Two Lit Chicks

Claire Fuller is the author of four novels: her latest, Unsettled Ground, winner of the Costa Novel Award 2021, and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction; Our Endless Numbered Days, which won the 2015 Desmond Elliott prize; Swimming Lessons, shortlisted for the Encore Prize; and Bitter Orange longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. She was a sculptor and director of a marketing agency, before writing fiction at the age of 40. She has a Masters (distinction) in Creative and Critical Writing from The University of Winchester. She lives in Winchester, England with her husband and a cat called Alan, and she has two grown-up children.

Books chosen by Claire:

Stig of the Dump by Clive King
Fluke by James Herbert
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Iceberg by Marion Coutts

Other books discussed:

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Other podcast mentioned:
Between Lewis and Lovecraft (looks at authors' lives)

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Bonnie Garmus, author of the best-selling novel Lessons in Chemistry, is a copywriter and creative director who's worked widely in the fields of technology, medicine, and education. She's an open-water swimmer, a rower, and a mother to two wonderful daughters. Born in California, and most recently from Seattle, she currently lives in London with her husband and dog, 99.

Books chosen by Bonnie:

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

 Note: This episode was recorded before the appalling decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade. 

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In this episode, Anna Mathur talks about the books that changed her life.

Anna Mathur is a psychotherapist whose book 'Mind over Mother' was a Times Best Seller.  She has subsequently written two more books that promote mental wellbeing. She is a social media influencer who has taken therapy out of the clinic to the people who need it. She is a regular face on broadcast media, a popular speaker and runs her own podcast and training courses.

Books chosen by Anna:

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Breath by James Nestor
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
The Gift of Therapy by Irvin Yalom

Other books discussed:
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin, adapted into Game of Thrones
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Shooters by Julia Boggio (forthcoming)
Inheritance by Jen Hyatt (forthcoming)

A quick warning: This episode contains a brief discussion about the use of psychedelic drugs as part of therapy. 

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In this episode, author Julie Cohen talks about the books that changed her life. 

Julie Cohen is an award-winning, bestselling author of over 25 novels. She is an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Reading and a Vice President of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and a founder of their Rainbow Chapter for LGBTQ+ writers. Her latest novel is SUMMER PEOPLE (August 2022, Orion). She lives in Berkshire, UK with her son and a terrier of dubious origin.

Books discussed:

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K LeGuin
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

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Hey book lovers. Meet the Two Lit Chicks - Jen Hyatt & Julia Boggio

Two Lit Chicks is like desert island discs for books. Each episode, we chat with writers about the books that changed their lives. Season one will drop weekly on a Monday starting from June 20, 2022.

Co-hosts Jen Hyatt and Julia Boggio are agented authors, stumbling towards their first publishing deal, with plenty to say about the process.

Never shy of a challenge, Jen has created organisations to improve everything from mental health to war-torn communities. She has won loads of awards including RED Woman of the Year and is a TEDTalk alumnae. Jen writes upmarket commercial fiction and modern fables for children. 

Julia has been a professional copywriter, a world-renowned portrait photographer, and a You Tube star who danced with Patrick Swayze on Oprah. An avid fantasy and romance reader, she now writes romcoms about photographers.

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