S06.01: Trailblazer Jackie Collins

Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

Society & Culture, Documentary, Books, Arts

4.9 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Season Six! How is this even possible! Season One gave us a full lAD deep dive (if you’ve never read Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark, general existential malaise is a really good reason to start), and Season Two gave us The Books That Blooded Us, the books that made us the romance readers we are. Season Three was during a pandemic, and celebrated that thing we were all desperate for—joy. Season Four introduced the Trailblazer episodes, where we featured interviews with the people who have built the romance house over the last fifty years. Season Five built on all of that, deep diving on books that are new and fabulous, old and transformative, and generally celebrating the vast and magnificent romance pool. Season six will do the same. We’ve got interstitials, trailblazers, read alongs and interviews planned, so head over to your favorite podcasting app and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute. The season launches today with what we thing is an absolute banger—a trailblazer episode about Jackie Collins, legend, juggernaut, author and lady boss, who was gone too soon. We’re so lucky to have had a chance to talk to Collins’s daughters, Rory Green and Tiffany Lerman, who were immensely generous with their time and storytelling, to talk about their mother’s life and work. We love this conversation, and are so grateful to Ms. Green and Ms. Lerman for their time.

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0:00.0	It's full of sex and lust and it's just trash, you know.
0:05.0	When they read me and they haven't before, say somebody's come to interview me from a serious newspaper,
0:11.0	they will go, well I read the book, you know, and I wasn't looking forward to it.
0:15.0	Really, you know, it's so funny, it's witty and perceptive and it's a good story and I couldn't put it down.
0:20.0	And they'll be, that kind of reaction is great.
0:22.0	So I, you know, I don't know what they say
0:24.3	about me because I know that the people who are buying my books understand what I do and
0:28.5	enjoy what I do and to me that you know means everything That was the voice of Jackie Collins.
0:34.7	Juggernaut? Is that how we describe her? Lady Boss, an author of many terrific books, including Hollywood Wives, which has just celebrated
0:47.5	its 40th anniversary with a brand new edition.
0:51.2	We were so lucky to be able to speak to Rory Green and Tiffany Lerman Jackie's
0:57.8	daughters about their mom's legacy, about her books, about her writing, and about what it was like to live life
1:08.4	with Jackie Collins.
1:10.2	This is Fated Mates.
1:11.8	I'm Jennifer Procop, a romance reader and critic.
1:14.8	And I'm Sarah McClain. I read romance novels and I write them.
1:18.6	One thing we'll be talking about today, along with Jackie's legacy as an author and her life as a writer is the
1:26.2	Netflix documentary Lady Boss which tells the story of Jackie's life after After she died, Tiffany and Rory and Tracy
1:35.8	found their mom's extensive, you know,
1:40.1	diaries, letters, and everything.
1:42.2	And it's a really terrific viewing experience.
1:47.4	So if you want to pause and go watch that and come back or listen to the conversation I think it'll be really
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