Episode 148: Novelist Spotlight #148: A look back at sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury with biographer Jonathan Eller

Novelist Spotlight

In the spotlight is Jonathan Eller, author of a three-volume biography of science fiction novelist and short story writer Ray Bradbury. Eller is also founding director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University.

We discuss Ray Bradbury’s

>> writing lessons

>> work ethic

>> fear of the dark

>> love of magic

>> passion for ideas

>> Los Angeles basement

>> Favorite authors

>> Etc.

Learn more about Ray Bradbury here: https://raybradbury.com/

Learn more about Jonathan Eller here: https://liberalarts.iupui.edu/centers/iat/directory/jonathan-r-eller/

Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at [e-mail]. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.