Zibby Publishing’s Start at the End by International Bestseller Emma Grey
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Australian author Emma Grey’s The Last Love Note kicked off Emma’s journey with our publishing house. I read the PDF on a flight when her agent pitched it for my podcast — and fell in love. We acquired the U.S. rights and published it to much acclaim including as picks of Book of the Month Club and Target Book Club. Then came Pictures of You, an intense story about coercive control, which was also a breakout hit. Emma’s third U.S. novel Start at the End comes out today! It’s about love, loyalty, second chances, artistic ambition, family and what ifs. Join Emma on tour and learn more here!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
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| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens. |
| 0:44.6 | Emma Gray is the author of Start at the End. |
| 0:48.3 | Emma is the author of seven books, including two international best-selling novels. |
| 0:53.9 | And if I'm saying that with a |
| 0:55.5 | smile on my face, it's because we actually published them at my company Zibbi Publishing. |
| 1:01.6 | Her international best-selling novels are The Last Love Note and Pictures of You, |
| 1:06.3 | which was the winner of the American Independent Publisher Book Award gold medal. Her adult and young adult novels have been translated internationally, optioned for film, |
| 1:14.9 | and adapted for the stage. |
| 1:16.6 | She lives in Canberra, Australia, surrounded by her three children, stepchildren, and grandchildren. |
| 1:22.8 | Enjoy start at the end. |
| 1:24.4 | Welcome, Emma. |
| 1:25.4 | Thank you for coming back on Totally Book to talk about |
| 1:28.6 | start at the end, your latest novel. Congratulations. Thank you so much. It's lovely to be here |
| 1:34.2 | again. I just, I feel like we were only just here the other day. I know. This is crazy. As you know, |
| 1:39.6 | and now listeners know, I'm Zivie publishing is your U.S. publisher. And we are so honored, starting |
| 1:45.4 | with the last love note moving on to pictures of you. And now your third novel, start at the end. |
| 1:52.2 | You're just cranking them out, Emma. Unbelievable. Okay. Well, why don't you just take us back? |
| 1:59.8 | And I know even before those two, you had other books and music. I mean, you're just all over the place. Start with the last love note. Give like a one sentence for the other two so that we understand how you arrived here at start at the end. Sure. No, it's been, it does feel like a little whirlwind, doesn't it? Because it was 2023 that you and I first met. And the last love note was a novel that I wrote in the wake of my husband's death. Jeff had passed away a few years before that. And I wanted to write a book about a midlife widow who was falling in love again. And I always have to clarify that part is based on my |
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