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Elena Meets the Author — 58 episodes
Rachel Beanland | The Half Life | A Navy Island, a Young Bride, and Something in the Water
Priya Parmar | The Original | Reimagining Katharine Hepburn Before She Was Katharine Hepburn
Courtney Maum | Alan Opts Out | The Comedy About Opting Out of Everything
Rebecca Kauffman | The Reservation | A Restaurant Whodunit That Becomes Something Much More
EP. 54 John Lanchester | Look What You Made Me Do | Revenge, Secrets, and the Private Language of Marriage
EP. 53 Annabel Monaghan | Dolly All the Time | The Queen of Summer Romance Returns
EP. 52 Ayelet Waldman | A Perfect Hand | Jane Austen Meets Nora Ephron in Victorian England
EP. 51 Elizabeth Arnott | The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives
EP. 50 Ilona Bannister | Five | The Psychological Thriller That Makes You the Judge
EP. 49 Mary Lisa Gavenas on Mary Kay Ash, Direct Selling, and Building a $2 Billion Empire
EP. 48 Libby Page on Grief, Book Suggestions, and Writing This Book Made Me Think of You
EP. 47 Grant Ginder | So Old, So Young | The Tiny Decisions That Became Their Lives
EP. 46 Allison Pataki on It Girl: Before Taylor Swift, There Was Evelyn Nesbit
EP. 45 Allegra Goodman on This Is Not About Us: Apple Cake, Sisterhood, and the Rubinstein Family
EP. 44 Filling the Blank Space After Loss: Jason Rosenthal on My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me
EP. 43 Robert Dugoni on The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, Faith, and Writing Stories That Stay With Readers
EP. 42 Haley Cohen Gilliland on A Flower Traveled in My Blood
EP.41 Brigitte Dale and the Courageous Suffragettes: A Conversation on The Good Daughters
EP. 40 Unveiling The Trade-Off with Samantha Greene Woodruff
EP. 39 Exploring 'All That Life Can Afford' with Emily Everett
EP. 38 Inside an Independent Bookstore with Lisa Scully of Locust Valley Books
EP. 37 Unveiling the Feather Detective: A Journey into Forensic Ornithology with Author Chris Sweeney
EP.36 Unveiling Hidden Histories: A Conversation with Fiona Davis on The Stolen Queen
EP.35 Exploring Comic Tragedies with Debut Author Katie Yee
EP.34 Exploring Humor in Tragedy with Annie Hartnett
EP.33 Letters, Life, and Literary Magic with Virginia Evans
EP.32 Elena Meets the Publisher: A Conversation with Gretchen Young
EP.31 Exploring Vanessa Beaumont's The Other Side of Paradise
EP.30 Elena Meets the Bookshop Owner: A Conversation with Diane Garrett
EP.29 Unveiling The Lion Women of Tehran with Marjan Kamali
EP.28 - Exploring Dora Maar: Beyond Picasso's Weeping Woman with Louisa Treger
EP.27 - Unveiling Historical Fiction: An Interview with Allegra Goodman
EP.26 House Swaps and Hilarity: An Interview with Amy Poeppel
EP.25 - Demystifying the Magic with Yael Van Der Wouden
EP.24 - Unveiling the Magic: Annabel Monaghan on 'It's a Love Story'
EP.23 - Exploring America's First Murder Trial with Lauren Willig
EP.22 - Lynda Cohen Loigman - The Magic of Historical Love Stories
EP.21 - Exploring Genetic Mysteries and Writing Journeys with Joselin Linder
EP.20 - Exploring the Secrets of Southern France with Neroli Lacey
EP19. - Elinor Lipman on Every Tom, Dick, and Harry and Writing Inspiration
EP18. - Exploring the Depths of Women's Fiction with Rochelle Weinstein
EP.17 - Trailblazer of Journalism: Anastasia Rubis Talks About Her Novel Oriana
EP.16 - Michael Cecchi's tales from the Front: A New York City Maître D's Journey
EP.15 - Navigating Life from Behind the Door: Stephen Bruno on Building Material
EP.14 - Exploring Margo's Got Money Troubles with Rufi Thorpe: Wrestling, Only Fans and Questioning the Madonna-Whore Story
EP.13 - Humor, Grief, and Life-Affirming Moments: Alison Espach on 'The Wedding People
EP.12 - Writer’s Block, Family Drama, and Creative Breakthroughs: Kate Feiffer on 'Morning Pages
EP.11 - Unravelling the intricate, fascinating life of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, a Deep Dive with Author Dawn Tripp
EP10. - Why Meditate? Learn all about the power of Vedic Meditation with the woman who trained me 15 Years ago - Jillian Lavender
EP.9 - Writing Humor and Life Lessons - Anne Leary
EP.8 - Espionage, Love, and Literary Secrets: Lea Carpenter on Ilium
EP.7 - From Food to Fiction: Ruth Reichl on The Paris Novel
EP.6 - Dual Timelines and Timeless Drama: Beatriz Williams on Husbands & Lovers
EP.5 - Writing, Wit, and Aging Boldly: Clare Pooley on How to Age Disgracefully
EP.4 - Love, Loss, and Fresh Starts: Annabel Monaghan on Summer Romance
EP.3 - Endless Husbands, Endless Choices: Holly Gramazio on The Husbands
EP.2 - Art, Feminism, and Fierce Heroines: Elizabeth Fremantle on Disobedient
EP.1 - Reinvention and Fearless Aging: Lyn Slater on How to Be Old