Today on Writer's Roundtable, hosted by Antoinette Kuritz: John Sandford, whose new book starring investigator Lucas Davenport is Phantom Prey (Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155000/0399155007), discusses the art, craft and business of writing, particularly writing a series, and PMA executive director Terry Nathan talks about the PMA Publishing University. Tune in via writersroundtable.com or signonradio.com.

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Starting today on WETA's Author, Author!: an interview with Alexander McCall Smith, whose new book, The Miracle at Speedy Motors (Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489/0375424482), is the latest installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

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Tomorrow morning on Good Morning America: Benjamin Blech, author of The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican (HarperOne, $26.95, 9780061469046/0061469041). There will also be a prime time special based on the book tomorrow night on ABC.

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Tomorrow night on Larry King Live: Sidney Poitier, author of Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter (HarperOne, $25.95, 9780061496189/0061496189).

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Tomorrow night on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Jesse Ventura, former wrestler and Governor of Minnesota whose new book with Dick Russell is Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (Skyhorse Publishing, $24.95, 9781602392731/1602392730).