Rio Youers is the British Fantasy and Sunburst Award-nominated author of  Westlake Soul and The Forgotten Girl. That 2017 novel was a finalist  for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. He is the writer of  Sleeping Beauties, a comic book series based on the bestselling novel by  Stephen King and Owen King. Rio’s new novel is a gonzo one-woman army  crime thriller Lola on Fire was published by William Morrow.   In this interview, we have a spoiler talk about Rio's early novels, and  influences. From Westlake Soul to Lola on Fire we talk about all the  books Rio has written. Writing the perfect action film as a novel, My  hometown Bloomington Indiana being in the novel, researching guns, and  much more.  Spoiler-free until the 48-minute mark then we go into full  spoilers for Lola on Fire.   

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