On this edition of Conversations, Trudi Trueit talks with host Dan Skinner about "The Star Dunes," another installment in The Explorer Academy series from National Geographic Kids. Trueit has authored more than 100 books — both fiction and nonfiction — for young readers, including “The Sister Solution,” “Stealing Popular” and the “Secrets of a Lab Rat” series. 

On this edition of Conversations, Joel Rosenberg talks with host Dan Skinner about his latest novel, "The Jerusalem Assassin." Rosenberg is the author of 13 previous best-sellers. He’s known for writing fiction that is eerily predictive of the future.

On this edition of Conversations, Chip Walter talks with host Dan Skinner about "Immortality, Inc: Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever." Walter is a science author, filmmaker and former CNN bureau chief whose books include "Last Ape Standing and Thumbs, Toes, and Tears."

On this edition of Conversations, James Shapiro talks with host Dan Skinner about about his latest book, Shakespeare in a Divided America: What his Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Our Future. Shapiro is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985. He has written several award-winning books on Shakespeare. 

On this edition of Conversations, Anne Kim talks with host Dan Skinner about her book, Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection.