87. NYT bestseller Tosca Lee and finding her way through a book

11/08/23 • 33 min

Episode 87 is Tosca Lee.
Tosca Lee is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels including THE LONG MARCH HOME (with New York Times bestselling author Marcus Brotherton) THE LINE BETWEEN, THE PROGENY, THE LEGEND OF SHEBA, and ISCARIOT. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages and been optioned for TV and film. She is the recipient of two International Book Awards, Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion, ECPA Book of the Year, and the Nebraska Book Award, and has finaled for numerous others including the Library of Virginia People's Choice Award, the High Plains Book Award, a second Silver Falchion, and the Christy. When she's not writing, Tosca loves binging television shows, looking for something good to eat, cooking when she can't find it, traveling with her husband, and sleeping in.
You can find Tosca on social media or hanging around the snack table. To learn more, please visit toscalee.com.
In this episode we discussed the The Long March Home which she cowrote with Marcus Brotherton. We talked about how she came upon this project and her partnership with Marcus, which was a novel collectively 12 years in the making. We discussed her research, and touched on a little bit about farm, pageant, and model life, and her eclectic and amazing backlist.
Links:
Felipa Culala
BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamont
BEFORE THE DISAPPEARED by Lisa Gardner
DROWNING TJ Newman

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New Release: LETTERS FROM THE TRAIL, February 25, 2025
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Please check out her website for podcast submissions

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New Release: LETTERS FROM THE TRAIL, February 25, 2025
Note: some links are affiliate links
Contact Tif at [email protected]
Please check out her website for podcast submissions

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86. USA Today bestseller Jenna Levine and her whirlwind debut year

Episode 86 is Jenna Levine.

By day, Jenna Levine works to increase access to affordable housing in the American South. By night, she writes romance novels where ridiculous things happen to beautiful people. When Jenna isn't writing she can usually be found crying over k-dramas, starting knitting projects she won't finish, or spending time with her family and small aarmy of cats.

In this episode, we discussed her debut My Roommate is a Vampire, which was a funny and delightful book. We discussed how she wanted a zany vampire world and her love of reading and writing fanfiction. Finally, we talked about how she developed this slow burn romance, her unusual debut experience from law professor to author.
Links discussed:
What We Do in the Shadows
A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch
You with a View

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88. Minisode! Podcast updates

Episode 88 is a minisode! Today is me and me alone. I’m going to talk about some exciting podcast updates as we head into the end of this year.

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New Release: LETTERS FROM THE TRAIL, February 25, 2025
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Contact Tif at [email protected]
Please check out her website for podcast submissions