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On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome back Lauren Nossett, who is once again investigating the darkest corners of academic life in her latest thriller, The Professor.  A follow-up to her debut, The Resemblance, we chat with Lauren about where we find her protagonist, Marlitt Kaplan, now and the journey she goes on in this novel. We also talk about how her thrillers SAY something – about t...

On this episode, we have a lot to catch up on! With the release of Taylor Swift’s version of 1989 we’re wondering why no one ships Taylor Swift and Harry Styles? We covered Fingernails recently, a movie now streaming on AppleTV, and we still can’t stop thinking about what it means to say love is a choice. Carinn is celebrating and sharing the small, but amazing, moments of her publishing journey w...

Fingernails: A (mostly spoiler-free) discussion about love & relationships. We clearly note the spoilers before we say them in the audio. Listen and chime in!! 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...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Ali Rosen. Ali is the Emmy- and James Beard Award–nominated host of Potluck with Ali Rosen on NYC Life as well as the author of cookbooks, but we chat with her about her fiction debut, Recipe for Second Chances, a story about the ones that got away reuniting at a big Italian wedding.  Ali talks to us about creating her protagonist Stella and...

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On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Emma Noyes to discuss her adult debut, Guy's Girl, a fevered-dream of a read about true love, self-love, and growing up. Born from her own struggles with disordered eating and reeling from a breakup, Emma shares how she wrote the book she wished she could read during her own pain and recovery. We discuss her development of her protagonist Gin...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome Karma Brown to discuss her new novel, What Wild Women Do, a dual timeline story about an aspiring contemporary screenwriter, a 1970s socialite-turned-feminist, and the camp in the woods that ties their stories together forever. Part mystery, part ode to female solidarity and strength, What Wild Women Do explores ambition, betrayal, and the wildness th...

Welcome to Book Talk, where we discuss the road to publication -- the good, the bad and the fun! Today we decode the clues found in The Astrology House cover reveal reel.  Preorder The Astrology House: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Astrology-House/Carinn-Jade/9781668045961     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

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SPOILERS. Do not listen unless you have watched Fair Play on Netflix. On this one we've summoned the courage to wade into the REALLY hard conversations.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding to discuss Emma of 83rd Street, their modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic, Emma. We chat with Audrey and Emily about the fresh perspective they brought to this perennial favorite; Emma as the OG “unlikeable female protagonist” and the nuance they infused into her character; how George Knightly act...

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On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Ashley Winstead, the critically acclaimed author of In My Dreams I Hold A Knife and The Last Housewife, to discuss her new novel, Midnight Is The Darkest Hour. Her latest is a gothic Southern thriller about a killer haunting a small Louisiana town, where two outcasts—the preacher's daughter and the boy from the wrong side of the tracks—hold t...

The fourth and final part of our series about how to pivot from lawyering to writing is out now and we’re once again joined by New York Times bestselling author, Christie Tate! In this episode we dive deep into the existential crisis of identity. We discuss the progression of how you self-identify and how much of it is tied up in societal expectations. When do you call yourself a “writer”? And how...

The statistical probability that you'll love Netflix's new rom-com, Love at First Sight, is off the charts! Based on Jennifer E. Smith's 2011 novel, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, directed by Vanessa Caswill and adapted for the screen by Katie Lovejoy, Love at First Sight tells the story of Hadley and Oliver, a couple who fall in love on their flight to London, but lose each o...

Episode three of our four-part series about how to pivot from lawyering to writing is out now and we’re thrilled to be joined by New York Times bestselling author, Christie Tate! This episode is the practical, logistical, “how to” episode about transitioning from lawyer to writer.  How do you go from the dream to the reality when time is finite? Should you take a writing class or attend a writing...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we are thrilled to welcome back one of our favorites, Jessica Knoll! Jessica is the New York Times best-selling author of The Favorite Sister and Luckiest Girl Alive, which she adapted and executive produced for the screen. Jessica’s highly-anticipated new novel, Bright Young Woman, is a fictional reimagining of the final murderous spree of our country’...

Episode two of our new four-part series about how to pivot from lawyering to writing is out now! Feel like you don’t have time to write? Make time to read. Start there. Listen as we discuss how reading is a gateway into writing, our own reading origin stories, how our reading journeys have evolved over time, and how getting to know yourself as a reader can help you get to know yourself as a writer...

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Today we launch episode one of our new four-part series about how to pivot from lawyering to writing (or from whatever you’re doing!). We have interviewed so many lawyers who have become authors in our Complicated Conversations and it is clear that there is no one way, no one path to transitioning. On this episode, listen to hear our own origin stories with the law and our legal careers. How did w...

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On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome six-time New York Times best selling author Denene Millner to discuss her new novel, One Blood, a sprawling multigenerational story of three women connected by adoption, secrets, love and hope.  Inspired by her own adoption story, One Blood beautifully explores the complexity of a mother’s love – whether it be the woman who carries a child, t...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Nina Simon to discuss her debut novel, Mother-Daughter Murder Night, a family drama involving three generations of women and a murder mystery. Think: Gilmore Girls, but with murder. Our conversation with Nina was like a therapy session for us (massive compliment). We discussed so many deep questions: what does it mean to be a strong woman? A...

On today’s Complicated Conversation, we welcome internationally bestselling author  Lucy Clarke to discuss The Hike, her propulsive new thriller about four women who go on a hiking trip into the Norwegian wilderness — but not all of them will return. We chat with Lucy about her development of the complex women at the heart of this story, their individual struggles and their very real and sometimes...