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Ep 116: Julia Kelly on Capturing the End of One Era for the Queen and British High Society

Today Julia Kelly is on the podcast to discuss her historical novel, The Last Dance With the Debutante, a masterful, glittering novel that whisks you to midcentury Britain as it follows three of the last debutantes to be presented to Queen Elizabeth II.

We recording this conversation before the Queen's passing. It's fascinating to hear more about the ending of one era for England in the 1950s as we witness another time of change today.

Ep 115: Amy Tector on Archival Secrets and Sweeping Readers Away to Paris

Amy Tector is on the podcast this week to discuss her new novel, The Honeybee Emeralds. We chatted about capturing expat life and Parisian destinations, how to have a successful critique group (Amy's is twenty years in and counting!), her most exciting discoveries as an archivist, and much more.

Ep 114: Sarah McCoy on Mustique Island’s Glamour, Royalty, Secrets, and Scandal

Sarah McCoy is back on the podcast this week to discuss her new novel Mustique Island, a compulsive, sun-splashed voyage of self-discovery with a wealthy divorcee and her two headstrong daughters in 1970s Mustique, the world’s most exclusive private island, where Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger were regulars and long-held secrets are the buried treasures.

Ep. 113: KJ Dell’Antonia on Online Personas, Creating Small Towns, and Having More Fun with Fiction

This week, KJ Dell’Antonia is on the podcast to discuss her new novel, In Her Boots, a delightfully entertaining story set in small town New Hampshire about a ruse that goes awry and a chaotic homecoming that proves that confronting your past can sometimes set you free. 

Ep. 112: Jamie Ford on Plotting a Sprawling Family Saga and Exploring Inherited Trauma

Ep. 112: Jamie Ford on Plotting a Sprawling Family Saga and Exploring Inherited Trauma

Ep. 111: Jamie Brenner on Gilt, Seasonal Writing Rhythms, and Sparkling Summer Settings

Jamie Brenner is on the podcast this week to discuss Gilt, a luxurious and richly compelling novel about a famous family jewelry dynasty and the hidden past that could topple it all. 

Ep. 110: Zibby Owens - Moms Don’t Have Time To... Shake Up the Publishing World

Today bookfluencer extraordinaire Zibby Owens is back on the podcast to discuss her two new books, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature and a picture book called Princess Charming. Zibby also gives the inside scoop on all of her exciting entrepreneurial projects included Zibby Books, Zcast, Moms Don't Have Time To Read Books, and more.

Ep. 109: Emily Henry on Book Lovers and Writing Bestselling Rom-coms

Calling all romance fans: today my guest is Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers, an insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation.

Ep. 108: Maggie Smith, Author of Truth and Other Lies

This week, tune in to hear debut author and Hear Us Roar podcast host, Maggie Smith discuss Truth and Other Lies, a novel in which The Devil Wears Prada meets All The Presidents' Men.

Ep. 107: Julia Glass, Author of Vigil Harbor

This week, I was honored to get to talk all things books and writing with the National Book Award–winning, best-selling author of Three Junes, Julia Glass. Her masterful new novel, Vigil Harbor, is set in a fictional version of Marblehead, Massachusetts, ten years in the future and explores climate instability, political violence, and domestic upheavals. Tune in to go behind the book with us.