Season 1, Episode 2 (June 15, 2025)

(Content warning: Topics include drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness, death, incarceration, and profanity.)

Today’s Quixote is Jennifer Mangini, author of A Shadow of Me: The Oklahoma City Bombing and How It Changed My Life—an honest, raw conversation that confronts failures, embraces forgiveness, and celebrates resilience. Jenn is not just a writer—she’s an artist, Army veteran, and nursewho brings all heart and lots of humor to those around her.

We’ll discuss everything from life in the Army, her experience with the OKC bombing, and what it took to write her memoir. We’ll also explore faith, forgiveness, anger, and the spectrum of human emotions.

So buckle up—this will be an emotional ride through the world of identity.

https://quillhawkpublishing.com/pages/author/jennifer-mangini

Instagram: @themangini13

Season 1, Episode 1 - June 1, 2025

Today’s Quixote is Betsey Kulakowski, author of The Veritas Codex series—a thrilling mix of archaeology, cryptozoology, and the paranormal that’s been called “Indiana Jones meets The X-Files.” Betsey’s not just a novelist—she’s a former safety investigator and emergency management expert whobrings a rare realism to her fiction.

We’ll be talking about everything from Bigfoot to belief, her real-life inspirations, what it takes to write smart, suspenseful fiction, and what mysteries still lie ahead in her series.

So buckle up—this is going to be a wild ride through the world of the unexplained.

Betsey is a federally trained investigator and recently retiredsafety professional after 30+ years in the field. She has a degree in emergency management and served on disaster response teams at the Murrah Federal Building Bombing, the World Trade Center, and Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, as well as other disasters in Oklahoma.

She wrote her first book at age six. Being a writer wasn'tsomething she chose. It chose her. Betsey is the author of the bestselling, award-winning paranormal thriller The Veritas Codex and the series of the same name.

Her 7th book, The King's Ransom, won the top prize for Best Published Fiction Novel at WriterCon 2024. She's a frequent speaker at writing conferences and book clubs and enjoysengaging with fans and fellow writers. The Sultan's Stone is book 8 in The Veritas Codex Series coming summer 2025.

She has experience as an amateur paranormal investigator and is an avid history buff and family genealogist. She's married and has two grown kids.

www.authorbetseykulakowski.com

https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBetseyKulakowski

https://www.instagram.com/authorbetseyk

https://www.threads.net/@authorbetseyk

https://x.com/BKoolie

https://www.pinterest.com/betseykulakowski/_profile/

There is a box set of eBooks for the first six books in TheVeritas Codex series available for 9.99. The first book is also listed at .99 on Amazon as a special introductory offer.