Try Reading All-Star and icon Laura R. Samotin is back on the pod this week! She's back to talk about all that has happened since debuting and what led her into the horror genre for her forthcoming book, The Way It Haunted Him. Laura discusses how a love for history and archives inspired this novel, how a cat helped sell it, the psychological aspects of writing a locked-room horror, and why it'd make a great theme park ride. Laura and I also rave about Heated Rivalry, obsess over vampires, and plot out an AO3 Heated Rivalry x medieval literature fanfic.

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The iconic Keturah Maree, aka K.M. Colley, is on the pod this week! Keturah talks about her childhood love for reading and storytelling, how she met Morgan Freeman as a kid, and how details of her debut novel, The Roaring Ridleys, came from a childhood summer camp. Keturah talks about why she chose to set her book in 1920s New York City, how the video of her pitching the book to a stranger went viral, the importance of having diverse voices on the page, and why her book would make an amazing museum exhibit. Keturah and I discuss Cynthia Erivo's greatness, our favorite thriller shows, and much more!

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Erin Baldwin is back on the podcast this week to talk all about the experience of putting her debut novel out into the world and diving into her sophomore novel, Good Luck, Babe! Erin discusses how The Amazing Race inspired this novel, how it feels to have a Chappell Roan song as a title, why representation is so important, especially now, and why there should be a writer's retreat themed off of her book. We talk about how Erin predicted the Heated Rivalry obsession, which Bob's Burgers characters should read Erin's books, and how we are living our own "Rise and Fall of an *East* Coast Princess" lives.

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