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Tony Birch - THE WHITE GIRL
Episode 221
Tony and I discuss The White Girl, crafting strong female characters, the two sections of the book that were the hardest for him to write, why he cre…
4 years, 2 months ago
Azar Nafisi - READ DANGEROUSLY
Episode 220
Azar and I discuss Read Dangerously, how she selected the authors to include in this book, the reemergence of book banning, coming up with the format…
4 years, 2 months ago
Rosie Walsh - THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
Episode 219
Rosie and I discuss The Love of My Life, having her book selected as a GMA Book Club pick, the obituary writing business, the tortuous process she we…
4 years, 2 months ago
David Sipress - WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
Episode 218
David and I discuss What's So Funny? A Cartoonist's Memoir, how he started creating cartoons for The New Yorker, using cartoons to process his emotio…
4 years, 2 months ago
Simone St. James - THE BOOK OF COLD CASES
Episode 217
Simone and I discuss The Book of Cold Cases, creating an accused female serial killer, how swapping the gender roles changes every aspect of the stor…
4 years, 2 months ago
Peng Shepherd - THE CARTOGRAPHERS
Episode 216
Peng and I discuss The Cartographers, the true story about an event with a gas station map in the early 1900s that inspired a portion of this story, …
4 years, 2 months ago
Peter Swanson - NINE LIVES
Episode 215
Peter and I discuss Nine Lives, writing his take on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, why Agatha Christie has stayed so popular and relevan…
4 years, 2 months ago
Libbie Grant - THE PROPHET'S WIFE
Episode 214
Libbie and I discuss The Prophet's Wife, working with two publishers simultaneously, basing her book on the true events surrounding the creation and …
4 years, 2 months ago
Elise Hooper - ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC
Episode 213
Elise and I discuss Angels of the Pacific, writing about the Pacific arena during World War 2, her research trip and snorkeling around a World War 2 …
4 years, 2 months ago
Rebecca Serle - ONE ITALIAN SUMMER
Episode 212
Rebecca and I discuss One Italian Summer, exploring the dialogue between fate and free will, including a bit of magical realism in her stories, how t…
4 years, 3 months ago