Hey, everyone, it's Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living. We're taking a quick break,

but I wanted to reshare a conversation that I had with the multi-talented actress, singer,

songwriter, podcaster, newspaper publisher, and now author, Bethany Joy Lentz.

Her new memoir, Dinner for Vampires, will be out October 22nd, and she'll also be joining us for Illumination

Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina on December 6th and 7th. Make sure to come back next week

for my interview with the restaurateur, chef, author, and sister of the legendary musician

Jimmy Buffett, Lucy Buffett. We'll see you then.

Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans. And today I'm

talking with someone who's best

known as an actress, but lately she's been stepping out as a singer, songwriter, podcaster, and

newspaper publisher. Bethany Joy Lenz was born in Florida and grew up in Texas, which is where

she first got involved in the performing arts, carrying on a tradition she inherited from her grandparents.

Her family eventually headed to New Jersey, where her southereness drew the wrong kind of

attention from some of the girls in her class. But she made it through the experience and

eventually landed on the hit TV show One Tree Hill. Now Joy is living in Nashville, writing

and performing music, editing a publication

called Modern Vintage, and hosting a podcast with her One Tree Hill co-stars called Drama Queens.

If that's not enough, she's starring in the new Hallmark original movie A Builtmore Christmas,

which is based on a trip back in time to the famous

North Carolina estate. We'll talk about all that, plus the strange and frightening years she spent

with a cult and why she's writing a book about it on this week's Biscuits and Jam.

Joy Lentz, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

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