Jane O'Connor, GOOD JOB, GEORGE!
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Zibby is joined by children's book editor and author of the Fancy Nancy series, Jane O'Connor, to talk about her latest picture book, Good Job, George! The two connect over their shared editor and discuss how Jane's granddaughter inspired her new series, why there may be a crossover between her George and Nancy stories, and the variety of projects she is working on next.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Vivi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. |
| 0:07.5 | And speaking of books, I have two of my own books coming out this spring and summer. |
| 0:12.7 | Princess Charming is a picture book, which debuts on April 19th. And Bookends, a memoir of love, loss, and literature. |
| 0:20.5 | Comes out on July 1st, and it is truly a labor of love. |
| 0:23.8 | I hope you'll pre-order, order, and join me on tour as I go across the country. |
| 0:28.5 | You can find out more at Zibbyowens.com or bookendsmemoir.com. |
| 0:34.3 | And you can follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens because I always post about everything. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:41.3 | Jane O'Connor is the author of Good Job George. She is also the author of the best-selling |
| 0:47.0 | fancy Nancy series, which Disney Jr. has made into an animated TV series. She's also an editor |
| 0:53.6 | at a major publishing house in New York. |
| 0:55.7 | Good Job George was inspired by her granddaughter, who receives constant praise from her proud parents. |
| 1:00.9 | Welcome, Jane. Thank you so much for coming on. Momsdon't have time to read books to discuss your |
| 1:04.9 | latest book, Good Job George. Well, thanks, Sibby, so much for inviting me. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. It's really nice to see you in a while. |
| 1:15.3 | It has been a while. So for people listening, this is so crazy. So when I had my one and only, it turned out, |
| 1:22.9 | meeting at Penguin Random House with Margaret Anastis, my editor for Princess Charming, |
| 1:27.1 | he was just on |
| 1:27.6 | our Zoom saying hi to us both. I was sitting in her office and were you there right when I got there |
| 1:34.1 | or something? I said, I think I was. I think you were too. Besides being a writer, I'm an editor |
| 1:40.3 | at Penguin Random House so that I don't just stalk the offices. |
| 1:48.1 | Well, you were there and she introduced us and I was so excited because I was like, |
| 1:52.7 | oh my gosh, I've read every fancy Nancy in the world to my daughter. Seriously, she was obsessed, |
| 1:58.2 | my older daughter. And then we realized that your son was good friends with my brother, who, of course, I've known |
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