Hank Phillippi Ryan, HER PERFECT LIFE

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Zibby is joined by 37-time Emmy award-winning journalist and bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan to discuss her latest novel, Her Perfect Life. Hank shares which elements of her own life inspired storylines for her protagonist and when she decided to take the leap into writing fiction. Hank also tells Zibby about the inner conflict that arises when breaking a news story and where she draws the line between hurting and helping people.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
0:12.2	which you should run out and buy called Moms Don't Have Time to, a quarantine anthology.
0:16.8	All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research.
0:20.4	And I'm the editor-in-chief of
0:21.9	moms don't have time to write a new publication on Medium. And we're accepting submissions.
0:26.8	So please send your personal essays there. And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on
0:31.2	Instagram at Zibby Owens and my website is Zibby Owens.com. Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:39.6	Hank Philippi Ryan is the author of her perfect life. Hank is the USA Today bestselling author of 13 psychological thrillers,
0:45.0	winning the most prestigious awards in the genre, five Agatha's, four anthony's, and the coveted
0:49.8	Mary Higgins Clark Award. She's also an on-air investigative reporter for Boston's W.H.D.H.T.V.
0:56.0	with 37 Emmys and dozens more journalism honors. Watch for her latest release, Her Perfect Life.
1:02.4	Welcome, Hank. Thank you so much for coming on Moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss her
1:06.8	her perfect life. Zibi, I am so happy to be here this morning. And I'm seeing you holding that
1:13.2	beautiful book. Have you ever seen such a gorgeous cover as on her perfect life? I love this cover.
1:20.8	And actually, I was thinking when I was reading it, like, who is this girl on the cover? Who is she?
1:25.1	Like, did you pick her? Did you find her? Do you know her?
1:28.3	A mysterious woman in this photograph who, well, you know, the art department of Forge did a
1:34.0	fantastic job with this cover because I wanted something elegant and mysterious and a woman
1:41.1	who was powerful and strong, but who had a secret. So I was hoping for a picture of a woman
1:48.0	with a secret. And you know how it is when you get your cover from your editor? There's an email
1:54.2	with an attachment, and it'll have the subject line, your cover with an exclamation mark,
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