Jill and Adam speak with Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung, co-creators of Homes: A Refugee Story. Abu Bakr is an ESL student of Winnie's, who helped him tell his family's story of leaving the Middle East to start a new life in Canada.
Ryan Graudin joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her book Wolf by Wolf, her writing process, and her love of fairy tales, tattoos and travel.
Bestselling author Tana French joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to chat about her award winning Dublin Murder Squard series, where her ideas come from, and how she approaches each novel diffeently.
Amanda Foody joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to chat about her novel Daughter of the Burning City, fantasy world building, and defining how magic works in those worlds.
Adam and Brad Meltzer rekindle their Muppet-fueled friendship after nearly 2 1/2 years apart. They discuss his new book The First Conspiracy which he co-wrote with Josh Mensch about the time George Washington was nearly assassinated before the Revolutionary War ever began.
Kate Elliott joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her Court of Fives series, how she builds her fantasy worlds through maps, and the books she read as a child.
Brad Meltzer joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss his book House of Secrets, writing strong female characters, conspiracy theories, and The Muppets.
Marieke Nijkamp returns to the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss OverDrive's Big Library Read program, her powerful book This Is Where It Ends and how her life has changed since becoming a New York Times bestselling author.
Min Jin Lee joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her breathtaking, sweeping novel Pachinko, her experiences as an immigrant writer, and diversity in literature.
Adam sits down with Ryan La Sala in Philadelphia to discuss his sprawling fantasy novel Reverie, the vividness of his dreams, and how Ryan became the best person on Twitter.
We're excited to share our brand new 2020 reading challenge! In this episode, we explain each of the following challenges in depth. Be sure to subscribe to hear upcoming episodes loaded with recommendations.
Jill interviews the immensely popular author, Jennifer Weiner about her new book Mrs Everything. The book covers multiple decades and the pair discuss Jennifer's research process, the idea of "chick lit" and how Jennifer's mom inspired this book.
Fiona Davis joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her new book The Address, her love of architecture, and New York City and all things Broadway.
Jack Gantos joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss his books for both children and adults and his colorful life that genrates the stories he tells.