Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors

J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, Kevin Tumlinson

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Booking Overview

This is an author-focused interview podcast about writing craft, publishing, and the careers of prominent writers, with recurring external conversations featuring bestselling and award-winning authors, editors, and publishing-adjacent professionals. Credible pitches include accomplished novelists, genre specialists, journalists who have transitioned to fiction, editors, and authors with major awards, strong sales, or screen adaptations; booking difficulty is high.

Metrics

Episodes: 355

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 257 subscribers

Instagram: 336 followers

Contact Information

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Host

J.D. Barker - Author and co-host of Writers, Ink, focused on writing, publishing, and the careers of established authors.

Christine Daigle - Co-host and panelist on Writers, Ink, covering writing, publishing, and author careers.

Jena Brown - Co-host and panelist on Writers, Ink, covering entertainment news and conversations with published authors.

Kevin Tumlinson - Co-host and panelist on Writers, Ink, covering writing, publishing, and conversations with published authors.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, particularly award-winning or bestselling novelists; established editors, journalists-turned-authors, and specialists with substantial credits in fiction or speculative literature.
Required Achievements:  
Bestselling books, Major literary or genre awards, Publication in prominent magazines or anthologies, Television or film adaptations, Extensive professional publishing credits

Recent Guest Discussions

David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Writing Origins, The Scholastic Book Fair, Indigenous Perspectives, And His Fiction Career.

Maurice Broaddus - Writing Process, Outlining, Afrofuturism, Editing, And The Development Of His Novels And Short Fiction.

Sarah Vaughan - Translating Hard-hitting Journalism Into Novels, Political Reporting, Power, Privilege, And Writing Thrillers.

Recent Topics

Writing, Publishing, Authors, Fiction, Book Marketing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors
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#1 NYT bestseller Dan Silva explains why maybe we should all try writing from the floor.

July 14, 2026

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Facebook, Australia, and owning your own library. Then, stick around for a chat with Daniel Silva! Daniel Silva has been called his generation’s finest writer of international intrigue and one of the greatest American spy novelists ever. Compelling, passionate, haunting, brilliant: these are the words that have been used to describe the work of award...

Writers, Ink Podcast: Episode 354 - David Weiden explains why all good writing starts at the Scholastic Book Fair.

July 07, 2026

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about pocket books, podcast publicity, and a quirky vocab. Then, stick around for a chat with David Weiden! David Heska Wanbli Weiden, an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, is the author of Wisdom Corner, forthcoming in July, 2026 from Ecco/HarperCollins. He’s also the author of the national bestseller Winter Counts (Ecco, 2020), which was nomi...

Why the outline is the lie we all agree to, with Maurice Broaddus.

June 30, 2026

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about ElevenLabs, Porter Square Books, Tinder, and ThriftBooks. Then, stick around for a chat with Maurice Broaddus! Maurice Broaddus: An Award-Winning Afrofuturist, editor, and librarian, Maurice Broaddus has had over a hundred short stories published in such places as Lightspeed Magazine, Black Panther: Tales from Wakanda, Out There Screaming (edited by ...

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