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Friends & Fiction

We’re four bestselling novelists and friends whose common love of reading, writing, and independent bookstores bound us together. Now we want to share and celebrate stories—of the books we’ve written, the ones we’re reading now, and the art of writing—with each other and the guest authors we invite to join us. If you love books and are curious about the writing world, you’re in the right place.

Copyright: © 2024 Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block | 2020-2023

Latest Episodes:

WB: S1E31 The Beaufort Special: A Look Back with Meg Walker Dec 31, 2021

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WRITERS' BLOCK: Ron talks with Meg Walker to hear about her background and how she became the glue that holds Friends and Fiction together. Includes interviews with F & F fans taped in Beaufort at our live event in June!

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Friends & Fiction with Sarah MacLean Dec 30, 2021

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F&F is so pleased to welcome New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestselling author, Sarah MacLean as our guest on our final show of the year! Sarah is the author of many popular historical romance novels, which have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. A graduate of Smith College & Harvard University, a leading advocate for the romance genre, and a co-host of the weekly romance podcast Fated Mates, Sarah is also a columnist for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Bustle. She joins us to discuss her latest, BOMBSHELL, the first in a bold, blazingly sexy, unapologetically feminist new series.

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WB S1E30: Rockin' Around the Podcast Tree! Dec 24, 2021

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WRITERS' BLOCK: Toasting to the holiday season through memories, traditions and a look at the year ahead!

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Friends & Fiction with Maria Amparo Escandon Dec 22, 2021

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Friends & Fiction welcomes New York Times bestselling bilingual novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film producer, María Amparo Escandón. María is the author of #1 L.A. Times bestseller ESPERANZA’S BOX OF SAINTS and GONZÁLEZ & DAUGHTER TRUCKING CO. She joins us to discuss her third novel, L.A. WEATHER, which was selected as a Reese’s Book Club pick and a Best Book of the Month by Barnes & Noble, People, PopSugar, Bustle, CNN, E! News, and GMA. Named a writer to watch by both Newsweek and the L.A. Times, María was born in Mexico City and has lived in Los Angeles for four decades.

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WB S1E29: 2021 Holiday Surprise! Dec 21, 2021

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WRITERS' BLOCK: Our own Mary Kay Andrews unearths a holiday short story, Fatal Fruitcake and reads it for a Holiday Surprise!

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WB S1E28: Songwriting as Storytelling, Part 2 Dec 17, 2021

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WRITERS' BLOCK: Esteemed Nashville singer/songwriters, Kim Richey and Gretchen Peters continue their convesation with Ron Block and perform songs bothe written by them and by each other.

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Friends & Fiction—The Christmas Spectacular with the 12 Authors of Christmas Dec 16, 2021

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For our super special F&F Christmas episode, we invited EIGHT amazing author guests to join us. Join the fun for a special group reading of a custom adaptation of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas penned by our own Kristin Harmel. Each of our eight guests also talks about their latest book and answers a few questions from the Fab Four. You won’t want to miss all the festive holiday fun! Meet F&F’s 12 Authors of Christmas: VIOLA SHIPMAN, The Secret of SnowJULIA KELLY, The Last Dance of the DebutanteSADEQA JOHNSON, Yellow WifeANITA HUGHES, A Magical New York ChristmasJULIE CANTRELL, It's a Wonderful ChristmasRACHEL HAWKINS, Reckless GirlsCOURTNEY WALSH, A Cross Country ChristmasSUSAN MEISSNER, The Nature of Fragile ThingsMARY KAY ANDREWS, The Santa SuitPATTI CALLAHAN, Once Upon a WardrobeKRISTIN HARMEL, The Forest of Vanishing StarsKRISTY WOODSON HARVEY, Christmas in Peachtree Bluff

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WB S1E27: Amy Phillips and Chef Stuart O'Keefe Dec 10, 2021

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WRITERS' BLOCK: Comedian Amy Phillips and Chef Stuart O'Keefe talk with Ron about the delectable cookbook parody the two have put together. They also talk about their mutual adoration of anything Real Housewives!

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Friends & Fiction with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Dec 09, 2021

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We are so pleased to welcome Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney whose 2016 debut novel THE NEST has been translated into more than 28 languages and is in development with Amazon Studios as a limited series. The Nest spent more than six months on the New York Times bestseller list, was a B&N Discover pick, a Goodreads Choice Award finalist, and a best book of the year pick by People, the Washington Post, NPR, and Amazon among others. Cynthia joins us to discuss her latest novel, GOOD COMPANY, which was an instant New York Times bestseller and A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick when it was released in April 2021.

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WB S1E26: KImmery Martin Dec 03, 2021

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WRITERS' BLOCK: Kimmery Martin, ER Doctor turned Novelist talks to Ron Block and Patti Callahan about her novel, Doctors and Friends written about a global pandemic with eerie similarities to what the world has just gone through.

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