Evelyn got a chance to chat with Zeeva Bukai about THE ANATOMY OF EXILE. The Abadi Family saga begins when a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story between a Palestinian and a Jew ends in tragedy. The family flees to America to mend, but encounters only more turmoil that threatens to tear the family apart.

ESPN Sports Journalist Kate Fagan joins us to chat about THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY, the story of an author who has lived under pseudonyms to run from a past that she is only now coming to terms with.

Jenn chats with Elaine Neil Orr about DANCING WOMAN, a beautiful novel about a young expat artist in Nigeria, torn between two men and two cultures, struggling to find her passion and her purpose.

Friend of the show Alex Segura is back to talk about two incredible books released in late 2024: ALTER EGO, the standalone sequel to his award-winning SECRET IDENTITY, and ENCANTO: NIGHTMARES & SUEÑOS (we DO talk about Bruno!!).

Jenn chats with Dani Diaz about their beautiful YA graphic novel debut, DREAMOVER. We talk about first romances– the excitement, the fear, and everything in between.

Debut novelist Sandra Chwialkowska discusses her experiences writing for TV and how it helped her launch THE ENDS OF THINGS, a twisty suspense novel about Diana, a mysterious woman who vanished from a resort, and Laura – the woman who Diana befriended, and who was in closest proximity to her before she went missing.

Lauren J.A. Bear is back with a book that transcends both historical fiction and mythological retellings. Bear brings us the story of Rhea Silvia, the titular MOTHER OF ROME.

The dying wish of Lee, Sandra Schnakenburg’s housekeeper, was for Sandra to write her story after she passed– but it was a story Sandra did not know. Sandra stopped by the show to talk about uncovering Lee’s fascinating and moving life and bringing it to the page.

Kate Winkler Dawson discusses THE SINNERS ALL BOW: TWO AUTHORS, ONE MURDER, AND THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE, a riveting true crime history that explores a murder that divided 19th-century America, using modern investigative techniques to answer some lingering questions.

Author Jane Corry hops the pond from the UK to chat about I DIED ON A TUESDAY, a suspense novel told from three perspectives. Corry discusses where the story came from and shares her own experiences working in a men’s prison as a writer in residence.