In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Jane Buckingham discusses her new young adult psychological thriller, A Lie for a Lie. In this novel, Sabrina Richard’s carefully orchestrated future is on the line when she finds herself ensnared in a series of high school revenge pranks that get out of hand. By messaging a revenge account, she and her fellow classmates can exact revenge on their enemies, but at what cost? Sabrina discovers she’s being set up to take the fall for a prank gone wrong and must uncover the mastermind behind the revenge account before it’s too late. This is Jane’s debut work of fiction. She’s wanted to write fiction for a long time and had an idea for a novel when she was younger, but that project was set aside after the death of her mother. Jane went on to write nonfiction for years before finally deciding to return to fiction during the pandemic. A Lie for a Lie is the result of that effort. In this episode, I’ll chat with Jane about her writing journey, why social media, which is central to her story, is her least favorite part of being an author, and why she wanted to her novel to convey the intense pressures young people face today.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Evette Davis discusses her new novel, The Others. It is the first installment in her urban paranormal fantasy series, The Council Trilogy. The main character, Olivia Shepherd, is a political consultant in San Francisco who stumbles upon a secret society of witches and vampires and discovers it is actively meddling in elections around the world. While uncovering this supernatural cabal, Olivia also learns some secrets about her own heritage. Evette describes The Others as a metaphor for the ways in which women make peace with their own power in light of all the expectations placed upon them. The series is inspired by Evette’s own experiences working for years in journalism and politics, and her stories are her imagination’s way of fixing the world’s thorny problems. In this episode, I’ll chat with Evette about her writing journey, the skill of applying checks and balances that she uses when writing her stories, and why The Others owes its creation to her discovering that she’s not a very good playwright.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Becky Dean discusses her new young adult contemporary romantic comedy, Hearts Overboard. Set on a cruise ship bound for Alaska, this novel follows Savannah Moore, who is still reeling from a public breakup with her boyfriend and being nicknamed “Moore the Bore.” In an effort to heal her heart and her reputation, Savannah vows to do one new thing each day. Stepping out of her comfort zone is far from easy, and it’s made all the more challenging because her long-time nemesis, Tanner Woods, is also on the ship. Since his parents and hers are friends, Savannah and Tanner are forced to spend time together, and Tanner offers to help her with her plan to try new things. As it turns out, she may not dislike him as much as she thought. If you like Hearts Overboard, check out Becky’s other young adult romantic comedies, Picture Perfect Boyfriend and Love & Other Great Expectations. Becky loves to travel, so her books are set in places she has been, locations she thought readers might enjoy going to as well. In this episode, I’ll chat with Becky about her writing journey, her travel addiction, and why, no matter what she writes, she has to love the setting.

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