Dana Mele: Write the Book of Your Heart

In this interview, author Dana Mele discusses how a paragraph-long note on her phone became her new YA horror novel, The Beast You Let In.

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Wendy J. Fox: On the All-Consuming Job of Motherhood

In this interview, author Wendy J. Fox discusses women’s paid and unpaid labor with her new novel, The Last Supper.

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Judy Batalion: I Never Feel Like My Work Is Complete

In this interview, author Judy Batalion discusses how a curiosity about 1930s-Poland helped inspire her new novel, The Last Woman of Warsaw.

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Jenny Lawson: On Embracing Creativity, Whimsy, and Weirdness

In this interview, author Jenny Lawson discusses the lifetime of collecting motivational tips and tricks that led to her new memoir, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay.

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Sheila Yasmin Marikar: Don’t Be Precious About Your Process

In this interview, author Sheila Yasmin Marikar discusses the ups and downs of marriage and adulthood in her new novel, Incidentals.

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Luke Dumas: Don’t Waste Your Time With Projects You’re Not Passionate About

In this interview, author Luke Dumas discusses trusting his storytelling instincts when writing his new horror novel, Nothing Tastes as Good.

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Lisa Lee: I’ve Lost Count of How Many Times I Revised the Book

In this interview, author Lisa Lee discusses the decade that went into the writing and publishing of her debut novel, American Han.

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Corey Ann Haydu: I Try Not To Write From a Place of Judgment

In this interview, author Corey Ann Haydu discusses processing new parenthood in writing her first novel for adults, Mothers and Other Strangers.

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Lish McBride: Every Book Teaches You Something

In this interview, author Lish McBride discusses how her son inspired the premise for her new thriller novel, Most Likely to Murder.

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Ivy Cassidy: On Magic and Inheritance

In this interview, author Ivy Cassidy discusses how interest and research combined to create her historical fantasy, House of Spells and Secrets.

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