Liv Constantine, THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Zibby was joined by sisters Lynne and Val Constantine — the duo behind Liv Constantine who wrote the Reese's Book Club pick, The Last Mrs. Parrish — for an Instagram Live to discuss their latest thriller, The Stranger in the Mirror. They talk about the research that went into writing about amnesia, why the book's suspicious mother-in-law ended up becoming their favorite character, and how their grandmother's life story continues to inspire their narratives today.
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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, |
| 0:12.2 | which you should run out and buy called Moms Don't Have Time to, a quarantine anthology. |
| 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. |
| 0:32.9 | And my website is Zibby Owens.com. |
| 0:34.8 | Okay, now back to this amazing podcast. |
| 0:38.1 | Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynn Constantine and Valerie Constantine. |
| 0:43.0 | Together, they are the best-selling author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, |
| 0:46.8 | The Last Mrs. Parrish, as well as the last time I saw you, the wife stalker, |
| 0:50.9 | and the stranger in the mirror. Their critically acclaimed books have been |
| 0:54.1 | praised by USA Today, the Sunday Times, People Magazine, and Good Morning America, among many others. |
| 0:59.5 | Lynn and Valerie are national and international bestselling authors, and their books have |
| 1:03.8 | been translated into 28 languages, are available in 33 countries and are in development for both |
| 1:08.8 | television and film. We did this, by the way, |
| 1:11.3 | as an Instagram live. Lynn is a former marketing executive with a master's degree in business |
| 1:16.0 | from Johns Hopkins University. She has explored coral reefs all over the world, sunken wrecks in the |
| 1:21.4 | South Pacific, and fallen in love with angelfish in the Caribbean. Just never know what you're |
| 1:25.8 | going to get in someone's bio. When Lynn's not writing, you can find her curled up with her Labrador and golden retrievers |
| 1:31.1 | reading a good book or walking the beach, thinking up devious plans for her characters. |
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