Did you know that KU basketball fans set a record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday themed sweaters? (3,473 people) Kate Hale is a senior editor with National Geographic Kids Books. On this edition of Conversations, she joins us to talk about the book, Weird But True Christmas: 300 Festive Facts to Light Up the Holidays.

Erika Sanchez is a poet, novelist, and essayist. Her writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Salon, Cosmo for Latinas, and The Guardian, among others.  On this edition of Conversations, she joins us to talk about her young adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. The novel, which is drawn from her own experiences, has been long listed for the National Book Award.

Ana Homayoun is an author, nationally recognized counselor and consultant, specializing in strategies to help students focus on organization, time management, personal purpose and overall wellness. On this edition of Conversations, she joins us to talk about her latest book, Social Media Wellness: Helping Tweens and Teens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World.

On this edition of Conversations, Liza Mundy joins us to talk about her latest book, Code Girls – The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II. Mundy is a former longtime reporter for the Washington post who writes frequently about gender, politics, history and culture for a variety of publications. She is the New York Times best-selling author of two previous books, The Richer Sex and Michelle: A Biography.

Mary Higgins Clark is a New York Times bestselling author with over 100 million books in print. She’s written books in several genres, but is best known for her 37 suspense novels. On this edition of Conversations, she joins us to talk about her latest novel, Every Breath You Take, which she co-authored with the best-selling author of 12 novels, Alafair Burke. (Unfortunately, the phone connection was not great, so she may be hard to understand at times.)