I never missed a single meeting, and I volunteer for every committee as long as I could lead it.

She inspires me in ways that Linda never has. She even wants to read my novel.

But you haven't written your novel. That's the whole point.

I'm Greta Johnson. I'm Tricia Bobita. And from W.B.E.Z in Chicago, this is a nerd act.

This week on the show, author Tom Perada.

He's the beautiful brains behind the HBO series, The Leftovers.

It's time again for the world to mourn the departed.

Disappearance of 2% of the world's population.

None of them are coming back.

It's an agnostic take on what might happen if a whole lot of us suddenly disappeared.

We talked to Tom about his nerdy youth.

My nickname in high school was Frodo.

Then a nerd confession from our former intern, Claire.

He said that he too enjoyed Game of Thrones, which I thought is a sign that I should tell him everything I felt about the show.

It's more of a cautionary tale than a confession, but it's amazing.

That's coming up on this week's Nerdette.

This is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson.

And I'm Trisha Bobita.

This week, a conversation with author Tom Perada.

He wrote The Wishbone, Election, Joe College, Little Children, the abstinence teacher,

and most recently The Leftovers. My dear mother and I read The Leftovers together over Christmas,

and I really fell in love with the book. I don't know if it's because I became sort of a religion

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