Saumya and I discuss What a Happy Family, wanting to focus on mental health and the ways we do and do not talk about it, how memories are filtered through our own experiences, the origins of the title, balancing two careers and a young child, and much more.

Saumya’s recommended reads are:

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Alka and I discuss The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, providing Malik with his own story and his popularity with readers, finding the balance between wearing her reader hat and her writer hat while writing, the inspiration for the Royal Jewel Cinema, launching her Reimagine series on Instagram, and much more.

Alka’s recommended reads are:

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Stephanie Dray, Chanel Cleeton, Sanjena Sathian, Kate Quinn, and Hala Alyan.

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Clare and I discuss Hostage, the idea that it is far more terrifying when you do not know where a threat is coming from, landing a plane herself at a flight simulation center (listen to learn if she successfully landed), tackling radicalization, how her copy editor saved her from making a mistake regarding the airplane seat configuration, and much more.

Clare’s recommended reads are:

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Flynn Berry, J.T. Ellison, Sarah Pearse, Jane Harper, and Lisa Gardner.

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Emma and I discuss Songs in Ursa Major, how the relationship between James Taylor and Joni Mitchell inspired her story, crafting the lyrics for the songs in the book, growing up with music as a language in her house, what she learned from writing the screenplay for Songs in Ursa Major, and much more.

Emma’s recommended reads are:

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Sarah and I discuss We Are Satellites, what happens when a medical technology developed for one condition is used for another purpose or has a commercial application instead, how she chose to tell the story from four POVs, the ethical and moral issues related to using technologies in new and cutting edge ways, making sure her medical device would be realistic, and much more.

Sarah’s recommended reads are:

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Christina Sweeney-Baird, Alice Henderson, Jane Harper, Jeff Arch, and Katharine McGee.

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Kristan and I discuss Pack Up the Moon, how reading books about other people’s grief provides a safe way to cry over the things in your own life, why she chose to incorporate letters into her book, providing a story for a group of people who don’t often get their own story, the origin of her title, her own experience with a medium and much more.

Kristan’s recommended reads are:

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Jess and I discuss Americanon, the way these thirteen books shaped culture, gender roles and beliefs in the U.S., evaluating American identity in terms of a different canon of books, looking into what books were owned in any given era, how she decided which books to include in Americanon, and much more.

Jess’s recommended reads are:

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Joe Berkowitz, Ty Seidule, Julia Cooke, Anna Malaika Tubbs, and Philip D’Anieri.

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Philip and I discuss The Appalachian Trail, crafting the history of the trail from the perspective of the people who built it and how and why they did so, the difficulty of knitting together a very long and narrow space that traverses many landscapes, Bill Bryson and his impact on the Appalachian Trail, and much more.

Philip’s recommended reads are:

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Joe Berkowitz, Eric Eyre, Julia Cooke, Tovah Feldhshuh, and Ly Tran.

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Pam and I discuss The Woman with the Blue Star, looking for the gasp in a story, her struggle to write this book, how publishing during a pandemic is like learning to walk all over again, how each one of her books reflects a time in her life, the types of characters she identifies with, and much more.

Pam’s recommended reads are:

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Judithe Little, Lauren Willig, Patti Callahan, Karen White, and Lisa Scottoline.

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Jeff and I discuss Attachments, crafting a story about relationships, his personal connection to the novel, how watching soap operas helped him write this novel, creating Sleepless in Seattle and behind-the-scenes details about its development, and much more.

Jeff’s recommended reads are:

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Sanjena Sathian, Kathleen West, Bianca Marais, Kim Neville, and Hala Alyan.

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