Thoughts from a Page Podcast
Episodes
Laura Morelli - THE STOLEN LADY
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and I discuss The Stolen Lady, her decades-long fascination with the Mona Lisa, how the Nazis sought to steal all of Leonardo da Vinci's paintin...
Todd Doughty - LITTLE PIECES OF HOPE
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Todd and I chat about his book Little Pieces of Hope, celebrating all of the things that bring us joy in life, how and why he started these lists the ...
Abbe Greenberg & Maggie Sarachek - THE ANXIETY SISTERS' SURVIVAL GUIDE
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss their new book The Anxiety Sisters' Survival Guide, how they became Anxiety Sisters, living with anxiety in today's world, the questions th...
Kristy Woodson Harvey - CHRISTMAS IN PEACHTREE BLUFF
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy and I discuss Christmas in Peachtree Bluff, writing a holiday story versus a non-holiday story, returning to Peachtree Bluff after a hiatus and...
Christine Pride & Jo Piazza - WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss We Are Not Like Them, how they started writing the book together and what their writing process looked like, encouraging people to have mor...
Patti Callahan - ONCE UPON A WARDROBE
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patti and I discuss Once Upon a Wardrobe, finding the source of Narnia and its inhabitants in C.S. Lewis’ life, creating such a strong sense of plac...
Matthew Patin - The Texas Book Festival
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and I discuss the Texas Book Festival, what his job as Literary Director entails, the festival’s origins and how it has evolved, the hybrid sch...
Tracey Lange - WE ARE THE BRENNANS
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tracey and I discuss her debut novel We Are the Brennans, her writing process, the characters she enjoyed writing the most and the least in the book, ...
Bobby and Cheryl Love - THE REDEMPTION OF BOBBY LOVE
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Loves and I discuss their book The Redemption of Bobby Love, telling their story to Humans of New York and the amazing response they received, how...
David Page - FOOD AMERICANA
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David and I discuss his new book Food Americana, creating Diners Dives, and Drive-Ins, his attempt to define American cuisine, choosing the foods and...
Jayne Allen- BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTED
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jayne and I discuss her unusual and ultimately rewarding publishing journey, her new role at Zibby Books, how her background involves working in indus...
Elizabeth Barnhill - Our Favorite Books of Fall 2021
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and I chat about our Favorite Books of Fall 2021. We discuss: Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Joh...
Cindy Weinstein and Dr. Bruce Miller - FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss their new book Finding the Right Words, deciding on what format to use, writing together, differentiating the various diseases that cause m...
Nathaniel Philbrick - TRAVELS WITH GEORGE
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nathaniel and I discuss Travels with George, why and how Nathaniel, his wife, and his dog recreated George Washington’s travels during the first two...
Jane Igharo - THE SWEETEST REMEDY
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and I discuss The Sweetest Remedy, writing in the third person, being selected for Book of the Month (twice), setting a book in Nigeria, craftin...
Jo Hamya - THREE ROOMS
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jo and I discuss Three Rooms, how she decided to write this story, whether working as an editor helped her when crafting this book, her writing proces...
Eden Appiah-Kubi - THE BENNET WOMEN
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eden and I discuss The Bennet Women, retelling Pride & Prejudice on a contemporary college campus, how she formed her writing group and decided to te...
Elizabeth Passarella - GOOD APPLE
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and I discuss Good Apple, how her love affair with New York City began, raising kids in Manhattan, how the term evangelical has become poli...
Julie Metz - EVA AND EVE
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julie and I discuss Eva and Eve, how she discovered her mother’s secret history, her fascination with chance encounters and the sometimes long-last...
Kim Bruton - Intermission Bookshop
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kim and I chat about her bookstore, Intermission Bookshop, in Brownwood, Texas. During World War II, the shop was a theater known as the Queen Theater...
Stephanie Marie Thornton - A MOST CLEVER GIRL
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie and I discuss A Most Clever Girl, how she decided to write about Elizabeth Bentley, her fascination with the time period and spy craft, the...
Gill Paul - THE COLLECTOR'S DAUGHTER
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gill and I discuss The Collector’s Daughter, the photograph that inspired this book, finding the right way to begin telling the story, the appeal o...
Cynthia Muchnick & Jenn Curtis - THE PARENT COMPASS
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss The Parent Compass, creating a toolbox for parenting teens, guiding teens through the tough years, the process they used to write together...
Pam Lamp
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pam and I chat about her blog Who I Met Today, how and why she started it, what she has learned from the blog, our shared love of reading and books, t...
Heather Caliendo
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heather and I discuss celebrity and high-profile book clubs, the rise in prominence of these types of clubs, which ones we like the best, our favorite...
Samantha Specks - DOVETAILS IN TALL GRASS
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha and I discuss Dovetails in Tall Grass, the U.S./Dakota War of 1862, how she decided on her format, bringing a forgotten event to life, trans...
Elizabeth Barnhill - No Way It's Nonfiction!
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and I discuss our favorite narrative nonfiction books, our auto-buy nonfiction authors, categorizing the genre, the categories we gravitate ...
Nicola Harrison - THE SHOW GIRL
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola and I discuss The Show Girl, how she decided to write about the Ziegfeld Follies, the difference in drafting her first and second novels, whic...
Megan Collins - THE FAMILY PLOT
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Megan and I discuss The Family Plot, exploring what it is about true crime that fascinates people, what that fascination does to a person and whether...
Julia Claiborne Johnson - BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia and I discuss Better Luck Next Time, writing a novel in the second person, rewriting this story several times, how Reno became the divorce capi...
Sarah Zachrich Jeng - THE OTHER ME
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and I discuss The Other Me, constructing a new identity when an individual undergoes huge life changes, how so much of what happens in life is ...
Taylor Moore - DOWN RANGE
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor and I discuss Down Range, how Garrett became his protagonist, creating a believable main character, bringing the Texas landscape to life, craf...
Charlotte McConaghy - ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte and I discuss Once There Were Wolves, how she decided to write about wolves and rewilding the Scottish Highlands, her research, mirror touc...
Suzanne Park - SO WE MEET AGAIN
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suzanne and I discuss So We Meet Again, the male-dominated investment banking industry, her stint as an entrepreneur, wrapping in the craziness of 20...
Jason Mott - HELL OF A BOOK
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason and I discuss Hell of a Book, the autobiographical nature of this book, his writing process, being selected as the July "Read with Jenna" book ...
Meg Tilly - THE RUNAWAY HEIRESS
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meg and I discuss her new book The Runaway Heiress, how it took her a while to realize she was a writer, her inspiration for the character Mick, reco...
Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray - THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss their new book The Personal Librarian, bringing Belle de Costa Greene to life, portraying Belle’s internal struggle, using the first per...
Elizabeth Letts - THE RIDE OF HER LIFE
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and I discuss The Ride of Her Life, crafting this grand adventure story, how she learned about Annie Wilkins and her incredible journey, th...
S. C. Perkins - FATAL FAMILY TIES
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie and I discuss her new book Fatal Family Ties, the complexity of researching individuals who fought in the Civil War, her favorite secondary...
Danielle Bartlett
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle and I discuss her job as a Publicity Director at Harper Collins and what her role entails, her road to becoming a book publicist, how publici...
Mary O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pamela, Mary and I discuss working as booksellers and what their roles entail, the book club event they are organizing and hosting in September called...
Adam Stern - COMMITTED
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adam and I discuss Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training, how psychiatry differs from other medical fields, imposter syndrome, how he...
Jamie Brenner - BLUSH
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie and I discuss Blush, paying homage to the books that have stayed with her for decades, what Jackie Collins’ daughter thought about Blush, the...
Vanessa Riley - ISLAND QUEEN
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa and I discuss Island Queen, bringing Dorothy Kirwan Thomas to life, why she created her fabulous Author’s Note, how the stunning cover came...
Riley Sager - SURVIVE THE NIGHT
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Riley and I discuss Survive the Night, how he enjoys making the reader scared, setting a story over the course of one evening in a car, using a scree...
Lyn Liao Butler - THE TIGER MOM'S TALE
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lyn and I discuss The Tiger Mom’s Tale, what she wants readers to take away from her book, bringing Taiwanese culture and food to life, how her Ins...
Chantel Guertin - INSTAMOM
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chantel and I discuss Instamom, the world of Instagram influencers and how individuals now make careers of out being influencers, the term childfree ...
Elizabeth Barnhill
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and I discuss the books that have captivated us in 2021 so far, why we organized them by publication date, and more. Thanks to Maggie Garza ...
Amy Mason Doan - LADY SUNSHINE
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amy and I discuss Lady Sunshine, how Woody Guthrie and Fleetwood Mac inspired her book, crafting the lyrics for the songs included in Lady Sunshine, ...
John Galligan - BAD MOON RISING
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John and I discuss Bad Moon Rising, the inspiration for Heidi Kick, weaving timely issues into his mysteries, connecting his community in rural Wisco...
Saumya Dave - WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saumya and I discuss What a Happy Family, wanting to focus on mental health and the ways we do and do not talk about it, how memories are filtered th...
Alka Joshi - THE SECRET KEEPER OF JAIPUR
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alka and I discuss The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, providing Malik with his own story and his popularity with readers, finding the balance between weari...
Clare Mackintosh - HOSTAGE
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clare and I discuss Hostage, the idea that it is far more terrifying when you do not know where a threat is coming from, landing a plane herself at a...
Emma Brodie - SONGS IN URSA MAJOR
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emma and I discuss Songs in Ursa Major, how the relationship between James Taylor and Joni Mitchell inspired her story, crafting the lyrics for the s...
Sarah Pinsker - WE ARE SATELLITES
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and I discuss We Are Satellites, what happens when a medical technology developed for one condition is used for another purpose or has a commer...
Kristan Higgins - PACK UP THE MOON
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristan and I discuss Pack Up the Moon, how reading books about other people’s grief provides a safe way to cry over the things in your own life, w...
Jess McHugh - AMERICANON
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jess and I discuss Americanon, the way these thirteen books shaped culture, gender roles and beliefs in the U.S., evaluating American identity in ter...
Philip D'Anieri - THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Philip and I discuss The Appalachian Trail, crafting the history of the trail from the perspective of the people who built it and how and why they di...
Pam Jenoff - THE WOMAN WITH THE BLUE STAR
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pam and I discuss The Woman with the Blue Star, looking for the gasp in a story, her struggle to write this book, how publishing during a pandemic is...
Jeff Arch - ATTACHMENTS
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and I discuss Attachments, crafting a story about relationships, his personal connection to the novel, how watching soap operas helped him write...
Laura Hankin - A SPECIAL PLACE FOR WOMEN
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and I discuss A Special Place for Women, how she loves the fake dating trope, exploring what happens when activism becomes performative instead...
Steven Rowley - THE GUNCLE
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven and I discuss his new book The Guncle, including humor in his stories, how Auntie Mame and other magical caregivers inspired this story, the s...
Ly Tran - HOUSE OF STICKS
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ly and I discuss her new book House of Sticks, the extent to which her father’s PTSD shaped her childhood, immigrating to the United States through...
Elizabeth Barnhill
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and I discuss what constitutes a summer/beach read, reading habits and tackling our TBRs, finding diamonds in the rough, our favorite books ...
Cate Doty - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cate and I discuss her new book Mergers and Acquisitions, what she learned while writing for the wedding section of The New York Times, focusing on ...
Genevieve Graham - LETTERS ACROSS THE SEA
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Genevieve and I discuss her latest book Letters Across the Sea, focusing on Canadian stories that have been long forgotten, where she got the inspira...
Emiko Jean - TOKYO EVER AFTER
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emiko and I discuss her latest book Tokyo Ever After, how drafting this book helped her reconcile her own identity, her writing process and how it ha...
Ayanna Thompson - BLACKFACE
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ayanna and I discuss her new book Blackface, her desire to encourage honest and sustained conversations about race, understanding the history of perf...
Chanel Cleeton - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN CUBA
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chanel and I discuss her latest book The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba, how this is the first time she has written about a real life heroine, the incre...
Katherine St. John - THE SIREN
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine and I discuss her new book The Siren, using three points of view to slowly disseminate information to the reader, how she enjoys writing ab...
Georgia Clark - IT HAD TO BE YOU
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia and I discuss her new rom-com It Had to Be You, why she switched to the rom-com genre, how her own wedding inspired her to write this story, ...
Tovah Feldshuh - LILYVILLE
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tovah and I discuss her new book Lilyville, her difficult relationship with her mother and their generational chasm, how she came up with the delight...
Flynn Berry - NORTHERN SPY
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Flynn and I discuss her new mystery Northern Spy, how she creates such a strong sense of place, writing about a place where turmoil is always just un...
Jennifer Saint - ARIADNE
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer and I discuss her debut novel Ariadne, putting women from Greek mythology at the center of their stories, the complexity of building a Bronz...
Heather Caliendo
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heather and I discuss our latest book club recommendations, some books we have read recently and loved, and some titles we have not loved. Heather's b...
Christina Sweeney-Baird - THE END OF MEN
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christina and I discuss her debut novel The End of Men, publishing a book about a pandemic during the current pandemic, how the pandemic in the book ...
Sanjena Sathian - GOLD DIGGERS
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sanjena and I discuss her debut novel Gold Diggers, the responsibilities that come with assimilation, conceptual orphans, writing the research proble...
Renee Rosen - THE SOCIAL GRACES
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Renee and I discuss her new book The Social Graces, how she decided to write about the legendary feud between Caroline Astor and Alva Vanderbilt, the...
Karen White - THE LAST NIGHT IN LONDON
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Karen and I discuss her new book The Last Night in London, her inspiration for this story including her time living in London, how the title of this ...
Lisa Scottoline - ETERNAL
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa and I discuss her new book Eternal, the secret reason she named the book Eternal, what she learned when switching genres, how Philip Roth helpe...
Elizabeth Barnhill
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and I discuss her job as a book buyer at the indie bookstore Fabled Bookshop and Café, what the job entails, the fortuitous way she landed ...
Stephanie Dray - THE WOMEN OF CHATEAU LAFAYETTE
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie and I discuss The Women of Chateau Lafayette, writing three timelines and weaving them together, what she discovered while researching one ...
Katie Fulton and Desiree Bourkan
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie and Desiree join me today to discuss bookstagram (book accounts on Instagram), how they got started, developing relationships with publishers, t...
Danielle Martin - GLIMMER AS YOU CAN
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle and I discuss Glimmer As You Can, bringing 1960s Brooklyn to life, the inspiration for the Starlight, women’s experiences in the 1960s, he...
Kathleen West - ARE WE THERE YET?
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kathleen and I discuss Are We There Yet?, how social media and cell phones play such major roles in teens’ lives today, parents who believe their s...
Bianca Marais - IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bianca and I discuss If You Want to Make God Laugh, creating cultural context and awareness in her writing, her podcast and why she launched it, how ...
Kim Neville - THE MEMORY COLLECTORS
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kim and I discuss The Memory Collectors, the way inanimate objects hold power over us because of the memories tied to them, her favorite character to ...
Jill Santopolo - EVERYTHING AFTER
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jill and I discuss Everything After, how a Counting Crows song helped spark the title of this book, encouraging open conversations about miscarriage, ...
Hala Alyan - THE ARSONISTS' CITY
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hala and I discuss The Arsonists’ City, the character she enjoyed writing the most, wanting to provide a deeper understanding of Lebanon to her read...
Patti Callahan - SURVIVING SAVANNAH
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patti and I discuss her latest book Surviving Savannah, how she found a door into this story, the way the Pulaski and its passengers spoke to her, how...
J.T. Ellison - HER DARK LIES
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
J.T. and I discuss her latest mystery Her Dark Lies, closed circle versus locked room mysteries, the trip that lead to her creating Her Dark Lies, the...
Jennifer Dupee - THE LITTLE FRENCH BRIDAL SHOP
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer and I discuss her debut The Little French Bridal Shop, the inspiration for both her story and the bridal shop in the book, how small falsehoo...
Kate Quinn - THE ROSE CODE
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and I discuss her latest book The Rose Code, writing about the unsung women code breakers at Bletchley Park who helped shorten the war by at leas...
Mark Greaney - RELENTLESS
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and I discuss his new Gray Man novel Relentless, the inspiration for Court Gentry, the character he enjoys writing the most, what it was like wor...
Lauren Willig - BAND OF SISTERS
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and I discuss her latest book Band of Sisters, how she learned about this courageous group of women, how often women’s stories have been eras...
Julia Cooke - COME FLY THE WORLD
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia and I discuss her new book Come Fly the World, how she discovered and decided to tell these women’s stories, approaching the issue of memory a...
Jennifer Rosner - THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer and I discuss her book The Yellow Bird Sings, her impetus for telling this story, the significance of the violin and the color yellow in the ...
Bella Ellis - THE DIABOLICAL BONES
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bella and I discuss The Diabolical Bones, the Brontë novels that inspire the books in this series, the Brontë sister who influenced her pen name, th...
Sarah Pearse - THE SANATORIUM
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and I discuss her debut The Sanatorium, having her novel chosen as a Reese’s Book Club selection, how she created such a strong sense of place...
Zibby Owens - MOMS DON'T HAVE TIME TO
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zibby and I discuss her anthology Moms Don’t Have Time To, the genesis of the essays, how she pulled this project together so quickly, which genre i...