LiteraryHype Podcast
LiteraryHype is your home for interviews with bestselling and debut authors, as well as celebrities and more. If it's bookish, you'll find it here. New episodes weekly on Tuesdays.
Episodes
115 episodes
114. KRISTIN DWYER RETURNS: Publishing a book when BTS is making a comeback
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Kristin Dwyer returns and she's getting really real. She's opening up about her emotions of releasing a book into the world the same month her favorite band, BTS, is making their post-military comeback. That a...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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21:14
113. ERIN CONNOR: Emo music nostalgia, parasocial relationships, and writing for your teenage self
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm chatting with Erin Conner about her latest book, Still Into You. This novel is about a metal band frontman who hasn't given an interview in 8 years, but is now ready to talk.... only to his ex girlfriend. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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17:03
112. SHAILEE THOMPSON: Blending slasher and romcom vibes into one book | How to Kill A Guy in Ten Dates
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm chatting with debut author Shailee Thompson. Her first published book, How To Kill A Guy In Ten Dates, is the most fun I've had reading in a while. I didn't know I needed a combination of slasher and roman...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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33:00
111. COURTNEY SUMMERS: Adapting This Is Not A Test into a movie full of zombies, grief, and trauma
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm chatting with the delightful Courtney Summers. She originally published This Is Not A Test 12 years ago, but now it's getting new life in a re-published book and a movie starring Olivia Holt. We're breakin...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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31:59
110. CHRISTY SWIFT: Dating a celebrity in Hollywood Hookup
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Christy Swift returns to talk about her sophomore novel, Hollywood Hookup. This is about a makeup artist who gets semi-forced onto a celebrity dating show by her best friend, who is trying to help her get a da...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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28:06
109: ALEXANDRA BROWN CHANG: An elite debutante ball gets an outsider in By Invitation Only
This week on Literaryhype Podcast, Alexandra Brown Chang joins me to talk all about her debut novel, By Invitation Only. This book follows two girls as they compete at an elite debutante ball in Paris and all the shenanigans that unfold with on...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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16:50
108. MARY KUBICA: Crafting a mystery inspired by a real case as a pantser in "It's Not Her"
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Mary Kubica joins me to talk about her latest mystery/thriller novel, "It's Not Her". This book starts with a wild murder that's ripped from the headlines and the ending left me shocked. Mary and I are chattin...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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32:20
107. JENNIFER IACOPELLI: Netflix's Finding Her Edge and putting sports in sports romance
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm joined by Jennifer Iacopelli, just in time for her world to go crazy. Netflix will drop the TV show based on her book, Finding Her Edge, in just a couple days, and then her first novel, Game, Set, Match, w...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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48:03
106: MARISSA MEYER on writing magic, mystery, mythology, and plenty of humor
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm joined by New York Times Bestselling author Marissa Meyer. She's got a busy year ahead with multiple book releases and the Cinder movie moving into production. Plus, we're talking about her latest release,...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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25:44
105. G. WILLOW WILSON: Writing new & exisitng characters for Marvel and DC Comics
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm chatting with G. Willow Wilson about her many projects in the graphic novel world. She's the co-creator of Ms. Marvel, she's written iconic characters like Wonder Woman and Poison Ivy, and she writes novel...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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22:52
104. HELENA HAYWOODE HENRY: Writing Squid Game meets death row & AI in the legal system
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Helena Haywood Henry joins me for a fascinating conversation rooted in her debut novel. "Last Chance Live!" is about a girl competing in a reality show where teens on death row can win a second chance at life,...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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30:27
103. AMANDA FOODY & C.L. HERMAN: Flipping the Chosen One Trope and Unique Co-Writing Processes
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, two bestselling authors are joining me to talk about their latest project together, A Fate So Cold. Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman write together and separately, and have one of the most fun and unique writing p...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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23:11
102: ROWANA MILLER: Secret societies, teen thrillers, and why kids make interesting writers
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, we have a whole bunch of firsts! This is Rowana Miller's first interview! We're talking about her debut novel, Secrets of the Blue Hand Girls, which is being compared to Mona Awad's Bunny, but for teens. It's ...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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18:42
101: JESSICA S. OLSON: A magical villain romance, heists, and selecting the best snacks
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Jessica S. Olson joins me for a quick chat about her latest YA novel, Den Of Liars. It's a heist story full of magic and a villain romance. Plus, were talking about top tier snacks and so much more.A...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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13:16
100: GENE LUEN YANG: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Eisner Awards, and Fighting Book Bans
This week on LiteraryHype, I'm joined by a delightful author and illustrator. Gene Luen Yang is the writing half of Lunar New Year Love Story, which at the time of filming, had just won Eisner Awards at San Diego Comic Con the night before. It ...
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99: LILY BRAUN-ARNOLD: Hitting the NYT Bestseller List at 20 with a dystopian love story
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Lily Braun-Arnold joins me to talk all about her debut novel, The Last Bookstore on Earth. It's a YA dystopian story where a teen is trading books for items to help keep her alive. This book made Lily a New Yo...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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17:39
98: AXIE OH: Books for fans of KPop Demon Hunters and Final Fantasy
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Axie Oh is joining me to talk all about her latest duology. Both books released this year, so fans do not have to wait to find out how it all ends. The Floating World and The Demon and The Light are giving KPo...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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30:05
97. CHLOE GONG: Leaving Shakespeare for Virtual Reality with Coldwire
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Chloe Gong joins me for a goofy fun time at New York Comic Con. Her new novel, Coldwire, takes us into a world where people live in virtual reality, and two girls are on missions to find the truth. We had so m...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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17:31
96. OLIVIE BLAKE RETURNS: Universal girlhood, cannibalism, & chaos
You are in for a treat on this week's episode of LiteraryHype Podcast. Olivie Blake joins me to talk about her latest novel, Girl Dinner, as well as her upcoming projects including Clara and the Devil Vol. 1. This is an absolutely unhinged, cha...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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26:39
95. MARIE LU: Blending The Godfather with alchemy magic and shifting into writing for adults
Marie Lu's been on my LiteraryHype Podcast vision board since before this was a podcast & it was just on YouTube. I fell in love with Marie's writing in the Steelstriker/Skyhunter duology & she hasn't failed me yet. She's shifting from ...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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17:39
94. MATT DINNIMAN: How Dungeon Crawler Carl brought LitRPG to mainstream readers
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Matt Dinniman joins me to talk all about his wildly popular LitRPG series, Dungeon Crawler Carl. The seventh book in the series is out now! We chatted all about the sudden surge in readership, going from indep...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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25:29
93. NIKKI REED: 20 years of Twilight and leaving Hollywood behind (LiteraryHype Live)
We could call this LiteraryHype Podcast live from FanX Salt Lake City. I had the chance to be Nikki Reed's conversation partner and moderator for her spotlight panel in September 2025. We talked all about the 20th anniversary of Stephenie Meyer...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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44:28
92. KELLAN LUTZ: 20 Years of Twilight and picking Team Jacob?!
LiteraryHype Podcast is thrilled to welcome Kellan Lutz. He played Emmett in the Twilight movies, based on Stephenie Meyer's books. Twilight turns 20 in 2025, so we're looking back at what makes the series special, how the cast's relationships ...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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8:58
91. JACKSON RATHBONE: Celebrating 20 years of Twilight & lessons learned from playing Jasper
It's hard to believe, but Twilight is turning 20 years old! October 5th, 2005 was the day Stephenie Meyer published a teen book about a girl falling in love with a sparkly vampire and changed pop culture as we knew it. Jackson Rathb...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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15:00
90. GINGER STACHE: Writing with Joyce Meyer & overcoming rejection
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm taking a turn into non-fiction. I don't often feature non-fiction but I do enjoy it. Today's guest is Ginger Stache, who is the Chief Creative Officer for Joyce Meyer Ministries and host of Talk It Out Pod...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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26:10