Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMemorable Characters with Steph
Episode 293
This week, Steph and I talk about books with memorable characters who we will never forget!
Books We've Been Reading
You Belong Here
Don’t Forget the Gi…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Cobie LaJeanne's Blood in the Cradle: Religious Trauma, Missing Children, and a Detective with Synesthesia
Episode 292
This week, I talk with Cobie LaJeanne about her pitch-black thriller Blood in the Cradle. We dive into her inspiration for the story, how the book de…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
New Favorite Authors with Gare and Steph
Episode 291
This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about new-to-us authors we discovered and love!
Books We Talked About
The Book of Accidents
The Babysitter Lives
The Ki…
11 months ago
Clèmence Michallon's Our Last Resort: Dual Timelines, Cult Memories and a Locked Resort Mystery
Episode 290
This week, Gare and I talk with Clèmence Michallon about her new thriller Our Last Resort. We dive into her inspiration for the book, her fresh take …
11 months ago
Melanie Anagnos' Nightswimming: Noir in 1970s New Jersey with Halley Sutton
Episode 289
This week, Halley Sutton and I chat with Melanie Anagnos about her new noir Nightswimming. We dive into her love for 70s culture, how reading noir sh…
11 months, 1 week ago
Christina Dotson's Love You to Death: Wedding Crashing, Toxic Friendships and Racial Tension
Episode 288
This week, I talk with Christina Dotson about her voice-y thriller loosely inspired by Thelma & Louise. She shares how she created Kayla and Zorie's …
11 months, 1 week ago
Writing Updates, A Way to Create Without Shame, Changes in the Publishing Industry, Capitalism vs Creativity, and Many Many More Topics with Halley Sutton
Episode 287
This week, Halley Sutton and I catch up about where we are with our writing processes (spoiler: I am focusing more on building Bookwild than writing)…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Cebo Campbell's Sky Full of Elephants: Exploring Black Identity in a World Without White People
Episode 286
This week, I got to talk with Cebo Campbell and MacKenzie Green about Cebo's speculative novel Sky Full of Elephants. We dive into his inspiration fo…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Non-Thrillers Steph and I Have Loved
Episode 285
This week, Steph and I talk about some our favorite books outside the thriller genre, since we've both been expanding our genres a little.
Books We Ta…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
M.M. Deluca's The Divorce Party: A Toxic Friend Group, A Divorce Party, and A LOT of Secrets
Episode 284
This week, I talk with M.M. Deluca about her new thriller The Divorce Party! We dive into why she wanted to write a thriller with some humor, how her…
11 months, 3 weeks ago