Jordan Roter, MOMS LIKE US
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
TV writer turned novelist Jordan Roter joins Zibby to discuss MOMS LIKE US, a sharp, funny murder mystery set in the cutthroat (and neck-lifted) world of elite Los Angeles private school moms. Jordan shares how a frustrating back-to-school night and real-life glamping trip inspired this story; why she wrote it as a novel instead of a TV show; and the complicated, messy truths behind modern motherhood, competition, and community. She and Zibby dive into the book’s Big Little Lies-meets-Glass Onion vibes, the challenges of writing multiple points of view, and what it’s like to fictionalize familiar spaces without offending the carpool line…
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbmedia.com and follow me on Instagram |
| 0:40.2 | at Zibby Owens. Jordan Roder is the author of Moms Like Us, a novel. Jordan is a published |
| 0:49.0 | novelist, screenwriter, and TV writer producer. She adapted her second novel, Camp Rules, |
| 0:55.5 | into a feature for Paramount, |
| 0:59.6 | and set up several features after that, based on original ideas, formats, and books, |
| 1:05.1 | as well as rewrites and roundtable punch-ups for studios, streamers, and financiers. Most recently in features, she sold a high-concept, female-driven comedy feature pitch to Netflix. |
| 1:11.9 | On the TV side, |
| 1:16.0 | Jordan has created and developed comedies and dramaties for broadcast and streaming. |
| 1:21.8 | She has been a writer on the ABC comedy, American Housewife, and most recently a co-producer on the free-form thriller The Watchful Eye. Most recently, in TV development, Jordan adapted |
| 1:27.4 | hit Korean format, |
| 1:29.2 | Oh My Ghost, into a supernatural dromedy called Into You for Bloomhouse Studio Dragon, and developed |
| 1:35.3 | an original multi-generational family comedy for ABC signature. Currently, Jordan is adapting |
| 1:40.4 | an hour-long TV adaptation of the novel Stone Cold Fox for UTV and Julie Plex, |
| 1:46.9 | My So-Called Company. Jordan's third novel, a female-driven satire called Moms Like Us, |
| 1:52.6 | was published by Little A, which is actually where blank and bookends. My books are published too. |
| 1:58.4 | Jordan was raised in Manhattan and now lives in L.A. with her husband, |
| 2:01.5 | kids, and their dog Alfie. Welcome, Jordan. Thank you so much for coming on Totally Booked |
| 2:06.6 | for Zibby to talk about moms like us, a novel. Congratulations. Thank you so much, Zibby. I'm so happy |
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