TEMBI LOCKE is a New York Times best-selling author, TV producer, actor, and screenwriter. Tembi served as co-creator and executive producer for the adaptation of her Reese’s Book Club pick memoir, From Scratch, for Netflix.

ED BEGLEY JR. The multiple Emmy-nominated actor with hundreds of screen and stage credits talks about finding his way, lessons learned, and taking public transit to the Academy Awards.

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is USA Today bestselling author of 16 psychological thrillers, winning the most prestigious awards in the genre: five Agathas, five Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She is also on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, with 37 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors for her groundbreaking journalism and true crime stories. National book critics call her “a superb and gifted storyteller.” Her current novel is ONE WRONG WORD, a twisty story of gaslighting, manipulation, and murder. 

Hank is on the board of International Thriller Writers, a sought-after teacher and keynote speaker, and host of three popular online live events: THE BACK ROOM, CRIME TIME on A Mighty Blaze, and FIRST CHAPTER FUN. She lives in Boston with her husband, a nationally renowned criminal defense attorney. Her next novel, ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, comes out in September from Minotaur Books. People Magazine says: “A nail-biting thriller.”