Welcome to the Hill Country Authors podcast. In addition to being the most beautiful and unique part of Texas, Hill Country has some of the top authors from this state. This podcast will feature the authors from and stories about the Texas Hill Country.
Hill Country Authors Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Tom Fox
5.0(3 reviews)
49 episodes
Updated Weekly
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Podcast Overview
Welcome to the Hill Country Authors podcast. In addition to being the most beautiful and unique part of Texas, Hill Country has some of the top authors from this state. This podcast will feature the authors from and stories about the Texas Hill Country.
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Publishing Since
9/30/2022
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Recent Episodes
July 23, 2026
Austin Sunrise: Phil Oakley on Postwar Texas, Houston’s Rise, and a Trilogy Shaped by History
Tom Fox interviews author Phil Oakley about Austin Sunrise, the third book in his trilogy, set from the end of World War II through major American turning points, including the Kennedy assassination. Oakley discusses how the story evolved as the characters—brothers Brooks (based on his uncle) and Ray (based on his father)—grew, influenced in part by editor Loren Steffy. He explains how WWII-era social, political, and technological shifts (GI Bill, government expansion, early desegregation) shaped Texas, highlighting Brooks’ vantage point through his Austin restaurant near the Capitol and UT’s Balcones Research Center. The conversation contrasts small-town, politically intimate Austin with fast-changing, money-driven Houston, including Houston’s distinctive 1960s race relations and global energy-worker influence. Oakley also details the release of the book in hardback, ebook, and audiobook (narrated by James Huff) and praises Stoney Creek Publishing’s role in refining the series. Key highlights: Austin Sunrise Overview Brooks and Ray Origins Postwar Change and Tech Austin and the Longhorn Houston Boomtown Spirit Race Relations and Leadership Themes of Reinvention Resources: Phil Oakley on Stoney Creek Publishing Austin Sunrise Podcast Cover Art Nancy Huffman Fine Art Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn
June 25, 2026
Arthur “Tim” Garson, Jr. on ‘Five Thousand Years of Controversies’: Teaching World History Through Family Dinner Debates
Welcome to a new season of the award-winning Hill Country Authors Podcast, sponsored by Stoney Creek Publishing. In this podcast, Hill Country resident Tom Fox visits with authors who live in and write about the Texas Hill Country. Host Tom Fox welcomes Arthur “Tim” Garson, Jr., on the Hill Country Authors podcast about his book, Five Thousand Years of Controversies: A Family’s Journey Through World History. Garson’s book is a 50-chapter, fact-heavy world history told through fictionalized dinner conversations in which a mother teaches two children, and each chapter ends with an argument between the father and uncle over a historical controversy. Garson, a pediatric cardiologist and former University of Virginia provost, was inspired by a university discussion about AI and what educated people should know, realized he lacked knowledge of world history, and spent about five years researching, including reading roughly 500 books. He wrote the book for high school students, parents, and non-history readers, with independent chapters and hopes for classroom debates and curriculum use. Key highlights: Why Write World History Medicine to Storytelling Dinner Table Chapter Format Family Roots and Inspiration Research and Writing Process Resources: Tim Garson on Stoney Creek Publishing Five Thousand Years of Controversies Podcast Cover Art Nancy Huffman Fine Art Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn
May 28, 2026
Dispatches from Moscow: Carol J. Williams on Reporting the Soviet Collapse and Turning History into a Fiction Trilogy
Welcome to a new season of the award-winning Hill Country Authors Podcast, sponsored by Stoney Creek Publishing. In this podcast, Hill Country resident Tom Fox visits with authors who live in and write about the Texas Hill Country. Host Tom Fox welcomes journalist and author Carol Williams to discuss her career as a foreign correspondent and her historical fiction trilogy beginning with Dispatches from Moscow. Carol recounts reporting for the Associated Press in the 1980s as Gorbachev pursued reforms and arms control, describing a “missed opportunity” for deeper U.S.-Soviet collaboration amid debates over Reagan’s Star Wars and the INF agreement, and noting Margaret Thatcher’s early support for engaging Gorbachev. She covers subsequent assignments in West Germany before the Berlin Wall fell, the Eastern European revolutions, and the Yugoslav wars, later returning to Moscow for the LA Times. Carol explains why she chose fiction over memoir, her “pantser” writing style, and how real reporting experiences inform plot. She outlines the trilogy’s phases: Moscow reforms, Berlin’s fall (Dispatches from Berlin: Walls and Secrets), and the Balkan wars (Dispatches from Sarajevo). Key highlights: Career as Foreign Correspondent Why Write Dispatches Reporting Gorbachev Era Moscow From History to Fiction Writing Process and Style Trilogy Structure Berlin Wall Resources: Carol Williams on Stoney Creek Publishing Dispatches from Moscow Podcast Cover Art Nancy Huffman Fine Art Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn
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