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Interview with Clare Pooley - IONA IVERSON'S RULES FOR COMMUTING Jun 07, 2022

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In this interview, Clare and I discuss Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, the inspiration for the story and Iona, her fascination with intergenerational relationships, designing the plot around the train stops on the Waterloo/Hampton Court line, how both the cover and title are different for the U.S. and the U.K. editions, and much more.

Clare's recommended read is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

Check out my Summer 2022 Reading List and the June Buzz Reads picks list.

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Interview with Elina Cohen - Senior Designer, HarperCollins Jun 02, 2022

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In this interview, Elina provides an inside look at designing a book's interior including the fonts, spacing, title page, spine dye, formatting, endpapers, and more, what the job entails and how she got started, juggling the page count with everything that has to be included, and much more.

Elina's recommended reads are:

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Baking at the 20th Century Cafe by Michelle Polzine

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Interview with Marie Myung-Ok Lee - THE EVENING HERO May 31, 2022

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In this interview, Marie and I discuss The Evening Hero, humanizing her main character, her trip to North Korea that rounded out details for the book, what surprised her the most when writing this book, the complicated process of finding a title, and much more.

Marie's recommended reads are:

Virology by Joseph Osmundson
Devil House by John Darnielle
Made in Korea by Jeremy Holt

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Check out my Summer 2022 Reading List.

If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Amy Mason Doan, Lyn Liao Butler, Saumya Dave, Kathleen West, and Steven Rowley.

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Interview with Amy Tector - THE HONEYBEE EMERALDS May 29, 2022

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In this interview, Amy and I discuss The Honeybee Emeralds, the inspiration for the fictional necklace in the book, avoiding information dumps, the unique situation of living as an expat in a foreign country, her favorite and least favorite characters to write, and much more.

Amy's recommended reads are:

Cheat Day by Liv Stratman
Dave Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti
Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby

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Check out my Summer 2022 Reading List.

If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Amy Mason Doan, Lyn Liao Butler, Saumya Dave, Kathleen West, and Steven Rowley.

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Interview with Chanel Cleeton - OUR LAST DAYS IN BARCELONA May 27, 2022

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In this interview, Chanel and I discuss Our Last Days in Barcelona, writing a dual timeline story, how readers wanted to learn Isabel's story, why writing historical fiction starts with research, the connection between all of her book titles, and much more.

Chanel's recommended reads are:

The Winter Orphans by Kristen Beck
Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley

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Interview with Joy Callaway - THE GRAND DESIGN May 20, 2022

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In this interview, Joy and I discuss The Grand Design, why she decided to write about the Greenbrier and Dorothy Draper, the Greenbrier's rich history and political connections, understanding how Dorothy Draper went from heiress to interior designer, her gorgeous cover and recently recreating it, and much more.

Joy's recommended reads are:

Sisters of Night and Fog by Erika Robuck
The Mozart Code by Rachel McMillan
The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock

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Interview with Audrey Blake - THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER May 19, 2022

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In this interview, we discuss The Surgeon's Daughter, writing together as a duo and what that process is like for them, setting their books in the real scientific world with fictional characters, how surgery used to be a man's world, the advent of the caesarean section and anesthesia, and much more.

Their recommended reads are:

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura

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Interview with Natalie Jenner - BLOOMSBURY GIRLS May 17, 2022

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In this interview, Natalie and I discuss Bloomsbury Girls, why she chose to set her novel in a bookstore, the bookstores that inspired her fictional Bloomsbury Books, how the 51 Rules for the bookstore came about, her legal background and how it informs her writing, including famous literary figures as cameos in the story, and much more.

Natalie's recommended reads are:

In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce
Le Divorce by Diane Johnson

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Elizabeth Barnhill - Book Club Recommendations May 11, 2022

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In this episode, Elizabeth and I chat about some great titles for book clubs.

Elizabeth’s picks:

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
These Is My Words by Sarah Agnes Prine
The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Cindy’s picks:

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
The High House by Jessie Greengrass
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr
Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Land of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

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Interview with David J. Dennis, Jr. - THE MOVEMENT MADE US May 10, 2022

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In this interview, David and I discuss The Movement Made Us, his father's role in the Civil Rights Movement, getting his father's story down and how the format of the book came about, the hardest part of writing the book, what surprised him the most about it, how the cover came about, and much more.

David's recommended reads are: