Happy Thursday! I am SO excited to share this interview with y'all today! I got to chat with Rey Terciero/Rex Ogle about the recent graphic novel DAN IN GREEN GABLE, the latest in his backlog of modern and graphic novel adaptations of classic literature.

We chat about our mutual love of comics books, the choices behind adapting Anne of Green Gables for a modern age and so much more!

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Elly Blake On The Long, Romantic Road to Thirstwood - The Forest King's Daughter

Happy Sunday! I am so delighted to share this interview with y'all today where I got to chat with Elly Blake about her brand new novel, and the start of the Thirstwood series The Forest King's Daughter! We had a wonderful chat so I really hope you enjoy!

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Give Into The Music With Rayne Lacko - The Secret Song of Shelby Rey

Happy Tuesday! I got to chat with Rayne Lacko about her latest YA novel The Secret Song of Shelby Rey, a coming of age story set in the early 2000s with a speculative and musical twist! We had so much fun chatting and I really hope you enjoy!

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Kyle Casey Chu On Blending Basketball, Drag and The Cutthroat World of Southern Beauty Pageants - The Queen Bees of Tybee County

Happy Sunday! I got to chat with the one and only Kyle Casey Chu aka Panda Dulce, a filmmaker, writer, and now author of the new middle grade novel, The Queen Bees of Tybee County. Kyle and I dig writing into this book, the long and fascination journey that lead to it's inception. We had a great conversation so I hope you enjoy!!

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Lauren Magaziner On Hating Cupcakes and Fulfilling Her 13-Year-Old Self's Dreams - The Incorruptibles

Happy Tuesday! I am so pleased to share this interview with Lauren Magaziner about her 12th novel and the first in a brand new series The Incorruptibles. I had such a blast chatting with Lauren about this series and her long and exciting journey through publishing! You won't want to miss this!

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Happy Sunday! I am so honored to share today's interview with y'all! I got to chat with Nova Ren Suma (A Room Away From The Wolves) about her latest novel Wake The Wild Creatures, a coming of age survival story.

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Happy Tuesday! On this episode I sat down with Elizabeth Harlan about her 1980s set YA novel Becoming Carly Klein! I had a fantastic chat with Elizabeth about her return to the YA space, the inspirations for Carly and why she set this book in the 1980s. Hope you enjoy!

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This week on OTS I got to chat with author Heather M. Herrman author of the upcoming book LADY OR THE TIGER (out June 10th!) Heather and I get into her love of villain narratives, what it was like tackling the wild west and the woman at the heart of her story outlaw Belle King. I had such a blast with this interview and I really hope that you enjoy!

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Happy Sunday, this week's episode has been in the works for QUITE a while and I am so so excited to finally share it with the world! I recently got to chat with Veronica Litt about her upcoming book Ugh, As If!: Clueless, the latest installment in ECW Press' Pop Classics Series. While tackling the book's titular topic of Clueless (1995) we also find ourselves chatting about the enduring allure of Paul Rudd, Litt's ideal reboot/continuation of the classic film, and the perpetual power of "guilty pleasures" or "girly media"

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⁠Jen Sookfong-Lee on My Own Private Idaho (1991)⁠

⁠Michael Hingston on Calvin and Hobbes⁠

⁠Andrea Warner on Dirty Dancing (1987)⁠

⁠Bonus! My article about the book (which was blurbed by the publisher!)⁠

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From Diving On Horseback to Spying On Ex-Flames Jenni L. Walsh Does It All - Ace, Marvel, Spy with Jenni L. Walsh

On this week's Tuesday edition of OTS I got to chat with Jenni L. Walsh about her recent novel (and 13th overall!!) Ace, Marvel, Spy, a historical fiction work based on the true life of Alice Marble.

I had a lovely conversation with Jenni and I really hope that you enjoy!

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Parnassus 

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