QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life

Marion Roach Smith

Booking Overview

This interview podcast focuses on the writing life, craft, and creative process, typically featuring published authors, memoirists, novelists, poets, educators, and other literary professionals. PR agencies could credibly pitch established or emerging authors with a new book, award-winning writers, writing instructors, and experts who can discuss specific craft topics; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need substantial publishing or teaching credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 175

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 3.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

support@marionroachsmith.com

mroachsmith2@gmail.com

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Host

Marion Roach Smith - Author of The Memoir Project and a writing instructor focused on memoir and the craft of writing.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors with a new or notable book, award-winning writers, memoirists, novelists, poets, writing educators, literary scholars, and editors with direct expertise in writing craft.

Required Achievements:

Published books from established or respected presses, Literary awards and fellowships, University teaching or writing instruction, Publication in recognized literary journals, Editorial or scholarly appointments

Recent Guest Discussions

Jessica Walker - Writing And Illustrating A Coming-of-age Story And Working Through Differences.

Hester Kaplan - Constructing A Memoir And Developing A Strong Nonfiction Narrative.

Marian Yee - The Creative Possibilities And Craft Of Fan Fiction.

Rachel Weaver - Writing A Braided Memoir.

Nicole Walker - Establishing Authority As A Writer Without Becoming Overly Authoritative.

Recent Topics

Writing, Creative Writing, Memoir, Fiction, Writing Process

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life

Ep. 174 Cara Benson

October 02, 2026

Cara Benson's writing has been published in The New York Times, Boston Review, Orion Magazine, Sierra Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Terrain, and selected for Best American Poetry. She has received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and the bpNichol Award. Benson wrote a series on walking in the woods for the Best American Poetry website and taught poetry in a New York State Correctional Facility for eight years. Her new book is a memoir called An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Fi...

Ep. 173 Jessica Walker

September 18, 2026

Jessica Walker is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, filmmaker, and educator, she is an assistant professor of fine arts at Parsons and has exhibited films, books, and 2D media in solo and group shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, and Australia. Her work is housed in the permanent collections at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Research Library, Yale University Haas Family Arts Library, and the University of Washington Art Library. Her new book is a debut novel ...

Ep. 172 Hester Kaplan

September 04, 2026

Hester Kaplan is the author of two story collections, The Edge of Marriage (University of Georgia Press, and Norton), which received The Flannery O’Connor Prize for Short Fiction; and Unravished (Ig Publishing); the novels The Tell (HarperCollins) and Kinship Theory (Little, Brown). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Story, Glimmer Train, Southwest Review, and Indiana Review and others, and has been widely anthologized, including in The Best American Short Stories, Creature Needs, and Pro...

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