Writer's Corner

Writer’s Corner welcomes authors Michael Allan Mallory and Cheri Johnson, who also writes as Sigrid Brown, for a conversation with host Alan Miller.

Originally aired: May 22, 2026

Writer’s Corner is a television interview program featuring conversations with writers, authors, reviewers, publishers, and other literary voices from Minnesota and beyond. Created by Alan Miller, the program has long offered thoughtful conversations about books, craft, publishing, and the stories behind the stories.

In this episode, Michael Allan Mallory and Cheri Johnson talk with Alan Miller about mystery, fiction, publishing, craft, and the different creative paths that bring books into the world.

Michael Allan Mallory is the author of The Lost Dragon Murder, winner of a Best Independent Book Award and a finalist for both the Midwest Book Awards and the Silver Falchion Award. He is also the co-author of two novels featuring zoologist sleuth Lavender “Snake” Jones, and his short stories have appeared in numerous mystery magazines and anthologies.

Michael Allan Mallory: https://www.snakejones.com/

Cheri Johnson is the author of Annika Rose, winner of the 2022 Women’s Prose Prize from Red Hen Press. Under the pen name Sigrid Brown, she published the literary mystery The Girl in Duluth, which won a 2023 Midwest Book Award. She has also written fiction, poetry, reviews, literary biographies, and nonfiction books for young readers.

Cheri Johnson: https://cheribooksandmusic.com/
Sigrid Brown / The Girl in Duluth: https://sigridbrown005.wixsite.com/website

Writer’s Corner is shared in connection with Bell Cow Productions, a literary media and author-support platform focused on connecting writers, readers, bookstores, libraries, and literary communities.

Bell Cow Productions: https://www.bellcowproductions.com/

Special thanks to Eagan-TV, Writer’s Corner’s home station. In the Twin Cities South Metro area, Writer’s Corner airs on E-TV Public Access, Comcast Channel 15, and CenturyLink Channel 8834. The program also airs on additional public TV stations serving communities throughout Minnesota and the Midwest.

Writer’s Corner: http://writers-corner.org/
Eagan-TV: https://eagan-tv.com/

Rob Jung is not only a writer of thrillers and a producer, but he is also a publisher, podcaster and the creator of Minnesota Mystery Night, among his many other ventures and talents.

A graduate of Harvard Law, he has guest-hosted several times at Writers-Corner show and will take over as the full-time host in mid-2026 when Alan decides to finally “hang it up” upon reaching 92 years of age.

Your devoted website admin CONGRATULATES you both on these transitions!

The Shelby family is one of Minnesota’s best known. Don Shelby has won multiple Pezbody and Emmy awards, and is one of the best known personalities in the state, and nationally.

He is also the author of “The Season Never Ends: Wins, Losses and the Wisdom of the Game,” a collection of articles about basketball that he wrote over his many years as a journalist and television personality.

His Daughter, Ashley Shelby is an award-winning author and environmentalist who writes fiction, nonfiction and short stories. Father and daughter joined Alan to discuss her latest book, “Honeymoons in Temporary Locations,” in a discussion which got into many other important and national topics., “Honeymoons in Temporary Locations,” in a discussion which got into many other important and national topics.

Multi-talented Shawn Otto, and lifetime educator Gary Porter were guests on Writers Corner February 27, 2026, interviewed by host, Rob Jung.

Otto, an author and screenwriters, is probably best known for adapting and co-producing the motion picture, House of Sand and Fog, which garnered 3 academy award nominations. His literary work includes both fiction and nonfiction.

Porter, now retired from academia, writes fictional books from the point of view of dogs, geared to adolescent readers.

MATT GOLDMAN, a native Minnesotan, left some years ago for the West Coast.

Then, after writing for several well-known television shows and receiving an Emmy, he returned to the Twin Cities to pursue a career as a novelist. His Nils Shapiro detective novels were an instant success, and he has become a New York Times Bestselling author.

He has also written another series and in this year he has two more novels, including “Dark Humor,” the latest in the Nils Shapiro series, and a free-standing historical publication slated for early 2026.