Pop Fiction Women

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome back Ashley Audrain. Her debut novel, The Push, was a New York Times, Sunday Times (London), and number-one international bestseller, and a Good Morning America Book Club pick. Her second novel, The Whispers, is out today and is a pageturner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens. No one examines mot...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Kirthana Ramisetti. Her debut novel, Dava Shastri’s Last Day, was a Good Morning America book club pick and is currently in development with HBO Max. We chat with her about her second novel, Advika and the Hollywood Wives, which is out now.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

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Please do us a favor and rate us five stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! (if we're not five stars to you, skip it) Follow @popfictionwomen on Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Avery Carpenter Forrey to discuss her debut novel, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, a novel that explores millennial wedding culture, class, and relationships, all filtered through the ever-present lens of social media. We chat with Avery about the development of Callie and her perfect narrator status as an insider/outsider; complicated female friendship;...

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On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Christina Lauren, the combined pen name of long-time writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The #1 international bestselling coauthor duo have produced eighteen New York Times bestselling novels and we talk with them about their wildly fun and smart summer romance, The True Love Experiment.  We chat with them a...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome JJ Elliott to discuss her debut novel, There Are No Rules For This, a deeply affecting story of four women, friendship, loss, guilt, healing and forgiveness. JJ chats with us about having one of the world’s best writing partners (who happens to be our very own Carinn!); how female friendship can provide as much (or more) connection and love t...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome back Emily Henry to discuss her new novel, HAPPY PLACE.  In this unforgettable conversation, we ask Emily how it felt to hit multiple NYT bestseller lists; we get “on the couch” with Emily (which may be our “happy place”!) and analyze what parts of herself she is exploring through her heroine, Harriet; the ways love and relationships can tra...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Anna Bogutskaya to discuss her non-fiction debut, UNLIKEABLE FEMALE CHARACTERS: The Women Pop Culture Wants You To Hate. The book traces the evolution of highly memorable female characters, examining what exactly makes them popular, how audiences have reacted to them, and the ways in which pop culture is finally allowing us to celebrate the...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Cesca Major. Cesca is a prolific writer who has penned one of Carinn's favorite novels of the year, MAYBE NEXT TIME. And we're not alone in that love: Apple Studios acquired the rights to this novel to be developed as an Apple Original Film, with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine producing! Listen to our spoiler-free chat with Cesca before...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Carley Fortune, the New York Times and #1 Globe and Mail bestselling author of Every Summer After. Carley spoke candidly with us about the struggles she faced writing this book, she cried with Carinn about a very personal postpartum experience they both endured, and she swooned with Kate about their mutual love of all things Anne of Green Gab...

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Drowning in goodness? And a big announcement! Plus what we're reading and watching this weekend, all before Kate reminds us to get your wisdom where you can, friends! Follow Pop Fiction Women on social media and wherever you get podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mystery unravels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, two star-crossed writers reunite to discuss their winding paths to publication and Sarah's debut novel, THE SKIN AND ITS GIRL. Listen to our spoiler-free episode while you wait for your copy to arrive! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we chat with Joshilyn Jackson, an original inspiration for Carinn's early fiction. With My Little Eye is out now -- listen to our spoiler-free interview while you wait for your copy to arrive! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome the brilliant creator of our favorite psycho, Joe Goldberg. This installment of 'you' finds Joe at Harvard as a serious writing student. Will he write his Great American Novel, or will he be distracted? Read YOU AND ONLY YOU to find out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Rebirth, Romance, and BEEF. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we chat with Becky Chalsen about her debut novel KISMET. We discuss the twins at the center of this novel; how when you find love young, staying together means choosing not to walk down certain paths; how so much can change on the inside but not the outside; Fire Island; and Saturn's Return in astrology! Listen to our spoiler-free episode and then buy,...

We’re stopping at the midpoint to assess what is happening here and how a show about road rage is really an investigation into how to live life, motherhood, higher powers, the binds of family, career, vulnerability, and so much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we chat with Genevieve Wheeler about her debut novel ADELAIDE. Listen to our spoiler-free episode while you wait for your copy to arrive!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss what we're loving about the show and what we have questions about for the future of the series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A classic PFW episode, we break down the novel ONE TRUE LOVES, discussing Emma, our favorite scenes, her childhood damage, who won the book, what she said for TJR (our third!), and our takeaways! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we experience part-conversation, part-therapy session with NY Times bestselling phenomena V.E. Schwab. If you were waiting to dive into the world of Addie LaRue, the paperback is out now! Buy it, borrow it, BookTok it -- and most importantly talk about it! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...