers like Search For Maylee, Justice for Belle, Aggravat...

Melissa Montero joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author, the impact of COVID-19 and more. 

Guest Bio

Born and raised in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Melissa Montero is a prolific children’s author. Melissa’s deep passion for writing comes from her desire to see her three biracial children embrace both their Hispanic and African American cultures. There’s no limit to her creativity as she sees beyo...

Jamie Sonnier joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses their journey as an author, the impact of COVID-19 and more. 

Guest Bio

I am a 35-year-old trans male, living in Spring Texas. I've been married for 16+ years. Been working on this book series, also, for 16+ years. My mother and I worked together on the first book and then she passed before I could get it published. All that I do at this point, I do for her.

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Serendipity joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author, the erotica genre and more. 

Guest Bio

Amanda Chambers (Serendipity) is a wife, mother, former college professor turned stay at home mom and kickass entrepreneur. She loved reading and writing from an early age, and as she matriculated through grade school, she continued developing that love through English classes and hours of reading books a...

Patricia Gandy joins the Fiction Addiction podcast and discusses her journey as an author, the impact fatherless families and more. 

Guest Bio

Patricia Gandy is a Cincinnati, Ohio native, and currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She has been writing for many years. Patricia loves creating stories that are relatable to everyday situations. She writes about topics that has been swept under the rug. One of her many writing...