Host Jason Blitman talks to bestselling author Tom Ryan about his latest adult mystery, We Had A Hunch. 

Highlights include:
🕵🏻‍♂️ a love of mysteries
✍🏻 how Tom taught himself to write
🎤 a question that Tom calls "Barbara Walters level journalism"

Jason is then joined by Guest Gay Reader™️, RuPaul's Drag Race superstar, Kim Chi about what she's been reading as well as her new books, Kim Chi Eats the World and Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers.

Tom Ryan is an internationally bestselling, award-winning author, screenwriter and producer. His adult mystery debut The Treasure Hunters Club (2024) was an instant USA Today, Globe & Mail, and Toronto Star bestseller and a 2025 Edgar Award nominee. His YA mystery Keep This To Yourself (2019) was the winner of the 2020 ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Thriller, and his follow-up YA mystery I Hope You’re Listening (2020) was the winner of the 2021 Lambda “Lammy” Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery. Tom’s latest novel, We Had a Hunch, will be released in October 2025.

Kim(berly) Chi is the ORIGINAL world-famous drag queen with a passion for makeup artistry™. With over 2 million followers across all platforms, Kim Chi’s unique eye for fashion (bionic doily) and culture (proud lifetime Chipotle Celebrity Card holder) has been showcased and lauded on an international scale. Apart from her globally successful makeup brand, KimChi Chic Beauty, Kim is the author of a middle-grade novel and a cookbook.

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