Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now.

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It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or

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Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Jennifer E. Smith is the author of the novel, The Unsinkable Greta James, which actually

I listened to on audiobook. Jennifer is the author of nine books for young adults, including

the statistical probability of love at first sight and

hello goodbye and everything in between, both of which have been adapted for film. She earned a

master's degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and her work

has been translated into 33 languages. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Welcome, Jennifer. Thank you

so much for coming on. Momsdon't have time to read books to discuss both of your new books, basically at the same time, the unsinkable-graded Greta, James, and the creature of habit. Thank you for having me. I'm so happy to be here. I mean, I love this color, this like blue. I mean, it's almost the same. Did you coordinate or not? If we do not coordinate. It does have a sort of a happy Eastery, cheerful feel to it all. But they, it's, it's really nice to have the kind of bright, the bright happy colors right now. It's so nice. Okay, let's talk about Greta, who is so awesome. I listen to this book and I don't always listen, but I feel like sometimes I feel like the ones I listen to, like, stick in more in a way. And I remember like all the walks, I would have to listen to this book. And now I feel like I need to go stock up on Call of the Wild and, you know, all the books within the books. Tell listeners a little about what this book is about. Yeah, it's, um, it's the, you know, it's about a successful indie musician who is

still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, who was her greatest cheerleader. And she winds up

taking a week-long cruise to Alaska with her dad, who has never exactly been supportive of her life

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