This week's guest is part of the annual Miami Book Fair, author James Grippando, who's written almost 30 novels, 17 of which focus on the adventures of Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck. Grippando is a practicing attorney and professor at the University of Miami.
Craig Pittman is the award-winning author of Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, The Scent of Scandal, Cat Tale, Manatee Insanity and The State You’re In, and co-author of Paving Paradise. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him “the most destructive force on campus.” Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature.