In Australian Book Lovers podcast episode 139, Veronica and Laurie are back in the Writer's Room, diving into suspense and speculative fiction with Ann Dombroski and lifting the contemporary theatre curtain with Deborah Pike, two authors with some unexpected things in common.

Intro - 0:57
Deborah Pike Bio - 2:58 
Ann Dombroski Bio - 4:03
Book Spotlight - After the Great Storm by Ann Dombroski - suspense and speculative fiction - 9:40
Book Spotlight - The Players by Deborah Pike - contemporary - 11:05
Should you write for an audience or yourself? - 15:26
Emerging themes in your stories - 24:07
Research, too much, too little, most interesting - 29:32
Share your writing process - 35:22
Students and literature - 49:38
Advice for new writers - 56:52

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