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Ep. 166: Vibhuti Jain on the Path to Debut and the Importance of Distance from her Setting and Character

Today my guest is Vibhuti Jain, author of Our Best Intentions, a gripping debut about an immigrant family that gets caught in the middle of a criminal investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You.

Ep. 165: Logan Steiner on Bringing L.M. Montgomery to Life in After Anne

This week my guest is Logan Steiner, author of the debut novel, After Anne, a stunning and unexpected portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, creator of one of literature’s most prized heroines, whose personal demons were at odds with her most enduring legacy—Anne of Green Gables.

Ep. 164: Katherine Marsh on The Lost Year, a Timely Middle-Grade Novel Set in 1930s Ukraine

This week, Katherine Marsh is here to discuss The Lost Year an incredibly timely, page-turning middle grade novel that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.

Ep. 163: Elizabeth Shick on the Expat Experiences in Myanmar That Shaped Her Debut Novel

This week my guest is Elizabeth Shick, author of the debut novel, The Golden Land. Inspired by the six years she lived in Myanmar, and set there and in Boston, it’s a novel that digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships.

Ep. 162: Madeline Martin on the Secret Libraries of Occupied Poland

Today Madeline Martin is here to discuss The Keeper of Hidden Books, which is based on the real life heroic efforts of Warsaw's librarians during WWII.

 

Madeline Martin is a New York Times, USA TODAY, and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over twenty different languages. For more information visit https://madelinemartin.com/

Ep. 161: Namrata Patel Takes Us from Paris to Napa in Scent of a Garden with a Perfumer Who Loses Her Sense of Smell

Today, Namrata Patel is back on the podcast to discuss her new novel, Scent of a Garden, an exhilarating novel about a perfumer in Paris who is forced to return to her California roots where she winds up on a journey of self-discovery, reconnecting with family and finally taking some risks.

Ep. 160: Jane Roper on Writing a Satirical Take on Social Media Stardom, Public Shaming, and Internet Activism

This week, Jane Roper is here to discuss The Society of Shame, a timely and witty combination of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? that’s both a satire of social media stardom and internet activism, and a tender mother-daughter tale.

Ep. 159: Megan Tady Takes Us to a Vermont Spa with A Romance Writer in Her Sparkling, Heartwarming Debut

This week Megan Tady is here to discuss Superbloom, which just released from Zibby Books. It’s a sparkling, heartwarming debut about a massage therapist at a Vermont spa who gets a demanding assignment from an eccentric author that might just change her life.

Ep. 158: Fiona Davis on Capturing the 1950s Rockettes and the Hunt for an Anonymous Bomber

Fiona Davis is back on the podcast this week to discuss her thrilling new novel The Spectacular, which transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and glamorous Radio City Music Hall with a talented young Rockette and a mysterious bomber terrorizing New York City.

Ep. 157: Michelle Hoffman on The Second Ending and Pursuing Big Dreams in Life and Fiction

Michelle Hoffman is here this week to discuss her new novel, The Second Ending.  A former prodigy who refuses to believe her best years are behind her and a young virtuoso searching for his passion both get an unlikely shot at their dreams in this sparkling debut about second chances, unexpected joys, and the miraculous power of music.