Alexandra Potter, a European Road Trip, and Two Bad Ass Women
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
We published this “Thelma and Louise” meets “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” tale about a midlife recently catfished and humiliated woman and the young journalist determined to get revenge on her behalf. Travel all over Europe with them as they track down the con man who did this. Alexandra Potter is a massive bestselling author in the U.K. whose last novel was adapted into the TV show, “Not Dead Yet” on ABC. Check out So, I Met This Guy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram |
| 0:40.1 | at Zibby Owens. Today's episode is with newly minted USA Today bestselling author of So I |
| 0:50.8 | met this guy, so excited because we published this book by Alexander Potter. |
| 0:56.1 | We talk about it in the interview, but she has just so amazing. |
| 1:00.0 | I had her on my podcast for her last book, Confessions of a 40-something F-Up. |
| 1:05.0 | And now look at this. |
| 1:06.9 | She's on the USA Today list and I loved interviewing her live at Tolly Book Live in New York, |
| 1:13.1 | which was amazing and just totally excited. |
| 1:18.3 | By way of bio, Alexander Potter is the best-selling author of numerous books in the UK, |
| 1:23.2 | including, as I mentioned, Confessions of 40-something F-Up, which is now the basis of the major TV series Not Dead Yet, which was on ABC. |
| 1:31.3 | Her novels have sold more than 1 million copies in 25 countries. |
| 1:35.8 | Yorkshire born and raised, Potter lived for several years in L.A. before settling back in the UK. |
| 1:40.3 | She currently lives in London with her Californian husband and their Bosnian rescue dog. |
| 1:45.5 | Enjoy. |
| 1:46.6 | Welcome to Totally Booked Live at the Whitby. I'm here with the amazing Alexandra Potter in from the UK. |
| 1:54.4 | So excited to be talking about So I Met the Sky. Welcome. |
| 1:58.2 | Thank you for inviting me. I'm thrilled to be here. |
| 2:00.4 | Of course. Thank you for inviting me. I'm thrilled to be here. Of course. |
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