Vanessa Riley, SISTER MOTHER WARRIOR: A Novel
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to award-winning historical fiction novelist Vanessa Riley (who also holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering?!) about her latest novels Murder in Westminster and Sister Mother Warrior. Vanessa talks about her fascination with 1800s England and the West Indies, her wonderful late mother who was always her first reader and greatest supporter, the secret to her 26-year marriage, and her intriguing transition from Ph.D. scientist to creative writer. She also discusses her independent publishing journey and how she built a dedicated, enthusiastic audience on her own.
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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. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
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| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.4 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Hi, podcast listeners. I just wanted to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving. |
| 1:04.5 | Happy Thanksgiving week. I hope you're catching up on all the back episodes that you may |
| 1:09.9 | have missed now that you're driving |
| 1:11.2 | all over or flying or doing whatever. And I just wanted to say how truly, truly, truly, |
| 1:16.8 | thankful I am for all of you, for all of you tuning in regularly, listening to these episodes. |
| 1:23.2 | I'm thankful for all the authors who have come on as guests and who continue to listen. |
| 1:28.1 | And just everybody who has made this podcast really take off and enabled me to do things like |
| 1:33.5 | start a publishing company and open a bookstore and do all the things I'm doing. |
| 1:38.0 | I don't know. |
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