Riley Sager, SURVIVE THE NIGHT: A Novel
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager joins Zibby to discuss his latest thriller, Survive the Night. Riley shares why he loves writing plot twists that the readers will least expect, as well as how this book started with the simplest pitch: "a girl, a killer, a car." The two also talk about why it is that they remember the 1990s better than they remember the last few days, the importance of starting a chapter with a captivating sentence, and how Riley has adjusted to living the life he once dreamed he would have.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
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| 0:28.5 | And of course, my new publishing company called Zivvy Books. |
| 0:32.3 | And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids. |
| 0:36.9 | Hi. |
| 0:37.4 | Hi. Hello. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:40.9 | Riley Sager is the author of Survive the Night, a novel. Riley is the pseudonym of a former |
| 0:46.2 | journalist, editor, and graphic designer. Now a full-time writer, Riley is the author of Final Girls, |
| 0:51.6 | an international bestseller that has been published in 25 languages, |
| 0:54.9 | and The Instant New York Times Best Sellers, The Last Time I Lied, Lock Every Door, and Home Before Dark. |
| 1:00.3 | His latest book, Survive the Night, is from Dutton Books, a native of Pennsylvania. He now lives in Princeton, New Jersey. |
| 1:07.3 | Welcome, Riley. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to |
| 1:10.9 | discuss survive the night and all of your amazing works. Oh, thank you for having me. I'm thrilled to be here. |
| 1:16.5 | Oh, my pleasure. I'm like a little worried. This mind of yours going in these very dark places, |
| 1:21.8 | you know. I scare my parents. What are you thinking? I got my dad, after reading final Girls, just pulled me aside and said, where did you come up with that? |
| 1:32.1 | And I'm like, I don't know, but I'm your child. |
| 1:35.5 | So clearly you guys had something to do with it. |
| 1:39.0 | So like when you come up with these ideas, it's almost like, it's as if you go through this |
| 1:44.3 | exercise of assuming the worst, right? |
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