#1 New York Times Bestselling and life-changing author (for me and many readers), Adam Silvera, is on the podcast this week! Adam joins me for a two-part interview where we dive into how he fell in love with reading, his urge to tell stories, the experience of putting his debut out into the world, being a Barnes and Noble bookseller, his love for comics, and Adam dives into my favorite book of his, What If It's Us. He shares memories from writing the book with Becky Albertalli, how they got two iconic narrators, the uphill journey of writing the sequel, and getting to see Jonathan Groff spit during Hamilton. Don't miss the second half of this interview when it drops on 6/9/26!

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Cindy Pham is on Try Reading this week! Cindy joins me to talk all about her debut novel, The Secret World of Briar Rose! Cindy talks about how she found a love for reading after childhood, her long-time love for storytelling and retellings, how she found her way to BookTube, and what led her to her debut novel. She discusses the ways in which her past life experiences influenced this story, how this book taught her things about herself on the writing journey, why it'd make a great animated series, the ways in which she hopes it connects with readers, what it's been like going from BookTube into the author space, and more!

Cindy’s Website: readwithcindy.com

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Try Reading All-Star and icon Laura R. Samotin is back on the pod this week! She's back to talk about all that has happened since debuting and what led her into the horror genre for her forthcoming book, The Way It Haunted Him. Laura discusses how a love for history and archives inspired this novel, how a cat helped sell it, the psychological aspects of writing a locked-room horror, and why it'd make a great theme park ride. Laura and I also rave about Heated Rivalry, obsess over vampires, and plot out an AO3 Heated Rivalry x medieval literature fanfic.

Laura’s Links: https://linktr.ee/laurarsamotin

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