Friends & Fiction

Tessa Bailey

On this live episode of our Wed night web show, we were thrilled to meet #1 New York Times bestselling publishing phenom and the queen of “heat, laughter, and happily-ever-after,” Tessa Bailey!

Dubbed the “Michelangelo of dirty talk,” by Entertainment Weekly, Tessa writes with spice, spirit, swoon, and a guaranteed happy ending. Tessa has taken TikTok by storm and legions of fans everywhere have fallen for her fictional blue collar men and loyal, lovable heroines in her dozens of hit books including SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER, and UNFORTUNATELY YOURS. She joins us from her home on Long Island to discuss her latest steamy Christmas rom-com, WRECK THE HALLS (Avon Books, Oct 3).

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Ariel Lawhon

On tonight’s LIVE episode of the web show, we are so excited to welcome back our dear friend, Ariel Lawhon. Ariel is a critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction whose novels include THE WIFE THE MAID AND THE MISTRESS, I WAS ANASTASIA, and CODE NAME HÉLÈNE. Last year, she also co-authored the Amazon Editors’ Pick, WHEN WE HAD WINGS with Kristina McMorris and Susan Meissner. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have been Library Reads, One Book One County, Indie Next, Costco, Amazon Spotlight, and Book of the Month Club selections. She joins us from her home in the rolling hills outside Nashville to discuss her latest gripping historical mystery, THE FROZEN RIVER (Doubleday, Dec 5), an NPR Best Book of 2023 with starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and BookPage.

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Thanksgiving Special w/ Mystery Guests

Who’s ready for some surprises?! We’ve got plenty in store for you on tonight’s Thanksgiving Eve show! Trust us, you do not want to miss this one as it’s going to be loads of fun!

Each of the Fab Four has invited a mystery guest of their choosing. They’ve all kept the identities of their guests a secret from each other. No one will know what fabulous author each host has invited until it comes time to introduce and reveal them one-by-one. Do you have any guesses as to whom each Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry might have invited to join us for this holiday special? We’ll never tell! You’ll have to tune in and find out right along with the rest of us when the show airs!

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Tess Gerritsen

Our guest on this LIVE episode of our wed night web show is none other than the internationally bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series, TessGerritsen!

Dubbed her the “medical suspense queen” by Publishers Weekly, Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess earned her MD at UC San Francisco and began to write fiction while on maternity leave as a physician. Since publishing her first novel in 1987, she has been a top-three US bestseller and hit #1 abroad, she has won the Nero Wolfe Award and the RITA Award, and she has sold more than 40-million copies of her books in 40 countries. Her beloved series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series “Rizzoli and Isles,” starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. Tess joins us from her home in Maine to discuss her latest pulse-pounding thriller, the first in a new series, THE SPY COAST (Thomas and Mercer, Nov 1), which has been met with rave reviews.

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Meg Cabot

On this episode, we are thrilled to introduce you to the legendary author Meg Cabot!

Meg Cabot’s 80+ books for both adults and tweens/teens have included multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers, with more than 25-million copies sold worldwide. Her PRINCESS DIARIES series has been published in more than 38 countries and was made into two hit films by Disney. Meg’s numerous other award-winning books include the MEDIATOR series, the Heather Wells mystery series, and AVALON HIGH, which was adapted as a film for Disney Channel. Meg joins us from her home in Key West to discuss her latest adult rom-com ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU (Avon Books, Sept 5), which is the first installment in her brand-new Witches of West Harbor series.

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Angie Kim

On tonight’s LIVE episode, we meet Angie Kim!

After moving from Seoul, South Korea, to the suburbs of Baltimore as a pre-teen, Angie Kim earned a philosophy degree from Stanford and attended Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Her debut novel, MIRACLE CREEK, won the Edgar Award and the ITW Thriller Award, and was named one of the 100 best mysteries and thrillers of all time by Time, and one of the best books of the year by Time, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and the Today show. Angie joins us to discuss her second novel, the instant New York Times bestseller, HAPPINESS FALLS (Hogarth Books, Aug 29), which was a Book of the Month Club selection, a Good Morning America Book Club pick, and a Barnes & Noble national book club selection.

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Lori Rader-Day

On tonight’s LIVE episode, we meet crime fiction author Lori Rader-Day!

Lori Rader-Day is the Edgar Award-nominated and Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of seven novels including DEATH AT GREENWAY, THE BLACK HOUR, and THE DAY I DIED. A past president of Sisters in Crime, Lori is co-chair of Midwest Mystery Conference, and teaches creative writing at Northwestern University. She joins us from her home in Chicago to discuss her latest chilling suspense novel, THE DEATH OF US (William Morrow, Oct 3), which Mary Kubica calls “unputdownable.”

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Jean Kwok

On tonight’s LIVE episode of our web show, we sit down with the incredible Jean Kwok.

Jean Kwok is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and the instant New York Times bestseller and Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick Searching for Sylvie Lee. Her work has been published in twenty countries and is taught in universities, colleges, and high schools across the world. She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award and the Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award. With a bachelor’s from Harvard and an MFA from Columbia, Jean is fluent in Chinese, Dutch, and English. She joins us to discuss her highly-anticipated, brand-new novel THE LEFTOVER WOMAN (William Morrow, Oct 10) which was named to most-anticipated lists by The New York Times, Elle, TIME, People and many more.

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Thrity Umrigar

On tonight’s live episode, we are excited to talk to Thrity Umrigar about her highly anticipated new novel, THE MUSEUM OF FAILURES.

Thrity is the award-winning and bestselling author of nine previous novels, including HONOR, which was a Reese’s Book Club Pick, as well as three picture books and a memoir. Her books have been published in more than 15 countries and in several languages. A former journalist, she has contributed to the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She joins us from her home in Cleveland to tell us all about her compelling family drama THE MUSEUM OF FAILURES, which Algonquin Books published on Sept. 26th.

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