Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, September 3rd at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome NYT-bestselling author Sarah McCoy to discuss her spellbinding new novel, Whatever Happened To Lori Lovely?, which is based on the true story of a beautiful young movie star of Hollywood’s Golden Age who gives up her bright career to become a nun.
Sarah is the New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author of six novels including Mustique Island, Marilla of Green Gables, and The Baker’s Daughter, which was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. Her work has been featured in the short story collection Grand Central as well as in Newsweek, Lit Hub, and Real Simple. Previously a writing teacher at Old Dominion University and the University of Texas at El Paso, Sarah hosted the monthly radio program “Bookmarked with Sarah McCoy” and is the founder of The McCoy Grant for southern booksellers who dream of being published authors. She joins us from her home in Winston-Salem, NC to discuss Whatever Happened To Lori Lovely? (William Morrow, Sept. 2), which Chris Bohjalian calls, “part mystery, part history, [and] always a joy.” Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 9/3 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 9/5. Order Sarah’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
MARY KAY ANDREWS spent the week at her one-woman writing retreat in the North Georgia mountains, then came home for a long Labor Day weekend of . . . more writing. Head down, fingers on keyboard is her plan for this week.. KRISTIN HARMEL spent Labor Day weekend at – where else? – her beloved Disney World, with her husband, son, and mom. She’s excited for you to hear Sarah McCoy chat with her and Kristy on this week’s show—and she’s loving The Academy, the latest from Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter Shelby Cunningham, who we’ll be welcoming on next week’s live show! See you there! In the meantime, she’s off for a whirlwind research trip later this week…. She’ll tell you all about it on social media and in next week’s newsletter! KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY spent a wonderful long weekend with family and friends, soaking up the sun on Cape Lookout, her favorite island to boat to from Beaufort. She is so excited because she is going to see her favorite singer, James Taylor, on Thursday night and then heading back home for a little Friday Night Lights when two of her favorite high schools face off in what is sure to be a very fun football game! In between, she is working hard on copy edits for her 2026 book and a fun little project that she is hoping to announce soon! PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY spent the (long) holiday weekend in South Carolina reading and editing and enjoying some quiet with the family. They rode a thousand miles on bikes (maybe an exaggeration) through the old haunts of Daufuskie Island where Patti’s family spent nearly thirty years before her in-laws moved off island. Patti got her greedy little hands on an early copy of Sue Monk Kidd’s new book on Writing Creativity and Soul and was reminded of the reasons she ever started writing in the first place, “Every creative act is a revelation of the self.” But the book is about so much more than writing — go pre-order yourself a copy! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and award-winning author Anne Burt to discuss their stylish, twisty thriller, Please Don’t Lie in which a young woman heads to the Adirondacks with her new husband for a fresh start—but the past won't let her go. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.Already aired: F&F June Pick of the Month—Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau Already aired: Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter Already aired: Jess Walter, So Far Gone Already aired: Fourth of July “Best-of” Kristin Hannah, The Women Already aired: Meg Waite Clayton, Typewriter Beach Already aired: Adriana Trigiani, The View from Lake Como Already aired: LIVE! July Pick of the Month: Lisa Scottoline, The Unraveling of Julia Already aired: Susan Wiggs, Wayward Girls Already aired: Celebrating Debuts! Morgan Pager, The Art of Vanishing & Laura Dickerman, Hot Desk Already aired: Victoria Benton Frank, The Violet Hour Already aired: LIVE! August Pick of the Month: Francesca Serritella, Full Bloom Already aired: Christina Baker Kline & Anne Burt, Please Don't Lie Sarah McCoy, Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? LIVE! September Pick of the Month: Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham, The Academy Hank Phillippi Ryan, All This Could Be Yours Jane Hamilton, The Phoebe Variations Stay tuned for the reveal of our Fall Season (Oct–Dec) guest lineup, coming soon! F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
The 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange. This subscription includes three separate shipments: *Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews (released in paperback June 3)! Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange! 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. Tees in New Summer Colors!
We’ve added two fun, new summer colors to our Bonfire merch store in our signature Name List apparel line. F&F Official Book Club & 2025 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 38,000 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 Eliza Knight about her novel, Confessions of a Grammar Queen. Mark your calendars for September 15th for their next author guest, Regina Black, when they’ll discuss her new novel, August Lane. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The August prompt is to read an author’s sophomore book and for September it’s to read a book that’s been on your TBR list for over a year. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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