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

in the ZCast Podcast Network.

You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com

and definitely check out those shows as well.

Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Sarah Gilman is the editor of the Amazon Book Review, and every six months or so I have her

on to discuss the best books of the year and the best books of the year so far, which is always

a really interesting conversation in curation

and everything like that. Sarah was named after the memoir. Her dad was reading when she was

born, and so she thinks she was destined for a career in books. She started as a book publicist

in New York before relocating to Seattle to work at Amazon, where, as I mentioned, she serves

as the editorial director for books, known

for her guest appearances on national talk shows and her signature book club Sarah selects.

Sarah loves fiction, memoirs, and a good multi-generational family saga.

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