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This week we are doing a Spoiler Filled Deep Dive into Erik's new Thriller "Better The Devil". Make sure you have read the book prior to this episode to avoid spoilers!
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For our 50th Episode we sit down with Ellen Cochrane who took a true story she remembered from her youth and crafted an exciting and informative middle group book out of it. Follow the Water has strong "Hatchet" vibes in all the best ways and we know you're gonna love Ellen as much as we did!
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We're back!! Today we sit down with author Cassie Miller to discuss her debut YA Novel "Meet Me Under the Lights"! This book was pitched to us as "Friday Night Lights" meets "The Notebook" which obviously checked all our boxes. Enjoy an hour conversation about baseball, theater and Kenny Ortega!
Also at the end Erik gives a life update and how it will affect our release schedule for the next year or so.
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In a mini-Episode Producer Matt sits down with past guest Lance Rubin about his new book Forever 16 and the audiobook he made with his wife and brother!
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This week we go through our favorite books we read in 2025!
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For our Christmas Episode this year we are very excited to be joined by Kevin Jakubowski, a screenplay writer who wrote the YA novel 8-Bit Christmas which later became a huge hit on HBO Max. We discuss the transition from screenplays to novels as well as what it was like seeing his first book become a film!
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This week we are joined by the author team Fox Starr about their new Fantasy YA novel The Bone Tower!
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This week we are joined by author Randy Ribay who wrote the critically acclaimed Patron Saints of Nothing as well as well as some Avatar The Last Airbender novels and the more recently released "Everything We Never Had"
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This week Erik and Alyssa are joined by Abigail Hing Wen who talks about her novel "Loveboat, Taipei" which was turned into a Netflix movie as well as her newest novel "The Vale"
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This week in honor of Halloween just around the corner Erik takes the time to educate Alyssa and Producer Matt on all the dark tales we missed out by not reading Christopher Pike in their youth!
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On October 5, 2005 Twilight hit book shelves and immediately became a global phenomenon! Today to celebrate that Alyssa and Erik dive into their history of these books and if they think they hold up still!
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This week we are joined by author Jeff Miller about his middle-grade book Rare Birds. Jeff talks about getting his foot in the door in writing and what lead to this much more adult themed book compared to his previous work!
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This week instead of our usual interviews Producer Matt talks to host Erik J Brown about why you should pre-order his new book "Better Than Devil"
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This week Alyssa and Erik are joined by author Zachary Sergi to discuss his new book Love & Video Games!
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This week we are thrilled to welcome Heir of Storms author Lauryn Hamilton Murray to discuss her debut novel and why she loves fantasy!
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This week we are joined by author Rory Power to discuss her newest novel Kill Creatures as well as her award winning novel Wilder Girls!
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We are thrilled to have this week's guest Kiersten White on! For the last year we've all raved about how much we love the book Mister Magic, but now that Kiersten has released a YA Thriller called "The House of Quiet" we finally were able to invite her on! Unfortunately Alyssa was unavailable for this interview but Erik has more than enough questions for Kiersten!
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Instead of a guest this week we are breaking down the books we love that gives us Summer Vibes and at least one book we haven't read but look forward to reading this summer to hopefully give us summer vibes!
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This week we are joined by J.L. Simmonds whose new YA “Run Away With Me” has been described as Thelma & Louise with Lesbians! We discuss how Aerosmith inspired the plot, the perfect naming of Muppet bands and why despite being in Europe J.L. felt like the road trip story only worked in the United States!
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This week we are excited to welcome back Jennifer Dugan, our first return guest. Since we dove into Jennifer’s process last time this time we discuss movies, Kristen Stewart, straight men and concussions. We do also find time to discuss Summer Girls, Jennifer’s newest book!
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