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Author Talk: Kelsey K. Sather, author of Lives of a Salvager: Ancient Language of the Earth, Book Two

May 13, 2026

LIVES OF A SALVAGER is Kelsey K. Sather’s second Ancient Language of the Earth book, a stand-alone novel in her multigenerational fantasy series about plant magic, memory, and the cost of saving a dying planet. In this interview, Sather discusses her approach to building a world as deep and complex as Aligaea; how her writing process differed from that of the first book in the series, BIRTH OF THE ANIMA; and the impact that her love of nature has had on the creation of these sweeping tales.

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Casey Sherman

Casey Sherman is a New York Times bestselling true crime author. His work includes THE FINEST HOURS and BOSTON STRONG, both adapted into major motion pictures, and true crime favorite HELLTOWN. THE KILLER AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT is now in development as a feature film. Sherman is currently starring in NBC Peacock's The Boston Strangler: Unheard Confession.

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Caitlin Shetterly

Caitlin Shetterly is the author of MODIFIED; MADE FOR YOU AND ME; PETE AND ALICE IN MAINE; and THE GULF OF LIONS. She is the editor of the bestselling FAULT LINES: Stories of Divorce, and she won the Maine Literary Award for Modified in 2017.

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Casey Scieszka

Casey Scieszka is a born and raised Brooklynite who has lived in Beijing, San Francisco, Fez and Timbuktu where she was a Fulbright Scholar. In 2013, she and her husband, artist Steven Weinberg, moved to the Catskill Mountains and opened the Spruceton Inn: a Catskills Bed & Bar, which runs an annual Artist Residency hosting world-renowned painters, bestselling authors, and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists.

Photo Credit: Steven Weinberg

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April 30, 2026

I feel like April sped by. My book group met this week, and we discussed SPEAK TO ME OF HOME by Jeanine Cummins, which was a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection.

We had a good discussion about it, especially touching on what it was like to leave “home,” and what it was like to either stay somewhere new or want to return to “home.” We all grasped and were saddened by the prejudice that was flung at Rafaela when the family moved to the Midwest. The story felt authentic, and there were comments about how well written it was.

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Kristen Perrin, author of How to Cheat Your Own Death

1968: Frances Adams is loving her new London life, and she’s stepped into a world of glamour thanks to her new friend, Vera Huntington --- a magnetic socialite as mysterious as she is provocative. Present day: When Annie Adams heads to London to visit her famous artist mother, Laura, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body. Least of all for it to be Laura’s new protégée, left in an alley with her heart surgically removed from her chest. Annie is no stranger to murder; after all, she’s solved a few already. And something about this case feels familiar. She’s read about one just like it in the journals of her late great aunt Frances, whose friend Vera was killed in the 1960s in the exact same way. As Annie investigates, threats pile up on Laura’s doorstep, and it soon becomes clear that she’s next.

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