This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Elsie Silver, the author behind the bestselling Chestnut Springs and Rose Hill series — and the upcoming Fever Dream. From single-dad romances to emotional healing, Elsie opens up about her writing process, living on the West Coast, and the moment she found out Chestnut Springs is coming to Netflix.

CHAPTERS: 

0:00 Introduction & Elsie’s new dog!

1:22 Chesnut Springs coming to Netflix

4:35 Shutting your brain off

6:27 The spark behind writing single-dad romances

14:57 Hardest book Elsie has written 

16:42 Separating from “reader voices”

19:03 What does Elsie read?

20:18 Rose Hill inspiration 

22:50 West Coast vs Toronto 

23:59 Does Elsie write with the audiobook in mind?

28:06 How the new series will sound

29:16 Wild Card synopsis (no spoilers)

31:18 Crafting an age-gap / ex-boyfriend dad trope 

35:54 Body positivity in Wild Card

38:37 Working with a therapist while writing 

40:10 Research for Wild Card

41:19 Ending Rose Hill Series

44:23 What’s next? 

46:55 New publisher

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