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Marjan Kamali Explores Evolving Friendships and Freedoms in The Lion Women of Tehran (Best Of)
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Ep 244: Deanna Raybourn on the Female Assassins of Kills Well with Others
0 secs; March 25, 2025
Ep 241: Francesca Segal on Literary Comfort in Welcome to Glorious Tuga
0 secs; March 04, 2025
Ep 240: Amy Wilson on Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser
0 secs; February 25, 2025
Ep 239: Julia Kelly on The Dressmakers of London
0 secs; February 18, 2025
Ep 238: Melissa Ferguson on The Perfect Rom-Com to Pick Up Next
0 secs; February 11, 2025
Ep 237: Tara Dorabji on the Sweeping Family Saga, Call Her Freedom
0 secs; February 04, 2025
Ep 236: Fiona Davis Takes Us Behind the Scenes at the Met in The Stolen Queen
0 secs; January 28, 2025
Ep 235: Nancy Reddy on Dismantling The Good Mother Myth
0 secs; January 21, 2025
Ep. 234: Tracey Lange on Crafting Compelling Families
0 secs; January 14, 2025
Ep. 233: Rebecca J. Sanford on the True Stories Behind The Disappeared
0 secs; January 07, 2025
Ep. 232: Megan Tady Whisks Us Away to a Dreamy Swiss Village in Bluebird Day
0 secs; December 30, 2024
Ep. 231: RaeAnne Thayne Delivers Pure Holiday Joy in The December Market
0 secs; December 23, 2024
Ep. 230: Signe Pike Brings Legends to Life in The Shadowed Land
0 secs; December 17, 2024
Ep. 229: Shelley Noble on the Ambitious Women Behind The Colony Club
0 secs; December 10, 2024
Ep. 228: Georgia Clark on the Season’s “Most Wonderful” Holiday Romance
0 secs; December 03, 2024
Ep. 227: Rosa Kwon Easton on the Roots of Her Grandmother’s Story in White Mulberry
0 secs; November 26, 2024
Ep. 226: Aimie K. Runyan on the Overlooked Mademoiselle Eiffel
0 secs; November 19, 2024
Ep. 225: Susan Lieu on Grief, Healing, and The Manicurist’s Daughter
0 secs; November 12, 2024
Ep. 224: Crystal King on a Modern Reimagining of the Persephone Myth
0 secs; November 05, 2024
Ep. 223: Emily Layden on Once More From the Top – Think a Swift Style Rise to Fame Plus Murder
0 secs; October 29, 2024
Ep. 222: Kimberly Brock Takes Us to Mysterious Cumberland Island in The Fabled Earth
0 secs; October 22, 2024
Ep. 221: Lynda Cohen Loigman on the Magic of The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
0 secs; October 15, 2024
Ep. 220: Olivia Rose Darling on Fear the Flames, Your Next Romantasy Obsession
0 secs; October 08, 2024
Ep. 219: Shawntelle Madison on The Fallen Fruit, a Sweeping Multigenerational Epic
0 secs; October 01, 2024
Ep. 218: Discover The Lost Letters from Martha’s Vineyard with Michael Callahan
0 secs; September 24, 2024
Ep. 217: Dive Into The Sirens of Soleil City with Sarah C. Johns
0 secs; September 17, 2024
Ep. 216: Madeline Martin Brings Us Into The Booklover’s Library
0 secs; September 10, 2024
Ep. 215: Sue Mell on Weaving Together the Stories of A New Day
0 secs; September 03, 2024
Ep. 214: Marjan Kamali Explores Evolving Friendships and Freedoms in The Lion Women of Tehran
0 secs; August 27, 2024
Ep. 213: Marc Guggenheim on In Any Lifetime- a Captivating, Unique Blend of Romance and Science Fiction
0 secs; August 20, 2024
Ep. 212: Sara Shukla on Pink Whales – a Preppy, Grown-up Mean Girls
0 secs; August 13, 2024
Ep. 211: Author and Bosnian Genocide Survivor, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess on Her Powerful Middle-Grade Memoir
0 secs; August 06, 2024
Ep. 210: Joselyn Takacs on the Family Drama Set During the 2010 Oil Spill
0 secs; July 30, 2024
Ep. 209: Brooke Lea Foster Takes Us to a Bygone Era in the Hamptons
0 secs; July 23, 2024
Ep. 208: Dawn Tripp Illuminates the Many Lives of Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis
0 secs; July 16, 2024
Ep. 207: Namrata Patel Talks Spice Healing, Salem, and Self-Discovery in The Curious Secrets of Yesterday
0 secs; July 09, 2024
Ep. 206: Kristy Woodson Harvey on the Recipe for A Happier Life
0 secs; July 02, 2024
Ep. 205: Hena Khan on Her Banner Year of Books
0 secs; June 25, 2024
Ep. 204: Clare McHugh on Royals, Romanovs, and the New Novel Perfect for Fans of The Crown
0 secs; June 18, 2024
Ep. 203: Annabel Monaghan on Her Latest Hopeful, Heart-tugging Summer Romance
0 secs; June 11, 2024
Ep. 202: Sarah T. Dubb on the Journey to Joyful Romances
0 secs; June 04, 2024
Ep. 201: Ruth Ware Takes on Reality TV Tropes in an Addictive New Thriller
0 secs; May 28, 2024
Ep. 200: Eve. J. Chung on the Sweeping Saga Inspired by Her Family History
0 secs; May 21, 2024
Ep. 199: Jilly Gagnon on the Delightful, Hilarious New Rom Com You Need In Your Beach Bag this Summer
0 secs; May 14, 2024
Ep. 198: Yukiko Tominaga Wrestles with Grief, Love, and Joy after Loss
0 secs; May 07, 2024
Ep. 197: Stephanie Dray Gives an Unsung American Heroine Her Due
0 secs; May 01, 2024
Ep. 196: A.H. Kim on the Comfort Read Sense and Sensibility Fans Have Been Waiting For
0 secs; April 24, 2024
Ep. 195: Amy Tector on the Power of Critique Groups, Crafting Mysteries as a Pantser, and More
0 secs; April 16, 2024
Ep. 194: Henriette Lazaridis on Transporting Readers to Athens in Last Days in Plaka
0 secs; April 09, 2024
Ep. 193: Sheila Sundar Explores Grief, Motherhood, Ambition, and the Meaning of Home in Habitations
0 secs; April 02, 2024
Ep. 192: Parul Kapur Explores the Lives of Female Artists in 1950s Bombay with Inside the Mirror
0 secs; March 26, 2024
Ep. 191: Liza Palmer on Writing The Bear Meets Succession in Family Reservations
0 secs; March 19, 2024
Ep. 190: Melodie Edwards on Creating a Modern Anne Elliot in Her Swoonworthy Persuasion Retelling
0 secs; March 12, 2024
Ep. 189: Zibby Owens on Disrupting the Publishing Industry in the Fictional World of Blank and Real Life
0 secs; March 05, 2024
Ep. 188: Rosey Lee on Creating the Enchanting Gardin Women and an Edin You Won’t Want to Leave
0 secs; February 27, 2024
Ep. 187: Maura Cheeks Explores the Passing of a Federal Reparations Law through Fiction
0 secs; February 20, 2024
Ep. 186: Kathleen M. Willett on the Propulsive New Novel Perfect for Fans of Big Little Lies
0 secs; February 13, 2024
Ep. 185: Kristin Hannah on Unearthing Women’s Lost Historical Stories
0 secs; February 06, 2024
Ep. 184: Constance Sayers on Creating the Haunting and Magical Worlds of The Star and the Strange Moon
0 secs; January 30, 2024
Ep. 183: Rebecca Hanover on Crafting a Thriller in the High-Stakes Admissions World
0 secs; January 23, 2024
Ep. 182: Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkney on the Mystical Experience of Creating A Walk in the Woods
0 secs; January 16, 2024
Ep. 181: Julie Chavez Helps Us Resist the Norm of Burned Out Motherhood
0 secs; January 09, 2024
Ep. 180: Isa Arsén on the New Novel Lessons in Chemistry Fans Will Adore
0 secs; January 02, 2024
Ep. 179: Talking Heartwarming Holiday Stories and Found Families with Becca Freeman
0 secs; December 19, 2023
Ep. 178: Pauls Toutonghi on Weaving Together His Intricate, Moving New Novel and Advice for Emerging Writers
0 secs; December 12, 2023
Ep. 177: Ritu Mukerji Takes Us to 19th Century Philadelphia with a Pioneering Female Physician Turned Sleuth
0 secs; December 05, 2023
Ep. 176: Nancy Jooyoun Kim Explores the Consequences of Family Secrets and Misunderstandings in What We Kept To Ourselves
0 secs; November 28, 2023
Ep. 175: Aimie K. Runyan Shares the Recipe for Creating Her Treat of a Novel, A Bakery in Paris
0 secs; November 21, 2023
Ep. 174: Vanessa Riley Gives Us a Master Class in All Things Researching and Writing Historical Fiction
0 secs; November 14, 2023
Ep. 173: Sara Johnson Allen on the Road to Down Here We Come Up, a Propulsive, Provocative Debut
0 secs; November 07, 2023
Ep 172: Nina Simon on the Bestselling Debut Novel She Wrote as a Love Letter to Her Mom
0 secs; October 31, 2023
Ep. 171: Bryn Turnbull on the Art Forging Heroines of The Paris Deception
0 secs; October 24, 2023
Ep. 170: Sandra A. Miller on Seasons of the Writing Life and a Creative Process with Some “Big Magic”
0 secs; October 17, 2023
Ep. 169: Lynn Hightower on Confronting Grief and Escaping to France in The Beautiful Risk
0 secs; October 10, 2023
Ep. 168: Denene Millner on the Story Behind Her Powerful New Multigenerational Novel
0 secs; October 03, 2023
Ep. 167: Virginia Pye on on the Literary Women of Gilded Age Boston
0 secs; September 26, 2023
Ep. 166: Vibhuti Jain on the Path to Debut and the Importance of Distance from her Setting and Character
0 secs; September 19, 2023
Ep. 165: Logan Steiner on Bringing L.M. Montgomery to Life in After Anne
0 secs; September 12, 2023
Ep. 164: Katherine Marsh on The Lost Year, a Timely Middle-Grade Novel Set in 1930s Ukraine
0 secs; September 05, 2023
Ep. 163: Elizabeth Shick on the Expat Experiences in Myanmar That Shaped Her Debut Novel
0 secs; August 29, 2023
Ep. 162: Madeline Martin on the Secret Libraries of Occupied Poland
0 secs; August 22, 2023
Ep. 161: Namrata Patel Takes Us from Paris to Napa in Scent of a Garden with a Perfumer Who Loses Her Sense of Smell
0 secs; August 15, 2023
Ep. 160: Jane Roper on Writing a Satirical Take on Social Media Stardom, Public Shaming, and Internet Activism
0 secs; August 08, 2023
Ep. 159: Megan Tady Takes Us to a Vermont Spa with A Romance Writer in Her Sparkling, Heartwarming Debut
0 secs; August 01, 2023
Ep. 158: Fiona Davis on Capturing the 1950s Rockettes and the Hunt for an Anonymous Bomber
0 secs; July 25, 2023
Ep. 157: Michelle Hoffman on The Second Ending and Pursuing Big Dreams in Life and Fiction
0 secs; July 18, 2023
Ep. 156: Julie Carrick Dalton on Exploring the Climate Crisis Through Fiction
0 secs; July 11, 2023
Ep. 155: Liz Alterman on the Dark Side of Suburbia in The Perfect Neighborhood
0 secs; July 03, 2023
Ep. 154: Laura Spence-Ash on Beyond That The Sea’s Ambitious Structure and Unforgettable Characters
0 secs; June 27, 2023
Ep. 153: Susan Tan on Ghosts, Toasts, & Other Hazards and Giving Kids Mirrors
0 secs; June 20, 2023
Ep. 152: Meg Mitchell Moore on the World of Summer Stage – Movie Stars, Block Island, Summer Shakespeare and More
0 secs; June 13, 2023
Ep. 151: Leigh McMullan Abramson on A Likely Story and Fictionalizing the New York Literati
0 secs; June 06, 2023
Ep. 150: Jennifer De Leon on the Power of Story to Build Empathy and Create Change
0 secs; May 30, 2023
Ep. 149: Patti Callahan Henry on The Secret Book of Flora Lea and the Magic of Storytelling
0 secs; May 23, 2023
Ep. 148: Katherine Sherbrooke on the Golden Age of Hollywood and Fictionalizing Family Secrets
0 secs; May 16, 2023
Ep. 147: Deepa Varadarajan on Late Bloomers, Second Acts, and Persistence on the Publishing Journey
0 secs; May 09, 2023
Ep. 146: 2023 Newbery Medal Winner: Amina Luqman-Dawson on Freewater
0 secs; May 02, 2023
Ep. 145: Julia Kelly on Telling the Heart Wrenching Story of England’s Evacuated Children in World War II
0 secs; April 25, 2023
Ep. 144: Suzanne Park on The Do Over and Second Chances in Love and Life
0 secs; April 18, 2023