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

Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

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

less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this

podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,

wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can

learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,

but really you're here to learn more about the authors,

and that is what we're going to do.

Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts

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and definitely check out those shows as well.

Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Marie Benedict is the author of The Midford Affair, a novel.

Marie is a lawyer with more than 10 years' experience as a litigator at two of the

country's premier law firms.

She found her calling, unearthing the hidden historical stories of women.

Her mission is to excavate from the past the most important complex and fascinating women

of history and bring them into the light of present day where we can finally perceive the breadth

of their contributions, as well as the insights they bring to modern day issues.

She embarked on a new thematically connected series

of historical novels with The Other Einstein, which tells the tale of Albert Einstein's first wife,

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