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Subject: Watch our LIVE show with Heather Webb & Hazel Gaynor TONIGHT!
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-our-live-show-with-heather
Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET for TONIGHT=E2=80=99s episode!
Join us Wednesday, December 18th LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook pa=
ge [ https://substack.com/redirect/871d0394-3ce8-4b3d-a01c-3abc4999335b?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and Yo=
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] as the Fab Four gather to welcome this month=E2=80=99s F&F Featured Auth=
or, the writing duo of Hazel Gaynor [ https://substack.com/redirect/e81604f=
b-33ea-4ab3-8cd8-bd5789f17762?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB=
1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] & Heather Webb [ https://substack.com/redirect/73f=
1a3ff-5307-4e25-8513-7093e0570d38?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8=
thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], to discuss our December 2024 Pick of the Mont=
h, their co-written heartwarming historical novel, Christmas with the Queen=
[ https://substack.com/redirect/92c52f3d-528b-4fd8-b8b5-5befe74d17d7?j=3De=
yJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ].=20
We will also be revealing the Winter 2025 guest line-up at the end of tonig=
ht=E2=80=99s show, so be sure to tune in and stick around until the end!
Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling =
author and freelance writer in Ireland and the UK who is known for her deep=
ly moving historical novels including The Last Lifeboat [ https://substack.=
com/redirect/7edbd793-311b-4178-9d0f-4194586fe395?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.y=
T8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and The Girl from Savoy [ http=
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MzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Heather Webb is =
the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of ten historical novels=
including The Next Ship Home [ https://substack.com/redirect/5071f287-6877=
-4aa9-8ae3-32a6401d7b32?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q=
dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and Queens of London [ https://substack.com/redirect/f4f=
43b9b-35cb-4dcb-841e-6e22be3f7976?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8=
thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Together Hazel and Heather have penned four p=
revious works of historical fiction including Last Christmas in Paris [ htt=
ps://substack.com/redirect/9fed184b-c380-4ca5-a1cd-81afc3900843?j=3DeyJ1Ijo=
iMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and Three Words =
for Goodbye [ https://substack.com/redirect/4cacb677-2a85-43cf-a982-76d8d10=
5efde?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]=
. The pair joins us to discuss their newly released Christmas with the Quee=
n [ https://substack.com/redirect/92c52f3d-528b-4fd8-b8b5-5befe74d17d7?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], which ha=
s been described as =E2=80=9CThe Crown=E2=80=9D meets =E2=80=9CWhen Harry M=
et Sally,=E2=80=9D and which Gill Paul calls, =E2=80=9Cas delicious as a Ch=
ristmas pudding topped with flaming brandy and lashings of cream.=E2=80=9D =
We are eager to celebrate this festive season with Hazel & Heather and hear=
all about their latest captivating page-turner.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 12/18 at 7pm ET =
on the F&F Facebook [ https://substack.com/redirect/871d0394-3ce8-4b3d-a01c=
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U1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] Fri 12/20.
Order Heather & Hazel=E2=80=99s book [ https://substack.com/redirect/92c52f=
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Shop all of our guests=E2=80=99 & hosts=E2=80=99 books in our [ https://su=
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Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is looking so forward to tonight with our VIP Christma=
s sweater contest and our LIVE show =E2=80=93 last one of the year! This we=
ek, she released HER BOOK TOUR [ https://substack.com/redirect/5da72bb9-e56=
4-4bdf-99a1-23938d6aa0e9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4=
qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and what a doozy it is: a month long with over 32 event=
s, criss-crossing the country with some amazing in-conversation partners, i=
ncluding her audio narrator Julia Whelan. She also has some incredible cont=
ent planned for the new year with a series of =E2=80=9Ccut scenes=E2=80=9D =
from her newest novel, along with a LIVE video series about the story behin=
d the story of her novel, which was inspired by a true cold case mystery. N=
ow she=E2=80=99s back to wrapping and holiday-panicking. Who and what did s=
he forget?
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the most magical Beaufort week bringing Christmas=
in Peachtree Bluff to life! It has become the most incredible annual tradi=
tion. It started with a five course dinner at Beaufort Grocery AKA Peachtre=
e Grocery, town bus tours, and book signings and ended with the holiday mar=
ket, Christmas Candlelight Tour, and Lessons and Carols at Saint Paul=E2=80=
=99s, her church, which features in the book. Suffice it to say=E2=80=A6thi=
ngs are feeling merry and bright!
KRISTIN HARMEL and her husband and son had a great time inviting the neighb=
orhood over for driveway movie night on Saturday, complete with popcorn, pi=
zza, hot chocolate and even some adult beverages! This week, she=E2=80=99s =
volunteering for the winter party in her son=E2=80=99s 3rd grade class and =
finishing up her holiday shopping. How is it possible that Christmas will b=
e here in just a week?
MARY KAY ANDREWS is looking forward to tonight=E2=80=99s LIVE SHOW with the=
rest of the F&F gang. Last week she and Mr. MKA baked fourteen of her lemo=
n pound cakes to ship off to her New York publishing team. (The recipe is i=
n her Beach House Cookbook [ https://substack.com/redirect/be02800b-a0f4-40=
5c-abd1-18300db89162?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbO=
zAM1OVBXbMAgg ].) On Sunday she had her last book signing of the year at th=
e holiday marketplace in her neighborhood. Now she=E2=80=99s looking forwar=
d to spending quality time with her family, including this weekend=E2=80=99=
s now annual game-filled Crazy Cousin Christmas gathering at a nephew=E2=80=
=99s house, and hosting Christmas dinner for (gulp) twenty.
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Upcoming Events
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am =E2=80=93 Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2p=
m =E2=80=94 Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annua=
l Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tic=
kets HERE [ https://substack.com/redirect/9dc78cbe-6f58-4462-8a83-527dcfd7e=
43b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ].
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6pm =E2=80=94 F&F Live in-person event to celebra=
te the launch of Patti=E2=80=99s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta H=
istory Center. Save the date! GET TICKETS. [ https://substack.com/redirect/=
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Yn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]
View Patti=E2=80=99s full 20205 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HER=
E [ https://substack.com/redirect/5da72bb9-e564-4bdf-99a1-23938d6aa0e9?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ].
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video com=
pilation!=20
In Case You Missed It
On last week=E2=80=99s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodso=
n Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry welcomed the USA Today and internationall=
y bestselling author Jillian Cantor [ https://substack.com/redirect/0898fdf=
7-0185-419b-aad9-0d3f72959a72?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB=
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[ https://substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f89b-4bff-b9f6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3Dey=
J1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://=
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You can WATCH that episode on Facebook [ https://substack.com/redirect/cc43=
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Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7p=
m ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult [ https://substack.com/r=
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w!
Already aired: Liane Moriarty [ https://substack.com/redirect/2cd867ab-8fd5=
-4753-96ed-711a4e9d26cc?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q=
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BXbMAgg ]Here One Moment [ https://substack.com/redirect/42a3efd4-b94d-478d=
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M1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/b5d4fb74-4124-411d-a308-767f283b66ae?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/4255d0f4-0f03-46a0-9589-47a46b7bda=
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Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz [ https://substack.com/redirect/8916808a=
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AM1OVBXbMAgg ]The Sequel [ https://substack.com/redirect/f2d588ef-526e-4127=
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M1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/cc272712-dc35-4a28-93e1-2eabb6d8f60f?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/59aa8b18-7cb1-43bb-81e3-68740b49e3=
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Already aired: Sophie Kinsella [ https://substack.com/redirect/0c0d10ef-e37=
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VBXbMAgg ]What Does It Feel Like [ https://substack.com/redirect/c48f1ba6-0=
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R4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/c22e7817-eafb-43d5-80eb-2d3019b4357e?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/97ba20dc-56f8-4243-bdcc-23ec8e6493=
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Already aired: Marybeth Whalen [ https://substack.com/redirect/fd3e2365-1cd=
1-4a16-a457-3c4a148fec8e?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4=
qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/f785e206-bb60-46f1-92=
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VBXbMAgg ]Every Moment Since [ https://substack.com/redirect/f785e206-bb60-=
46f1-9249-b0930ccac186?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qd=
bOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/c144f34e-e1a9-47d8-a511-8376e424d94e?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/b122ddb5-7d7a-4d0b-927f-8aae3cef8f=
c0?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: F&F Oct. Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins [ https://substack=
.com/redirect/75e16d79-fadb-4beb-a208-dcbe7830a9ba?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.=
yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redi=
rect/82c671c6-3b82-44b7-86b9-b9496d1dc71a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14l=
uF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]The Blue Hour [ https://substack.com/re=
direct/82c671c6-3b82-44b7-86b9-b9496d1dc71a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj1=
4luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/0fe97680-a3e8-40f7-8cce-7c181f5b6e94?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/89a96d95-6de4-4b5f-925a-4847eb40ee=
fd?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: Louise Penny [ https://substack.com/redirect/d2a6a303-cd90-4=
ad0-9712-a97fbb918149?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdb=
OzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/1fdb3192-8409-4ed1-a478-=
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bMAgg ]The Grey Wolf [ https://substack.com/redirect/1fdb3192-8409-4ed1-a47=
8-9f2b7e475a36?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OV=
BXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/ec27bd07-a754-41a2-bd39-8873e83fc9c0?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/9a8277ec-ace4-4deb-a9e4-46a8eab488=
56?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: J.T. Ellison [ https://substack.com/redirect/ff326d45-7f00-4=
89c-8555-3af4d0804ea9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdb=
OzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/e6943b82-b263-44fa-8535-=
23c6f75653d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBX=
bMAgg ]A Very Bad Thing [ https://substack.com/redirect/e6943b82-b263-44fa-=
8535-23c6f75653d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM=
1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/a9473c76-a0a8-4c18-8f70-18152d023d71?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/f16e9001-702b-4fe6-bdd9-186a846911=
bb?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: David Baldacci [ https://substack.com/redirect/7f3768e2-7ebe=
-4dbc-a38d-3d4860594ee5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q=
dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/8b467059-a4b6-45b2-a1d=
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BXbMAgg ]To Die For [ https://substack.com/redirect/8b467059-a4b6-45b2-a1df=
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XbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/52a3cb38-c44d-4f10-8b8d-074f679ce37d?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/b7af9146-e547-4a8d-8db2-0c9674197c=
cc?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: F&F Nov. Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly [ https://subst=
ack.com/redirect/6457d801-7658-47f9-bc2f-fd68444b569b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2I=
n0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/r=
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14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]The Waiting [ https://substack.com/r=
edirect/bcd9aaaa-f83e-4201-85bf-e1b004a5d66d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj=
14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/f2eb9ba5-0acb-4307-b0c6-6e05eb9abf34?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/48befc85-428c-4991-8ae0-f49e8e9f8f=
90?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: Craig Johnson [ https://substack.com/redirect/889cff78-5514-=
4e11-a1de-0db1cfb1283b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qd=
bOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/57b5f75c-7149-4306-b17f=
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XbMAgg ]Tooth and Claw [ https://substack.com/redirect/57b5f75c-7149-4306-b=
17f-2c81864b9070?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1=
OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/227dbecc-edfa-44b2-a7f8-235f20e9665b?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/d5ff2af5-0678-458e-a8d8-6d9b0ff556=
52?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: Signe Pike [ https://substack.com/redirect/51d737d7-22f4-459=
2-a3c2-8466421b7129?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOz=
AM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/e005cbae-3e7e-471b-9e8b-87=
4adfc5db29?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbM=
Agg ]The Shadowed Land [ https://substack.com/redirect/e005cbae-3e7e-471b-9=
e8b-874adfc5db29?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1=
OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/f9ab12b2-640c-4ec4-8c95-ce8830a20c58?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/fa951d11-ff92-4c1c-b789-d04aaad10a=
42?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
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Already aired: Jillian Cantor [ https://substack.com/redirect/0898fdf7-0185=
-419b-aad9-0d3f72959a72?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q=
dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f89b-4bff-b9f=
6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OV=
BXbMAgg ]The Greatest Lie of All [ https://substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f=
89b-4bff-b9f6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1Dn=
R4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]
WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/2cef9209-70e7-41ee-93ba-2d1d3da1e0f5?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! =
| LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/dbee9022-5697-4d25-8b47-c39618bd78=
9b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no=
w!
F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor [ https://substack.com/redirect/e81604f=
b-33ea-4ab3-8cd8-bd5789f17762?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB=
1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] & Heather Webb [ https://substack.com/redirect/73f=
1a3ff-5307-4e25-8513-7093e0570d38?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8=
thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], Christmas with the Queen [ https://substack.c=
om/redirect/92c52f3d-528b-4fd8-b8b5-5befe74d17d7?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT=
8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]
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]. Mark your calendars for January 27th for their next author guest, Lauren=
Connolly [ https://substack.com/redirect/28d97a4f-84b2-4b2d-9995-353bc3981=
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the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge [ https://substack.com/redirect/62061af9-953=
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On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry welcome the USA Today and internationally bestselling author Jillian Cantor to discuss her new novel, THE GREATEST LIE OF ALL, in which a glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret.Jillian Cantor is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of twelve novels for teens and adults, including, most recently THE FICTION WRITER. Her books have been chosen for LibraryReads, Indie Next and Amazon Best of the Month, and have been translated into fifteen languages. Jillian joins us from her home in Arizona to chat about her thirteenth novel, THE GREATEST LIE OF ALL, an addictive story about love, ambition, and how far we’re willing to go to protect our hearts. The book has been called “Jillian Cantor at her absolute best,” by Allison Winn Scotch, “propulsively paced,” by Shelf Awareness, and “irresistibly juicy, twisty, and layered,” by Annabel Monaghan—and we are excited to talk to Jillian all about it.
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Join us Wednesday, December 11th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry welcome the USA Today and internationally bestselling author Jillian Cantor to discuss her new historical novel, The Greatest Lie of All, in which a glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret.
Jillian Cantor is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of twelve novels for teens and adults, including, most recently The Fiction Writer. Her books have been chosen for LibraryReads, Indie Next and Amazon Best of the Month, and have been translated into fifteen languages. Jillian joins us from her home in Arizona to chat about her thirteenth novel, The Greatest Lie of All, an addictive story about love, ambition, and how far we're willing to go to protect our hearts. The book has been called “Jillian Cantor at her absolute best,” by Allison Winn Scotch, “propulsively paced,” by Shelf Awareness, and “irresistibly juicy, twisty, and layered,” by Annabel Monaghan—and we can’t wait to talk to Jillian all about it.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY loved interviewing Jillian Cantor for this week’s show – you’ll love meeting her and hearing about her new novel. Patti has been working hard on a new idea, some essays for The Story She Left Behind, and of course preparing for Christmas. Among her preparations, she believes she has found the UGLIEST Christmas sweater of all time and she will win the FF contest on December 18th. OH! And on December 16th Patti will be announcing her 2025 book tour! Stay tuned, sign up for her newsletter and hopefully she’ll be coming to a city near you.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY enjoyed the loveliest Beaufort weekend full of parties, the parade, the flotilla… All her favorite things! And TONIGHT is the Christmas in Peachtree Bluff dinner at Beaufort Grocery Company and tomorrow is the annual Christmas in Peachtree Bluff bus tour! Hooray! Also, she will be at Raleigh Durham International Airport’s Holiday Market 12/19 from 12:30-2 pm. If you happen to be flying, come say hi! If not, she’ll be signing loads of books, so the airport’s Hudson Books will be stocked with signed copies for months to come! She is also attempting to get a clean 1st-ish draft of her 2026 novel to her editor before the holiday break begins on December 19. Can she do it? Has she lost her mind? (Definitely to the second, strong maybe to the first!)
KRISTIN HARMEL spent a lovely weekend with her husband and 8-year-old son over at Disney World; they love doing one-night staycations, and this one (staying at Coronado Springs, with visits to Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and the Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course) was the perfect blend of relaxation and activity as they enjoyed all the holiday decorations at the hotel and parks–and played family board games before dinner both nights! Kristin is just as convinced as Patti is that she will be this year’s Friends & Fiction Ugly Sweater Contest winner. Her sweater is actually the opposite of ugly – but it is completely ridiculous, and, dare she say it, perfect for the F&F crowd. You have been warned.
MARY KAY ANDREWS survived a whirlwind week — hosting her book club’s Christmas party, traveling to Savannah for a book signing, (she left lots of signed books behind at Tybee Island’s Seaside Sisters,) and then to Americus, Georgia where she got to see an adorable community theater presentation of ELF, The Musical, with her bonus grandson Gill making his stage debut as one of the elves. On Saturday night MKA’s lucky socks helped her UGA Dawgs to an overtime win in the SEC championship game. On Sunday she was in conversation with Atlanta author Vanessa Riley, discussing Vanessa’s latest novel, Murder in Berkeley Square, at her neighborhood bookstore, The Book Bird of Avondale Estates. This Sunday MKA will have her last book signing of the year at the Avondale Estates Holiday Market. She’ll be there from 12-3pm, signing and smiling with books for sale by The Book Bird.
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel and Patti Callahan Henry welcomed historical fiction author Signe Pike to discuss her new epic novel, THE SHADOWED LAND, the third installment in her Lost Queen series in which King Arthur and his contemporaries are boldly reimagined. Order Signe’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
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Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 30k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Kimberly Brock about her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. Mark your calendars for December 16th for their next author guest, Debbie Macomber, when they’ll discuss her novel, A CHRISTMAS DUET. The Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. The December prompt is to read a book recommended by the Fab Four, F&F show guests, or on an F&F book club happy hour. They’ve recently announced the 2025 Reading Challenge prompts! Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone!
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On this episode, Kristin Harmel and Patti Callahan Henry welcome historical fiction author Signe Pike to discuss her new epic novel, THE SHADOWED LAND, the third installment in her Lost Queen series in which King Arthur and his contemporaries are boldly reimagined. Raised in Ithaca, NY, with a degree from Cornell University, Signe Pike worked as an editor at Random House and Penguin before leaving to write her first book, a travel memoir entitled Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World. Pike has researched and written about Celtic history for over a decade. Her non-fiction has been published by Salon, Charleston City Paper, Book Riot and NPR.org. Her 2018 debut novel, THE LOST QUEEN, which became a series, is currently in development for television by the Emmy award-winning production company Made Up Stories. She joins us to discuss THE SHADOWED LAND, a “rich, immersive” (Kirkus Reviews) saga that transports the reader to a vivid world of mysticism, beauty, and meticulously researched early medieval history.
Make sure to join us every Wednesday night at 7pm EST on Facebook and YouTube for our latest episode!
Join us Wednesday, December 4th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel and Patti Callahan Henry welcome historical fiction author Signe Pike to discuss her new epic novel, THE SHADOWED LAND, the third installment in her Lost Queen series in which King Arthur and his contemporaries are boldly reimagined.
Raised in Ithaca, NY, with a degree from Cornell University, Signe Pike worked as an editor at Random House and Penguin before leaving to write her first book, a travel memoir entitled Faery Tale: One Woman's Search for Enchantment in a Modern World. Pike has researched and written about Celtic history for over a decade. Her non-fiction has been published by Salon, Charleston City Paper, Book Riot and NPR.org. Her 2018 debut novel, The Lost Queen, which became a series, is currently in development for television by the Emmy award-winning production company Made Up Stories. She joins us to discuss THE SHADOWED LAND, a “rich, immersive” (Kirkus Reviews) saga that transports the reader to a vivid world of mysticism, beauty, and meticulously researched early medieval history.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 12/4 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 12/6.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had the most untraditional Thanksgiving in years! But it was so beautiful – she spent it with her daughter’s family in Hawaii. Now back home to start the holiday season and she has so much to share about her upcoming novel, The Story She Left Behind, so if you aren’t signed up for her newsletter, get on it 🙂 She LOVED interviewing Signe for this week’s show with Kristin – you don’t want to miss it.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY spent Thanksgiving in New York with her family enjoying the shopping and the Rockettes! She recently revealed the cover of BEACH HOUSE RULES and was blown away by everyone’s support! She is still celebrating 10 years as a published author with her Chapters Tour! Don’t miss all the fun over on her website! She announced the books featured this month in an interview this week, check it out here!
KRISTIN HARMEL had a lovely Thanksgiving, split between her husband’s side of the family (for dinner) and her side of the family (for dessert), which was the perfect blend of family time! Then she spent the next few days hanging out with her dear friend Kristen (and Kristen’s mother and son); they visit (from Pittsburgh) each year just after Thanksgiving. On Monday night, she took part in a fun group book signing with fellow historical fiction authors Sarah Penner, Madeline Martin, Eliza Knight, and Heather Webb (co-author of Christmas With the Queen, our F&F pick for December!), along with romance authors Cissy Mecca, Heather McCollum, Julie Johnstone, and E. Elizabeth Watson, hosted by Writer’s Block Bookstore and Quantum Leap Winery. As a special bonus, her friends Aldo and Albany, who own a gourmet chocolate business, made 120 boxes of gourmet chocolates (in two flavors: salted caramel and passion fruit), which guests enjoyed as a gift with any purchase…. They were AMAZING.
MARY KAY ANDREWS enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at home with family, and then on Friday night rooted for her UGA Bulldogs through EIGHT nail-biting overtimes for a comeback victory over Mr. MKA’s Ga. Tech Yellow Jackets. Now she’s fully in holiday frenzy mode, but this Thursday she’ll be signing books in Savannah at the St. Vincent’s Academy Holiday Market at the Alee Temple, starting at 5pm (details HERE). On Sunday, Dec. 8, at 4pm she’ll be at Bookbird Books, Avondale Estates, in conversation with Atlanta author Vanessa Riley to discuss Vanessa’s new release Murder in Berkeley Square.
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Thursday, December 5, 6-9 pm — MKA at St. Vincent’s Academy Annual Shopping Night at the Alee Shrine Temple in Savannah, GA. Tickets
Sunday, December 8 at 4pm — MKA in conversation with Vanessa Riley at Book Bird of Avondale Estates in Avondale Estates, GA. Info
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6pm — F&F Live in-person event to celebrate the launch of Patti’s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta History Center. Save the date! GET TICKETS.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnsonto discuss TOOTH AND CLAW, the new short novel in his wildly popular Longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Order Craig’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
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Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 30k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Kimberly Brock about her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. Mark your calendars for December 16th for their next author guest, Debbie Macomber, when they’ll discuss her novel, A CHRISTMAS DUET. The Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The December prompt is to read a book recommended by the Fab Four, F&F show guests, or on an F&F book club happy hour. Stay tuned for the 2025 Reading Challenge prompts being announced at their happy hour event tomorrow night, Thurs., Dec. 5th at 7:30pm Eastern! Visit their Facebook page for details and to join the fun!
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On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcome New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson to discuss TOOTH AND CLAW, the new short novel in his wildly popular Longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is a two-time recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, was the first One Book Wyoming selection, and has received the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Reading the West Book Award for fiction. Craig joins us from his home in Ucross, Wyoming (population 26), to discuss his new pulse-pounding, bone-chilling novel of extreme adventure, TOOTH AND CLAW, which adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire. Kirkus Reviews has called it “a chilling novel with all the ingredients needed to keep readers turning pages,” and we are excited to talk to Craig all about it.
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Join us Wednesday, November 27th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcome New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnsonto discuss TOOTH AND CLAW, the new short novel in his wildly popular Longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want.
Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is a two-time recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, was the first One Book Wyoming selection, and has received the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Reading the West Book Award for fiction. Craig joins us from his home in Ucross, Wyoming (population 26), to discuss his new pulse-pounding, bone-chilling novel of extreme adventure, TOOTH AND CLAW, which adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire. Kirkus Reviews has called it "a chilling novel with all the ingredients needed to keep readers turning pages,” and we can’t wait to talk to Craig all about it.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 11/27 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/29.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is spending time with her daughter and her family in Hawaii! It’s been truly relaxing even as she is working on some essays and other things for The Story She Left Behind. She will be sending out a newsletter next week with lots of information about some amazing events coming up (including an announcement about her Friends & Fiction Live launch event on St. Patrick’s Day!). Click here if you haven’t signed up. She wishes all of our Friends & Fiction family a truly happy Thanksgiving – may you be with those you love and those who love you.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is releasing the cover of Beach House Rules today! Check it out on her socials–or, if you’re a KWH newsletter subscriber, you probably already received it! She is so grateful for the love and support of this community now and always and is so looking forward to a fun-filled Thanksgiving celebration with her family that she can’t wait to fill you all in on! Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Wishing you a wonderful one!
KRISTIN HARMEL is so thankful for all of you, her Friends & Fiction family. You are truly the wind beneath the four host authors’ wings, and all of them are deeply grateful for your support – this Thanksgiving week and always. She hopes you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you know how valued you are. If you’re in Orlando, she hopes you’ll join her on Monday (Dec. 2) at 6pm at Quantum Leap Winery in Winter Park for a special get-your-holiday-shopping done author signing party. Reserve your tickets ahead of time here.
MARY KAY ANDREWS is gearing up for all the pie-baking and cranberry sauce making, and looking forward to gathering family around the table. Today, and every day, she’s so grateful for this book-loving Friends & Fiction community. And as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are done, she’ll be directing the hauling up of Christmas bins from the basement, because next week she’s hosting her book club’s annual holiday get together.
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Monday, December 2 at 6pm — Orlando-area friends: Join Kristin and EIGHT of her author friends for a holiday soiree at urban winery Quantum Leap (at their new lakeside location in Winter Park) for a big holiday book-signing extravaganza! Tickets are $15 and include one glass of wine; each of the nine authors will have three books available to sign and personalize for your holiday list! See you there! Buy your ticket here.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6pm — F&F Live in-person event to celebrate the launch of Patti’s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta History Center. Save the date! Details & ticketing link to come.
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the Fab Four gathered to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the #1 NYT-bestselling, Edgar, Grand Master and Diamond Dagger award-winning Michael Connelly, to discuss our November 2024 Pick of the Month, THE WAITING, in which LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter. Order Michael’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange.
F&F Official Book Club & 2024 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 30k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Kimberly Brock about her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. Mark your calendars for December 16th for their next author guest, Debbie Macomber, when they’ll discuss her novel, A CHRISTMAS DUET. With the help of Annissa Armstrong, the Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The December prompt is to read a book recommended by the Fab Four, F&F show guests, or on an F&F book club happy hour. Stay tuned for the 2025 Reading Challenge prompts!
Stay in Touch!
Subscribe to our PODCAST. Join our FACEBOOK group. Follow us on INSTAGRAM. Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel. Find details about everything F&F on our WEBSITE. Shop our guests’ & hosts’ books in our shop on BOOKSHOP. Join the F&F Official BOOK CLUB with Brenda & Lisa.
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On this episode the Fab Four (Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry) gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the #1 NYT-bestselling, Edgar, Grand Master and Diamond Dagger award-winning Michael Connelly, to discuss our November 2024 Pick of the Month, THE WAITING, in which LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter. Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of 39 novels and one work of non-fiction. With more than 85-million copies sold worldwide and books translated into 45 languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. His books, which include the Harry Bosch, the Lincoln Lawyer, and the Renée Ballard series, have been adapted for film and television including the movie Blood Work, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, and The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. Michael is the executive producer of three current television series based on his books: Bosch and Bosch: Legacy (both streaming on Amazon Prime), and The Lincoln Lawyer (streaming on Netflix). A former reporter, Connelly worked the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale (where he earned a Pulitzer nomination) before finishing his journalism career as the Los Angeles Times crime reporter. He joins us from his home in Florida to discuss his new Ballard/Bosch crossover novel, THE WAITING,which Publishers Weekly calls “unputdownable…white-hot suspense guaranteed to please his fans.”
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Join us Wednesday, November 20th LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the Fab Four gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the #1 NYT-bestselling, Edgar, Grand Master and Diamond Dagger award-winning Michael Connelly, to discuss our November 2024 Pick of the Month, THE WAITING, in which LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.
Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of 39 novels and one work of non-fiction. With more than 85-million copies sold worldwide and books translated into 45 languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. His books, which include the Harry Bosch, the Lincoln Lawyer, and the Renée Ballard series, have been adapted for film and television including the movie Blood Work, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, and The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. Michael is the executive producer of three current television series based on his books: Bosch and Bosch: Legacy (both streaming on Amazon Prime), and The Lincoln Lawyer (streaming on Netflix). A former reporter, Connelly worked the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale (where he earned a Pulitzer nomination) before finishing his journalism career as the Los Angeles Times crime reporter. He joins us from his home in Florida to discuss his new Ballard/Bosch crossover novel, THE WAITING,which Publishers Weekly calls “unputdownable…white-hot suspense guaranteed to please his fans.”
Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 11/20 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/22.
Order Michael’s book on Bookshop.org! Shop all of our guests’ & hosts’ books in our F&F Shop on Bookshop.org!
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is visiting her daughter and grands for the next couple weeks while working on her next novel (slowly, slowly coming together), counting down to The Story She Left Behind and planning the book tour that she’ll be announcing any day! If you are signed up for her newsletter you’ll be the first to know! Did you see the new WICKED giveaway? What with Cynthia Erivo (the new Elphaba in the Wicked movie) narrating The Secret Book of Flora Lea audiobook, Atria put together a killer giveaway.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is putting her finishing touches on her plans for family Thanksgiving in NYC! She can’t wait to be back in her favorite city with those she loves the most. The cover for Beach House Rules is finished and gorgeous and she cannot wait to share it with all of you so stay tuned!
KRISTIN HARMEL is looking forward to welcoming fellow Gator (and fellow University of Florida School of Journalism graduate!) Michael Connelly to the show tonight… especially after the Gators (who have been having a not-so-great, injury-plagued football season) finally eked out a win over #21 LSU last weekend. She’s hard at work on her 2026 book and wants to encourage you to bid on her auction item for the 2024 Artists Against Antisemitism Share the Light auction (a 30-minute virtual chat–for you or your book club– plus two signed books), ending TODAY (Wednesday, Nov. 20) at 6pm! (While you’re there, you can also bid on cool items like a lunch date with Henry Winkler, a Zoom with Mayim Bialik, or a book signed by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.)
MARY KAY ANDREWS loved talking with the inquisitive young journalism students at Lakewood High, her alma mater in St. Petersburg last week, before heading for a girlfriend getaway with some of her oldest junior high friends. Sunset beach walks, pool time, and good wine were the perfect balm before returning home to plunge into holiday plans.
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci to discuss To Die For, the third installment in his 6:20 Man series which finds Travis Devine in the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case where he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train. Order David’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange.
F&F Official Book Club & 2024 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 30k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Kimberly Brock about her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. Mark your calendars for December 16th for their next author guest, Debbie Macomber, when they’ll discuss her novel, A CHRISTMAS DUET. With the help of Annissa Armstrong, the Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The November prompt is to read a collection of short stories or essays, and for December it’s to read a book recommended by the Fab Four, F&F show guests, or on an F&F book club happy hour.
Stay in Touch!
Subscribe to our PODCAST. Join our FACEBOOK group. Follow us on INSTAGRAM. Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel. Find details about everything F&F on our WEBSITE. Shop our guests’ & hosts’ books in our shop on BOOKSHOP. Join the F&F Official BOOK CLUB with Brenda & Lisa.
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On this episode, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci to discuss To Die For, the third installment in his 6:20 Man series which finds Travis Devine in the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case where he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train. David Baldacci is a global #1 bestselling author, and one of the world’s favorite storytellers with books published in 45+ languages in 80+ countries, with 150-million copies sold worldwide. His works have been adapted for both feature film and television. David and his wife co-founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. He joins us from his home in Virginia to discuss his brand-new twisty whodunit, To Die For, which has been praised for its “fast-moving excitement” and “satisfying finish” in a starred review from Kirkus.
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