Episode 19: Ran Walker
In Part 1 of Episode 19, award-winning writers Ran Walker and Scott Semegran sit down for a virtual interview.
In Part 2 of Episode 19, Ran Walker reads from his book, The World Is Yours.
About Ran Walker
Ran Walker is the author of twenty-one books. His short stories, flash fiction, microfiction, and poetry have appeared in a variety of anthologies and journals. Prior to becoming a writer and educator, he worked in magazine publishing and practiced law in Mississippi. He is the winner of the Indie Author Project's 2019 National Indie Author of the Year Award (selected by judges from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, IngramSpark, St. Martin's Press, and Writer's Digest), the 2019 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Best Fiction Ebook Award, and the 2018 Virginia Indie Author Project Award for Adult Fiction. His novel Mojo's Guitar was translated by renowned French translator Philippe Loubat-Delranc and published in April 2015 by Éditions Autrement as Il était une fois Morris Jones. Ran is a graduate of Morehouse College (BA in English), Pace University (MS in Publishing), and George Washington University Law School (JD). Ran has taught workshops across the country, including Writer's Digest conferences in both New York and L.A., and is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Hampton University. He lives in Virginia with his wife and much better half, Lauren, and his amazing little rockstar daughter, Zoë.
This episode was filmed remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
