S4E5: Walking the Camino Alongside Three Talented Authors

On today's episode, we're exploring the creative projects of three Camino authors:  María Seco, Angela Leslee, and Shoshana Kerewsky. Each with her own unique perspective, they are taking inspiration from their own experiences on the Camino de Santiago and inspiring pilgrims with very different approaches to the Camino Fiction genre. From her home on the Camino Portugués, Spanish teacher and author María Seco crafts easy-reading Spanish-language fiction that helps pilgrims build the language skills for a richer Camino. Author Angela Leslee brings women's fiction to the Camino Francés in her Camino Curious series, following women who set off to walk 500 miles in search of answers — with a little magic along the way. And author Shoshana Kerewsky, a retired psychotherapist and multiple-time pilgrim, blends lyrical prose and poetry into award-winning reflections on the Camino, identity, and healing.DISCUSSIONS FROM THIS EPISODE:Sacred Steps Podcast https://www.sacredstepspodcast.comLeave a Voice Message for the Podcast https://www.sacredstepspodcast.com/voicemail/Kevin's Book: The Pilgrim's Table https://www.thepilgrimstable.comMARÍA SECO WWW: Spanish for Camino https://spanishforcamino.comBOOK: Mi Primer Camino de Santiago (Easy-Spanish Novel) https://www.amazon.com/Mi-primer-Camino-Santiago-Spanish-ebook/dp/B09YRTYHG9BOOK: Historias Tras Cada Paso — Legends & Curiosities of the Camino Portuguéshttps://spanishforcamino.com/books/E-BOOK: Spanish for the Camino Workbook (Free) https://spanishforcamino.comANGELA LESLEE WWW: Angela Leslee — Author https://www.angelaleslee.comBOOK: Camino Magic (Camino Curious Series, Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/Camino-Magic-Angela-Leslee-ebook/dp/B0DKRZK7FPBOOK: Camino Secrets (Camino Curious Series, Book 2) https://us.amazon.com/Camino-Secrets-Curious-Angela-Leslee/dp/B0FDMCBPTHBOOK: Camino Family (Camino Curious Series, Book 3) https://www.amazon.com/Camino-Family-Curious-Angela-Leslee/dp/B0G4VJM1C1BOX SET: Camino Curious Series, Books 1–3 https://www.angelaleslee.com/camino-curious-box-setMEMOIR: The Way of Love: On the Camino de Santiago https://www.amazon.com/Way-Love-Camino-Santiago/dp/1793252998SHOSHANA KEREWSKY WWW: Shoshana D. Kerewsky https://shoshanakerewsky.wordpress.comBOOK: The Codex of Christian Surname  https://amzn.to/4fxp3Y9BOOK: 50 Days in May: Reflections Along the Camino de Santiago https://shoshanakerewsky.wordpress.comCONNECT WITH THE SHOW ONLINE:Podcast Homepage — sacredstepspodcast.com https://www.sacredstepspodcast.comKevin's Novel: The Pilgrim's Table https://www.thepilgrimstable.comSacred Steps Books Author Store: https://www.sacredstepsbooks.shopStream the Video Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@sacredstepspodcastConnect on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sacredstepsbooksView on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sacredstepsbooksMEET OUR GUESTS:María Seco A native Spaniard raised in a Camino village, María Seco taught Spanish in Ireland for 15 years before returning home to Spain, where she now lives along the Camino Portugués. Through her blog, books, and podcast at Spanish for Camino, María helps English-speaking pilgrims learn the Spanish language and culture they need for a richer, more meaningful Camino. Her easy-Spanish novel, Mi Primer Camino de Santiago, follows first-time pilgrim Emma across a six-day walk to Santiago — teaching real-world Camino vocabulary through story.Angela Leslee Angela Leslee considers life an adventure — whether it's walking 500 miles across an entire country, living off the grid in a tiny house, or swimming with whales in the open ocean. Following three memoirs, including The Way of Love: On the Camino de Santiago, Angela turned to fiction with her Camino Curious series: Camino Magic, Camino Secrets, and Camino Family. Her women's fiction follows pilgrims who set out on the Camino de Santiago to make sense of their lives — engrossing stories sprinkled with a little magic.Shoshana Kerewsky Shoshana D. Kerewsky is a retired psychotherapist and faculty emerita who has walked the Camino de Santiago several times. Her award-winning book Cancer, Kintsugi, Camino: A Memoir — winner of a Firebird Book Award and a Pacific Book Award for Best Memoir — weaves lyrical prose and poetry into a narrative mosaic exploring pilgrimage, identity, illness, and healing. Her follow-up, 50 Days in May: Reflections Along the Camino de Santiago, continues her meditative reflections from the Way. Her writing has appeared in La Concha and numerous other publications.MEET THE HOST: Kevin DonahueHusband. Father. Backpacker. Pilgrim. Author. Kevin Donahue began walking pilgrimage routes across Europe, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.A. in 2019. The host of the Sacred Steps Podcast, his work reflects a deep belief that the most meaningful journeys are measured not in miles but in the lives impacted.The first book in Donahue’s Camino Chronicles series, The Pilgrim’s Table, debuted as both a #1 New Release and #1 Bestseller for Religious Travel on Amazon.com. The novel follows five pilgrims across the Camino de Santiago towards a communal meal on Spain’s westernmost coast. What begins as a polite conversation over dinner deepens into laughter, confession, and unexpected grace. One by one, they realize their separate journeys have been asking similar questions all along. Not what have you accomplished? But who are you becoming? By dawn, the pilgrims will discover that the hardest part of any journey is not the walking. It’s what comes after.The second book in the Camino Chronicles series, The Pilgrim’s Letter,  is scheduled to debut in 2027.Available now at https://www.thepilgrimstable.com