Aug 3, 2026 · 28 min · 12 segments
Charles Salzberg is a former journalist whose work has appeared in articles in Esquire, The New York Times, Redbook, GQ, and Travel + Leisure. His first novel, Swann’s Last Song, was nominated for a…
Charles SalzbergGuest
Terrence McCauleyHost
Uh, I don't know about you or other writers, but this is the hardest part is trying to talk a little about your own book.
... tell you, uh, w- w- why I wrote it or how it, how it came to be is years ago, before I was writing novels, um, I was a, a journalist, a magazine journalist and nonfiction book writer, and I got a call one day from an agent, um, who I'd worked with on and off.
"Would I be interested in working with a woman on a book proposal?" Uh, and this woman was a housewife, a California housewife, who suddenly started getting visions of, um, violent crimes and crime scenes.
Her name was, i- is Pam Coronado, and she worked with the cops on solving a lot of these missing person cases.
... um, I've always been fascinated by psychics and what- and I know most of them are phony.
... "be like?" And I, I started to think about it and thought, you know, people make it seem like it's terrific.
Uh, I don't know about you or other writers, but this is the hardest part is trying to talk a little about your own book.
... tell you, uh, w- w- why I wrote it or how it, how it came to be is years ago, before I was writing novels, um, I was a, a journalist, a magazine journalist and nonfiction book writer, and I got a call one day from an agent, um, who I'd worked with on and off.
"Would I be interested in working with a woman on a book proposal?" Uh, and this woman was a housewife, a California housewife, who suddenly started getting visions of, um, violent crimes and crime scenes.
Her name was, i- is Pam Coronado, and she worked with the cops on solving a lot of these missing person cases.
... um, I've always been fascinated by psychics and what- and I know most of them are phony.
... "be like?" And I, I started to think about it and thought, you know, people make it seem like it's terrific.
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