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Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Jennifer Niven Q&A

Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Bauer Media

Arts, Books

4.9994 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling author, Jennifer Niven, joins Simon and Matt to talk about the authors she admires, her writing process and the job she would have liked to do if she wasn't an author.

Simon and Matt also surprise Jennifer with a question from bestselling author Jennie Godfrey...

Transcript

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It's our bonus Q&A episode of Books of the Year.

1:39.7

Please say, Jennifer Niven is still here in the studio.

1:42.5

She's been here for days, but she's very understanding.

1:46.0

I love it.

1:46.7

Yeah.

1:47.0

If you missed our earlier episode with her, we discussed her new novel, Meet the Newman's,

1:51.2

and you can listen to that wherever you found this one.

1:54.1

But maybe you enjoy listening to the Q&A first.

1:56.3

So, Jennifer, first question, what was the last book that you really, really enjoyed reading?

2:04.6

Oh, my goodness.

2:07.7

Unapologetic Love Story by L. McNichael.

2:12.9

And explain why?

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