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Totally Booked with Zibby

Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen, Co-authors of AN ANONYMOUS GIRL

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Listen to the dynamic duo, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, co-authors and best friends, as they discuss their secrets of collaboration. Their first project, THE WIFE BETWEEN US, has been optioned by Amblin Entertainment and their newly released book (January 8th, 2019!!), AN ANONYMOUS GIRL, was already sold as a TV show! Greer used to be Sarah's editor at Simon & Schuster and edited seven of her solo novels. This episode is like listening to two close friends and experts share best practices - and we get to listen!

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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.

0:12.2

This episode has been sponsored by Book Hampton.

0:14.9

As the premier independent bookstore in the Hamptons, Bookhampton has a highly curated selection of books for readers of all ages,

0:21.4

unique, one-of-a-kind gifts, and exciting author events.

0:24.3

Browse their fabulous staff suggestions online at bookhampton.com.

0:28.3

I'm thrilled to be interviewing Greer Hendrix and Sarah Peckinand today on their publication day

0:33.5

of an anonymous girl.

0:35.4

Greer is the co-author of an anonymous girl and the wife between us, both of which she wrote with Sarah Pecanon. Formerly an editor at Simon & Schuster for 20 years, Greer has written for The New York Times, Allure, Publishers Weekly, and other publications. She received her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Greer lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children. Sarah Pecanon

0:54.4

is not only the co-author of an anonymous girl and the wife between us with Greer Hendricks,

0:59.0

but she has written eight other novels, seven of which Greer edited, a former Capitol Hill

1:03.2

journalist, Baltimore Sun reporter, Bethesda magazine contributor, and on-air correspondent

1:07.9

at E Entertainment Network. Sarah lives with her three sons in a

1:11.2

suburb of Washington, D.C. Okay, welcome to Greer and Sarah. Thank you both so much for coming

1:16.5

on moms don't have time to read books. Thank you so much for having us. We're super excited to be on here.

1:22.1

So Greer is here with me and Sarah is on the phone, right, Sarah? Yes, in the car on the way to New York.

1:28.1

Awesome.

1:29.2

So can the two of you tell listeners what your latest book and Anonymous Girl is about?

1:35.0

Sure.

1:35.6

I think I'm going to do a little more of the heavy lifting and talking just because I'm

1:39.3

sitting here nestled next to you.

1:41.2

So Anonymous Girl is the story of Jessica Ferris, who's a makeup artist in her late

1:47.3

20s in New York City, kind of struggling to make it as a lot of young women are. And she hears about

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