Instant #1 NYT bestseller! Jennifer Lynn Barnes, THE GRANDEST GAME
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes joins Zibby to discuss THE GRANDEST GAME, a brand new series in the lush, romantic, puzzle-filled world of THE INHERITANCE GAMES, where fan-favorite and new characters collide a year after we last saw them. Jennifer delves into the story, which revolves around Avery Grambs, a now 20-year-old billionaire heiress who designs a high-stakes game made to give someone a shot at fame and fortune. Jennifer also describes her writing process, including how her psychology and cognitive science background informs her storytelling and her love for crafting complex riddles.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, hosted by me, Zibi Owens. |
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| 0:42.5 | Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the author of The Grandest Game, which, by the way, hit number one in |
| 0:48.1 | the Young Adult New York Times bestseller list, instant bestseller. Congratulations. Jen is the author of more than a dozen critically acclaimed young adult novels. |
| 0:57.5 | She has advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science, |
| 1:01.3 | including graduate degrees from Cambridge University, where she was a Fulbright scholar, |
| 1:05.3 | and Yale University, where she received her Ph.D. in 2012. |
| 1:08.8 | Jen wrote her first published novel when she was 19 years old |
| 1:12.0 | and sold her first five books while still in college. In addition to writing YA novels, |
| 1:17.0 | Jen has also written original pilot scripts for television networks like USA and MTV, and she is |
| 1:22.4 | one of the world's leading experts on the psychology of fandom and the cognitive science of fiction and the imagination |
| 1:29.5 | more broadly. Jen is an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma where she holds a |
| 1:34.6 | dual appointment in psychology and professional writing. Welcome, Jennifer. Thanks so much for |
| 1:39.2 | coming on Mom's Don't have time to read books to discuss the grandest game and your whole |
| 1:43.4 | career and everything |
| 1:44.5 | else we decide to talk about. Well, I'm so excited to be here. Oh, yay. Well, congratulations on |
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