Totally Booked with Zibby

Suzanne Morrison is the author of Yoga Bitch , which was an IndieBound best seller, a Crosscut best Northwest book of 2011, and has been translated into seven languages. Yoga Bitch actually had its start as a long-running one-woman show of the same title which played in New York, London, and across the United States. I loved talking to her about trying the unexpected, forming your identity, breaki...

Ray Dalio is the founder, co-CIO, and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, one of the top philanthropists in the country, and the New York Times best-selling author of Principles: Life and Work. His new adaptation, PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCESS, is an illustrated and entertaining version for readers of all ages. Ray created a simpler version for parents wanting to share these principles for decisi...

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD is a professor of medicine in the UCLA Division of Cardiology, visiting professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, and president of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. On top of this, she's the coauthor, along with Kathryn Bowers, of best-selling book Zoobiquity and their latest, Wildhood: The Ep...

Sandra Miller is the author of the memoir Trove: A Woman's Search for Truth and Buried Treasure , which I loved reading. It's a captivating, sharp, and poignant story spurred on by a physical search for a treasure chest that reflects a deeper emotional journey. Sandra has also contributed to more than a hundred publications including The Boston Globe Magazine for which she is a regular corres...

Rochelle Weinstein is the USA Today best-selling author of What We Leave Behind , The Mourning After , Where We Fall , and  Somebody's Daughter . Her latest novel, This Is Not How It Ends, is fantastic. Based in the Florida Keys, the protagonist's journey in this love story is far from linear and absolutely riveting.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's...

Kiley Reid is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where she was awarded the Truman Capote Fellowship. Her debut novel,  Such a Fun Age , is a Reese Witherspoon and Well-Read Black Girl book club pick. It's a powerful comedy of errors plot line that centers on millennial post-graduate babysitter Emira Tucker and explores race, privilege, and complex relationships thr...

Rachel Barenbaum is the debut author of A Bend in the Stars , a riveting historical novel, set in World War I-era Russia, about love and the history and science and survival. It was a New York Times Summer Reading Selection and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. It was also a Boston Globe best seller. A graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Business School, and the GrubStree...

Melissa T. Schultz is a writer and the acquisitions editor for Jim Donovan Literary, an agency that represents book authors. She's written about health and parenting for The New York Times , The Washington Post , Newsweek , Reader’s Digest , AARP’s The Girlfriend, Today.com, and many other publications. Her latest, From Mom to Me Again: How I Survived My First Empty-Nest Year and Reinvented the Re...

Bettina Elias Siegel is the author of Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World  and nationally recognized writer and advocate on issues related to children and food policy. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and the Houston Chronicle among other publications, and on her widely read blog The Lunch Tray . She's a frequent guest on national media and was n...

To celebrate 2019, I'm re-releasing my episode with Delia Owens, author of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, the #1 bestselling book in 2019 . I loved our conversation (which I originally released as an episode on January 8th, 2019). Delia talked about her life in the wild, the importance of female friendships, mastering Instagram and how it took 10 years to publish this amazing novel! ** Want more? B...

Teru Clavel is the author of World Class: One Mother's Journey Halfway Around the Globe in Search of the Best Education for Her Children . She is an education expert, columnist, and sought-after public speaker. She has run her own educational consulting practice since 2010. She's contributed to the Financial Times and The Japan Times among other publications, and has appeared on CBS This Morning ,...

Today I'm with Elyssa Friedland in person and Kermit Roosevelt III via Skype for a new project called First Street,  which has been released on Serial Box, a super cool app that allows you to both read and toggle between reading and audio. Elyssa and Kermit collaborated with four other authors on the  First Street novel. You may have already heard me interview Elyssa one of her three oth...

Alicia Menendez is an MSNBC anchor and leads the “Latina to Latina” podcast. Previously a cohost of PBS TV’s Amanpour & Co , her reporting has appeared on Bustle, ABC News, Fusion TV, PBS, and Vice News. Her book, The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are , is the perfect pick to put at the top of your new year's reading list. Her examination of the cultural pressure often...

Richie Jackson is the author of Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son , a poignant reflection on what it was like growing up and what it is like now to be gay in America and how to "celebrate our similarities, but.... revel in our differences." He is an award-winning Broadway, film, and TV producer whose most recent productions include Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song on Broadway and Showtime’...

Julie Valerie is the debut novelist of  Holly Banks Full of Angst,  a laugh-out-loud book featuring a less-than-perfect protagonist and a message that reminds all of us that there's really no such thing as perfect. Plus, our conversation was filmed by Sandy Kenyon of ABC News! Watch this clip of us in the feature about “Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books” that also appeared in NYC t...

Sheryl Haft is the author a number of books including  Goodnight Bubbala and the upcoming  Mazie’s Amazing Machines . A former product designer, she's the founder and educator of Kids Engineer!, an elementary after-school program that teaches engineering principles through design and invention building. I love her inspiration for  Goodnight Bubbala,  her modern-day, Y...

Jamie Brown Hantman has worked at the highest levels of government including at the White House and for the US Department of Justice. Politico named her one of the “50 Politicos to Watch." She's a force, and can now add memoirist to her list of accomplishments. Jamie calls her new book,  Heels in the Arena: Living Purple in a Red/Blue Town, "Legally Blonde meets Bossypants" - and who cou...

Alison Cayne is the founder of Haven’s Kitchen, an amazing cooking school, café, and event space in New York. She's the author of  The Haven's Kitchen Cooking School: Recipes and Inspiration to Build a Lifetime of Confidence in the Kitchen . She's also the creator of podcast “In the Sauce” on the Heritage Radio Network and recently launched a line of fresh-made sauces! Neither a chef nor a nu...

Elliot Ackerman is the author of Waiting for Eden , the most beautiful, slim, searing book about the wife of a soldier and how she deals with his return home as a compromised version of himself. It's about the effects of the military on families and the inner struggles on the path to loyalty. Elliot is a brilliant writer whose prose makes me want to underline every sentence. His novel, ...

Kelly Corrigan is the outstanding author of four consecutive New York Times best sellers including Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say , Glitter and Glue , The Middle Place , and Lift . She has been called the poet laurate of the ordinary by HuffPost and the voice of a generation by O Magazine . She is an accomplished columnist with essays in O, The Oprah Magazine...

Conn Iggulden is a best-selling author of historical fiction, most notably the Emperor series and Conqueror series. He also co-wrote The Dangerous Book for Boys with his brother Hal, and most recently, The Double Dangerous Book for Boys with his sons Arthur and Cameron. His books have helped create experiences - taking people away from modern screen time and allowing parents and children, kids and...

Vashti Harrison is the exceptional children’s book author and illustrator of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History , Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World , and most recently Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History , plus board books Dream Big, Little One , and Think Big, Little One . She has also illustrated many other books including Sulwe by Academy Award winner Lupit...

Bronson van Wyck is the cofounder (along with his mother) of Van Wyck & Van Wyck, a well-known event planning firm that has designed events for three presidents of the United States, Beyoncé, the Cooper Hewitt, and many other notables. His new book,  Born to Party, Forced to Work: 21st Century Hospitality , is a gorgeous, gleaming, golden coffee table book/manifesto on hospitality. He's u...

Torrey Maldonado is a middle school teacher in Brooklyn and the author of Tight and Secret Saturdays . He was voted a top-ten Latino author and best middle-grade and young-adult novelist for African Americans. His book Secret Saturdays was highlighted in The New York Times as a top book by and about Latinos. I had planned to read  Tight  with my kids, but it was too good to wait for them...

There's nothing worse than having your child in pain and not knowing what to do about it. Caroline Maguire, a personal coach who works with children struggling with executive function weakness, can help, at least with all the social ills that plague almost every child at one time or another! The author of Why Will No One Play with Me?: The Play Better Plan to Help Children of All Ages Make Friends...