Friends & Fiction
We're four bestselling novelists and friends whose common love of reading, writing, and independent bookstores bound us together. Now we want to share and celebrate stories—of the books we’ve written, the ones we’re reading now, and the art of writing—with each other and the guest authors we invite to join us. If you love books and are curious about the writing world, you’re in the right place.
Episodes
On this episode, the Fab Four—Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey—gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the multi-million copy New York Times bestselling phenomenon, Jeneva Rose, to discuss our April 2025 Pick of the Month, The Perfect Divorce, the propulsively page-turning and highly-anticipated follow-up to her smash success BookTok sensation, The Perfect Marriage. Jeneva is the NYT and...
On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Ron Block welcome New York Times bestselling author Dolen Perkins-Valdez to discuss her enthralling new novel, HAPPY LAND, in which a woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family’s ties to it. Dolen is the NYT-bestselling author of TAKE MY HAND (2022), which was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, a Silver Gavel Award from...
On this episode, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nita Prose, to discuss her latest intriguing and heartwarming installment in her wildly popular Molly the Maid series, THE MAID'S SECRET. Nita is the author of THE MAID, which has sold more than two-million copies worldwide, THE MYSTERY GUEST, and THEN MISTLETOE MYSTERY. A Good Morning America Book Club pick, THE MAID won the ...
On this episode, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome New York Times bestselling author Emilia Hart to discuss her latest spellbinding novel, The Sirens, about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea. An Australia native now living in England, Emilia has worked as a lawyer in Sydney and London. She is the author of the runaway NYT-bestselling debut novel, Weyward. She joins us to disc...
On this episode, Ron Block and Kristin Harmel welcome internationally bestselling author of contemporary and historical fiction, Emma Donoghue, to discuss her latest book, The Paris Express, a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 railway disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. Emma Donoghue is the author of sixteen novels, including the award-winning national bestseller Room, the basis for the Academy Aw...
On this episode, the full F&F family—Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, plus Ron & Meg—gather with Patti Callahan Henry for a celebration of her new historical novel, The Story She Left Behind. These live launch episodes are always a great time, so you don’t want to miss it. We hear there may even be a reprise of Friends & Fiction Theater! Patti is the New York Times bestselling author of eig...
On this episode, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome bestselling author Colleen Oakley to discuss her new novel, Jane and Dan at the End of the World, a hilariously insightful take on midlife and marriage in which date night goes off the rails when one unhappy couple find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress. Colleen Oakley is the USA Today bestselling author of six novels including The Mostly True Story o...
On this episode, Ron Block and Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box to discuss the riveting 25th installment in his fan-favorite Joe Pickett series, BATTLE MOUNTAIN, in which outlaw falconer Nate Romanowski is off the grid and out for revenge. C. J. Box is the author of 25 Joe Pickett novels, 8 stand-alone novels, and a story collection. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and ...
On this episode, the Fab Four (Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodsdon Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry) gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, Pam Jenoff, to discuss our February 2025 Pick of the Month, her brand-new instant New York Times bestseller, Last Twilight in Paris, a riveting novel of love and survival about a Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace, and a woman's quest to unloc...
On this episode, Mary Kay Andrews and Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome author Christina Clancy to discuss The Snowbirds, her latest page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads. Christina Clancy is the author of two previous novels, The Second Home and Shoulder Season, which have been featured on Good Morning America, CNN, and Travel & Leis...
On this episode, Patti Callahan Henry & Ron Block welcome New York Times bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray to discuss her gripping new historical novel, Harlem Rhapsody, about Jessie Redmon Fauset, the powerhouse civil rights activist and literary sensation who ignited the Harlem Renaissance. Victoria Christopher Murray is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty novels, includi...
On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcome neuroscientist turned New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova to discuss her breathless, riveting new novel, More or Less Maddy, about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally “normal” life for a career in stand-up comedy. Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton o...
On this episode, Mary Kay Andrews & Ron Block welcome #1 New York Times bestselling master of the legal thriller, Scott Turow, to discuss his riveting new courtroom drama, Presumed Guilty, which sees the return of Rusty Sabich from Presumed Innocent, the phenomenon that redefined the genre. A writer and former practicing lawyer, Scott Turow is the author of 13 bestselling works of fiction, including Presumed Innocent and ...
On this episode, the Fab Four — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry — gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, debut novelist Tara Dorabji, to discuss our January 2025 Pick of the Month, Call Her Freedom, a sweeping family saga following one woman’s struggle to protect her culture and her family amidst the backdrop of a military occupation. Tara Dorabji is the daughter ...
On this episode, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome Emmy-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kate Fagan to discuss her electric, voice-driven debut novel, The Three Lives Of Cate Kay, about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past. Kate Fagan has published four previous books including What Made Maddy Run, a...
On this episode, Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry welcome NYT-bestselling author Fiona Davis to discuss her latest utterly addictive historical novel, The Stolen Queen, which transports us from New York City’s glamorous Met Gala in the 1970s to the labyrinth streets of 1930s Cairo and back. Fiona Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of seven historical fiction novels, each set in a different iconic New York...
On this episode, the full F&F family all gather together — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Meg Walker & Ron Block — for out F&F Holiday Office Party. The gang brings the holiday cheer with a rousing round of Name That Holiday Tune, a fun game of Bookish Holiday Trivia, and a laugh-filled Lightning Round where we share favorites and least favorites when it comes to all...
On this episode, the Fab Four (Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews) gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the writing duo of Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, to discuss our December 2024 Pick of the Month, their co-written heartwarming historical novel, Christmas with the Queen. Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author an...
On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry welcome the USA Today and internationally bestselling author Jillian Cantor to discuss her new novel, THE GREATEST LIE OF ALL, in which a glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret.Jillian Cantor is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of twelve novels for teens and adults, including, most recently THE FICTION WR...
On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcome New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson to discuss TOOTH AND CLAW, the new short novel in his wildly popular Longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, t...
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