Kimberly McCreight, FRIENDS LIKE THESE: A Novel

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 9 October 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Kimberly McCreight joined Zibby for an IG Live to talk about her latest novel, Friends Like These, which was inspired in part by her own tight-knit group of college friends. The two talked about Kimberly's writing process (which she doesn't necessarily recommend), what it has been like to adapt this book for a television series with Steven Spielberg's production company, and, of course, what roles they watch played in their respective friend groups.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
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0:16.8	All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research.
0:20.4	And I'm the editor-in-chief of M don't have time to write a new publication on Medium.
0:25.0	And we're accepting submissions, so please send your personal essays there.
0:29.1	And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens.
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0:35.0	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:39.6	Kimberly McRite is the author of Friends Like These, a novel. She's the New York Times best-selling author of Reconstructing Amelia,
0:45.0	which was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Alex Awards, and was called Entertainment
0:49.7	Weekly's favorite book of the year. Reconstructing Amelia has been optioned for TV by HBO, Nicole Kidman's
0:55.8	Blossom Films, and David E. Kelly. McCrite's second adult novel, where they found her, was a USA Today
1:01.9	bestseller and a Kirkus Best Mystery of the Year. While her third, A Good Marriage, was named a best
1:07.6	book of the summer by the New York Times, People and Publishers Weekly. It was
1:11.5	also an Amazon Best Mystery of the Month. A TV adaptation of a good marriage is coming soon from
1:17.4	Amazon and Nicole Kidman's Blossom films. McCraite's most recent book, Friends Like These,
1:23.2	was named a Good Morning America Buzz Pick and an Amazon Best Book of the Month.
1:29.8	It will be adapted for TV by Amblin Television.
1:34.8	McCraight is also the author of the New York Times best-selling young adult trilogy, The Outliers,
1:37.6	which includes the outliers, the outliers, the scattering, and the collide,
1:42.3	which are option for film by Lionsgate and Reese Witherspoon's Pacific Standard.
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