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Spicy, supernatural, second chance romance - bestselling author Lauren Jackson on her three favourite things to write

from Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast · host Penguin Books Australia

On this week's Chosen One episode, we speak to one of the Romance Queens of Australian writing, Lauren Jackson, about her vampire romance trilogy, The Red Thorne series. Lauren tells us about the classic vampire content that inspired the series - Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, of course - and gives us a sneak peek of what to expect from the recently released final book, Fight For Us. We also chat about her bestselling sports romance series and her upcoming foray into the masked man romance subgenre. Then Lauren reveals her secret to writing a good book (write what you want to read!) and why it's so important to forget that anyone will ever read your spicy scenes. Lit Witches is hosted by Adelaide Jensen, and this episode's guest is Lauren Jackson.Produced by Liz Burnett. Video Production by Michael Windle and Isabella Francis. Additional scripting and research by Shané Oosthuizen. Recording and theme song composition by Ben Cauduro. Content co-ordination by Tiana Warner. Graphic design by Sally Dunkerley and Olivia Mead.

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