Are you waiting to get an Incredible Amazing Book Idea before you write YOUR book? Do you struggle to find ideas? Do you feel like your experience is too "boring" to write about? Then this episode is for you. <3 

Hayley Chewins writes books about magical girls with secrets. Her debut, The Turnaway Girls (Candlewick Press, 2018) was a Kirkus Best Book and made the 2019 Amelia Bloomer Book List. Her second novel, The Sisters of Straygarden Place, is forthcoming from Candlewick Press in September 2020. Hayley lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, with her husband and a very small poodle. She is represented by Patricia Nelson at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Visit www.hayleychewins.com to find out more!