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Please join me in congratulating Debra Myers from

Please join me in congratulating Debra Myers from Randallstown, MD. She is the lucky winner in the F&F giveaway we ran recently to encourage sign-ups on @fable. Debra has won an F&F tote bag brimming with 8 books—2 from each of the Fab Four F&F host authors (@marykayandrews, @kristinharmel, @kristywharvey & @pattichenry). We hope all of you will check us out on Fable. It's free to join and if you'd like to join our premium club, "Friends & Fiction: Behind the Book," that's just $5/month.

Check it out at the 🔗 in our bio!

Did you enjoy @karinslaughterauthor and @christop

Did you enjoy @karinslaughterauthor and @christopher_swann on last night’s show? Have you gotten Karin’s book #girlforgotten and Chris’s book #nevergohome yet? Well, you can grab both now at a discount in the F&F @bookshop_org Shop! Portions of all sales placed in our shop help fund F&F and support our guests! Proceeds from every sale made anywhere across Bookshop go straight into the pockets of indie booksellers nationwide. Since its inception, Bookshop.org has raised nearly $22 million for indie bookstores! Find recent books by all of our guests past and present—as well as our hosts’ books—on our Friends & Fiction Spring/Summer 2022 Guests list at the link in our bio!

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🎉#CoverReveal!🎉Behold #TheSecretBookofFloraL

🎉#CoverReveal!🎉Behold #TheSecretBookofFloraLea by #nytimes #bestseller @pattichenry. The bestselling author of #SurvivingSavannah and #BecomingMrsLewis delivers an enchanting story that that @bakerkline calls “transporting, heartfelt, and atmospheric” and that @jamieford describes as “a fantastical tale of myth, wartime history, and true heartache.” Mark your calendars and start planning your Spring 2023 reading early. THE SECRET BOOK OF FLORA LEA will be in stores everywhere on May 2, 2023 from @atriabooks. #preorder NOW! #TheSecretBookofFloraLea #coverreveal #historicalfiction #patticallahanhenry #pch #atriabooks

How great was KARIN SLAUGHTER on #friendsandfictio

How great was KARIN SLAUGHTER on #friendsandfiction tonight?! Be sure to pre-order #girlforgotten (in stores 8/23 from @williammorrowbooks) wherever books are sold, in order to receive your copy on pub day. Remember, ✍🏻📚 signed copies✍🏻📚 are available at these four retailers: @foxtale_book_shoppe, @poisonedpenbookstore, @barnesandnoble, and @booksamillion.
💥 GIVEAWAY ALERT💥
We are also giving away copies of GIRL, FORGOTTEN!
To enter for your chance to win:
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FIVE WINNERS will be randomly selected to receive free copies (🇺🇸 U.S. only🇺🇸)
🍀 Good luck!🍀

🎉TONIGHT🎉 See you Wed 8/17 at 7pm ET live on

🎉TONIGHT🎉 See you Wed 8/17 at 7pm ET live on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel with @karinslaughterauthor, @christopher_swann & a cover reveal from @pattichenry!

You don’t want to miss tonight’s episode of #f

You don’t want to miss tonight’s episode of #friendsandfiction! Not only do we get to host @karinslaughterauthor and @christopher_swann, but we will also be treated to a super exclusive sneak peek at the cover for @pattichenry’s Spring ‘23 novel #thesecretbookoffloralea which @atriabooks will publish on May 2, 2023! See it on F&F first! See you tonight LIVE at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel!
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TONIGHT is the premiere of the Fall 2022 season of

TONIGHT is the premiere of the Fall 2022 season of #friendsandfiction! We are in for a real treat as we welcome back fan-favorite, the one and only @karinslaughterauthor, along with her fellow Atlanta-based thriller writer, and the 2022 Georgia Author of the Year, @christopher_swann.

Karin is the author of 20+ instant New York Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar–nominated Cop Town and standalone novels Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter. She is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series starring Toni Collette, and it was just announced that her Will Trent series is being picked up as a TV series for ABC. Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. Karin joins us to discuss her forthcoming novel #girlforgotten which will be published on August 23rd.

Chris is a novelist and English department chair at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. With a Ph.D. in creative writing from Georgia State University, he has been a Townsend Prize finalist and longlisted for the Southern Book Prize. He joins us to discuss his latest novel #nevergohome.

Join us LIVE for all the fun tonight at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page & YouTube channel. Meanwhile, shop for Karin’s & Chris’s books—and those by all the F&F hosts and guests—in the F&F shop on @bookshop_org at the link in our bio.

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ARE YOU READY?! The Fall 2022 Season of the #frien

ARE YOU READY?! The Fall 2022 Season of the #friendsandfiction weekly Wednesday night web show kicks off TOMORROW! Join us Wed 8/17 LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook group page and YouTube channel. We will welcome @karinslaughterauthor and @christopher_swann on our season premiere. Join F&F hosts @pattichenry, @kristywharvey, @kristinharmel & @marykayandrews every Wednesday! As you can see we have an incredible season lined up with loads of rockstar author guests. 🎬 🎥 📚 🤩
@tamronhall, @authorbeatriz, @karenwhitewrite, @laurenwillig, @miriamparker, @kristina.mcmorris, @sarahaddisonallen, @laurenkdentonbooks, @shelbyvanpeltwrites, #ElizabethStrout, @veronicaroth, @ariel.lawhon, @susanmeissnerauthor, @santamontefioreofficial, @wandamowrites, #PhilippaGregory, @launger, @kevinwilsonauthor,
@sheilaroberts3052, @louisepennyauthor, @rae.meadows,
@debbiemacomber

This week's edition of the #FriendsAndFiction news

This week's edition of the #FriendsAndFiction newsletter features exclusive interviews with Wednesday's guests, Atlanta-based thriller writer @karinslaughterauthor, and the 2022 Georgia Author of the Year, @christopher_swann! If you're not subscribed to our newsletter yet, head on over to the link in our bio to sign up and never miss another issue! And don't forget to tune in tomorrow night at 7PM ET for the premiere of the Fall 2022 season! #marykayandrews #patticallahanhenry #kristenharmel #kristywoodsonharvey #authorsofinstagram
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#FriendsAndFiction is now on #TikTok! If you're no

#FriendsAndFiction is now on #TikTok! If you're not on TikTok yet and you've been looking for an excuse to join, this is it! Click the link in our bio to follow us, or find us in the app (@ friendsandfictok)! #authorsoftiktok #booktok #marykayandrews #mka #kristenharmel #kristywoodsonharvey #patticallahanhenry

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