Peng Shepherd, THE CARTOGRAPHERS: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to Peng Shepherd about her second novel The Cartographers, a “mystery novel with a touch of magic” that is a USA Today bestseller, national Indie Bookstores bestseller, and a GMA Pick of the Month! Peng shares the inspiration behind the book (it involves an obsession with maps and a library that she and Zibby both love), the chaos of writing a mystery novel without even knowing the mystery, and the leap of faith she took when quitting her job and starting an MFA! She also reveals the premise of her next book and shares her best advice for aspiring authors.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | 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 |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.2 | and that is what we're going to do. |
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| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.2 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Peng Shepard is the author of The Cartographers, a novel. |
| 1:02.2 | Peng is the nationally bestselling author of The Cartographers, the Book of M, and the Future |
| 1:06.7 | Library. Her second novel, The Cartographers, was a USA Today bestseller, a national indie bookstores |
| 1:12.2 | bestseller, and was named to Pick of the Month by Good Morning America, that was probably me, |
| 1:17.6 | Real Simple, Bustle, The Millions, and Goodreads, a best book of the month by Amazon, Apple, and Buzzfeed. |
| 1:23.1 | Her first novel, The Book of M, won the 2019 Newcomb Institute for Literary Arts Award for |
| 1:28.4 | debut speculative fiction and was chosen as a best book of the year by Amazon, L. Refinery |
| 1:33.6 | 29, and The Verge, a best book of the summer by the Today Show, and NPR on point, and has been |
| 1:38.3 | option for television. A graduate of the NYU MFA program, she is the recipient of the 2020 |
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