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Authors Who Lead - Learn to write a book from bestselling authors and leadersHollywood Legacy Meets Real Writer’s Work | Carla MaldenSend us a textNovelist Carla Malden joins Azul to discuss her latest book, Playback—a nostalgic, time-traveling story about reconciling past ideals with present reality. They explore the character of Mari Caldwell, Carla’s cinematic writing style, and the emotional process of co-authoring a memoir with her father, Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden.Timestamp:0:00 — Introducing Carla Malden and Playback3:10 — The nostalgia and time travel behind Mari Caldwell’s story8:00 — Writing a novel that stands alone but continues a character’s arc10:33 — The influence of Carla’s screenwriting background15:00 — Co-writing a memoir with her fa...
2025-11-2235 min
WritersCastCarla Malden: Playback (a novel)Playback (A Novel) — Carla Malden — 9781644284872 — Hardcover — 216 pages — Rare Bird Books — Published August 12, 2025 — $28 — ebook versions available at lower prices
Time travel fiction is among my favorite literary genres. I’ve been reading time travel novels avidly since I was a kid. I am sure the first one I read was HG Wells’s Time Machine, probably before I was even 10 years old. And I’ve since read many more. Time and Again by Jack Finney and If I Never Get Back by Daryl Brock are two of the best books I have ever read, so good that I have read each of them...
2025-11-0832 minWritersCastCarla Malden: Playback (a novel)Playback (A Novel) — Carla Malden — 9781644284872 — Hardcover — 216 pages — Rare Bird Books — Published August 12, 2025 — $28 — ebook versions available at lower prices
Time travel fiction is among my favorite literary genres. I’ve been reading time travel novels avidly since I was a kid. I am sure the first one I read was HG Wells’s Time Machine, probably before I was even 10 years old. And I’ve since read many more. Time and Again by Jack Finney and If I Never Get Back by Daryl Brock are two of the best books I have ever read, so good that I have read each of them...
2025-11-0832 min
The San Francisco ExperienceWhen do I start ? The Karl Malden Memoir. Talking to co-author Carla Malden and Shaun Chang.Karl Malden's career as an actor spanned the stage, the big screen and TV. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1952 for his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire. He co-authored the memoir with his daughter Carla Malden.
2025-10-061h 01
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 243 - Ghosts, Ghosts, and More GhostsWelcome to Episode 243!
Rejoice, it's officially fall, which we think is the best time of the year to read ghost stories! In the last episode, when we announced our fourth quarter readalong pick – HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE by Grady Hendrix – for our year of reading ghost stories, we said we’d share some of the other novels we considered in this episode, and we do, eight of them.
We also discuss the next story in THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES, ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ by M.R. James. We had mixed reactions to thi...
2025-09-231h 18
Give and TakeEpisode 304: Playback, with Carla MaldenIn this episode of Give and Take, Scott Jones talks with novelist Carla Malden about her new book, Playback. The novel is a haunting and beautifully layered exploration of memory, loss, and reinvention—blurring the lines between past and present to show how grief reshapes identity and how the stories we tell ourselves can both hold us back and set us free. Together, Scott and Carla dive into the inspirations behind Playback, and the ways fiction can illuminate the most intimate corners of human experience.Special Guest: Carla Malden .
2025-09-1745 min
The San Francisco ExperiencePlayback: Talking with author Carla Malden.Carla Malden is an accomplished screen writer, novelist and memoirist. Among her literary works is the memoir "When do I Start", which she co-authored with her father, Academy award winning actor Karl Malden.
2025-08-2044 min
ThecuriousmanspodcastCarla Malden InterviewIn this episode, we're joined by Carla Malden—accomplished screenwriter, memoirist, and novelist—to discuss her latest work, Playback, a gripping psychological noir set against the shadows of modern-day Los Angeles. Carla, daughter of the legendary Oscar-winning actor Carl Malden, brings a cinematic edge and emotional depth to her storytelling. In Playback, she explores the blurry lines between memory and truth, perception and reality, and how our pasts haunt our present. Join us as we talk inspiration, family legacy, the writing life, and what happens when the all converge.
2025-08-121h 01
Moments with MarianneAuthor Carla Malden's Hollywood LifeAre you looking for a captivating read or perhaps your next bookclub pick that would include engaging a hollywood author? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with Carla Malden on her books, life in the entertainment industry and growing up with her Academy Award-winning father Karl Malden. Moments with Marianne airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio affiliate! Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter. Along with her father, Academy Award-winning actor Karl Malden, she co...
2024-07-3132 min
Salt Lake DirtCarla Malden - MY TWO AND ONLY - Episode 212On this episode of Salt Lake Dirt, Kyler interviews Carla Malden about her powerful new novel My Two and Only. They dive into the book's exploration of love, loss, and reinvention as a widow struggles with expectations to move on. Carla provides fascinating details about the four-year writing process and how she drew from personal experience. Their thought-provoking discussion touches on relationships as identity, the challenges of change, and craft elements like perspective. This conversation will resonate with anyone who has grappled with profound loss or the journey of redefining oneself.
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2023-11-2746 min
The Stuph File Program#0651: Allen Wittman & Andrew Masters; Nicolle Nattrass; & Carla Malden
The Stuph File Program
Featuring Allen Wittman & Andrew Masters, creators of Liquid Ass; Nicole Nattrass, author of Just the Two of Us: A Soft Place for Tender Hearts to Land; & Carla Malden, author of Shine Until Tomorrow
2022-02-0658 min
If You Only KnewMy ExperienceRecently, the General Baptist denomination has been in the news due to a sexist sermon by a pastor in Malden, Missouri. In this episode, Coach Carla shares her story of growing up a girl in the General Baptist denomination and her encounter with sexist and predatory behavior while on staff at General Baptist Church.
2021-03-1023 min
Fowl Players RadioSeason 7 Episode 17- Carla Malden- Author of "Shine Until Tomorrow" and others!Send us a textNOW AVAILABLE ON FOWL PLAYERS RADIO!!! www.fowlplayersradio.comPlease welcome Carla Malden to Fowl Players Radio! Carla is an author of both fiction and non fiction books. Her latest novel, "Shine Until Tomorrow", is a time-travel tale that takes its troubled teenage protagonist from present-day San Francisco back to the “Summer of Love” in 1967. A fun and touching novel about the people who raise us, the times that define us, and the stumbling blocks along the way, it tells the story of a girl obsessed with the future who must visit...
2021-02-2450 min
Hmmm: Melbourne Podcast Community97. Reasons To Rant: New Website Preserving Aboriginal Languages Lets You Hear 66 Of Them (Ep.41)📰 11.11.20
On this week's ‘New Website Preserving Aboriginal Languages Lets You Hear 66 Of Them' episode of Reasons To Rant; Adrienne, Eve and Elliot use the 'Yeah, Nah' segment to talk about the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope (The Dish) given a Wiradjuri name to mark start of NAIDOC week. Four billion year old Wolfe Creek meteorite stolen from Queensland museum recovered. COVID-19 lockdown sees Echuca woman build solar-powered Egyptian felucca to sail on the Murrar River. Malden colonial village: Entrie gold rush-style town with 40 buildings for sale in regional Victoria. Aussie grandma's X-rated find in Myer handbag, and more local news stories!
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2020-11-1052 min
Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond"SEARCH HEARTACHE"Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter. Along with her father, Academy Award–winning actor Karl Malden, she coauthored his critically acclaimed memoir, When Do I Start?. More recently, Malden published AfterImage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of A Charmed Life, a fiercely personal account of battling the before and surviving the after of losing her first husband to cancer. Carla’s feature writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, highlighting the marvels and foibles of Southern California and Hollywood. Search Heartache is her first novel. Carla Mald...
2020-07-0518 min
Bedside Reading's AUTHORS THAT THRIVE"SEARCH HEARTACHE"Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter. Along with her father, Academy Award–winning actor Karl Malden, she coauthored his critically acclaimed memoir, When Do I Start?. More recently, Malden published AfterImage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of A Charmed Life, a fiercely personal account of battling the before and surviving the after of losing her first husband to cancer. Carla’s feature writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, highlighting the marvels and foibles of Southern California and Hollywood. Search Heartache is her first nove...
2020-06-2814 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaSearch Heartache by Carla MaldenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Search Heartache Author: Carla Malden Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When I got home, I did what I had stopped myself from doing earlier. I Googled the name: Aimee Laroche. I wondered what I would have done if I had found myself embroiled in this scenario fifteen, even ten years ago. Would I have hired a private detective to track this woman down? Would I have...
2020-04-1430 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenSearch Heartache by Carla MaldenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Search Heartache Author: Carla Malden Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When I got home, I did what I had stopped myself from doing earlier. I Googled the name: Aimee Laroche. I wondered what I would have done if I had found myself embroiled in this scenario fifteen, even ten years ago. Would I have hired a private detective to track this woman down? Would I...
2020-04-1430 min
New DimensionsA Love Story of Death and Beyond - Carla Malden - C0251You will be inspired by Malden’s candor and clarity as she speaks about her experience of living through the debilitating disease and death of her husband and work partner. She likens this time in her life to being strapped in a roller coaster that you never bought a ticket for. Carla Malden has been a screenwriter and published author. She began her career as the assistant to renowned director Elia Kazan. With her husband and screen writing partner, Laurence Starkman, she co-wrote many screenplays and produced and wrote several award winning short films. She is author of When Do I...
2020-04-0100 min
The New Dimensions CaféA Love Story of Death and Beyond - Carla Malden - C0251Carla Malden has been a screenwriter and published author. She began her career as the assistant to renowned director Elia Kazan. With her husband and screen writing partner, Laurence Starkman, she co-wrote many screenplays and produced and wrote several award winning short films. She is author of When Do I Start? [co-authored with her father, Academy Award winning actor Karl Malden] (Limelight Editions 2004) and Afterimage, A Broken Hearted Memoir of a Charmed Life (Skirt! 2011)Interview Date: 9/6/2012 Tags: Carla Malden, grief, loss, Death & Dying
2020-04-0100 min
Rare Bird RadioThe Publicist Speaks: Marriage Infidelity And Good Questions– ep 07Welcome to THE PUBLICIST SPEAKS, episode seven.
Today, Jessica talks with Carla Malden about her first novel SEARCH HEARTACHE. In this podcast, Jessica and Carla talk about marriage, death, healing, and the many other things that factored into the creation of this lovely novel.
2020-01-2826 min
Rare Bird RadioIn Conversation...Carla Malden And Marilee AlbertRaised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter.
Along with her father, Academy Award winning actor Karl Malden, she co-authored his critically acclaimed memoir 'When Do I Start?' More recently, Malden published 'Afterimage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of A Charmed Life', her own fiercely personal account of battling the before and surviving the after of losing her first husband to cancer. Afterimage is a journey through grief to gratitude that alerts an entire generation: this is not your mother’s widowhood. Carla’s feature writing has appeared in the...
2020-01-1749 min
The Kathryn Zox ShowDIA/HBA Leadership Project and After ImageKathryn interviews DIA North America Director Susan Cantrell about their recent leadership project development with Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA). The Leadership Project is seeking to advance the careers of women involved in the regulatory, medical, legal and compliance functions of healthcare. Kathryn also interviews screenwriter and widow Carla Malden on her book After Image: A Brokenhearted Memoir of a Charmed Life. Malden shares her journey of widowhood and the story of her marriage as it moved through one partner's illness and finally death.
2012-08-2952 min
A Book and a Chat with Carla MaldenCarla Malden grew up in Los Angeles, California. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from U.C.L.A. with a Bachelor of Arts in English and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society for her academic achievement. She worked extensively in the film business, both in production and development.
With her husband, filmmaker Laurence Starkman, she wrote twelve feature screenplays; they also served as rewrite guns-for-hire. The team of Malden & Starkman wrote and produced the short romantic comedy Whit & Charm, which screened at eight major film festivals, including The Hamptons, and won several awards. They also wrote and created a...
2011-06-1030 min