Diane Marie Brown, BLACK CANDLE WOMEN

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🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Debut author Diane Marie Brown joins Zibby to discuss Black Candle Women, a propulsive, poignant, warm, and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, the secrets they keep for and from each other, and the family love curse that makes anyone they fall in love with die. Diane describes the inspiration behind this story (it involves many childhood summers spent in New Orleans) and the unconventional, twelve-plus-year path to getting it published. She also reveals her favorite books and authors, her best advice for aspiring authors, and what it was like to be the March 2023 Read With Jenna pick!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
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0:40.3	at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of
0:47.9	our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.
0:56.1	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Diane Marie Brown is the author of Black Candlewomen.
1:06.6	Diane is a professor at the Orange Coast College and a public health professional for the Long Beach Health Department.
1:12.0	She has a BA and MPH from UCLA and a degree in fiction from USC's Master of Professional Writing Program.
1:18.1	She grew up in Stockton and now lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband, their four daughters, and their dog Brownie.
1:23.9	Black Candle Woman is her debut novel and was picked as a read with Jenna Pick.
1:28.4	Welcome, Diane.
1:29.2	Thanks so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to read books to discuss Black Candle Women.
1:34.1	Thank you.
1:34.7	Thanks for having me.
1:35.8	Can you please tell listeners what your book is about?
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