On this edition of Conversations, Marie Lu talks with host Dan Skinner about her latest novel, "Skyhunter." Lu is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the "Legend" series, the “Young Elites” trilogy, “Batman: Nightwalker,” the “Warcross” series, and “The Kingdom of Back.” 

On this edition of Conversations, Robert J. Sawyer talks with host Dan Skinner about his latest novel, “The Oppenheimer Alternative.” Sawyer is one of only eight writers in history to win all three of science fiction’s highest awards: The Hugo, The Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. The novel is an alternate history about the men who invented the atomic bomb. 

On this edition of Conversations, Megan Angelo talks with host Dan Skinner about her debut novel, "Followers." Angelo’s writing has appeared in various publications, including The New York Times, Glamour, and Elle.

On this edition of Conversations, James Rollins talks about his latest novel, Crucible. Rollins is a New York Times besting selling author of international thrillers with more than 20 million copies sold. The New York Times Book review described his work as what you might get if you “tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together.”

What does it take to survive? On this edition of Conversations, Tyrell Johnson joins us to talk about his debut novel, The Wolves of Winter. The book is set in a post-apocalyptic future where his central character fights for survival in the Canadian Yukon. Johnson says that, in part, the reason he made his protagonist a young woman is because he wanted his daughter to see a strong female character in his novel.