Writer's Corner

Writer’s Corner welcomes Shannon Gibney, award-winning Minnesota author, educator, and activist, for a conversation about writing, identity, adoption, memory, race, family, and the ways storytelling can help us understand lives different from our own.

Originally aired: August 21, 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, Shannon Gibney discusses her writing career and the themes that run throughout her work, including identity, belonging, family, race, adoption, history, and social justice. The conversation also explores the creative approach behind her acclaimed *The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption*, which combines memoir, archival documents, imagination, and alternate possibilities to examine both the life Gibney lived and the life she might have lived.

Shannon also reflects on how literature can create understanding across very different backgrounds and experiences—and how connection doesn’t require ignoring the differences that shape who we are.

Shannon Gibney is an award-winning writer and educator whose books span young adult fiction, memoir, picture books, anthologies, and nonfiction. Her works include *See No Color*, *Dream Country*, *The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be*, *Where We Come From*, *We Miss You, George Floyd*, *Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight*, and *Where Is My Sister?* Her writing frequently explores race, adoption, family, diaspora, memory, grief, identity, and belonging. She teaches at Minneapolis College and has received multiple Minnesota Book Awards. *The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be* was named a 2024 Michael L. Printz Honor Book.

Shannon Gibney: https://www.shannongibney.com/

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.

Eagan-TV: https://eagan-tv.com/

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Writer’s Corner welcomes William Kent Krueger and David Housewright, two acclaimed Minnesota mystery and crime fiction authors, for a conversation about books, craft, character, place, and the stories that keep readers coming back.

Originally aired: June 18, 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, William Kent Krueger and David Housewright discuss mystery writing, the Minnesota literary community, long-running series characters, storytelling choices, and the craft of building novels that resonate with readers.

William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of the Cork O’Connor mystery series, as well as acclaimed standalone novels including Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land. His work is known for its deep sense of place, memorable characters, moral complexity, and emotional depth.

William Kent Krueger: https://williamkentkrueger.com/

David Housewright is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Holland Taylor mysteries, the Rushmore McKenzie novels, and other crime fiction. His books are closely associated with Minnesota mystery writing and sharp, character-driven storytelling.

David Housewright: https://www.davidhousewright.com/

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/

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Writer’s Corner welcomes J.J. Harrigan, author of Goodbye Cuba, and Jeffrey B. Burton, author of The Boy in the Wall, for a conversation with host Rob Jung.

Originally aired: July 17, 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, J.J. Harrigan talks with Rob Jung about Goodbye Cuba, a thriller set against the tense backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, while Jeffrey B. Burton discusses The Boy in the Wall, a Chicago K-9 thriller involving cadaver dogs, a shocking discovery inside a school wall, and the secrets that surface around an old crime.

J.J. Harrigan is the author of Goodbye Cuba, the third book in the Goodbye Series, and other fiction that blends historical intrigue, suspense, and carefully researched what-if storytelling.

J.J. Harrigan: https://jjharrigan.com/

Jeffrey B. Burton is the author of the Mace Reid K-9 mystery series, including The Finders, The Keepers, and The Lost, as well as the Chicago K-9 thriller The Boy in the Wall. His work blends crime fiction, suspense, investigation, and the remarkable bond between handlers and working dogs.

Jeffrey B. Burton: https://jeffreybburton.com/

Rob Jung is an author, publisher, producer, and the host of Minnesota Mystery Night.
–Author page: https://robjungwriter.com/
–Minnesota Mystery Night: https://www.mnmysterynight.com/

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/

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Writer’s Corner welcomes Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels, for a conversation with Alan Miller and Rob Jung.

Originally aired: June 15, 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, Craig Johnson talks with Alan Miller and Rob Jung about the Longmire novels, western mystery, character, place, adaptation, and the storytelling world that has made Sheriff Walt Longmire one of contemporary crime fiction’s most recognizable figures.

Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels, the basis for Longmire, the hit Netflix original drama. His 2026 novel, The Brothers McKay, is the 22nd novel in the Walt Longmire series. Johnson is also a two-time recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, a multiple Will Rogers Medallion Award winner, and the 2025 recipient of the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming.

Craig Johnson: https://www.craigallenjohnson.com/

Rob Jung is an author, publisher, producer, and the host of Minnesota Mystery Night.
–Author page: https://robjungwriter.com/
–Minnesota Mystery Night: https://www.mnmysterynight.com/

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/

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/