Writing Excuses often features guests as a way to bring different voices and perspectives to the show. Our show would not be possible without our guests, whose expertise and perspectives are a critical part of the podcast. Below is an inexhaustive list of the many guests we have had the pleasure of talking with.

This page attempts to list every guest who has appeared on the podcast, with links to the episodes they were in, and to their home pages.

It is made of hope, ambition, and many edits.

Also, gratitude. In fact, mostly gratitude.

Writing Excuses Guests

• Aeryn Rudel, 8.46
• Alan Bahr, 12.42
• Alex Shvartsman, 15.39
• Allison W. Hill, 9.52
• Alyssa Wong, 11.28
• Andrew P. Mayer, 6.24
• Aprilynne Pike, 3.2
• Bart Smith, 13.46
• Ben Hewett, 13.46
• Beth Meacham, 12.35
• Bill Fawcett, 12.21
• Bill Schafer, 8.40
• Bob Defendi, 2.7, 2.8
• Brad Beaulieu, 10.41
• Brandon Mull, 2.2, 2.3
• Bree Despain, 5.2, 5.3
• Brian Keene, 12.16
• Brian McClellan, 12.48, 11.34
• Bridget E. Baker, 15.03
• Bruce D Richardson, 15.43
• C. Austin Hill, 9.52
• C.L. Polk, 17.38
• Cady Coleman, 17.37, 17.36
• Callie Stoker, 12.25
• Carrie Patel, 12.21
• Cat Rambo, 12.38
• Charlaine Harris, 13.11
• Charlie Harmon, 9.46
• Charlie N. Holmberg, 10.35
• Cherie Priest, 8.39, 10.03
• Christopher J. Garcia, 9.41
• Claudia Gray, 11.52
• Cory Doctorow, 9.48, 15.47, 15.41, 15.11
• Courtney Alameda, 12.31
• Dan Willis, 1.18
• Daniel Friend, 15.13
• Daniel Jose Older, 10.49, 10.51
• Darren Shan, 11.Bonus-02
• Dave Wolverton, 2.09, 2.10, 2.11, 5.22, 5.23, 5.28, 5.29, 9.36
• David Brin, 7.10
• David Weber, 15.26
• Dawn Wells, 4.17
• Dean Hale, 15.22, 15.21
• Deirdre Saoirse Moen, 9.42
• Delia Sherman, 6.28, 10.43, 10.44
• Desiree Burch, 11.45
• Dirk Elzinga, 12.51
• DongWon Song, 11.48, 11.46
• E.J. Patten, 8.22, 8.23, 8.25
• Elizabeth Bear, 11.Bonus-04
• Ellen Kushner, 6.28, 10.52
• Emma Newman, 13.20
• Eric Flint, 5.21, 15.27
• Eric James Stone, 1.20, 2.4, 3.3, 7.32, 9.01, 9.02, 9.07, 9.08, 9.11, 9.12, 9.17
• Erin Roberts, 15.35, 15.34, 15.32, 15.12
• Gail Carriger, 11.07
• Gama Martinez, 11.37, 17.17
• Greg Van Eekhout, 11.39
• Isaac Stewart, 4.15, 4.16
• J.R. Johansson, 9.43, 12.18
• J.Y. Yang, 13.37
• Jake Black, 3.24, 3.25
• Jamahl Crouch, 13.17 
• James Dashner, 4.06, 4.07, 4.24, 4.25 7.19
• James Artimus Owen, 7.18
• James L. Sutter, 7.43, 10.45, 11.Bonus-03
• Janci Patterson, 4.23, 7.42, 15.29
• Jared Quan, 14.38
• Jaym Gates, 10.41
• JD Payne, 12.47
• Jenn Court, 15.23
• Jeph Jacques, 8.35
• Jessica Day George, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10
• Jim Butcher, 15.24
• Jim Hines, 5.37
• Jim Zub, 7.44
• Jody Lynn Nye, 17.18
• Joe McKinney, 12.29
• Joel Shepherd, 8.49
• John Brown, 2.01, 3.16, 3.18, 3.19, 5.09, 5.10, 5.13
• John Scalzi, 5.38
• Jonathan Maberry, 6.23
• Jordan Sanderson, 2.17
• Julia Rios, 14.12
• Julie Wright, 4.24, 4.25
• K.M. Szpara, 17.39
• Kaja Foglio, 1.28
• Kameron Hurley, 10.45
• Kathleen Dalton Woodbury, 9.37
• Kathy Chung, 11.02, 11.20
• Keffy Kehrli, 6.16
• Ken Liu, 13.24
• Kenny Pike, 4.17
• Kevin J. Anderson, 5.24, 5.25, 10.39, 16.10
• Kjell Lindgren, 13.42, 13.30
• L.E. Modesitt Jr., 4.21, 4.22, 11.15
• Larry Correia, 3.20, 3.21, 5.30, 7.17
• Lauren Beukes, 6.15
• Lawrence Schoen, 13.b1
• Linda Addison, 12.12
• Lou Anders, 1.29, 6.18, 6.20
• Lou Perry, 13.07
• Lynne M. Thomas, 11.51
• M. Todd Gallowglas, 9.45
• Mahtab Narsimhan, 15.51, 15.49, 15.48, 14.41, 14.31
• Marc Tassin, 10.37
• Marco Palmieri, 10.50
• Marie Brennan, 10.28, 10.30, 10.33
• Marshall Carr, Jr., 17.38, 17.51
• Mary Robinette Kowal, 3.14, 3.15, 3.17, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23
• Maurice Broaddus, 7.40, 11.Bonus-03
• Max Gladstone, 10.6
• Megan Lloyd, 17.19
• Megan Walker, 15.29
• Mercedes Lackey, 8.50
• Mette Ivie Harrison, 8.51, 8.52, 9.5, 9.6, 9.43
• Michael Stackpole, 1.19
• Michael Brent Collings, 7.20, 11.11
• Michael Damien Thomas, 11.49
• Michael R. Collings, 7.20
• Michael R. Underwood, 10.45, 10.50, 11.50
• Mike Stop, 13.15
• Monte Cook, 7.36
• Moshe Feder, 1.30
• Mur Lafferty, 6.22, 11.Bonus-03
• Nalo Hopkinson, 10.40, 10.42
• Nancy Fulda, 2.25, 2.26, 9.3, 9.4, 9.9, 9.10, 11.12, 11.10
• Natasha Ence, 14.52
• Navah Wolfe, 11.41
• Nisi Shawl, 15.40, 15.38
• Patrick Rothfuss, 1.32, 6.14, 15.52, 15.45, 15.06, 15.04
• Patty Garcia, 9.39
• Paul Stevens, 9.40
• Peng Shepherd, 17.51, 17.40
• Peter Ahlstrom, 6.17
• Peter Beagle, 9.44
• Peter Orullian, 9.35, 9.38
• Phil Foglio, 1.28
• Piper J. Drake, 17.51
• Rebecca McKinney, 11.19
• Rob Kimbro, 14.26
• Robin Hobb, 11.Bonus-01
• Robison Wells, 2.20, 2.21, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 5.30, 5.31, 7.Bonus-02, 8.07, 8.08, 8.11
• Saladin Ahmed, 5.36
• Sam Logan, 8.48
• Sam Sykes, 7.5
• Sandra Tayler, 4.17, 12.03
• Sara Crowe, 6.5, 6.8
• Sara Glassman, 9.47
• Sarah Eden, 5.31
• Sarah Pinborough, 7.8
• Scott Lynch, 8.47, 11.Bonus-04
• Scott Westerfeld, 5.14, 5.15
• Seth Fishman, 17.41
• Shanna Germain, 7.38
• Shannon Hale, 11.22, 15.22, 15.21
• Shauna Hoffman, 15.18
• Sherrilyn Kenyon, 5.26, 5.27
• Shveta Thakrar, 11.46
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 15.40
• Spencer Ellsworth, 12.35
• Stacy Whitman, 1.12, 1.13
• Stephen Barnes, 11.47, 11.46
• Steve Diamond, 11.21
• Steve Jackson, 1.31
• Susan J. Morris, 10.37
• T.J. Berry, 14.03
• Tamie Dearen, 15.03
• Tananarive Due, 11.43, 12.08
• Tempest K. Bradford, 11.46, 14.21, 15.46, 15.38, 15.17
• Thomas Marshburn, 13.52
• Tom Doherty, 8.44
• Tom Smith, 5.39
• Toni Weisskopf, 12.38
• Tracy Hickman, 2.23, 2.24, 5.28, 5.29
• Trina Marie Phillips, 11.31
• Valerie Dowbenko, 6.17
• Victoria Schwab, 11.35, 11.33
• Victorine Lieske, 15.03
• Wendy Tolliver, 13.39
• Wesley Chu, 8.43, 8.45, 10.10, 10.12, 10.15
• William Alexander, 17.42
• Yang Yang Wang, 15.46
• Zoraida Cordova, 13.50

Note: Our process for guest selection is an in-person thing. We appreciate the many applications we receive, but since we only record in person, the alignment of applicants, road sessions, and guest slots is rare. Like planetary alignments, only in this case the astronomers plotting those alignments don’t have telescopes, and are busy writing books and stuff.