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New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis has found her sweet spot writing historical fiction set in and around iconic New York City buildings. In a moment where she found herself without an idea for her next book, she received a perfectly
Anissa Gray’s second novel, Life and Other Love Songs, is a braided novel, and Julie thinks it reads like three-part harmony. The journalist and writer joins Julie in this episode to discuss the process of writing a second book on a deadline, t
When she was a child in Colombia, Juana Medina’s mom gave her a boom box to record her stories. Combined with a family that prioritized and nurtured art, Juana grew up seeing drawing as another language. Juana joins Julie in this episode to tal
Alan Barillaro has always been drawing, beginning with making flipbooks out of any textbook that found its way into his creative hands. His years as an animator and actor informed the creation of his first book, Where the Water Takes Us, a beau
When Caseen Gaines sat in a darkened theater to watch the final performance of Shuffle Along, he had no idea that experience would lead to a book. But as soon as he heard “I’m Just Wild About Harry,” he knew he’d be doing research to figure out
If you’d like advice on how to sustain a writing career, then ask Sarah Mlynowski. A writer is all she ever wanted to be (she has a rejection letter from the fourth grade to prove it), and she’s now been publishing books for over twenty years.
Author Leticia Ordaz may have a day job as an Emmy-nominated anchor/reporter at KCRA 3 in Sacramento, California, but that didn’t stop her from starting her own publishing company to get her award-winning bilingual children’s books into the wor
John Schu has made a career out of advocating for the people and things he cares about most: kids, books, and the people that connect them. The librarian and author joins Julie to talk about his latest title, This is a Story, which is a beautif
Meg Fleming is the author of ten children’s books, and she joins Julie to celebrate the launch of her most recent title, I Live in a Tree Trunk. As a singer and former music teacher, Meg has an ear for rhythm over rhyme: even when she has a sto
Christine Grillo and Julie share an agent, a friend, and an appreciation for growing older. After twenty years as a writer, Christine’s debut novel, Hestia Strikes a Match, is coming out at the perfect time. Christine joins Julie in this episod
Matt Tavares may harbor dreams of being an animator, but for, now he’s busying himself as the author-illustrator of a stack of acclaimed picture books (including one of Julie’s favorites, Red and Lulu). He joins Julie in this episode to talk ab
Sally Hepworth knows how to write about dysfunctional families. Her books have sold over a million copies worldwide, and Sally’s latest title, THE SOULMATE, is a recent favorite of Julie’s. Sally joins Julie in this episode to share her path to
Michelle Glogovac started her career in corporate aviation and after many successful years spent selling jet fuel, she decided she wanted to do more than save rich people more money. She was drawn to the podcast medium because of the intimacy a
Award-winning author Rebecca Makkai joins Julie in this episode to talk about her latest book, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. Rebecca shares about her new title, reverse engineering her characters, first and last lines, and her preoccupation wi
Though it seems Rebecca Boggs Roberts has had every job under the sun, a connecting thread runs through them all: each one was a form of storytelling. The deputy director of events at the Library of Congress and author of Untold Power: The Fasc
Camille Pagán is the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of ten books and, as it happens, she’s also a delightful person and literary citizen. Camille joins Julie to talk about her latest title, Good for You, and her continued desire to write a
Tara Schuster is the friend we all need. She’s kind, supportive, genuine, and her latest book, Glow in the F*cking Dark, is a guidebook for deep soul healing (minus the annoying self-help language and unnecessarily complicated meditation terms)
Meghan Volchko is from Cleveland, which is the first and most important thing to know about her. But you may also be interested to hear about her day job as a digital content librarian at OverDrive. Meghan joins Julie in this episode to talk ab
Best-selling author Christie Tate’s latest book, B.F.F., is a celebration of her friendships—the real-life, messy, hard-won sort. Julie and Christie discuss jealousy and the path forward from it, the work of finding tenderness for our past selv
For the authors of A Merry Little Meet-Cute, their own meet-cute was best friendship at first sight. Sierra Simone and Julie Murphy join Julie in this episode to discuss their book about “two horny dummies just trying to navigate Christmas,” bu
Amy Lynn Green is a lifelong lover of books, history, and library cards. She joins Julie to talk about her new title, The Blackout Book Club, and shares her strategy for choosing unlikely characters for the story (like a woman who doesn't parti
Meg Medina is the author of the popular middle-grade series about Mercedes Suarez, a character who came to her in a short story she originally penned for an anthology. But, as is so often the case, that’s merely the beginning of the story. In t
Neither Julie nor Addison Armstrong would be a value-add in the armed services; but, they’re good for fun conversation about books and writing! Addison, author of The Light of Luna Park and The War Librarian, joins Julie to talk about her path
Middle-grade fiction is among Julie’s favorite categories because of its ability to explore heavy concepts through the forthright lens of a young main character, and Janae Marks knows how to capitalize on this potential in her writing. She join
Dr. Jeffrey Bennett is an astrophysicist, an author, and an inspiration. He joins Julie in this episode to share about his latest book, Totality!, which, along with his other titles for kids, will be read from the space station to the children
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