Interview with Maureen Johnson, Author of Nine Liars
All About Agatha Christie
Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
What a joyous and festive way to close out 2022, by chatting with Maureen Johnson, the talented writer of YA mysteries very much inspired by Agatha Christie. Happy New Year, one and all!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single mystery |
| 0:10.0 | novel written by the Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie. |
| 0:14.4 | I am Kemper Donovan, and welcome to an interview episode. |
| 0:18.6 | It is the end of the year. |
| 0:20.7 | We are ending things with a bang with one of my favorite contemporary mystery authors. |
| 0:26.8 | That would be Maureen Johnson. |
| 0:28.8 | Let's just get to the interview because it's so much fun, and I will tell you everything |
| 0:32.0 | you need to know about her, and we will just get into it, and there's no reason to delay. |
| 0:37.8 | I am so excited to be speaking with Maureen Johnson today. |
| 0:42.8 | Maureen is the best-selling author of many young adult novels, including the Blue and |
| 0:48.3 | Volop series, the Scarlet series, and the Stevie Bell mysteries. |
| 0:54.0 | I surprise it's the mysteries we're going to be talking about, a whole heck of a lot, |
| 0:57.8 | in just a moment. |
| 0:58.8 | She's also done collaborative work, such as Let It Snow with Lauren Miracle and John |
| 1:03.8 | Green, I think I've heard of him before, as well as several works in the Shadowhunter |
| 1:08.4 | universe with Cassandra Clare. |
| 1:10.6 | Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Buzzfeed, and the Guardian among many other |
| 1:14.4 | places, and she has also served as a scriptwriter for EA Games. |
| 1:18.4 | And since this is a podcast, after all, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Maureen |
| 1:23.0 | has her own recurring role on Welcome to Nightfail, which is officially one of the coolest |
| 1:28.1 | things ever, as well as her own conversational podcast Says Who, with a question mark, which |
| 1:34.0 | I'm going to call unhinged in the very best of ways, it's very, very fun. |
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