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EPISODE · Jun 13, 2024 · 57 MIN

Hannah Mary McKinnon, Author

from Toronto Legends · host Andrew Applebaum

International Best Selling Author Hannah Mary McKinnon talks about the imminent release of her latest suspense thriller ONLY ONE SURVIVES [‘sharing the spotlight can be murder!’], how a professional crisis saw her pivot from high-powered business executive to becoming an author [‘I’ve read a lot of books, so shouldn’t I be able to write one??’], aligning herself with the OTHER author Mary McKinnon, admiring Roger Moore from afar but Jeffrey Archer from up-close, why she’s a ‘plotter’ who interviews her own fictional characters, the writing process importance of the ‘puke draft’ [that’s the technical term], writing holiday romantic comedies under her alter ego of Holly Cassidy, and why she is such a fun and pleasant person despite regularly murdering people [fictionally, of course!] For everything Hannah Mary McKinnon, please visit https://hannahmarymckinnon.com/ Hannah’s newest suspense thriller ‘ONLY ONE SURVIVES’ is available July 16th, or pre-order now at https://www.harpercollins.ca/only-one-survives/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

International Best Selling Author Hannah Mary McKinnon talks about the imminent release of her latest suspense thriller ONLY ONE SURVIVES [‘sharing the spotlight can be murder!’], how a professional crisis saw her pivot from high-powered business executive to becoming an author [‘I’ve read a lot of books, so shouldn’t I be able to write one??’], aligning herself with the OTHER author Mary McKinnon, admiring Roger Moore from afar but Jeffrey Archer from up-close, why she’s a ‘plotter’ who interviews her own fictional characters, the writing process importance of the ‘puke draft’ [that’s the technical term], writing holiday romantic comedies under her alter ego of Holly Cassidy, and why she is such a fun and pleasant person despite regularly murdering people [fictionally, of course!] For everything Hannah Mary McKinnon, please visit https://hannahmarymckinnon.com/ Hannah’s newest suspense thriller ‘ONLY ONE SURVIVES’ is available July 16th, or pre-order now at https://www.harpercollins.ca/only-one-survives/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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