Hi, book lovers. This is Ellen Hildebrand, best-selling author of 32 books, including

Swan Song and The Perfect Couple. We're back for season three. That's right. And this is Tim

Aaronberg, creator of Tim Talks Books. And you're listening to Season 3 of Books, Beach and Beyond,

presented by N Magazine. We're so excited to be bringing you another fabulous season where we'll be talking

about the wonderful world of books with guests from best-selling authors to publishing industry

insiders to book influencers and so much more. Because there's nothing Ellen and I love more than

chatting about books. And our favorite question to ask each other is, what are you reading?

But as our listeners know, we go even further here on this show,

exploring the craft of writing, the process of book publishing,

and that wonderful connection a reader has with a favorite book.

But before we head into our episode,

we want to take this opportunity to thank our incredible premier sponsors.

Nantucket Book Partners, the Nantucket Hotel,

Book of the Month Club, Cartelina, and Little Brown. Without their generous support,

we wouldn't be able to bring you these fascinating conversations with some of the most dynamic

leaders from the book world. So thank you. And now, on to the show.

Hi, Ellen. Hi, Tim. I can't believe it's season three. I can't believe I let you talk me into this.

For three years. Crazy. I mean, you know, they say after three years something is really established.

So are we established? Well, we're going to be established after this season, I suppose. We have a lot of

really amazing guests coming. I mean, but let's look back on the first two seasons. I mean, I cannot

believe how many pinch me guests we've had from some of our favorite writers, Ann Patchett, Barbara

Kingsover, to celebrity influencers, Sarah, Jessica Parker, Nicole Kidman. Yeah. Iena Garten.

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