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Author Interview: Neena Laskowski

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Neena Laskowski, author of The King’s Weapon and The Heir’s Bargain!

Neena Laskowski didn't fall in love with reading until she started writing her own stories in fourth grade, when she realized reading would improve her writing. 

She earned her Master’s in Secondary Education and Bachelor’s in English and Classical Studies from the University of Michigan. After teaching middle school English for a few years, she decided to pursue her life-long passion for writing.

When she is not writing morally grey heroines or working her day job, she can be found camping with her husband, starting a random house renovation she found on TikTok, cuddling with her dog and cat on the couch with a good book, painting with a glass of wine in hand (and hoping she doesn't mix her paint water with her drink), or spending quality time with her friends and family.

Listen in as we chat more about Neena’s books, deadly libraries, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @neenalaskowski

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Author Interview: Sarah Glenn Marsh

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Our Rogue Fates, How I Met Your Murderer, and more!

Sarah Glenn Marsh has been an avid fantasy reader and Tolkien enthusiast from the day her dad handed her a copy of The Hobbit and promised it would change her life. She’s been making up words and worlds ever since, and is now an author of books for kids including the How to Spot a Fairy series; books for teens like the Reign of the Fallen duology; and romances for adults, including the forthcoming Our Rogue Fates, out April 28th, 2026 from Alcove.

She has also written for popular franchises including Star Wars and Critical Role, as she loves digging into the sandboxes of her favorite worlds.

When she’s not writing, Sarah frequents the pottery studio and raises awareness about her autoimmune disease, Type 1 diabetes. As a queer person, Sarah is also passionate about seeing more and better representation in all forms of media; we all deserve happy endings.

While her favorite place to be is Ireland, Sarah currently lives in Richmond, Virginia where a tiny zoo of four rescued sighthounds, three birds, a turtle, many fish, and one adorable toddler—not to mention her garden—keep her and her partner plenty busy.

Listen in as we chat more about Sarah’s books, her adult MM romance, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @sarahmarshauthor

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Author Interview: Analeigh Sbrana

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with the AMAZING Analeigh Sbrana, author of the Lore of the Wilds duology and the upcoming Heir of Prophecy!

Analeigh Sbrana is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of Lore of the Wilds. Known for weaving lyrical prose with thrilling plot twists and captivating main characters, her novels explore complex themes of betrayal, justice, and the nuance of love. Through her storytelling, Analeigh’s primary aim is to evoke a full range of emotion while empowering historically marginalized readers, ensuring they feel seen and represented in rich, unforgettable narratives. She currently lives in California with her family and pets.

Listen in as we chat more about Analeigh’s books, deadly libraries, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @analeighsbrana

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Author Interview: Rose Garcia

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Rose Garcia, author of Fae Away, A Storm Rises, A Legacy Forced, and more!

Rose Garcia is a USA Today bestselling author and screenwriter known for crafting heart-stopping fantasy stories where belief is power, love defies all, and hope burns brightest. Magic is real in her world—and the only thing more dangerous than a broken heart… is a hopeful one.

A lawyer turned writer, Rose weaves stories of complicated romance, powerful families, deep-rooted friendships, and ancestral magic drawn from her Mexican American heritage. Her diverse heroes are driven by bold hearts, forced to confront tangled destinies and make impossible choices.

When she’s not writing, you can find her designing escape rooms for her husband, obsessing over fantasy shows, traveling, or hanging out with her three needy and precious rescue dogs.

Rose lives in Houston, Texas, and believes tacos are a core food group—because well, they are.

Listen in as we chat more about Rose’s books, her move from lawyer to author, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @rosegarciabooks

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Author Interview: Kara McDowell

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Kara McDowell, author of The Heir Apparently and the new release, Write-Off!

Kara McDowell is the author of romantic comedies for adults and teens.  Born in the mountains and raised in the desert, Kara spent her childhood swimming, boating, and making up stories in her head. Now she lives in Mesa, Arizona, where she divides her time between writing, baking, playing board games, and wishing for rain with her husband and three young sons.

Listen in as we chat more about Kara’s books, stress baking, author conventions and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @karajmcdowellbooks

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Author Interview: Judy Liu

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Judy Liu, author of The Vending Portal and Synthers and Beasts!

Inspired by her love of Marvel, sci-fi, old Taiwanese dramas, and ridiculous anime, Judy scribbles mini-stories wherever she can (and subsequently forgets them!). She graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, studying history, Asian studies, and education. Judy is not unfamiliar with extensive writing, having published multiple pieces. She spent some time living in rural Japan before working in the legal and compliance sphere. With her debut novel The Vending Portal, Liu hopes to meaningfully add to Asian American literature to further enrich the YA genre.

Outside of work and writing, Judy enjoys dancing with her teammates and friends, exploring unknown spots or cities, caring for her plants, and making nonsense sounds to her sister.

Listen in as we chat more about Judy’s books, her love of RL Stine, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @judyliu_author

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Author Interview: Amalie Howard

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Amalie Howard, author of The Starlight Heir and the sequel, which releases today, Queen of the Night Sky!

Amalie Howard is a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling romance author. Her novels have received national awards, starred trade reviews, and have been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, Screen Rant, Entertainment Weekly, and Cosmopolitan. She also writes young adult fiction as well as books for younger readers, which have been a Kids’ IndieNext pick, a Target Book Club read, a Scholastic Book Fair selection, and on multiple high school state reading lists. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found reading, being the president of her one-woman Harley Davidson motorcycle club, or power-napping. She lives in Colorado with her family.

Listen in as we chat more about Amalie’s books, her love of Harley Davidsons, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @amaliehoward

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Season 6 Bonus - Whit & Mindy Holiday Hang

SURPRISE, fellow nerds! Tomorrow is our Last episode of 2025 but we wanted to share one more episode with you with a little insight to our Holiday Hangout!  Listen in as we discuss:

  • Holiday reads, listens and movies you need to watch

  • Bookish things on our wishlist

  • Our holiday bookish cocktail

  • Our Nerdiest Thing of the week

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Show links:

A.                 Good Spirits

B.                 Secret Santa

C.                While It Was Snowing

D.                Booked For the Holidays

E.                  Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon

F.                  https://www.etsy.com/shop/Eichendesign

G.                Mini Brands mini books

H.                2026 52 Book Club Challenge Journal

I.                    Hadley Designs Reading Journal

J.                   Booked for the Year Club Journal

K.                 Book of the Month

L.                  Aardvark Book Club

M.                Allurial Book Club

N.                Stranger Things Season 5

O.                The 12 Dates of Christmas

P.                 Oh. What. Fun.

Q.                Jett Family Christmas Spotify playlist

R.                 Royal Icing by Madison Score

S.                 Merry Little Kissmas 

T.                  Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck

U.                 Dashing All the Way

V.                 The Holiday

W.               Champagne Problems Netflix

X.                  With Love Meghan Holiday

Y.                  Nailed It Holiday

Z.                  Who Killed Santa Murderville

AA.             The Holiday movie soundtrack

BB.            HDTGM A Very Nutty Christmas

CC.           Christmas tree blanket Macy’s

DD.           A Novel Romance

EE.             Taylor Puzzle

 

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Author Interview: Sierra Simone

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Sierra Simone, author the Priest series, The New Camelot Series, The Lyonesse Trilogy, and more!

Sierra is a voracious reader of all things including the smuttiest smut, piles of non-fiction, and old-timey books with brooding widowers. She loves writing the dirtiest things that she can think of, and also: King Arthur, sparkling water, ancient mystery cults, coffee, leggings, and fog. 

Her previous jobs have included firing ceramics, teaching living history lessons in one-room schoolhouse in full, 1904 school marm attire, and working in a library for several years (not in that order).

Her novels have been published in Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. She's been featured in Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, and Library Journal with a starred review.

She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, two children, and two giant dogs.

Listen in as we chat more about Sierra’s books, her co-author books, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @thesierrasimone

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Nerdy Rewind: Fire Breathing B!tch Queen (Season 4, Episode 32)

Nerds- as we gear up for season 6 and our Throne of Glass book club, we’re sharing our favorite Sarah J Maas episodes!

New to the podcast? This episode is from our Crescent City book club and covers Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas with chapters 90-102.

Synopsis:

Whitney, Mindy and Debra continue season four of the podcast and discuss  "Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow".

This episode includes: -How is Lidia related to Aelin from Throne of Glass? -How do stags come into play in the Maasverse? -How did a character with so little page time change the entire Crescent City, TOG and ACOTAR worlds?You can find the themed cocktail for this episode, “Memento Mori” at ournerdiestthing.com

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, as well as the Crescent City series and Throne of Glass series, all written by Sarah J. Maas.

Season six of the podcast starts on September 18th! Find the book club schedule in the pinned post at Instagram.com/ournerdiestthing

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Nerdy Rewind: What the Hell is a Language Bean? (Season 4, Episode 14)

Nerds- as we gear up for season 6 and our Throne of Glass book club, we’re sharing our favorite Sarah J Maas episodes!

New to the podcast? This episode is from our Crescent City book club and covers Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas with the Prologue-Chapter 6!

Synopsis:

Whitney, Mindy and Debra continue season four of the podcast and discuss  "Crescent City: House of Flame".

This episode includes: -Did you know that some people are actually addicted to snake venom, just like those under the thumb of the venom queen? - Whitney breaks down the bonus chapter of Danika and Bryce, which you can find on Reddit - And has SJM given us some clues with Declan and Tristen’s names? Mindy breaks it down in Our Nerdiest Vocab!

You can find the themed cocktail for this episode, “Sabine's Face” at ournerdiestthing.com

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, as well as the Crescent City series and Throne of Glass series, all written by Sarah J. Maas.

Season six of the podcast starts on September 18th! Find the book club schedule in the pinned post at Instagram.com/ournerdiestthing

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Author Interview: Julie Olivia

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Julie Olivia, author of The Honeywood Fun Park series, Never Harbor series, and the recently re-released standalone If It Makes You Happy! 

Julie Olivia writes cozy love stories filled with humor, spice, and close friend groups that feel like a warm hug. She is a roller coaster fan, avid romance reader, and rainy day enthusiast. Before writing romance novels, Julie moonlighted as an illustrator and worked in Human Resources, in which she still maintains a SHRM-CP certification. However, she decided writing about office romances where they break all the policies was far more enjoyable than enforcing them. Julie lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and their very opinionated pets.

Listen in as we chat more about Julie's books, rainy days, and great banter in romance books! Be sure to follow her @julieoliviaauthor

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Nerdy Rewind: We Don’t Remember A Damn Thing About This Book (Season 4, Episode 8)

Nerds- as we gear up for season 6 and our Throne of Glass book club, we’re sharing our favorite Sarah J Maas episodes!

New to the podcast? This episode is from our Crescent City book club and covers the Prologue -Chapter 24 of Crescent City: House of Sky & Breath

Synopsis:

Whitney, Mindy and Debra continue season four of the podcast and discuss  "Crescent City: House of Sky & Breath".

This episode includes:

-The lore of Thunderbirds and how they are used in pop culture

-Midgard etymology and lore

You can find the themed cocktail for this episode, “Mirthroot Mojito” at ournerdiestthing.com

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, as well as the Crescent City series and Throne of Glass series, all written by Sarah J. Maas.

Season six of the podcast starts on September 18th! Find the book club schedule in the pinned post at Instagram.com/ournerdiestthing

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Author Interview: Mazey Eddings

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Mazey Eddings, author of A Brush With Love, Late Bloomer, and the recently released Well, Actually.

Mazey Eddings is a bestselling author, dentist, and (most importantly) stage mom to her cats, Yaya and Zadie. She can most often be found reading romance novels under her weighted blanket and asking her husband to bring her snacks.

She's made it her personal mission in life to destigmatize mental health issues and write love stories for every brain. With roots in Ohio and Philadelphia, she now calls North Carolina home. 

Listen in as we chat more about Mazey 's books, unicorn authors, and representation in romance books! Be sure to follow her @mazeyeddings

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Narrator Interview: Scott McCormick

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Scott McCormick, adaptor, director, and voice actor with GraphicAudio!

Scott McCormick is a professional actor and voice artist for over 20 years. Scott has directed and adapted nearly 60 audiobook titles for the Rockville based GraphicAudio, where he continues to work as a voice actor and narrator across multiple genres such as comic book adaptations and romantasy. 

His adaptation of Marvel's Superheroes: Secret Wars (2015) and Thanos: Death Sentence (2017) were both named one of Audiofile Magazine's Audio Books of the Year.  Scott is the adapter/director/voice actor of the Fourth Wing GraphicAudio books.  He has appeared on stages large and small around the DC Region, including Shakespeare Theatre, Studio Theater, Woolly Mammoth and Rorschach Theatre, where he has been a company member for over fifteen years.  Scott  lives in Kensington, Maryland with his wife and too many action figures.

Listen in as we chat more about Scott’s stage acting, working on Fourth Wing, and his upcoming projects. Be sure to follow him @scottymcc91

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Author Interview: BL Cagle, Jacci Prior, & Anthony Palamini!

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with B.L. Cagle, author of The Dreams Series, as well as her narrators Jacci Prior and Anthony Palmini.

B.L. Cagle is a small-town girl from Lewisburg, Tennessee. She is a daytime “vampire” and works alongside some very wonderful doctors and residents. When she's not writing or reading, you can find her on the trails riding her RZR with her family, or at muscle car shows.

The love of writing (something she shared with her grandmother) began in the 4th grade after winning a short story contest, and has continued writing short stories and poems for her family, and friends. After having recurring dreams/nightmares (and still does) she began writing them down, turning them into a chilling tale leading into the paranormal world, and how dreams can overtake the mind.

Jacci Prior is a classically trained musician turned voice actor, who brings musicality to her performance.  She is a PNW native and narrates a little bit of everything. She is best known for narrating dark and gritty fantasy romance titles. She loves books that rip your soul out and put you back together. Jacci's background is in classical guitar performance and instruction,  as well as in art history and gallery management. 

Anthony Palmini always knew he wanted to be in the entertainment business. From playing tunes from his favorite movies on his tiny piano or recording home movies with his toys, Anthony’s life was consumed with trying to tell a great story like the ones he saw on the big screen. He has composed music for independent films, assisted editing for tv shows on a major network, and directed videos for promotional videos. You also might know his as the voice of Rhysand & Quicksilver.

Listen in as we chat more about B.L.’s books, how she works with her narrators, and our nerdy and dirty speed rounds. Be sure to follow all of them at @blcaglecreativewriter @antpalmini and @jaccipriornarrator

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Author Interview: Megan Montgomery

Hello, fellow nerds! This week we sat down with Megan Montgomery, author of  Morgue to Love and The Remains of Christmas!

Megan Montgomery is a multi-award winning author of steamy, smart, character-driven romance. Her debut novel, WELL...THAT WAS AWKWARD, described as "a big, juicy bite of Chesapeake Bay culture," was inspired by her homesickness for southern Maryland. 

Megan now lives among the cornfields of Illinois with her family--but don't ever mistake her for a Midwesterner. A goth at heart since age 12, she loves the color black, Mozart's Requiem, and the history of death and burial rites.

When she’s not writing, reading, or cooking dinners her son won’t eat, you’ll find her volunteering at the library or the medicinal herb garden, or cackling over a cauldron during a full moon.

Her books have received the B.R.A.G. Medallion, Best Indie Book Award for romance, the Indie Reader Discovery Award for chick lit, the Rudy Award for contemporary romance, and were finalists in the Page Turner Book and Screenplay Awards, but she's most thrilled when she makes personal connections with readers.

Listen in as we chat more about Megan’s books, medicinal herbs, and her other upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @meganmontgomerywrites

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Author Interview: Hannah Whitten

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Hannah Whitten, author of The Wilderwood duology and The Foxglove King!

Hannah Whitten has been writing to amuse herself since she could hold a pen, and sometime in high school, figured out that what amused her might also amuse others. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, making music, or attempting to bake. She lives in Tennessee with her husband and children in a house ruled by a temperamental cat. 

Listen in as we chat more about Hannah’s books, her baking, and her other upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @hwhittenwrites

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Author Interview: Kate Gateley Returns!

Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we welcomed Kate Gateley back to the podcast, the author of the Lost Wells Trilogy and the newly released Shadow of the Yew Tree!

Author Kate Gateley writes at her small Cowichan Valley farm on Canada’s beautiful Vancouver Island, where she lives with her one amazing husband, two fantastic sons, and a constantly evolving number of canine, feline, and aviary companions.

With three published books, two Canadian Book Club Award wins, and three shortlist nominations under her belt, Kate celebrates the evolution of The Lost Wells trilogy into something that she dearly hopes can one day find a cherished spot among those volumes of both contemporary fantasy and historical romance novels that so inspired her growing up.

When Kate isn't reading, writing, or wrangling children and animals, she enjoys time in her "hobby library," which includes any number of creative side quests. Kate prefers not to wear socks, drinks too much coffee, and forever falls for the cinnamon roll hero.

Listen in as we chat more about Kate’s books, crafting Ronan’s story, and her other upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @kategateleyauthor

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Author Interview: Tessonja Odette

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Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Tessonja Odette, author of Heart of the Raven Prince, and the Fae Flings and Corset Strings series!

Tessonja Odette is a Seattle-based author of fantasy romance, epic romantasy, and fairytale retellings. She especially loves to write about brooding fae and the fierce women who hate-to-love them. In addition to writing, she is a multi-passionate creative with a ton of artistic hobbies who believes in the importance of following your joy. When she isn’t creating, she’s watching cat videos, petting dogs, having dance parties in the kitchen with her daughter, or pursuing her many creative hobbies. In her books, you'll find enemies-to-lovers, witty banter, cozy vibes, and a delicious dash of steam.

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